Back on track

The past couple of days have been without a post, and that's because I haven't done much worth posting about. The day before yesterday, I once again just didn't have time for the exercise...yesterday it rained heavily all morning, and I was busy during the afternoon. Unfortunately, I can never make time in the evening, because it's just not a good idea for a young woman to go for a run by herself at night in Jacksonville. I suspect I'll have less trouble fitting them in once the days get a little longer...

I managed to get out there today, though, and suffer through my mile, as well as spending some time exercising with the stability ball. I'm pretty sure there is nothing less dignified or more ridiculous looking than a person wallowing around on a bright blue rubber ball, wishing the belly fat would disappear.

Anyway, I must dutifully report that we have not been doing very well at cooking healthy meals lately. We've eaten out a fair bit, much more often than the rare occasion we're supposed to allow ourselves, and we made the mistake of allowing soda back into the apartment.

I think the problem is that we tried to dive into the healthy cooking too abruptly. Last time we went grocery shopping, we bought the ingredients for one or two healthy dinners, which seemed like a lot of stuff, and made them...but then we didn't get any 'easy' stuff for the rest of the nights. We've got plenty of food, like chicken and such, just not a lot of inspiration of what to do with it that doesn't take 2 hours and 10 extra ingredients. I think next time we shop, we'll have to make sure we have plenty of healthy options for breakfast and lunch, and maybe one or two experimental recipes for dinner, but then some of the "easy" things too. Bottled marinade or shake and bake chicken might not be the final word in health, but it's still a lot better (and cheaper) than going to Cracker Barrel or Red Robin.

Oh, and just so everyone knows, poor Panda is recovering from her surgery and doesn't seem too traumatized by the whole affair. She's mostly back to herself by now, but still moves a little tenderly if she tries to jump too high.