Thanksgiving Monday!

Quick weekend recap! Saturday was a long run day (16 miles) and it went really well. I think wearing flats on Friday may have helped and I haven’t worn heels since! I ran with Jess, Tosha and Wendy along a beautiful route which made the time go by so quickly! And of course, Jess’ son Gabriel was our bike escort! :) Sunday I went to the club with Tosha just to ride the bike (very leisurely) and sit in the hot tub with the salts for 20 minutes. It was all about recovery.

I was out very late last night at a Canadian gathering in Bellevue, WA. Why you ask?!?!? Canadian Thanksgiving of course! :) Needless to say there was no shortage of food but I kept it under control for once! I may be 4000 km away from my parents but there was something really comforting about spending the night last night with 9 other misplaced Canadians.

So I slept in today because I knew I needed more than 4 hours of sleep to go into this hectic Monday. I also have a soccer game tonight at 9:30 pm so I knew I’d be getting cardio in at some point. Thank goodness I did! I came in and got hit with 3 of the worst possible fires I could fight… all in one day! Couldn’t have been worse… before one was put out, another came up! Not so unusual for MS but boy, did it take it’s toll. The great news?!?!?!?! I didn’t do the freak out and eat thing! That is a first… normally I reach for junk food. Today, I just kept walking back to the kitchen to fill up my water bottle instead.

I’ll be stuck at work for a while still and just ate a banana. I have a pria bar and oatmeal on hand so I don’t have to worry about hitting a drive through on my way home before the game tonight!

20/20 shake (290 cals)
Coffee in milk (30 cals)
Sandwich (450 cals)
Banana (100 cals)
1/2 Pria bar (85 cals)
Egg beater sandwich (180 cals)
Corn on the cob (100 cals)
Rice Krisps (60 cals)
Crackers with jam (180 cals)

Total (1475 cals)