(Poor ickle) Rahl has a cold.

I was going to go to the gym tonight and knock out the second of my twenty elliptical sessions, but my throat's still sore and now I'm sneezing and runny and exhausted so do you know what I believe I'll pass kthx. I'll just go Saturday instead. I'm to have my third and final tri training session tomorrow, and it'll be a long one--sixty minutes on the bike and weights. I don't know how I'll be feeling, but I have no class or work tomorrow which means--sleep! And wellness! Which lead to exercise!

When I get sick I have a hard time eating, so after dinner I ate some delicious calorie-and-nutrient-dense dark chocolate but I'm still almost 400 calories short of my daily calorie goal. I may eat some chicken soup later tonight if I feel hungry again before 10:00pm, but it doesn't seem all that likely. I've upped my calories a bit to lose 1lb (rather than 1.5lbs) per week, as I'm now 145.2lbs and I'm not actually due to weigh in again for another three or four days.

I'm trying to balance my social life (which, in the past, has involved a great deal of heavy drinking) with my commitment to exercise and losing weight. I've decided that, in order to allow myself the occasional evening of Bacchanalian debauchery, I can save up caloric deficits from previous days to spend on one or two weekend evenings. In the past week I've accumulated a caloric deficit of 802 calories to spend on drinking with the fine gentlemen of the College Libertarians and Guy's Pirate Birthday Party tomorrow. And that doesn't even count what I may add to that deficit today and tomorrow. I've been a good girl, and tomorrow, I will reap the ruddy-nosed rewards.

In other news: I have a new favorite salty junk food. Glenny's Low Fat Creamy Ranch Soy Crisps kick total ass at 70 calories per serving, 2 servings per bag. We watched the season premier of "Lost" last night and I had a bag, and I didn't miss our traditional chips 'n cheese. Nope. Not one little nostalgic bit.

My body's already working differently. More efficiently. I feel it.