Good news

I got a surprise call today — my girlfriend was extubated and let out of her coma-like state, since she’d hit the recovery goals they were looking for, days earlier than expected. She’ll stay in ICU longer to get over the pneumonia that developed during her week-long nap, but so far, so good. Medical issues have kept us apart for a long time, so it’s nice to feel like we’re gaining some ground. This isn’t that kind of journal, but I’ve mentioned her and her hospitalization, so am happy to share the news before I go back to just writing about fat and exercise.

The last week had been pretty awful for exercise & diet — I ate out Thursday night, didn’t even count calories Fri-Sun, and had about eight slices of pizza altogether on Fri-Sat.. maybe more. And, I didn’t exercise at all Tues-Sun. Everything was going downhill together.

But, I’ve gone back to around 1300 counted calories a day since, and I did the usual hour of slow cardio and weights on Monday and more HIIT Tuesday night. I didn’t do anything this morning, since I woke up pretty tired from sprinting every other lap for two miles before bed last night. I did, however, get some painting out of the way. It’s a long story, but I have a project of sorts due in about 10 days, and it feels a lot like exercising to make myself spend a couple hours a day on it. It’s coming together, though, and I’m sure that by the time we get to Sunday, I’ll have finished it and lost a pound or something, and I’m just going to have to be ok with that.