My Brain is Melting

I haven't blogged yet today because my brain is melting. Even after 32 ounces of green smoothie, I still can't think straight. I only walked about 2.5 miles today, quite slowly I might add. Though it's only hovering around 90 degrees, it's still too hot for me!

More Weather Talk

Bear is 10 months old today! My, how time flies :)

Yes, at some point, I'll stop talking about the weather, but it's hard not to think about it right now! It's frighteningly close to 100 degrees out. I did walk up to the post office & grocery store, which is a little over 2 miles round trip. It wiped me out! I'm probably not eating & drinking enough. I was able to put Bear down for a nap (his preferred napping spot is my lap), so I ran downstairs & made a green smoothie.

Today's Recipe
1/2 a large orange
1/2 a grapefruit
1/2 an apple (saving the other halves for tomorrow)
2/3 of a banana (Bear ate the other third for lunch)
10 cherries
1/3 cup of frozen blueberries
2/3 of a frozen peach
1 1/2 packets of stevia
2 spoons hemp protein powder
1 spoon rice protein powder
5-6 ice cubes
Handfuls of spinach, kale, broccoli, red & swiss chard, & collard greens
Water as needed

This made a lot of smoothie. I'm drinking 32 oz, and I gave our roommate probably 8-10 oz.

For those of you interested in green smoothie making, here's a video. No, I do not have the $400 blender, though I'd like one :) I have a regular old Target special; it just requires more patience. Notice that there is water in her blender, which she fails to mention in her demo. The first time I tried to make one, I was wondering why my smoothie wouldn't blend :) Enjoy!

More Heat & More Running

Since it's supposed to be super-hot again today, and since we were up early, I went running this morning. It was only about 75 degrees with 85% humidity. Youch. I only did one lap, and I left the Bear at home with Roy, but took Noodles. About halfway through the run, Noodles finally decided he didn't like being pulled along & decided to keep up. It might have something to do with him stopping to "do his business" at about the halfway point. I tried to encourage him to do it in the yard before he left, but he just sat there, looking at me. So off we went.

We'll be going on at least one long walk up to the grocery store today, as I'm running out of greens for my green smoothies. I'm trying to eat/drink one every weekday, up from my goal of 3 a week. Just to clarify, I don't eat them as meals because for some reason, they don't fill me up. I may have one with a meal, but I've tried several times to have these as meals, and I'm always hungry an hour or two later. I know some people eat them as meals, but it doesn't seem to work for me.

The Bear is miraculously sleeping in the bed, so I'm going to try & get a few things done!

Walking in the Heat

So I got this brilliant idea around 2 PM that we (Bear, Noodles & I) should go for a walk. The loop that I generally walk is 1.4-1.6 miles, depending on if I add a couple extra blocks at the end. After going the 1.6 mile loop, Bear started to fall asleep in the jogging stroller, so I decided to walk the loop again.

Bad idea.

First of all, it's over 95 degrees out with about 50% humidity. Second, I didn't bring any water for me & the dog (Bear doesn't generally drink water & he was well-hydrated). Third, did I mention it's hot?

Almost exactly halfway through the 2nd loop, Noodles decides to lay down on the a nice, shady, grassy knoll & not get up. Usually, if I pull on the leash, he'll eventually follow me, but pulling on his leash only made it so I was dragging him on the grass. After a few minutes of coaxing and a limp Noodles laying in the grass, I began to get concerned. Roy & I used to watch a lot of "Animal Cops" ("Detroit" was our favorite), and I remember that a dog's temperature is actually higher than a human's, so I stuck my finger in his mouth to feel his gums. He was cool, so then I picked him up to make sure he could stand. Yep, he could stand. I contemplated taking the baby out of the stroller and putting the dog in there, but that would mean I'd have to carry the baby home; plus, I couldn't really see Noodles fitting in there. After some more coaxing, Noodles begrudgingly walked home.

I need to remind myself that he almost never drinks water. When we got home from church yesterday, he'd barely touched his water, though it was close to 90 degrees in our house. Even today after we finally got home, he didn't have any water until I reminded him to get some, at which point he drank a bunch, and then kept going back for more drinks. I made myself a green smoothie with apple, grapefruit, banana, spinach, broccoli, blueberries, red chard, swiss chard & what I think was collard greens. Yum!

I've decided to weigh myself every week or two and see if that sits OK with my head (I used to have an eating disorder, so I have to be careful). I have lost 2 more pounds, again without trying. That's cool :) I've also made some progress on the book I'm writing. I figure even if I can only write a few paragraphs a week, I'll be done in a couple of years, and that's fine with me. I'm in no rush :)

The Heat

It is 97 degrees out. The Weather Channel website says the humidity is only 39%, but that it feels as if it's 102 degrees out. I believe it. We're all hanging out in our tiny bedroom, taking advantage of the air conditioning unit we put in the window last night. It's supposed to stay in the 90's until Wednesday.

Wowsers.

I went running last Friday, as well as on Tuesday, even though it was 85 degrees that day. But 90 degrees? That seems a whole lot warmer than 85!

The Bear slept all through church today. 2 of our friends took turns holding him, which was nice, especially since I hadn't been in church for 2 weeks & Roy hadn't been for 3. It felt great to be back.

So today will consist of as much lounging and beverage-drinking as possible. Tomorrow will most likely be more of the same! Roy is still sick, so he could use the rest.