Omega Plus One

I lied. I said the last post would be my omega post, but that was not strictly accurate. As of today, this blog is undergoing a value stream reorganization. I guess that means that I need to identify some goals and get to work on them. I cite as reference the following facts.

1. I finished Ironman. I should be able to do anything.
2. Prior to Ironman, I was consuming 3000-4000 calories a day. I was exercising 2-3 hours per day. That combination gave me a net 0 calorie consumption.
3. Ever since Ironman, I have increased my daily caloric intake to a minimum of 4000 calories. I stopped exercising.
4. My scale reports a 7 pound weight gain in 30 days.
5. Conclusion - Saboteurs have caused my scale to report falsely.

 I ran in the Seafair olympic distance triathlon two days ago. Seafair olympic is a 1 mile swim, a 20 mile bike and a 10k run. The winner of Seafair was a genetically altered individual who completed the event in 1 hour 47 minutes. I completed the same event in 2 hours 49 minutes. The winner, if rumors be true, cheats at cards, hates dogs and abuses small forest animals with kitchen shears. It's just what I heard, you be the judge.

 Anywho, I think I could have finished a little faster if I wasn't hung over. I had a birthday party to go to the night before, I had one drink, then one thing led to another, the next thing I knew, I was swimming in the triathlon, got dizzy and sort of threw up in Lake Washington. It wasn't so much a full throw up as a little extra stomach bile and vodka ended up in my nose.

 So my diet started yesterday. I did OK, I probably consumed 3500 calories. I ran for 40 minutes so I only had a positive caloric intake of maybe 300-500 calories. Today was a really stressful day at work, I ate six cookies after lunch and had 3 grande margaritas before dinner. I can't do the calorie math on that one.

As a bonus section to this blog, here is the margarita recipe. It is truly the best margarita in the world. Just trust me and try it.
1 cup tequila
1/2 can limeaid
1/4 cup triple sec
1 fresh lemon squeezed
blend with enough ice to get a smoothie texture.
Salt the rim of some cheap glasses and pour.

Some notes - these are important so pay attention.
1. Use cheap tequila. The expensive tequila is aged or filtered or something. It doesn't have the bite you need to cut through the limeaid. Use the cheapest tequila you can find, it does taste better. I always spill in an extra dab of tequila to lubricate the blender.  I heard once that somebody burned out a blender when they tried to make bread with it.  I like my blender and am afraid of burning it out so I put in extra tequila to smooth it out.
2. Use limeaid that has pulp. The filtered no pulp stuff doesn't work. Again, cheaper is better.
3. If the lemon is a little dry, use 2. Use 1 if it is juicy.
4. This is a recent thing - Tonight, I didn't have enough triplesec, so I put in all I had, about 1 tablespoon, and I squeezed in a fresh orange. I think I like that better.