so I have been focusing on the first 17 days of the 17 day diet for the past 4 weeks... yes, if you do the math you will find that there are more than 17 days in 4 weeks but it was hard to stay on track at times and i did regroup in the middle etc...
during this time i have also slowly gotten myself back on track with walking, running, biking and swimming... ok the running could potentially fall at the end of the pecking order of things i've done but you get my point...
i have truly enjoyed my new routine of morning walks - although as i have noticed this week - red wine with friends for heartfelt conversation in the evening does not lend itself all too well with the AM walk... actually have missed the walk twice this week for that reason - and in hindsight i will say it was a very good reason...
i had fun with last week's trip to the gym and riding the stationary bike... i enjoyed riding my real bike...
this week i struggled with the swim but have gotten back into it quickly and am ramping up my distance at a good pace.... next week will see the run added back into the mix and will stay the predominant focus as i am adding some road races to my agenda between now and the end of the year...
if i want to do that mud run and the disney tri - i really need to get my running game in line...
with all of these pieces the focus has been to try to get back to eating better and exercising...
and as of today - 8 pounds later - i can thankfully say i am back to my weight pre-Thanksgiving stress that was laid down on my last year... it was a rough couple of months in there where the focus was definitely on other things all work related.. i am glad to have shed those 8 pounds... now there is another 8 to get down to RR-RH weight where I was last summer... yes in the midst of all last year's changes in the office and around home I did manage to gain 16 pounds - maybe even more if i had gotten on a scale when i got back from Ireland but we will just ignore that :)
with the birthday week - i will be a little more leniant (sp?) but not too much...
tonight I have to get that swim in that I missed last night...
this weekend i think i am going to try to hit up my mom's pool because of it's length - i really want to get in a mile... but i also want to do a whole bunch other stuff so we shall see...
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