Or.....one way to manage eating out.
Last Saturday was my first evening eating out since the Challenge began.
The Island Breast Strokers Dragon Boat team had a fundraising evening to raise money for their upcoming competition in Israel.聽 The shindig took place at a Chinese restaurant 'cause you can't have a fundraiser without food.聽 Thank goodness聽 you also can't have a fundraiser without a聽silent auction!聽 Heather, from Pure Nutrition, suggested I聽eat mostly steamed vegetables and plain rice.聽 I would have too if there had been any.聽 Lovely, steaming platters of amazing food kept coming; swinging by me on the spin-o-rama table centre.聽 In another life I would have just sat there and spooned it in but I was determined to stay as true to the new rules as possible.聽 I kept my small side plate instead of using the dinner sized one.聽 Every time a new dish came out I checked it over for what I could eat, had some, then left the table and cruised the silent auction tables.聽 The upside was that I didn't overeat and didn't eat too much of the 'bad' things.聽 The downside was that I kept putting my name on bid sheets and, good golly, ended up with quite a haul.
So, there you have it.聽 One way to manage is to close your mouth and open your wallet - all聽for a good cause.
The training side of the challenge continues to go well.聽 Graham is pushing me every session and all the while being so careful of my limits and abilities.聽 I love being able to do part of each session outside.聽 One of my goals is to regain my cardio fitness.聽 The last two workouts have had me spitting sparks so I know I'm using a level of my lungs that have been somewhat dormant for a few years.聽聽 I'm happy to have a stubborn streak.聽聽Because聽聽my schedule as the聽nanny/granny changes every week my workouts are always on different days and at different times.聽聽聽It's hard for Graham to schedule (thanks聽for your patience)聽and sometimes I'm pretty tired before I even begin.聽 But shift work is a reality for me and for a lot of people.聽 It can't be an excuse for inactivity - just deal with it.
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tonight at the Mental Training session at PISE.聽 There's always something to learn.
J
