The ups and downs

Everyone fighting the pudge fights the urges, too: can't I skip exercising today? it won't kill me to have french fries today, right? Check out this post from One Healthy Blogger.

There are up days, down days, and then the really down days. Holiday weekends usually fall into that latter category. I think I fared OK this July 4th. Here's the breakdown...

Good
Lots of seafood! lobster, steamers, baked fish....
Lots of veggies! raw carrots, lots of salad, asparagus with eggs, etc. Everywhere I can sneak them in I try to.
Lots of fruit! Ok, this means sugar but it fills me up instead of chips, etc. (blueberries, watermelon, strawberries)

Bad
Too much beer (I couldn't resist the local brews when visiting my New England hometown this holiday)
Too much sugar (homemade choc. chip cookies, flag cake - aka pound cake with cool whip, salt water taffy)

Sigh. Well it's back to the grind. Breakfast tomorrow I think will be a banana and coffee. Maybe a touch of peanut butter. Oh, and more running. Even if my rolls are bouncing all over the place, at least I know I'm fit (somewhere under it all).