Since I knew it was going to rain today, I did my walk yesterday instead. Since an errand took me in that direction anyway, I walked in a subdivision next to the Geist Resevoir. I chose this subdivision at random...though I did notice that it had both sidewalks and some hills.
Of course, a view of the water's always nice, too....
Yesterday's walk was 3 miles -- at the lower end of my range, but the hills made up for whatever I might have "missed" by not walking further. It was a bit windy, as well, so I also had that kind of resistance to work with. Not surprisingly, I was pretty tired once I got back to the car.
Actually, I'm pretty tired now, since today was spent putting down mulch and beginning to calculate final course grades for my students. But I did promise myself I would record each of my neighborhood walks here.
As for this particular area, it was indeed a subdivision rather than a neighborhood. Generally, I'd like to stick with older areas that are considered "neighborhoods" as opposed to the newer "subdivisions"...but I do want to mix things up on occasion with these walks. And where better for that than Geist?
Geist is considered one of the more "exclusive" areas of Indianapolis/Lawrence/Fishers. Yes, there are some gorgeous houses and even prettier views of the water. And yes, there were plenty of trucks belonging to landscaping companies and other maintenance-oriented businesses in the neighborhood; these folks have plenty of money to hire someone to do both major and minor home-related tasks. But somehow, Geist didn't seem especially "exclusive" to me on this particular day. There were people walking their dogs, playing with their kids, and walking or jogging for exercise. Just like they would anywhere else....
Actually, my mind was more on lunch than on my surroundings. I ended up eating a bowl of Campbell's Beef with Country Vegetables, one of my favorite lower-calorie, lowfat soups. Besides being tasty, it's quite filling -- essential for an afternoon of grading. One of my downfalls in the past has been huge, high-calorie, high-fat meals, in the name of "energy" that I needed to tackle responding to student writing. In my grad school days, it wasn't uncommon for me to eat a Quarter Pounder with Cheese value meal from McDonalds because I "needed it to get through those papers". And if I were to be interrupted for more than an hour, I "needed" to eat something else because I had "lost the stamina" that I felt I had to have to "get through those papers". You can see where I'm going with this (and, of course, where my weight went with this)....
One of my old finals week traditions was to make a double recipe of beef stroganoff. Extra steak...extra mushrooms...extra sour cream. It certainly got me through the week...but I now shudder to think of just how many calories I was taking in with each meal. As for this semester's finals week, I'm going to cook a little ribeye pork roast in the crock pot. Low in calories and very low in fat. But not at all low in taste, not with the spice rub that I'm going to put on it. That pork roast, along with some rosemary potato wedges, will hit the spot...without blowing my diet.
Best of all, I really won't feel like I'm depriving myself of anything. Herbs and spices are easy...and actually fun...to cook with.
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