The Post on obesity in America

Me, after a 5k run, holding Evan at the beach.

I took a little blogging break while chilling at the beach with my family (yay), but the new Post special report on obesity was definitely something I wanted to pass along. (And of course it relates to item No. 12.). The parts I found most interesting were thing parts about restaurants trying to kill us all:

• With high-calorie dishes, restaurant chains put obesity on the menu
•  Skip the tuna melt
  

This is, after all, why I am boycotting Corner Bakery. The amount of calories they manage to cram into a simple sandwich are appalling.

The special report page also links to a handy BMI calculator, for anyone interested. I'm at 25.7, according to it, though not for long!

Anyway, in other news (No. 21), I've gotten my runs up to three miles several times now. I'm still pretty terrified about the triathlon (this weekend!), but at least I know the running part is possible. With public pools closed for the season, swimming has been difficult, but I'm not too worried about that part. Cat and I picked up new swim caps the other day! Seriously, the best part about training for a triathlon is getting to buy cool stuff. Best purchase so far? The pedometer. I know it's probably not exactly accurate, but I'm cool with it being close.

Also in other news, tomorrow we take a step closer to No. 24, the fancy garden party, when Uncle John comes over to work on the patio gate. (I need a garden before I can have a garden party.)