2-26-12

No post last night. It was a long day, that started much to early. Granted I did sleep in, till 7, for my normal day but some times I think I am getting old. I know excuses, right? Getting up at 4:15 and not going to bed time 10, sometimes 11pm kinda gets me by the weekend. I had planned on going to the gym before the road trip but that didn't happen. I woke up with a little bit of an upset stomach, but still I probably would have been ok. I rationalized out that since I was going to be up and running for the game last night I would get some exercise in.
As I said I slept in and also did lil of anything till time to leave for the two hour drive for the football game. My son plays for a minor pro league team and I shoot photos for them. I love it. I do get in my share of exercise when I am doing this. I am by no means "running" up and down the field but I am on my feet the whole game walking from one end to the other, and dodging the player as the come toward me, lol. Last night was no different. I did make a new friend that kept an eye out for me. I do have a tendency to focus on one spot and not always see someone headed for me. He did pull me back a couple of times, once JUST in time to miss the player I was trying to shoot. I have to say that I have only been hit, actually brushed by, twice.
The game seemed to go on forever. It started at 7 but wasn't over till after 11pm. It was 11:30 before we got on the road to come home for the two hour drive. As for my eating I had did pretty good till this point. I ate some of the foods that I normally don't eat, but was trying to count calories. Well til the trip back. About an hour into the trip we stopped for gas and since we never had any dinner we ate. Anyone ever heard of Allsups? Most lil town in the are where I am from has them. The have a "hot bar" that usually is filled with great fried foods, last night was no exception. A few minutes later the tank was full and so were we. I had a great chimichanga ... did I mention they are fried? At the time I had no idea what the calorie count was but it was the fact that try not to eat that late at night. When I add up the calories that I actually ate yesterday it probably wasn't too bad. No I didn't keep count, since it was food I don't usually and I was on the run when I did eat. Let me check now, I have to know :D
Ok so I had less than 1400 calories for the day, just the idea that I ate late. I am hung up on the idea of eating late. I try to practice not eating after around 6pm or so. My theory, and something I had read about once, is that it's the later hours of the day when I am less active. I guess if I were to be more active after I ate it wouldn't really matter what time of day I ate. Last night was not a night that this was going to happen. It was already after midnight and I still had over an hour drive before I got home. It was all I could do to stay awake till I pulled in the driveway. I took the drive back since my son had to be at work at 7am this morning. I wanted him to be able to rest and he did most of the trip after we made our pit stop.
Today I actually ate more calories than I did yesterday. It was all I could do to wake up for church so eating was on the run. I had stop for gas on the way and there they were, 3/$1 chips. I grabbed Cheetos, Lays and Doritos. No I only had the Cheetos they other two are sitting in the car. Lunch was a grille chicken from MickyD's and french fries. Not to bad till I had to make a second trip because my daughter wanted it too when I picked her up. No I didn't order a second time but the apple pie did look good.
Ok now everyone was fed, everyone at home that is, and I was ready for a much needed nap. When I woke I was hungry and I didn't want to go to the store. I made spaghetti and had seconds. They were not large portions but it was enough that put me over my 1500 calories I had planned on eating for the day. I am not going to beat myself up about but will work on it again tomorrow.
Tomorrow is a new day and it will start at 4:15. I have a challenge that I need to make good on. Had a friend that wanted to challenge me to leg press. Did I mention that he is only 20? Lets see what happens. Nite all.