Pot Luck High

Having never participated in one, I was looking forward to my 1st pot luck today. It was great having the opportunity to socialize with co-workers and try a little bit of everything from broccoli salad to calico beans to an amazing Mexican chip dip. Some home made treats and some store bought snacks were there to graze on. I was happy to see lots of veggies too. It was a nice variety, and I was actually surprised at how low-carb my choices seemed to be. The only thing I needed to bolus for was the pita chips I enjoyed with hummus, a handful of chips, a small bite of ooey-gooey brownie, and a tiny maple pecan bar (then a 2nd). Ok, dang. Now that I list it out I see wear I went wrong. Oh and I suppose those scrumptious beans I ate had some carbs hidden there, I always forget about beans!

Tricky tricky pot luck boluses. It's so hard to tell what you have consumed when you go back for 2nd and 3rds or have a bite here and bite there. I thought I had done pretty well. Then 3 o'clock rolled around and I found myself fighting an intense urge to take a nap at my desk. How horrible would that be if someone walked by and I was sleeping?! I seriously could have fallen asleep. Then a little birdie told me, "maybe you should check your BG". Ugh, but that means getting up and walking all the way to the bathroom. FINE. So I did. Whoops. 219. Duh. A correction bolus followed.

Lesson learned - I suck at bolusing for pot lucks. Ha. They are fun and the food is good, but carb counting = not so easy! Still worth it : )

Afternoon Delight

I have to say last weekend was quite fantastic.

I was pretty bummed on Friday when I realized I would not be able to make it to Nodak that night due to Old Man Winter, which meant no Jingle Bell 5K. I still had hope that Saturday would bring clear skies and clean roads, and allow me to at least celebrate my sistah's big 3-0 : )

Friday night we took advantage of being snowed in. We invited over our friends that live close by. I made some pretty tasty (but probably not so healthy) white chicken chili. Then we played cards and had a few drinks.

Saturday I was pumped to see we would be able to make the trek back to ND! The birthday celebration was FUN. I had never been to a Japanese Steakhouse, and was thoroughly entertained by our chef (especially when he was shooting sake into my mouth from a squeeze bottle!). The food was oh so delicious. I cleaned my whole plate : ) The rest of the night was spent with some pretty awesome people, more drinks and more fun.

I got to sit next to guest of honor!

Who doesn't love fried rice???

Sunday I was starting to feel pretty guilty about not working out at all Saturday and eating soooo much food. That guilt got me on the treadmill as soon as we got home. To my surprise I was able to kick out 5 miles, and an even larger surprise was how great it felt! 

That got me thinking - why have my morning runs lately felt so miserable and my evening runs so good? My conclusion, completely unscientific, is that by morning my background insulin from the morning before is probably out of my system. I read somewhere that even though it is suppose to last 24 hours, it's usually more like 18 hours. And lately I have woken up a little higher than I would like to be, so I also don't eat anything before I jump in the mill in the morning. Or it could just be that I am TIRED and want to crawl back in my warm bed!

It's just weird, because morning workouts use to always be my best and my end of the day workouts left much to be desired. Hm, who knows? Either way I was happy with my much needed run yesterday.

Today spin kicked my butt. (Seriously, my gym needs to figure out how to ventilate a room. The spin room gets SO hot that the windows and the mirrors all fog up - gross! The yoga room on the other hand, blasts cold freaking air when its not needed. What the heck?!?!)

I need to go check on the Maple Pecan Bites I am making for my Finance team's holiday potluck tomorrow! Never tried this recipe before, but they look and smell delicious!

November Month in Review

Whoa, hello December, you snuck up on me!

Although I am excited for all the holiday fun, I know it will go by too quickly.

Here's November's workout recap:

Cycle - made it to 6 classes

Swim - 2xs

Run - 8 times totaling about 30 miles

Bodyworks - survived 4 classes

Yoga - 3 wonderful times

Off days - 7 much deserved and enjoyed

I am pretty satisfied with November's results, especially given the fact it included a long Thanksgiving weekend back home. 

My plan for December is to enjoy one last month of care free workouts, meaning do whatever I feel like: spin, yoga, swim, run, strength training, all of it, whichever I feel like doing each day. In January I will get focused again and begin building up my running base for the Fargo half-marathon in May!

Check out our budget friendly real tree for Christmas 2010: 

Before

After!