Back in the saddle again...

I'm still not quite back to 100% today. I have a cough that looks like it wants to linger for a while, so I went to the doctor today and got some antibiotics. She suggested that I hang on to the prescription for a couple of days to see if the cough stops on its own, so I'll endure for another day or two and see how it goes.

I didn't go to the Buddy Run this evening because I was leery of adding any more triggers (aka pollen allergies) to my current cough/breathing problems so instead, I went to the gym since I was feeling well enough to go out and do a workout of some flavor. When I started jogging, my brain couldn't wrap itself around the idea of running so I settled on walking instead, and made up for the lack of "speed" by doing a little more distance than I usually do. The final result was about 3.5 miles walked in about 70 minutes (including warmup and cooldown). Hey, at least I got off my butt and did something. I seriously considered not doing anything at all, but I know how slippery of a slope that is, and I'm not ready to start sliding down it just yet.

I also rejoined Weight Watchers today. For like the billionth time. Official starting weight: 253.0. Blech. Oh well, gotta start somewhere - just like the "running." The meeting topic today was milk servings - what constitutes one (it's apparently not just the calcium) and how much of various dairy products it actually takes to satisfy the daily 2 milk serving guideline. Did you know it takes 2 cups of cottage cheese to make up a milk serving? Who in their right mind would eat 2 cups of cottage cheese???? It's a good thing I like to drink milk.