Easy to Slack

Over the last two days I didn't hit the 10k step goal that the fitbit likes. I've increased my daily steps to hit over 5k and hopefully up to 7k without taking a proper walk. I think 4 or 5 days a week for the past couple weeks I've hit the 10k. Walk/jogging on the treadmill at the gym has been a huge help in hitting the step count. Around here, if I don't push to do, it's hard to accomplish.

Doug wanted to take Dahlia for a walk after work, which made Toffee very sad. I wrapped some things up and grabbed her. She is horrible on the leash, but she does this cute thing when she sees another dog and she wants so desperately to run over to the dog... she sits down and looks at me. 

I'm not sure when she learned that, but hell yes little girl, that's delightful. Here's a cookie. So I was asking her to sit at almost every corner, and she did. Wow. Now if she'd just heel and not walk in front of me zig zagging all around, and twisting to stop and sniff things. ugh. 

Dahlia is perfect on the leash, next time I'm taking her!

At 5pm it is prime dog walking time in these parts, so there are a lot of dogs to see. Dahlia is not so cool when she sees other dogs, so that's something she needs worked on.

I pre-cooked some of the dinner ingredients for Geoff at around 4pm, and he was coming home as we were leaving. I wanted to grill a little chicken because his recipe had no protein to it. "There's protein in broccoli," he said. Not enough I replied. Not with the pasta being so much of the dish. So when I got home I sat quietly in the yard and grilled the chicken, marinated in lemon, dill, garlic, thyme. Perfection. I'm looking forward to eating the rest of it for lunch tomorrow.

We sat quietly all evening after dinner watching Ade in Britain, which is pretty much the same stuff on every episode so it is getting a little repetitive. But still fun. And I realized I wouldn't get 10k today if I didn't go for a second walk, so I decided to head out for a quick neighborhood walk. It is cold but not windy, and I should have tacked on another block because I was about 600 steps away from 10k. I finished that in the house, but could have been totally done with another couple minutes. 

I put together one meet and greet for the Guster fans for 2 weeks from tomorrow and have to work on night 2. That gave me some fun and creativity time today and made me very happy.  

Not much else going on. Happy tomorrow is Friday. yay! No picture today. 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. Two walks. One with Toffee for 25 min/1.17 miles; then at 9pm to cram in more steps, 15 min/.73 miles. 10k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

9am: 109
4:20pm: 128
10:30pm: 127

food:

coffee/water
9am: phentermine
9am: Entenmann's chocolate donut
10:30am: met+glip
12:30pm: english muffin w/mayo, turkey, 2 slices of sharp cheddar
6:30pm: met+glip; pasta w/cream sauce, mushrooms and broccoli, 1/2 a chicken breast
9pm: jardiance