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Two week update

Week of 11/5/2012 - 11/11/2012 Jogging - 3 Biking - 3 Strength Training / Core - 4 Swimming  - 3 Weight loss for Week - 1.5 lbs Total weight loss - 20 lbs Week of 11/12/2012 - 11/18/2012 Jogging - 3 Biking - 2 Strength Training / Core - 3 Swimming  - 6 Weight loss for Week - 1 lb Total weight loss - 21 lbs A bit behind so I've included my stats for the past 2 weeks.  Rob is finally home!!  One of my big fears with him coming home was my schedule changing but so far all is going well.  I did have a change in work schedule, instead of working 930-630 I'm now working 830-530.  This has required some adjustment because I had a bit more flexibility with when I got to the gym but now I need to ensure I'm getting up on time.  I also don't have as much time to do as much so I need to adjust what I do on a daily basis but no worries it's all working out. I'm planning on increasing my freestyle by 100 yds each week.  I still find it so ...

Starting to think about Tri season

Week of 10/29/2012 - 11/4/2012 Jogging - 3 Biking - 2 Strength Training / Core - 4 Swimming - 2 Weight loss for week - 3 lbs Total weight loss - 18.5 I feel like I'm saying this every time I do a post but yet another good week.  The jogging is progressing well.  I'm seeing some improvement in my speed and I think I'm ready to tackle the hills in our neighborhood again.  So maybe in the next couple of weeks I'll try to get an outdoor run in on the weekend. Thus far my swimming has really been a leisurely pace and no effort to try to do any freestyle.  So that is going to be a new focus - to do a a certain amount of freestyle every time I swim and gradually increase that and decrease the side stroke and breast stroke and eventually just do freestyle. November 5th is my 4 month anniversary since my back surgery and while I do get frustrated about the numbness in my foot I have evaluated where I was and where I am now.  I have noticed that I'm...