I feel like I\’m lagging in every way this week.

We\’ve gotten our first cold weather. My place is poorly insulated (if at all!); and I don\’t have central climate control. I don\’t dare leave my electric heater going all night. I set it to turn on an hour before my alarm goes off; but it\’s still plenty cold in here when it comes time to get up.

That makes it hard for me to get up and get moving. Being cold always has made me feel physically tired and sluggish; and it makes me mentally sluggish as well.

I haven\’t done much riding as a result. The road bike is in the shop for a tune-up, and the hybrid feels very slow and heavy by comparison; especially when there\’s a strong wind blowing! Most of my morning rides this week haven\’t been much over five miles.

I\’m lagging when it comes to my diet, too. I keep going off my plan, and eating too much of the high-carb stuff that I need to limit. Paradoxically, I suspect that the lack of physical activity is a factor here.

I need more veggies; and cauliflower was the plan for this evening\’s supper. Instead I made Carb-Lite SamMac. It\’s been on my mind for a while; and now that I\’ve cooked it up, there are two less cans sitting around!

And now I have to stop being the laggard and go clean up the kitchen!