day 1 of week 5 following body for life. up early this morning to get amy ready to run in the shamrock shuffle. she ended up coming in 11980th place and finishing the 8k in 56:51. you can check out her results or everyone else’s. i watched her leave and was there as she got close the the finish line. there were tons and tons of people there, it was insane looking out over the crowd.


it was weird watching amy run off with the crowd of people. i had a rush of feelings flow through me seeing her look over and smile at me as she ran by. that feeling of loving someone so much and seeing them do something you want them to do so well in. it’s so hard to describe but i love her in so many ways … i guess that describes it pretty well though ahe.


i walked around downtown while she was out running. originally i was going to use that as my exercise but later in the day amy got me thinking that it wasn’t enough and as usual she was right. so, i ended up using my recumbent bike for 20 minutes of hiit. i didn’t time it right to be on an empty stomach but i did it.


meals for the day weren’t bad.

  1. cottage cheese, yogurt, and coffee
  2. banana and a bagel
  3. grilled chicken, tomato, and cheese on an onion ficaccio bread with a bowl of cream of chicken and wild rice soup
  4. tea and ginger cookies
  5. round steak, gravy, mashed potatoes, and corn with some tea

not perfect but reasonably healthy. i am going to kick some ass this week and get some better meals in. i did it a few times last week but it was less then perfect and i know it. and knowing is half the battle …