One of the first tips that diet plans (and frugal shopping sites) give you is to never go shopping while hungry. When you are hungry at the grocery store, you are much more likely to give in to impulse shopping, especially for not so healthy items.
I had to go to Whole Foods today to get a couple of things that I can only get there. I had three things on my list. Three.
Apparently when I’m hungry, I buy sausages and beer. I got what I needed plus a six pack of Anchor Christmas, a six pack of Old Man Winter, a bottle of Left Hand Smoke Jumper, a bottle of Allagash Black, and a bottle of Collaboration not Litigation Ale. Oh, and 3 pounds of sausages. Beer Geek will be a happy guy when he gets home. ;o)
I also managed to squeeze in a five mile speed workout this morning. The plan was one mile warm up, 4 x 1200, and a one mile cool down. I totally forgot about the slow intervals between the repeats when I was doing my math, so the cool down ended up being considerably shorter. D’oh. I didn’t want to hit the treadmill because the weather was absolutely gorgeous (low 40s and sunny). Repeats in my neighborhood can be really challenging because of the hills, but I did a pretty good job of balancing ups and downs on all except #3. The third repeat was mostly uphill. I nearly crossed the puke threshold.
1 – 8:09 pace
2 – 8:07 pace
3 – 8:17 pace
4 – 8:09 pace
I’m gonna call that a success.
You had me at sausage! I cried at beer.
I'm gonna call that kicking a$$ 🙂
Wowsers…great job! Thanks to the great workout this morning, you will feel great while eating the sausage and drinking the beer!
Great workout, now enjoy that sausage and beer!
Those times are awesome. And my hubby would be a happy guy if he came home to that, as well. Thanks for the mileage tip. I'll do a little more of that and count EVERYTHING!
Success indeed! (Clinking of the beer mugs)
screw the snack before grocery shopping, sounds like you need to drink a beer before you go instead!! that's hilarious!
Awesome job on the run!
Nice job! On the workout and the shopping! Really can't go wrong with beer and sausage 🙂
Hahaha, beer and sausage! Great run, have an awesome weekend 🙂
Great job on the repeats!Mmmm, sausage…
Sausage and beer, sounds dirty! Yes, Whole Foods kills me and they're opening a new one right around the corner, so dangerous.
Can I come over and help you drink them?? Sound delicious!
sausage and beer! Love it!
Just found your blog- I love it! I especially love the 50 state race plan WITH breweries!
The solution to shopping while hungry is to get a "free" sample from one of the bins…..(chocolate covered nuts…yummmmmm….) Good job at the 5 miles!
Sausage and beer…Yum!Great job on the speed workout!
Whole Foods makes me want to buy their beer–and I don't even really like beer. It just all looks so exotic and delicious. I have an unofficial plan to race in all 50 states too, so I'm looking forward to following your progress 🙂 I love the map.
Great job on the speed workout. Repeats are always tough outside, without a track.Hope you enjoyed the beer & sausages!
Way to kick ass on the speed workout! Hope the beer and sausage were good!
Gosh I never learn and always grocery shop hungry, so this post made me smile. Good work with the speed!
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