Thoughts: I stayed up too late last night helping my friend and fellow artist Joe Pekar with his web site (http://joepekar.com) and sewing a second pair of stretchy arm gauntlets to go with the fringed “Velma Kelly” Chicago flapper costume I just sold on eBay for $78. I’d made a pair of chiffon gauntlets for it last year, but the stupid things are very tough to pull on over your hands and tend to slip down, so in a fit of perfectionist guilt I hauled butt over to the Jo Ann Fabric store near the Florida Mall 10 minutes before it closed and picked up half a yard of stretchy Spandex in order to stitch up a better pair for the winning bidder.

I’m such a dork.

Anyway, I didn’t get to bed until 1:46 am, which meant that I couldn’t get up in time this morning for 7:30 am tai chi at the gym AND get in my required 6.5 hours of sleep. I wound up skipping tai chi and just doing my BFL cardio at the apartment’s fitness room.

On the up side, I was so peeved at myself that I ran a very good, hard set of intervals–much more challenging than my old sets. 5, 6, 7, and 8 mph for regular intervals and a high of 9 mph. I think I could have gone up to 9.5 mph at the end, too.

I don’t know if anyone else feels this way, but it seems to me that being fit means that my body never seems to be fully-recovered or rested! My leg muscles in particular always feel like they are in the middle of a major repair and re-growth effort between LBWOs, running, stationary bike for extra cardio 3 days a week, stabilizing me on my balance ball all day at work (I use the ball instead of a chair), climbing up and down the stairs to my 3rd floor apartment, and carrying me through plie’ squats and jumps in my NYC Ballet Workout tape. I feel my muscles twitching in my calves and thighs throughout the day. This is all in addition to the periodic soreness in my upper body.

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Nutrition (1300-1400 day)
1: Apple cinnamon chocolate muffin
2: Thai chicken salad with 1 slice pumpernickel bread
3: Apple cinnamon vanilla muffin
4: Cottage cheese and strawberries
5: Chicken veggie pita with apple
6: 3×1 veggie omelette with sweet potato

Supplements:
Multivitamin with iron
Calcium 500 + D
1 T. flax seed oil

Calories eaten and deficit for yesterday = 1520 / -569 (target -337)
Water: 12 cups
Ratios: 46% carb / 39% protein /15% fat

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Workout:
8:30 am cardio at the fitness center: Treadmill run

Warm up- 4 mph / 5% incline / 7 minutes
HIIT - 5, 6, 7, and 8 mph / 0% incline / 4 sets
Max - 9 mph / 0% incline / 1 minute
Cooldown - 4.5 down to 3 mph / 0% incline / 3 minutes

8:30 pm NYC Ballet Workout tape

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The Awful Truth:
1. Went to bed too late and had to skip tai chi class. I’ll make up for it with the ballet tape and yoga tonight.
2. Substituted some Kashi and raisins for my planned carbs in meal 6.

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Brownie Points:
1. Changed my intervals for my HIIT run this morning to something more challenging.
2. Tried out a new apple muffin variation.

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Short-term Goals:
1. Make “Prints” page for Joe P.
2. Answer emails.
3. Cook something using the green peppers I bought on sale–chicken stuffed peppers maybe?