True confessions of a diet slacker: Part 5
December 12, 2008 by lisagriffis
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An art object I plan on leaving on the plate this holiday.
Time to pay the piper. I told my coach, Johanna, that my goal for the week was to hit 145 by Friday. Sometimes I get so caught up in the challenge to lose the rest of my weight that I make promises that my body just can’t produce. And today the scale read: 147 pounds. Well at least I am still trying.
I was invited to a friend’s house for cookie baking on Sunday. You know gal pals, Cosmos and cookie dough. I declined the invitation. I hate to be unsocial able but I just don’t trust myself with that amount of temptations. I am trying to ignore the sugary treats but when my skinny girlfriends get together it is just hard to follow my diet.
Why can’t more holiday traditions revolve around being active? I would love to meet friends in the park for a holiday hike or a spin around an ice rink. Mall walking is out this time of year; I have no patience for the all the traffic and people walking around with huge packages.
I am going to suggest that next year my friends get together for a healthy brunch and maybe a walk around the art museum next year. Let the other eat cookies.
Why can’t more holiday traditions revolve around being active?
You’re just not looking in the right places. Well, that, and traditions have to start somewhere.
In my neighborhood, the Palm Beach Road Runner hold the annual “Run for the Pies” on Thanksgiving morning. It is a 5K run and the first 700 people across the finish line get a pumpkin pie. This year, over 1,500 people showed up for the run. If you’re pulling 10-minute miles, you’re burning 700 calories an hour (give or take). I’m told a lot of running clubs do a pie run.
Also on Thanksgiving, a local bike shop sponsored a metric (100 kilometers, 62 miles). Start at 7:00 am, burn 1,800 calories, finish around 10:30 am. You’ll be home and exercised before the in-laws show up.
My own tradition is to bike the morning of New Year’s Day, no matter how hung over I feel. I did 7.6 miles 2007/01/01 and 20.5 miles 2008/01/01.
Traditions: start your own today.
—Matt