Back, etc.

My back feels better. But certainly not perfect. I did a very gentle ten mile ride yesterday on the CT. It was fine, but really easy.

I got this hankering for chocolate last night -- I ended up eating a 100 grand bar and also baking an old brownie dish (ready made mix in my cupboard for the past 1.5 years). It was crazy -- something like 3,000 calories. I ate it last night and this morning. I also ate a bunch of chocolate (nestle crunch bars -- 10 small ones) -- on friday night.

I didn't track calories thu - fri - probably not saturday either. I think I'm a little depressed over how much work there is in the next three weeks -- I have finals and the reality is during this 'grad school experience' -- all of the material gets learned at the end. Five exams in two weeks, so it gets stressful. There's something to be examined when the calories expand as the stress level rises through the roof.

I'm a little scared this round, because of how little I've put into school; however, I'm nearly bullet proof -- nearly impossible to fall to level of low enough grades to get kicked out -- and not high enough in the class to fear losing something. In some ways, I may want to count my blessings :-).

I hope to get back into rowing in the next week as the back heals up. In the meanwhile, the safest is probably easy 10-15 mile rides as a study break in the evenings.

kc.