football, a treadmill, and veggies “in between”
Yesterday was not enough time to recover from Thanksgiving! Today I have been dragging… We spent the holiday in a different time zone, which really messes with my internal clock. I’m amazed how much my body rejects my normal routine even when I’ve been off it for just a few days. I can’t sleep in and stay up late on the weekends because then I’m dragging all week long. So I tried to get myself up at 8am yesterday (to try to ease back into reality) but it was not pretty.
Sunday, I had a super long to-do list: unpack, laundry, run 12, Christmas shopping, grocery shopping. But the most important thing was watching football. Everything else gets moved around based on when my beloved Kansas City Chiefs are playing. With that in mind and my crazy long list of food I needed to buy I decided to tackle the shopping first. Ugh. Our fridge was completely empty so it took forever to get everything we need. Then ran around to four different places trying to find the perfect Christmas gifts. The trip took WAY longer than I thought it would and didn’t get back in time to finish my run before football.
Solution: treadmill! Mr. Dawn had his Bears on the TV and I had my Chiefs on my computer. Between the two games I always had something to entertain me. I didn’t realize how distracting watching football can be. The run just flew by! Touchdowns and interceptions. It was so fun! I wasn’t very fast. For some reason I always run slower on the treadmill than I do outside…sigh…oh well.
We now find ourselves in those strange weeks “in between” Thanksgiving and Christmas. While Mr. Dawn and I were driving home on Saturday we were bemoaning all the nutrition-less food we’d eaten in just a few short days. Our bodies were craving good nutrient dense food. So we have stocked up on veggies (thanks to my epically long grocery trip) and have committed to eating at least one vegetable per every meal for the next two weeks. 48 hours in and I’m feeling great! Kale and cucumbers for breakfast–delish! Bell peppers and celery at lunch–yum! Tonight we had some stir fry cauliflower and a lime-cilantro coleslaw w/tomatoes and jalapeno. Now I just need to get my sleep system back on track.
Yay for surviving the holiday season with one’s health in tact!
You had so much to do yesterday!! I love watching sports on the treadmill, time flies by! Your meals sound delicious. I may have to copy your idea of having a veggie with every meal. You are so lucky Mr. Dawn participates in healthy eating with you….someday:) Good luck recovering! I am all about early to bed, early to rise but you probably already knew that since we are twins and all!
75$ for a treadmill…I am extremely jealous. P.S. Billy took the picture ha!
Sounds like a busy day yesterday! Your veggie idea sounds good. I suck at veggies. I do much better with fruit. I’d love to get a treadmill for our place but I don’t think I can have it in our apartment because of the neighbors and stuff. When we buy a house I am totally buying one! And it doesn’t sound weird about running in the same room. I’m a total sap like that too.
Yes! I completely know what you mean about craving nutrients. Unfortunately, I’m still eating leftovers so I have not been as healthy as I should be! Sunday is always my busy catch up day too…
I felt like every day this weekend i played catch up… i need a weekend to recover from my busy weekend! phew!
I always run slower on the the treadmill, too. I figure it is just a fact of life and deal with it
And I love how my body feels when I eat veggies and fruit versus junk. It is amazing the difference it makes!
Your hub must be loving those Bears after yesterday!
I too am craving good food for a change! Yay!
I know how you feel about needing some better food. We should meet for some Christmas shopping!!
OK- I need the coleslaw recipe. I LOVE cilantro and jalapenos!
I am SO behind on my Christmas shopping. I can’t believe how quickly it’s coming-AHHH!!
Nice job on the treadmill run-nice multitasking!! I have a hard time with steady or long runs on the treadmill. I don’t mind speedwork or runs that I can CONSTANTLY mess with the pace and incline but running a continual pace for a long time is tough. I wish I could watch TV. It makes me nauseous for whatever reason so I have to rely on the Ipod.
We are poor depressed football fans in this house. Our big hopes for the Vikes have pretty much disappeared….
You were so productive yesterday!! I’m impressed. I said it before, but I’ll say it again – I love your treadmill/football watching strategy. It really makes me wish I had one (Christmas present?? haha)
It’s so easy to be lacking in veggies this time of year. I love the holidays and all the amazing foods that seem to be everywhere these days, but after a couple days of eating crap, that’s how I start to feel. It’s amazing what a difference eating real, fresh foods can make!
WOW! Great job on the TM. I just haven’t gotten to where I can distract myself enough yet, I guess. You are rad! 12 miles?!
You have inspired me to make a spinach omelet tomorrow
Way to be healthy!!
i did great with food for thanksgiving…but today I am stuck with a delayed flight and got a ginormous cookie to make me happy…yeah no good
I will definitely fill you in on any advice I get! Thank you for being so excited for me….I love my blog friends:)