February 15

Exercise: 20 simulated miles on a stationary bike at resistance setting 12, whatever that means. It took me 56 minutes and the machine tells me I burned 560 calories. I have no idea how accurate that is, but I guess it'll have to do until winter is over and I buy myself a training bike.

Food: Breakfast was 2 servings of grits with half tablespoon butter, 3 hard boiled eggs, and 2 slices of toast with peanut butter. I hear you're supposed to get a high carb post-workout meal, so that's what I'll be doing. Lunch was 2 servings of black beans, about 4 cups of raw spinach, 2 tablespoons goat chevre, an avocado, olives, and sardines. Yes, it sounds disgusting but the beans and sardines were separate - everything else was a salad with no dressing.

Indulgence: It's Friday afternoon, so the next 24 hours will be my "doesn't count" day of the week. Tonight I'm probably going to drink too much wine, eat way too much lamb with a sauce with too many carbs, and eat a bunch of high glycemic starchy sides. Also I may or may not smoke a cigar, and may or may not drink some scotch. If I'm only going to have one day per week where I'm allowed to do this stuff, I better make it worth it.

Injury report: Still hurts to walk or run, but I did fine on the bike this morning. Maybe I'll stick with low impact stuff until the ankle swelling comes down.