It has been a rough couple of weeks. I have gotten some descent miles in however I have had a bunch of counter-productive encounters with my old pal, junk food! We go way back! I caved last week and paid the price by putting a few pounds back on. It’s funny how hard it is to lose them and how easy it is to slap them right back on. First off, my job doesn’t do me any favors. I work at a public accounting firm and it doesn’t get any more sedentary than that! Right off the bat, I am sitting for at least 8 hours of my day. The physical demands that my job require is a walk to the third floor to check my mailbox. That’s about it. At least I use the stairs and not the elevator! To make matters worse, there is always a fully stocked snack drawer, leftover cookies etc from meetings and the occasional free lunches! I am constantly surrounded by temptation. I have gotten into a decent habit of bringing in my lunch however I caved in when they ordered pizza for the people who actually showed up in the snowstorm last week. That led to a downward spiral that reached its climax this weekend! (A Pepperidge Farm Cake & Fruit Snack binge!!!)
The snow hasn’t helped either! This past week, either the temperature has been reading single digits or we were in the midst of yet another storm dropping 18”s of snow! My New Years Day 5K was rescheduled for the second time. This winter has been out of control and we still have 2 months to go! I do not belong to a gym and I do not own a treadmill. (Only place to fit it would be in the basement and the ceiling is too low, I would constantly hit my head) I had to improvise, so this past weekend I took my first newbie shot at back to back “long-runs”. I put in 12 miles on Saturday and another 8 miles on Sunday. As expected, I was running on tired legs on Sunday but it was some much needed experience if I am going to follow through on my 50 & 100 mile race goals. This week it’s time to get back on track which will be difficult yet again as we are dealing with an Ice Storm which will again limit my weekday running! Any questions, comments, suggestions are always welcome and greatly appreciated! Give me a shout at both twitter and dailymile at the following:
12/28/2010 – 225.4 lbs
01/10/2011 – 224.0 lbs
01/16/2011 – 220.6 lbs
01/23/2011 – 219.2 lbs
01/31/2011 – 223.2 lbs (OUCH!!!)
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