Plugging Along

Driving to work this morning I heard a commercial on the radio for McDonalds and of course something about it caught me off guard. I am not sure it was intended to be construed the way I took it, but nonetheless it was odd. The wife was trying to persuade her husband to stay in bed and snuggle with her in the morning but he was getting up early to go to McDonalds to get there new steak breakfast thing. She was trying and trying and he then his alarm went off and she said, “And he’s gone.” Or something like that. Then they promote said item and then the wife comes back on and says, “Well, I’d go to if I could fit thru the door.” I just about spit my coffee out of my mouth. Did I hear that right? Surely they weren’t implying that the girl was so large she couldn’t fit thru the door… I am not joking those were the exact words she said. Are they somehow implying that clearly large people must like McDonalds or that somehow there food makes you fat? I mean, we all know it does but I just couldn’t believe an actual advertisement would say this. It was strange. I’m pretty sure that would not make anyone want to actually eat McDonalds.

So, moving on from that last night I went home and ran while I watched Monday night’s new biggest loser. Boy do I love that show. Of course a lot of the episode was spent on the kids. I really do know they are trying to do a good thing here with promoting healthy habits in kids but honestly it’s not that exciting to watch. I like the ranch action where there is intense workout and getting to the root of the problems etc. Just not a fan of the kid thing I guess, but I’m dealing with it. I ran a nice 11 miles last night, despite it being harder than the previous night. I finished up and had a nice chicken and avocado dinner. I really do love avocados these days.

Nothing too major or exciting to report last night. Guess my fun came yesterday in booking my Maui flight. Of course today I did book my hotel. I always stay at Lahainia Shores hotel in Maui and I book directly with the owner of the condo at vrbo.com, that way you know exactly what room you are getting and it’s cheaper than booking a room thru the hotel. Anyway we are staying in the same room as last time and I am excited about this.

Tomorrow is weigh-in day and I honestly have zero idea what the scale is going to do. I wasn’t perfect this week and of course had that 3 day mini departure but I really did make the best choices I could so I will live with it. I honestly have been so busy the past two days and have focused on other stuff that I really don’t know what the scale is going to do. All I really can do is the best that I can do and whatever else happens will happen. I have no control over that. Overall I am feeling pretty good about things probably because I am on a Maui high and eventually that will fade and I will be back to trying to plan out every detail of my life. That is simply what I do.

After yesterday’s post and realizing that I am 3 weeks from Vegas I decided to make plans for Valentine’s Day in Vegas. I booked Cirque Beatles Love for Valentine’s Day. I’ve already seen the show twice but we love it and I love the Beatles so dang much that I don’t care if I see it again. It really is an amazing show. So that is now done. We made reservations at Samba at the Mirage for Valentine’s Day Dinner. It is a Brazilian barbeque place. We ate there years ago and it was off the charts awesome. Its carved meats right at your table, all you can eat. Not that I need all you can eat, but it’s just so cool! We made reservations for 5 PM and then the show is at 7 at the same casino so we should be fine. That is exciting too. I have a lot on my plate right now but I like that.

I have to talk about the reality that only when I really am happy with myself do I start making plans. It’s probably no coincidence that last year I did nothing, I went nowhere and I was miserable all the time because I weighed WAY too much. The minute I start losing weight and loving myself again I start enjoying life and making plans and booking vacations. I have always realized they go hand in hand but it’s still such an interesting phenomenon.

Sometime this healthy lifestyle stuff is just so effortless and then other times it’s a pain in the ass and it takes every ounce of strength I have. Right now it seems okay. Right now my eating isn’t out of whack and I don’t mind the exercising. I need to run with this as long as I can that is for sure.

I guess that’s pretty much it for the day. We will see what tomorrow brings for me on the scale and then I might need to refocus for next week. There are a few things that I haven’t been so good at this week and I really need to improve upon, but we will see. Anyway I’ll be back tomorrow.