The Billy Goat Trail
The pictures didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. Still learning the new camera I guess.
Still, they give you an idea of what the Billy Goat Trail on the Maryland side of the C&O; canal looked like on Sunday.
It took me a while to figure out what the blue blazes meant . . . turns out they mean "Go back! Go back!"
I'm not sick. Not exactly. My muscles feel sort of achy, sort of stretchy, from my mountain climbing adventure on Sunday. Okay, maybe not mountains. But there were rocks! And you know me -- I'm all about the nice, flat, even terrain. So I have no idea where the idea of taking the Billy Goat trail at the canal came from. But that's what we did.
I did remember to bring the camera, and I took a couple of shots but haven't managed to download them yet. I really hope the picture of The Cliffs of Insanity comes out so you can see what I'm talking about.
And so you can properly appreciate why I might still be a little sore . . . which I am, did I mention?
Anyway.
It's been 18 days since I consulted the Scalegod. It's no longer the first thing I think about it in the mornings -- but it still hits me every once in a while.
All I have to hold on to are the facts -- I worked out at Curves 11 times in February, walked 10 miles on the canal (2 Sundays) and hiked approx. 3.5 miles on The Billy Goat Trail last Sunday. And last, but not least, I had 26 on program days out of 29.
Meanwhile, I've got the Hungry Hormone Hippo marked on the calendar for tomorrow. And I'm feeling, not sick, exactly, but decidedly blah. It's supposed to get in to the 70s today, but it's gray and rainy and -- even worse -- it's a low points day.
I didn't make it to the grocery store over the weekend, so I didn't have any clever low-carb wraps to bring to work yesterday or today. So I had pretzels with my laughing cow at 11 and I'm trying very hard to skip the popcorn. I did skip the popcorn yesterday, but today -- right now? -- I really want the popcorn . . .
In reference to my Friday night Steeeeerike!, the wonderful Denise asks: Out of curiosity, though, did you have thoughts as you were eating the yummy food that you oughtn't be doing it? I have those all the time and never seem to act on them, so I'm trying to find a good way to take the thoughts, break the cycle, and move on. Does that make any sense?
And to that I can only say that I always have that voice in my head -- letting me know just how destructive I'm being with every single bite. Unfortunately I have perfected the art of ignoring it long enough to eat whatever it is I am intent on eating at the moment and that voice only really gets through to me after the damage is done.
THEN I can't seem to shut it up.
So what you're asking makes perfect sense. But I'm nowhere near to having an answer for it.
Although I can tell you that not having those bad thoughts confirmed by the Scalegod the next morning made it easier to put Friday behind me and get back to work.
For what that's worth. Yes, it makes me crazy not knowing "where I am" scalewize, but it's so nice not having the numbers hit me in the face every morning. I'm definitely getting used to that.
Hey -- I heard that, young lady!