<$Thursday, July 26, 2007$>
Zoned Thursdays: Making Up With Gym
| Earlier this year, Gym and I had a falling out. It wasn't Gym, it was me. I just wasn't feeling the spark, and that lack of passion was rapidly growing into resentment. I felt it best that we take a break. But this Monday morning, I woke up filled with self-loathing after an entire weekend filled with one-night-stands with the fast food establishments of my fantasies, and decided it was time to pack in my pride and go crawling back to Gym to give things another try. Gym welcomed me back with open arms and an empty pool. I suspected that Gym and I would get along better in the mornings when the day hasn't yet had a chance to discourage me and I'm still full of focus and optimism, and I was right. I also suspected that I would enjoy swimming better than any of the other available options, especially if I could get there at a time of day when the pool wasn't full of seniors doing water aerobics (or the locker room full of their drippings). I was right about that, too. On Monday, I had the pool all to myself. I swam until I couldn't stand to swim any more, and then I sat in the hot tub for a few minutes, which I also had to myself. Not a bad way to kick off a week, let me tell ya. I went back again on Wednesday. That time I had to share the pool with a couple of other people, but there was plenty of room for us all, and it was still pretty peaceful. And I still got the hot tub to myself. I'll go back again in the morning. I'm aiming for three times a week, and then I'll try to make myself go for walks through my neighborhood on the weekends. I'm already feeling more fit, and my sore muscles are already looking and feeling more toned. I'm sorry I left you, Gym. I think we can make it work this time around. ~~~ Quick & Easy Zone Breakfast This isn't so much a recipe as it is a concoction, thrown together out of convenience and surprisingly tasty: 1 packet instant oatmeal (I like Quaker's Weight Control in Maple & Brown Sugar) - 3 carb blocks 2 tsp natural peanut butter - 3 fat blocks 3/4 cup 1% cottage cheese - 3 protein blocks Follow packet instructions to cook oatmeal. Stir in peanut butter and cottage cheese. Enjoy. This is what I eat every morning for breakfast at work, since with my commute I don't have time to eat at home. It keeps me feeling full and energized all morning. People give me strange looks when they see me stirring cottage cheese into my oatmeal, but like I said, it tastes surprisingly good. Labels: healthy living, Zone |
