[rixatrix]

So, I work right next door to a bar. They have crappy food, and I'm NEVER tempted to go in there, because the service is terrible and the food has made a coworker and I both sick on at least one occasion.

Today, I decided not to pack my lunch, but instead go home at 12 and eat. I live about five minutes away from the office, so no biggie. Sadly, at about 9am, our parking lot was FULL of people all scrambling to get into the bar, get drunk, and eat Lucky Charms.

It suddenly dawns on me that what I'm doing - eating healthfully and exercising regularly - are completely extraordinary habits for my age range (I'm 24).

Anyway, I didn't get to go home for lunch. If I left, I'd never have a parking spot when I came back. So a bunch of us walked downtown for lunch (walking, yay!) to this cute little deli/grocer and I got about half a roasted chicken with steamed veggies and a roll. Ate a good deal of protein (took the skin off), TONS of dry veggies, and about 1/4 of the roll (last).

In this case, I guess other people's bad habits - drinking all day on St. Patrick's Day and clogging up my parking lot - led me to exercise my good habits - finding good food choices and making the best of a bad situation.

I'm eating 2500 calories/day this week (less on non-lifting days just by way of removing the PWO shake) and already I have a ton more energy. I feel like I could do backflips down the hall. Crazy.