Unidentified Running Object

Let me start by saying I'm sorry. If you were in downtown Guthrie last night at around 10, if you were out for a nice leisurely drive down Oklahoma Street, or if you happened to be stalking a Mason at the temple: I'm sorry. Even though it was dark outside, it was still unbelievably hot and humid, so I did it. I'm not proud of it, but there is nothing I can do about it now. I am also sad to say that I will do it again. Soon. I ran without a shirt last night. Try not to visualize it in your head, and make sure you don't discuss it out loud in front of children. There is no reason they should be punished for my indiscreetness. But Aaron needs to prepare himself, because, unless it is 65 Sunday evening, I will be running sans top yet again. It was very liberating, and I think more people should do it. More women anyway. But I digress.

The diet was moving along beautifully right up until the time I started making dinner for the kids. The grilled cheese sandwich turned out to be too much to resist. I knew it was bound to happen eventually. It probably didn't help that wife (god rest her soul) made spice cake cupcakes on Day 3 of the diet (thanks babe!!). One of those after dinner sounded pretty good. So did the iced oatmeal cookies I bought for the kid's lunch boxes (one row of those after the run really hit the spot). To be honest, I really don't feel that bad about it. I know diets don't work. Anything that is based on avoiding things you love is bound to fail eventually. But I did learn quite a bit that is going to help me going forward. Even though I had a piece of pizza tonight (we've had it since Monday, and I've been fighting it ever since), I followed the diet for the rest of the day. While I know I won't be following the diet to the letter going forward, I am thinking of doing this for 4-5 days a week (no meat or pasta, lots of veggies, etc), and then eating sensibly for the rest of the week. I know this is going to be a great way to lose all of the weight I need to, and I feel like it will be more effective in 3-5 day stretches instead of trying to tough it out for 2 weeks.

So to answer Aaron's question, my diet for a lifetime will be the ABS Diet, which seems like a very sensible way of eating without having to suffer. The ABS Diet Bullseye gives an overview of what you should be eating, and if I have a chance, I will go over the philosophy behind the diet (as I understand it).

As for the running, I ran my usual 2.5 miles last night, but I picked up the pace a bit and ran it in 29:26, which comes out to a little over 11 minutes/mile. I feel great today, so I may run again tonight, but we will see how the Mrs. is feeling.