Weekend Recap & Week Ahead

Friday night I spent doing laundry for camping and soccer.  I realized I will probably be doing soccer laundry on Friday nights for years to come.  Right now it's just Hubby and Isabel who play, but next spring Colin will be joining them. 

After soccer Saturday morning, we loaded up the kids and went to Raccoon Mountain Caverns.  The cavern was interesting but the kids were not on their best behaviour.  I thought they'd be interested enough to make it through the 45 minute tour, but not so much.  I was hoping to do an easy hike/walk with the kids too, but we just didn't have any time.  Of course it took some time to get the site set up, but we really miscalculated with dinner.  We were having deconstructed shish kabobs (cooked in one of those grill bowls).  Well, we prepared way too much, so it took forever to cook.  We ended up taking about half out and it finally cooked.  But by that time the kids were exhaused and we still needed to do smores.  We did manage, but it was hard.

But hey, I did look good, right?

Hubby is a big camper and really wants to make this a regular family event.  I'm on board so long as I've got my air mattress.  But from now on, we're going to camp for at least two nights.  All we did was unload and reload and it was exhausting.  I feel like I yelled at the kids way to much this weekend and broke down by yesterday afternoon.  I need to recognize that I'm not a good parent when I'm tired and hungry. 

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Since I'm on a running hiatus, I've decided that I'm going to take the next two weeks to walk and do lots of stretching and strengthening of my lower legs.  And then start it back up with maybe 1-1.5 miles 2/week and build slowly from there.  Part of me hates to spend this much time in recovery, but I have to do it if I really want to start running seriously again. 

So, MWF I will be walking with weight training on T&H.  I'm going to try biking on Saturdays during the kid's naps.

I had jambayla for lunch today from my frozen leftover stockpile.  Breakfast was yogurt, banana, and my very favorite granola:

I cannot tell you how much I love this granola, but the nutritional information kinda scares me:

I understand that they're quality calories, but it seems to be on the high side for fat.  Also, I think the portion size is off.  The package states that it contains six 2 oz. servings, but I can make it stretch to at least 10 servings.  So it's probably not that bad, but I'm still not going to buy it every week.  Maybe I just need to do a little comparison shopping with granola.

Also, down 3.6 pounds since I started tracking three weeks ago.  I bought a scale - I've never owned one.  I know most people throw out their scale if they are truly trying to commit to being healthier, but I need the reality check.  Naturally, I wish the "lost" number was higher, but it's a good start.  But most importantly, I've done it in a way that I can continue indefinitely.