Picky and Healthy

Good morning!

I thought I’d write a little about my daily routine each day.

My alarm goes off at 5:46, on a good day I wake up and work out until around 6:30, on bad days (which are what I’ve been having recently), I go back to bed until 6:30. Then I get up, get in the shower, get out, make breakfast and sometimes lunch for the day.

Then I eat my breakfast while playing around on my computer (like right now), do my makeup, get dressed, and I’m out of my apartment by 8am.

Sometimes I think my commute is the best part of my day. I live in Brooklyn and I work in Manhattan (“the city”) and I’m lucky enough (I say lucky only on nice days, in the dead of winter or the rain it sucks) to live about half a mile from the closest subway.

Here’s my commute:

To the subway:

That’s .53 miles.

Walk to work from the Manhattan subway:

That’s .47 miles.

Walk home in the evening (I take a different train):

That’s .64 miles.

(all images taken from Map My Run)

That’s a total of 2.11 miles every day excluding a formal “workout.” And I’m a rapid walker. I do each of these segments in under 10 minutes.

I’ll finish my evening routine tonight.

I didn’t post what I ate for dinner last night, but I did photograph it.

This isn’t just gruel, it’s sausage, onion, peppers, and potatoes. Not a healthy meal, I know, but a few weeks ago I saw sausage at the Greenmarket and I had to try it. It’s delicious. I had to buy 4 links so I’ve been eating them every few weeks. I also don’t add any oil or cheese or anything so I’m not adding any fat to the already fatty dish.

With dinner I had a delicious wine:

It’s from a vineyard called Chateau L’Ermitage. I bought it from one of my favorite wine stores, Smith and Vine, and their description was “Like eating melon with a limestone spoon.” I don’t know if that’s my impression, but it is very good, although a bit sweet.

I also had a vanilla chip Italian ice from Uncle Louie G’s. I am a huge fan of Uncle Louie. His Italian ices are low in calories and fat and cheap ($2 for a regular which is the perfect size). I didn’t get a picture of it last night, but I’ll take one tonight.

Breakfast this morning is complicated. I just ate a cup of Kashi Heart to Heart Blueberry with half a cup of skim milk.

Milk (which, to the annoyance of everyone I know and for no good reason I pronouce “melk”) has always been something I’m picky about. It freaks me out, it’s like cow pee! But a few weeks ago I decided that I needed to learn to like milk. I decided if I was going to do it it would have to be hormore-free, organic, real milk, not mass-produced milk.

So one Saturday at the Greenmarket I bought chocolate milk from Milk Thistle Farm. I loved it, it was like a milk shake. It was also whole milk. Clearly I couldn’t go on drinking whole milk so the next week I went and I bought skim milk:

For a few days I tried drinking it plain and I just couldn’t stand it. I hated it. So it sat in the fridge for a few days before I decided I would try it over cereal. I have vague memories of having cereal and milk from when I was very young, so I probably hadn’t had it in 20 years. I bought the Kashi Heart to Heart and poured some milk over it Sunday when I got back from running and I LOVE IT! It’s so good. The cereal is soggy but still crunchy and the milk is just a little sweet from the cereal. It’s brilliant!

And that’s how I learned to like milk.

Normally I have fruit and a Vitamuffin with breakfast but this morning we’re having a company-wide meeting at work so they’re providing us with bagels. I haven’t had a bagel in maybe 2 months or so and I’ve been dying for one, so I decided I’ll eat one. Not very good for me, I know, but indulging when I feel the need to is important to me. I might try for half a bagel with just a little cream cheese, but we’ll see what happens.