The trainer’s vacation is mine as well

My trainer took Friday off, and so did I. She’s entitled to some time off … I suppose.

Today was the day that I was going to do the workout I was supposed to do on Friday. Paisley left me do-it-yourself instructions on her blog. Before I hit the gym, however, I had to retrieve my car, which was on 37th & Hawthorne. I left it there because I cabbed it back after a session of binge drinking this weekend with friends.

Retrieving my car was quite the unofficial hike. I had to walk 30 minutes from my parent’s house to the Max station in Beaverton. Then I took Max into downtown Portland, walked across the Hawthorne Bridge and then hiked all the way to 37th Street in southeast Portland, right next to one of my favorites places in the world: The Bagdad Theater.

All told, I think it was an hour and a half of walking. I wore my gym shoes and dangled my gym shorts out my back pocket. After picking up my hybrid, I stopped by my office in northeast Portland, pulled up Paisley’s blog and started to look at the workout I was supposed to do on Friday.

Her instructions were very loose, and if you’ve read any of my previous entries, you know that I like things very specific if we’re talking diet and exercise. Then I thought to myself, “If I have to figure this out on my own, why do I have a trainer?”

Having a trainer and structure and appointments is one of the only things that keeps me going to the gym. And the check I write her is motivation, too. I know I could figure this out on my own if I really wanted to, but I don’t.

So if my trainer skips town, I’m taking the day off, too.

Food Journal (click to view):
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs in whole wheat tortilla
Lunch: Chicken taco, black beans, lettuce at La Palapa (I didn’t touch the Spanish rice)
Snack: Tuna salad with cranberries and walnuts mixed in
Dinner: Pork chops and grapes and a cheese stick

Food Journal for Saturday, Feb. 19 (Eat Whatever You Want Day):
Lunch: Panda Express
Dinner: Brian’s Bowl at Por Que No? (shredded chicken, beans, green sauce and a lot of other goodness).