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motivation to seek results

It’s been a long week and I weighed in. haven’t lost a thing. I haven’t gained any weight, mostly because I’ve been conscious of portion control. My eating habits are off balance. I’ve had battered and fried Chinese food for 5 meals in the last week, not to mention the outrageous meal I had last Sunday and cheesecake I ate last night. I’m not snacking and I’m not eating a 4th meal, but I am trying to make myself feel better by eating. All I’ve wanted all week is comfort food [hence the Chinese delivery].

I skipped my workout yesterday because I will be walking my endurance distance on Sunday [hopefully outside if weather permits]. I skipped my workout today for no good reason other than I just wanted to get home. Tomorrow, me and 15 of my closest friends are meeting up at a place in Kentucky called Patti’s, which is about a 2 hour drive. Big pork chops, legitimate desserts, and hopefully a relaxing atmosophere.

I don’t know why this week has worn on me so much, but it’s pushed me back into some bad habits, the worst being laziness in my diet. That all changes on Sunday. But first, tonight I’m polishing off that cheesecake, tomorrow I’m having pork chops, and maybe by Sunday my mind will be in the right place, because rain or shine, I’m walking 7.5 miles.

SELECT * FROM Week WHERE DAY = ‘Friday’

  • I’m searching through a table with 15 foreign keys trying to find a specific person on a specific day, then find out which foreign keys are actually meaningful. ‘LastModifiedBy’ is one I can probably skip. But this one stored procedure has been my biggest timesaver this week.

sp_fkeys @fktable_name = ‘<TABLENAME>’

  • I’m searching through the SALE and TRANS tables trying to find discrepancies. On the surface, they look identical [same number of rows, same number of distinct rows, same dollar total]. But a report I don’t trust anyway says there’s a $4000 difference. I got to say this to Amy Accounting: “I’ll be happy to look into it but it won’t be today; there are too many other important things.”
  • I’m running 4 different IM protocols, talking over all of them to coworkers, vendors, friends, and more coworkers.

Finale of Battlestar Galactica tonight, 8pm Central. I’m going to run/walk 7.5 miles tomorrow morning. I’ve got to pick up a new Rock Band guitar controller, new insoles for my running shoes, clean my kitchen, and at some point get 8 hours of sleep.

Running vs. Never Running Ever Again

Back in December in a moment of pure ambition and one-up-man-ship, I committed to running a half marathon in April. I’ve been in the gym 3 or 4 days a week for the last two months getting started on my training regiment. Some days I am amazed at what I’ve accomplished since starting my diet. That’s usually only 1 day a week. The other 6 consist of aching.

I have no idea what raceday will be like. It’s still around 3 months away and I can’t even finish on a treadmill what looked like manageable goals. The only way I’ve been able to start building my legs is using an eliptical and that’s an entirely different experience. I need to start running outdoors before raceday gets too close, but it’s not going to be until winter passes. I don’t want to think that my ambition has gotten the best of me, but there’s no way I’m going to quit. Unfortunately, too many people would hold it over my head for too long. I guess that’s what friends are for.