Not so bad

Luckily, whatever caused yesterday's weakness was gone by today.

When I went for my run, I tried to focus less on speed and more on proper running form...longer strides, making sure my feet hit heel-to-toe. It actually helped a lot..when I got home, I felt pleasantly tired instead of like I wanted to throw myself into traffic and die. I actually think I could have gone farther than a mile, had the inclination struck me. My muscles still burned, but the pain I've been having in my ankle and knees was much less. I'm really glad, because I was starting to worry about the ankle pain, and whether or not it would put an eventual end to the running. Turns out when you run like a human being instead of like some sort of flat footed rotund beast, it really works. Maybe I'm being optimistic, but even the stretching afterward was better.

Quitting soda is still pretty hard, but I think keeping it out of the apartment is the key. Having a coke when we're out at a movie, or on a date, is probably not so bad. Drinking it like the water of life itself for the whole day is probably the issue.

We've been doing better about cooking here at home the past few days as well...tonight is chicken parm, but with no breading on the chicken. This is fine by me, since I typically prefer chicken without skin or breading anyway...strangely, the prospect of it makes me miss the chicken parm they served at the Gold Rush once every few weeks, also known as "The One Truly Edible Meal of the Month." Not because it was particularly good, but because when the days before had consisted of Mystery Meat Tacos and Discount Shrimp in a Bowl of Horror, the chicken parm seemed like heaven, and we all ate at least two servings of it.

Anyway, with that almost-pleasant nostalgia out of my system, it's time to go do some productive things. I've got some good momentum going today, and I don't want to lose it.