Day Seventeen

My. Legs. Huuuurt.  Tresa and I got up early this morning to spend the day in Seattle.  Earlier she had stumbled across a self guided walking tour of downtown Seattle clocks and wanted us to do it.  I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I agreed.  I'll bet we walked 4-5 miles total today.  We started in the International District and ended up in Belltown, zig-zagging our way between 1st and 5th avenues on our scavenger hunt.  I took photos of every clock for posterity.  We event stumbled upon a few hundred Occupy Seattle protesters as we crossed Westlake Park.  We had a great time and got in a lot of walking.  We even let ourselves get sidetracked a few times (downtown Seattle - come on, who doesn't get sidetracked?) and shopped in a few of the small stores along the way.

We ended up at Pike Place Market, one of my favorite places in Seattle.  I was there to get some fresh wild caught Coho salmon.  Went to a different fish market and got it for a much better deal than last week.  Also picked up some fresh green beans and summer squash.  The salmon is marinading in dill, parsley, marjoram, basil, garlic, olive oil and lime.  I'm about to par-boil the beans and prep the squash for sauteing.  I'm also serving garlic mashed spuds.  I won't be eating, but I will juice up a hearty batch of juice for dinner.  Believe it or not, it's the first time Tresa and I have had my parents over for dinner.  I hope it goes well.

Started the morning with yesterday's leftover juice.  It was a great way to start the day.  I really love juicing with beets and red cabbage.  It makes a deep purple juice, unless of course you add it to the "mean green", in which case you get a lovely brown muddy water cocktail.  I made up a juice to take with me on our trip through downtown.  When Tresa stopped to get a hot coffee at Starbucks, I broke out my juice and had lunch.  It did the trick.  If my knees and feet could've held up, I had the energy to walk all afternoon.  I felt really good today.  I often found myself walking much faster than my lovely fiancee, which forced me to slow down.

Speaking of my fiancee, she's down 10 lbs. in two weeks.  Woo hoo!  I haven't been on a scale yet, but I'll bet I'm down another couple since Day Fifteen.  Less than 40 days left.  I can do this.