Have you ever been so exhausted that you just think if you move one more time, that will be the end of you? Well, tonight, that’s exactly how I feel. We started the day by going for a 5.3 mile walk this morning. It’s funny, that Monica verbalized this morning how our walking distances tend to revolve around Starbucks. One just happens to be 1.5 miles away, one is exactly 2 miles away and today’s is exactly 2.5 miles away from the house. Wonder where we’ll find the one that is exactly three miles away. Guess I better start researching, especially since we are “training” for the 10k in a month. Anyway, we got in our walk, then proceeded to come home and work in the yard and in the garage and make a trip to Good Will. By the time we realized it, it was after 3, we’d expended more calories in a few hours than I had been used to expending in a week, all the while only having consumed less than 200 calories – my Caramel Frappuchino Light. Hunger started to make itself known, and about the easiest and quickest thing I could think of was a grilled cheese sandwich. It took every ounce of energy I had to stand there for the few minutes it took to make our sandwiches. Note to self…how about we get a few calories in us before we get ourselves to the point of being totally beyond exhaustion?
After adding a little fuel to our bodies, we then proceeded to work on cleaning the house and rearranging the living room, in anticipation of our couch delivery slated for Monday. Finally, the steaks were thawed and Mon cooked them on the grill. First cookout of the Spring and it was awesome!!! Everything hurts, but the feeling of accomplishment both from the exercise perspective as well as that of having a clean house is truly awesome. I am exhausted, but it’s a good kinda tired. In a strange way, I feel quite energized – probably at least partly because of another week of weight loss. My belly is full, having had a healthy dinner (lean meat and baked sweet potato fries), and I suspect I will sleep well tonght. Zzzzzzz