Work your body.

Considering I missed six days, thirteen runs in a month is pretty good. Also, my ankle no longer feels sprained. My heel is no longer in pain. I got up the past two morning, and I didn't even think about my feet. Healing happens, still. Healing happens.

Since members of my family have gone, the time has gone much slower. I think this has more to do with second-week syndrome than anything about them. I was anxious, now I am not. I had been anxious for days -- weeks, actually -- prior to the festival. Then the festival, then ... here. Just here.

Day after day. Time after time. We will be home soon enough, today is for here. 

First (Boy) Run/Walk

Distance: 2 miles
Duration: 20:47
Pace: 10:20

Today the boy taught me about the 1904 St. Louis Olympic marathon, the first Olympic marathon to take place on American soil, so naturally it was dangerous, ignorant, and racist.

Second (Solo) Run

Distance: 3 miles
Duration: 28:22
Pace: 9:27

Route: Martin Point Run
Temperature: 75°
Climate: sunny & hot
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes
Planks: yes

Pushups: yes

BorderLight | Fringe Unleashed Playlist

The Story Continues - Marco Lys

Street Life - Purple Disco Machine

Tití Me Preguntó - Bad Bunny

Treat You Better (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix) - Rüfüs Du Sol

Work Your Body - LA Riots

I have gotten so used to playing only music I am already familiar with. Listening to this list is fun, my mind is free. I have had many ideas on these runs, I like the repetition, the dearth of lyrics.

You better keep moving (or you'll be left behind).

My ankle feels sprained, now, every morning, every day. I passed on a hike up Mount Megundicook with my brother and his family yesterday. I just didn't think it would go well. And yet, I run.

This is such a joyful time, with both the kids and their partners on site. We have been just relaxing in the cove and even doing a little shopping. I was never big on going to places like L. L. Bean but the boy likes to stock up on fishing supplies so I took that as an opportunity to get a new pair of slippers. They are nice. 

First (Boy) Walk/Run

Distance: 1.67 miles 
Duration: 17:23
Pace: 10:25

It is a cool week on the cove -- but not too cool. First forecasts suggested rain all week, that has not been the case, not at all, in fact. But sixty and seventy degree temps have been the order, and we are loving it.

Today, a treasure hunt. It's our niece's seventeenth birthday! They are all almost adults now. On the flight here, I found a number of email drafts from years ago. Like, many many years ago, 2009, 2011, 2012, and they reminded me of how tense I was, how unhappy, back then. Like, how stressed I would become, and a lot of that was over parenting. Sometimes even over crafting treasure hunts. I didn't remember feeling that way, but now I do.

This is why I burn my notebooks. There is no practical reason for going over all that stuff again.

Second (Solo) Run

Distance: 3 miles
Duration: 28:03
Pace: 9:21

Ran with the boy, headed out on my own

Route: Martin Point 
Temperature: 72°
Climate: clear & breezy
Mood: very good, you know?
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

BorderLight | Fringe Unleashed Playlist

Canoa - DJ Gregory ft. Gregor Salto

Come Back - Ninetoes

Cream - Claptone

Finder - Ninetoes

Get a Move On! - Mr. Scruff ft. Sneaky

It’s not very far, I’ve been there before.

Weather this spring has been disappointing. Maybe I have just wanted what it should actually not be yet — warm. Not even so, when it was cool for so out just day in Madrid, I expected Spain to be warm this time of year. Why? Because it’s a Spanish-speaking country? Should I even admit I thought that?

Is probably due to the fact that the last time I was in Spain, it was July. More fool me.

First Run

Distance: 3 laps (plus those stairs)

Duration: 16:27
Route: Parque Del Oreste
Temperature: 49°
Climate: nice, light clouds

Two runs. The just, the Parque de Oreste which features a magnificent view of the city (sunset is a daily attraction, we were there last night with a hundred others) and the Temple of Debo’s, a sister to Dendur, in size and scale and shape, but out of doors, of course. 

Second Run

Duration: 13:59

Route: ???

Temperature: 50°

Then the boy and I ran. We planned to do El Campo

Del Molo, but it wasn’t open at eight. Instead, we took a meandering course around Plaza de Espana and ended up in Parque del Oreste! The historic structures and our winding course reminded me of Wii Fit.

Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

1985 Playlist

Good Good Things - Descendents

Makes No Sense At All (160 bpm) - Husker Du

Are You Trying to Be Funny? - EBTG

I’m Your Man - Wham!

Walk Of Life (172 bpm) - Dire Straits

Singapore - Tim Waits

Someday in the city we won't have to run.

Soulmates.

A day in Cincinnati. The young man has a recital tonight at the jazz club Caffè Vivace, and we arrived the night before so we could relax today, not drive. Just write and read ... and run!

Distance: 2.1 miles

Duration: 19:16
Pace: 9:11

Warriors - Lin-Manuel Miranda & Eisa Davis (2024)
Somewhere In the City *

Reunion Square

Same Train Home *

Finale

We complete the album. I need to watch the movie, I am surprised that I never have. I know the references, the image of David Patrick Kelly clinking the beer bottles together taunting, "Warriors ... come out and play-ay ..." and also the sample which is the title of the Pop Will Eat Itself song Can U Dig It?

But it's the Odyssey, I get it. They're just trying to get home. And don't we all just want to get home?

Route: Clifton Neighborhood Loop
Temperature: 53°
Climate: sunny & gorgeous
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBD

Flood's Cove: Run Four

Happy birthday to me. You know what hurts my knees? Standing. Standing and cooking, for example. Or teaching. These things hurt my knees, much more than running. or in addition to running. 

Yesterday, in advance of my birthday, but because insisted upon it, all occupants of the Barnstable went to Thomaston to watch Deadpool & Wolverine. It was okay.

Distance: 1.25 miles

Duration: 12:00
Pace: 9:30

After two days of (well-received) clouds and rain, it is once again sunny and clear. Just what I asked for for my birthday!

Route: Martin Point Run
Climate: sunny & warm
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBA

The boy and I took a run out of the cove, turned around at one mile, walked for a bit and ran down the hill back to the cabin.

Flood's Cove: Run One

"Morning."

We are at Barnstable. We had a goal for the journey; Friendship Day, an annual celebration of all things Friendship (and, in large part, a fund raiser for the volunteer fire department) was pushed up a week. This meant, among other things, that I would not be able to participate in the Long Haul 5K. 

But the (young adult) kids were disappointed to miss out on the parade, the craft sales and the opportunity for lobster rolls, etc. So it was decided that we would drive all on Friday and then a short jaunt on Saturday to make the 10 AM kick-off of the parade.

And it all worked out very well. Yes, successfully departed more or less by 6 AM on Friday, and by 5 AM on Saturday, so that we not only made the parade with an hour to spare, but even indulged in the traditional (post-race) pancake breakfast beforehand.

And so we settle in for two indulgent weeks on the cove. I finally realized that I am now the Old Man on the Porch, a mantle passed down from my grandfather to my father to me. This is not a position I ever thought I would hold, nor did I ever show much interest.

Distance: 1.3 miles
Duration: 12:38
Pace: 9:31

The boy and I headed out, I was so happy to learn he'd brought his shoes. We headed out a mile and a third, then walked back to the top of the hill and ran down and back to the house.

Route: Road to Martin Point
Temperature: 74°
Climate: partly cloudy
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Pain Reliever: TBA

Surprise partner run.

The boy proposed two miles, but shortly after heading out he said, "my legs were bigger than my stomach," and that we better do just one. I appreciated the mixed metaphor. He's good like that.

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 8:06

Route: Neighborhood Loop
Temperature: 80°
Climate: sunny & hot
Mood: all right
Stretches: not really
Water: sure

160 - 169 BPM Playlist

No One's Easy to Love - Sharon Van Etten

Rough Rider - The Beat

There's an open road that leads nowhere.

Shared this with the boy last night.
Holds up.

Surprise! The boy gets up early, and asks me to run. 

We had a two hour workshop yesterday, which hurt my knees and exhausted me. This morning I have been dizzy, woozy, unsteady. I had just been thinking I would exercise, to knock me out of my torpor. Then he asks for a run. One mile. Perfect! 

Distance: 1 mile
Duration: 9:09

1975 Playlist

Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra

Mamma Mia! - ABBA

That's The Way (I Like It) - KC & the Sunshine Band

Also, new shoes!

Route: Neighborhood Loop
Temperature: 60°
Climate: light rain
Mood: good!
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Upper body: 60 rep

Core Strength: 

   Sit-Up: 40

   Bicycle: 50

   Plank: 60 sec.

Baseline: 185 lbs.
Weight: 179 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 175 lbs.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, oatmeal, butter, brown sugar, cream w/dried & fresh fruit

Lunch: broccoli cheese casserole

Snack: Coke, Cheetos

Dinner: bean paste & toast, cocktail

Evening: Doritos (fuck you)

Past the point of no return.

We continue. We maintain. We take ibuprofen like a champ.

Eating is, for me, a property of privilege. I will go grocery shopping and think, I can have that, I'll buy that thing, I can buy that thing, I have money for that, I am an adult, I have freedom and agency and I can have anything I want. Who can tell me no? I will have that thing.

This is all in a flash. And if I have the wherewithal I can also think what will that taste like? Will it taste very good? And the likelihood is that the answer is no, it will not taste very good. If they are Pringles or Doritos I can imagine they taste like dust, if it's a candy bar I know it will just taste like sugar. Not interesting, just a wad of chewy sugar.

That can put me right off. It only takes a moment. Other times, I will just get them, and try to remember to enjoy them, to take a little time, as I consume.

Distance: 3.1 miles
Duration: 30:09
Pace: 9:43

I am absolutely going to regret that later today. But the weather is perfect, and so were the tunes.

2015 Playlist

Magnets - Disclosure ft. Lorde  

Mission of Mercy (Live) - Martha Davis & The Motels

Bad Blood - Bryan Adams

I Didn't Just Come Here to Dance - Carly Rae Jepsen

Cream On Chrome - Ratatat

Lean On - Major Lazer ft. DJ Snake & MÖ

Restless - New Order

Head Over Heels - JD McPherson

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 58°
Climate: sunny & beautiful
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Upper body: 60 reps.

Core Strength: 

   Sit-Ups: 30

   Bicycles: 20

Baseline: 185 lbs.
Weight: 180 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 175 lbs.

Breakfast: veggie eggs benedict, asparagus w/hollandaise, mimosa, coffee w/cream

Lunch: French 75, fizzy water

Snack: nuts, fruit, cheese, chocolate peanut butter porter

Dinner: harissa roasted cauliflower, homemade gnocchi with chicken sausage in red pepper cream sauce, strawberry pineapple wheat beer, Sara Lee cheesecake

The boy made dinner for Mom's dad. Fucking delicious.

I'm going to fly from side to side.

Two weeks dry. First bad night's sleep all month, but it was entirely circumstantial, work-related worrying. Nice night last night, hanging out with our son who is home for spring break.

Distance: 1 mile
Duration: 9:34

1969 Playlist

I Want To Take You Higher - Sly & the Family Stone

What Goes On - The Velvet Underground

Route: Neighborhood Loop
Temperature: 62°
Climate: overcast  breezy
Mood: all right

Not really feeling it today, so I chose a short run. I need to rest these pins a little more.  

Stretches: yes
Water: yes

I need to do knee bends, that may help. It's not enough to just stretch.

Breakfast: fresh fruit, Greek yogurt, granola, almonds, dried cranberries, coffee w/cream
Lunch: Reuben (half)
Happy Hour: Diet Pepsi

Dinner: brisket burger (half), fries w/aioli, buffalo cauliflower, strawberry lemonade

Show Bev: sparkling mineral water

Upper Body: 6 reps.

Core Strength: 20 sit-ups

I’ve placed faith in geography.

Hot mane.

Awake at 2:30 AM in an Airbnb in Over the Rhine, fretting existential questions, deciding to sit up for an hour to write out my thoughts.

Getting our money’s worth out of this bougie hipster flop.

Distance: 2.5 miles

Duration: 22:39
Pace: 9:03

We are in Cincy to see the boy over  UC’s “family weekend.” So far we’ve had some good together time, got to existence a new neighborhood, even saw a play on campus. Shame about the football game though we couldn’t even get tickets, anyway.

Route: Over the Rhine

Temperature: 48°
Climate: partly cloudy & cool

Mood: anxious

  

This is in an Urban Outfitters

Ah, Sunday morning in Gentrification Land, where last night’s cold IPA is this morning’s warm piss.

“Watch out for uneven pavement,” she said, and it was a warning well-heeded. For the most part, though, and easy course, and safe, and one I would be happy to elaborate upon.

Stretches: yes

Water: yes

What’s That Lyric?

Gold Rush - Death Cab for Cutie

A little part of you inside of me will never die.

This has been a long week. Returning home from Athens, we spent the rest of the day packing and loading the boy's stuff to take him to school. Then we spent a few nights in Cincinnati, to get to know the place a little, and take care of last minute business for the boy (he was otherwise occupied settling in.) Now we're back in Athens for more family occasions.

There's been a lot of driving these past few weeks. I hate that part. It's been aggressive to my thighs. But when it's all over it will just be the two of us. But we've been two before and that was very nice, too.

Distance: 5 miles

Duration: 45:09
Pace: 9:02

Route: Hocking River Bike Path

Temperature: 66°
Climate: sunny & warm

Mood: very good

 

College Run Playlist (1986-1990)

Do You Believe in Shame? - Duran Duran

Need You Tonight - INXS

In the Lowlands - Crowded House

African Dance - Soul II Soul

Miss You Much - Janet Jackson

Beer - Murphy's Law

Shamas-Ud-Doha, Badar-Ud-Doja - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

The Prisoner - Squeeze

Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants

Buddy - De La Soul ft. Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip

 
Stretches: yes

Bicycles: 20
Planks: 90 sec.

Water: yes

We have run more this year than in 2021, or in 2019, or since the year 2016. Not what I expected when this year began. We eat less, we drink way less, we exercise more. We feel pretty good.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream

Coffee Break: latte, cranberry nut muffin 

Lunch: popcorn

Dinner: steak, corn on the cob, baked potato (butter, cottage cheese), caesar salad

Alcohol? Old Fashioned (1x)

Man. When was the last time I went four days without a run?

Reading (60 min.): yes

Told our eldest about how I met their mother. So that's where we are now.

Body and beats.

I want to be more intentional. I want to be reading and writing every day. Knowing there is a big change coming I have been putting off these plans. They will come soon, right? I will have copious amounts of time soon. Will I, though? Is that how it works? It is not. You do today.

Running again, and eating well. That was intentional, and I have kept at it for nearly half a year. I can do more. I have done, I can do.

And I will start today.

Distance: 1.7 miles (running)

Pace: 9:00

Route: out the bike path and back

Temperature:  77°
Climate: light rain

Mood: good

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream 

Brunch: beignets, egg benedict & hash browns (split)

Dinner: cheeseburger, baked beans & chips

Dessert: chocolate cake & vanilla ice cream

Alcohol? Mystic Mama IPA

First run with the boy since he was sidelined with a minor injury. Headed out from the hotel, ran the path for a bit, walked for a while to work out his shoulder. Light rain. Nice.

Reading (30 min.): Bechdel, A.

Writing (30 Min.): Storyboarding

Currently reading Alison Bechdel's recent memoir, The Secret to Superhuman Strength. It is a book with which I can relate.

What's That Lyric?

Blister In the Sun - Violent Femmes

Noble Two-Miler

Difficult day. Wasn't planning to run. The boy asked if I would like to, and bless him for it.

Distance: 2.1 miles

Duration: 19:32
Pace: 9:17

Route: Noble Loop (clockwise)

Temperature: 81°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: all right

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 40
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: tbd
Water: actually, OJ

Neighborhood One Mile

Dresses by Aunt Brenda

We're in that stage in recovery where the pain in the chest becomes a pain in the back. Is there a word for this? It’s like there’s a straight line from the real pain in my chest to the new one in my back. Same place, different side.

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 10:06

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 81°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: good

One miler? Sure. Got the dude new kicks yesterday. I'm gonna work with these a bit longer. Both kids say they are looking forward to running with me in Maine next week.

Careful. The last time I "looked forward" to Maine, bad things happened.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Upper body: 10 reps. (2x)
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, banana, cherry w/granola, yogurt, honey & sunflower seeds

Coffee Break: latte w/ oat milk 

Lunch: pastrami & turkey pepperoni w/pepper jack over half-bagel

Tea Time: tea w/cream & sugar

Post-Vaccination: chocolate shake

Dinner: small tacos (2), chips, Dortmunder, cookie

Alcohol? yes

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

I'm too thin.

Why the redface?

First time I heard "Crosseyed and Painless" was that summer "Salute to Talking Heads" they aired on Night Flight. The song was five years old by that time, a single from Remain In Light which never received airplay in Cleveland, at least not on commercial radio.

Host Pat Prescott told me the music video for "Crosseyed" was the first ever to include breakdancing, and I guess that's true? It was directed and choreographed by Toni Basil (Mickey!) and did not include any members of the band.

Distance: 4.5 miles

Duration: 42:24
Pace: 9:25

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 80°
Climate: sunny & hot

Mood: a little anxious

Remain In Light - Talking Heads (1980)

Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Crosseyed and Painless (Alternative Version)

The Great Curve (152 BPM)

Once In a Lifetime

Houses In Motion

Seen and Not Seen

Listening Wind

The Overload 

 

"The Overload" is not a good song to end a run to.

 
Stretches: yes
Abdominals: 90 sec. (2x) 

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

I am in a place where I don't obsess about eating. This is good, because I don't have to say no to things. Ice cream? Sure!

We are headed to Cincinnati for a couple days, for our son's orientation. I think I will leave the shoes at home. I will run in Cincinnati eventually.

Pre-run: banana

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, oatmeal w/dried fruit, butter, brown sugar, cream

Lunch: Turkey gravy & biscuit

Car food: Vanilla Coke, Cheezits, Pringles, Slim Jim

Dinner: smash burger, truffle fries, wedge salad

Alcohol? 50W Double IPA

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: no

Writing: yes

Blog?

Time to sit back and unwind.

The anxiety I feel leading in camp. The expectations. The emotions. The concentration. It can be wearying. But it’s exciting when it works.

Distance: 1 miles

Duration: 8:57

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 67°
Climate: overcast & cool

Mood: nice

 

Boy got up early today, not sleeping well. So I proposed a one-miler. Perfect for the day-before-end-of-camp run. Tonight the wife and I are seeing Rufus Wainwright, and after that something every freaking night until the weekend is over. I'm excited. I'm apprehensive.

 
Stretches: 
Abdominals: tbd 

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee with cream, fresh, strawberry, blackberries, raspberry, blueberry, banana with granola and yogurt.

Lunch: pepperoni pizza (1 slice), celery

HappyHour: cherry coke zero

Dinner: hot dog, Boss Dog IPA (2x)

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 172.5 lbs. (-0.5)

Goal: 170 lbs.

What's That Lyric?

Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Who the fuck are you.

New hat.

Maybe I should take a break, and rest these weary knees. Or maybe I should just run slower this morning.

Distance: 2.25 miles

Duration: 22:43
Pace: 10:06

Route: Horizon Loop (clockwise)

Temperature: 63°
Climate: sunny & cool

Mood: good

Nice, easy, good. Saw a winning game last night, then the boy and I watched Sherlock Jr. Never seen a Buster Keaton film before, just little clips. He was an inspiring director. Even the boy was impressed.

He's a man now. I will still refer to him as the boy.

150-159 BPM Playlist

Transmission - New Order

Come Out and Play - The Offspring

I Need to Know - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Who Are You - The Who

Puzzlin' Evidence - John Ingle ft. Bert Cross Chorus

Ballet For a Rainy Day - XTC

Watch the Tapes - CD Soundsystem

 
Stretches: yes
Abdominals: 90 sec. (2x)

Upper body: 10 reps
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, cut fruit w/yogurt & granola

Lunch: cheeseburger w/condiments, onion, pickle & tomato, macaroni salad

Dinner: Caesar salad, cupcake

It’s cupcake season.

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 178.5 lbs. (+2.0) 

Goal: 175 lbs.

Run for your children.

Today, our son turns eighteen. Can you imagine?

Distance: 2.5 miles

Duration: 24:06
Pace: 9:38

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 49°
Climate: sunny & cool

Mood: all right

Oof. Full stomach, woke at five, wearing a jacket. It was a slog. But it was nice. Maybe run the Heights 5K Saturday? I will rest tomorrow.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Alice Cooper

San Francisco - The Mowgli's

Poor Girl - X

This Is the Day - The The

No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys

Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine

I Will Dare - The Replacements

 
Stretches: yes
Abdominals: 90 sec.

Upper body: 10 rep. (3x)
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, crepes w/whipped cream, pork sausage, mango juice

Coffee Break: latte w/oatmilk

Lunch: smoothie bowl w/blueberry, raspberry, mango, vanilla granola & agave

Snack: banana, English muffin w/butter & marmalade

Happy Hour: Hazecraft IPA

Dinner: Alsatian gnocchi w/pickle, bean salad

Keeping track of the diet again. It's been a month and I haven't lost any more weight. End of the day I get compulsive. But you know what? I am never not compulsive. I am no weaker today than I am any other day. Just be mindful. Relax.

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 178.5 lbs. (-2.5)

Goal: 175 lbs.

Beer on Thursday? Yes. I just put up the NEW porch lights. I shall sip and enjoy.

Playing with fire ... and not getting burned.

Christ, I am sick of cold weather. I'm just done. I need a gym membership or something, because I am not going out in the bleak and damp anymore.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 31:01
Pace: 10:01

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 43°
Climate: overcast & cool

Pavement: dry
Mood: good -- now

And yet. Feeling listless, adrift and sore. we head out into the cold. Tomorrow is more promising.

1994 Playlist

I Don't Understand Anything - Everything But the Girl

Supernova - Liz Phair

Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb

Prayer for the Dying - Seal

B-Boya Makin' With the Freak Freak - Beastie Boys

My Name Is Jonas - Weezer

Welcome to Paradise - Green Day

Here Come the Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze

And for our efforts, we are rewarded. I feel energized, the rest of the day looks bright, in spite of the clouds. Seriously, I take a day in between to rest and it feels to me as though it's been a week. Keep it up, even when the year runs are over, and you might make something of yourself.

What was 1994? Like the man said (though he wouldn't say it for a few years), "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." Guerrilla fell apart. My marriage fell apart. The most significant relationship in my life took a new direction. And here we are.

 
Stretches: yes
Abdominals: 90 sec. (2x)

Upper body: 6 reps
Water: yes

Monday

Breakfast: coffee w/cream

Coffee Break: latte w/oatmilk 

Lunch: Buffalo chicken salad wrap, potato chips

Treat: 2 Tagalongs

Happy Hour: Beck's NA

Dinner: egg & tomato stir fry w/rice, roasted asparagus

Tuesday

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, raisin bran w/fresh banana, raspberries, strawberries, oatmilk

Coffee Break: latte w/oatmilk, 2 Tagalongs

Lunch: buffalo chicken salad wrap, chips

Dinner: steak w/red wine reduction (the boy made that), frozen tater tots (I made those)

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 181.5 lbs. (+2.0) 

Goal: 175 lbs.