The "Quest" is heating up

Since the "Quest" began, I am proud to say that I have not missed a day. Alternating between cardio and strength-training, I can honestly report "so far so good". But although my husband is used to my getting up at the crack of dawn just to work out, even he was a bit stunned this morning when I headed out for a run at 6 a.m., as the temperature was reaching the 27 degrees Celsius mark. Just to paint you a picture, I'm a size four (six on a bad day) but when it's humid out and the insides of your thighs are sticking to each other with every stride, you can't help but question whether the "short shorts" were the right choice. Size four or not, I felt like thunder-thigh city, damn that humidity!!

But I did it! Short shorts and all... and finished a 4K run, ending with 60 park-bench step-ups. Let me tell you, I was drenched!!

Now, exercise alone is not going to have me bikini-bound. For those of you who are fans (assuming there are actually people reading this blog), I'm with Tosca on this one (not a fan? Google Tosca Reno...) who believes that it's 80% what you eat, 10% exercise and 10% genes. So since I get my lower body from my dear mother (I'm not complaining, I'm just being realistic in that I will never grace the high-fashion runways with legs going all the way up to my armpits...), what I put in my mouth needs to be paid as much (or should I say more) attention than what I'm doing on the exercise front. Now over all, my husband and I are pretty healthy eaters. Friends would probably say I'm being too hard on myself and correct me by saying that we're very healthy eaters. However today, because of the fact that there was nothing in the house (we're heading to the cottage in a few days, so why do groceries???), I ended up buying my lunch. BIG BIG MISTAKE!!! Healthy eater that I am, I was determined to choose something nutritious and decided on an Elaine special... "The Big Salad". So off I went to the food court where there is a "restaurant" that makes salads to go. How can you go wrong with a salad????? Lettuce? Check! Tomatoes? Check! Black olives? Check! Grilled chicken? Check! Cucumber? Check! Balsamic vinaigrette? Check! Sounds good, no? NO!!!! It had to be THE worst salad that I have ever, ever consumed... Absolutely terrible. Not only was it a waste of good money (10 dollars and 10 cents, to be exact) but also a total waste of my mid-day calorie intake. I think that bothered me more than the money. So what lesson did I learn? When it seems like there is nothing to eat, there's is ALWAYS the trusty peanut butter sandwich. Well, at least I know what I'll be having for lunch tomorrow. AND Tosca would approve.