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April 10, 2005
Big Eaters, Early Travelers, and Heavy Lifting
When my family gets together it is a mini-celebration, as I know it is for a lot of families. We tend to eat out often and indulge. We were all SOOO full after dinner last night-which was fabulous. However, I couldn’t sleep because I had wine (sugar?) and this wonderful brownie/ice cream/chocolate sauce combination (sugar and caffeine?) which in total has more sugar and caffeine than I typically eat. Any of the nutritionists (or dieticians? Is that the same thing as a nutritionist?) on our blogs feel free to correct me as to if my hypothesis was correct as to why I was awake at 1:30 AM!
My family likes to get an early start to the day so I met them for breakfast at 8. Okay, we were actually all early so we ate at 7:45. I biked 2 miles each way to meet them. I have to mention how much more beautiful Boston is to bike around without traffic.
Afterwards they headed out of town and I was at the gym by 8:40 to lift while completely full of French toast. In general, I don’t like lifting. I typically only lift upper body for overall health reasons and for arm definition reasons. I do the leg press to help my knees, but too many other leg exercises actually tend to bother my knees and I figure all of the running is enough of a workout.
Today, inspired by Blondie who recently upped her weights, I upped all my weights to the next level for the first time since January (that is embarrassing to admit-that’s too long, right?). This was very exciting.
No running today. Later on I have an undergrad alum event and a BBQ with some non-parental relatives. Oh wow, I have to go-my younger sister is IMing me that she and her longterm boyfriend just broke up...this is a big deal.
Posted by Audrey at April 10, 2005 09:56 AM
Comments
Audrey, yeay! I'm excited that you're keeping a blog now. I've enjoyed chatting with you over email. Now I'll get to follow your running and grad school experience regularly. Best of luck in attaining your goals. And welcome to the circle!
Leilani
Posted by: Leilani at April 10, 2005 01:16 PM
I think you could safely say that a nutritionist is the same thing as a dietitian. However, if asked what we are, I'd say 99% of us would call ourselves dietitians because if we're registered, we're RDs (registered dietitian in case anyone was having trouble figuring that one out... :) I personally don't care what people call me, other than the occasional patient that thinks I'm the cook and starts complaining that the roast beef wasn't done right last night for dinner... :)
Regardless, you're trouble sleeping may have been the sugar or caffeine or both or just from the fact that you may have had more food on your stomach than usual. Boy - that was a big help wasn't it?! :)
Have a great day!
Posted by: Beth at April 10, 2005 01:28 PM
Nice on the weights! I did a little more bench-pressing than usual today too, and I think I can do more but I'm scared without a spotter.
Hope your sister's okay! See you tomorrow.
Posted by: becky at April 10, 2005 02:29 PM
I'm so honored that I inspired someone! Seriously, my lifting is pretty pathetic. I have been lifting the same weights for about two years. I change up the exercises, but I still struggle with the light weights, so I keep using them. Way to go on doing heavier weights!
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at April 10, 2005 04:55 PM
Audrey - great to see you starting a blog here. I look forward to reading about your training and have appreciated your comments in the past.
Posted by: james at April 10, 2005 11:44 PM