First Run in a Long Time

Yesterday I went for my first run in a long time. I tried running around my neighborhood when we first moved back to San Diego and it was sooooo hilly my run became a walk. There's a fitness trail thingy near my work that's relatively flat and the distance isn't marked but I'm guessing it's just under a mile long (it took me 13 minutes to run around the whole loop and since I'm slow, I think my guess is pretty close.) I went three times around in 39 minutes. Nick decided to come along but he couldn't keep up so he spent a lot of time walking. He told me I'm more athletic than he is which is kinda funny because no one's ever told me that before. I'm the only person I know who actually failed PE as a kid. I was always the last one picked for teams because I suck so much at sports. I can't hit a baseball, I can't throw a football, I can't shoot a basket, I can barely ride a bicycle and if I tried to jump over a hurtle, I'd probably fall on my face. I'm one of the clumsiest, uncoordinated people I know but I can lift a pair of 15 pound dumbells over my head and do an hour of cardio without falling over so that makes me happy. It just goes to show it doesn't take any talent or natural athletic ability to get in shape. It just takes time and practice.

My eating over the weekend wasn't great since it was Sean's birthday and all. Friday for Sean's birthday, we took the kids to Outback. I can't believe I only had one little taste of the bloomin' onion we got. I was really good and got the salmon and didn't have any of the sauce. I only ate half of my meal and ate the rest for a snack the next day. Saturday we went to House on the Hill in Poway which is a super-swanky, fancy-pants steakhouse. It's also FREAKING AWESOME! We went all out and had the appetizer sampler which had ceviche (which was devine, it was like really good salsa with fish in it), seafood salad, the most amazing onion rings I've consumed in my entire lifetime and crab cakes (which were good but I lived in the mid-atlantic for almost two years so I've gotten a little spoiled.) With that and the bread and the cheese and crackers and the split-pea soup, I was barely hungry anymore by the time our dinner came. Sean got a $30 steak. He gave me a taste and it was FABULOUS! I got the Calamari Parmesan which seemed weird but it was really, really good. I could only eat half of it so the rest is still in my fridge (maybe I'll go home and eat it for lunch today.) Then, since it was Sean's birthday, they brought him a slice of the most amazing chocolate cheesecake ever. It was dark chocolate on the bottom and white chocolate on top. I only had two bites because I was so stuffed. Sunday Sean barbequed hamburgers and I made his birthday cake. I made a german chocolate cake from scratch. I even made the frosting. That cake is wrong on so many levels. Not that I don't care about my family's health but if that cake disappears before the end of the day, I'll be really happy.