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 moving around a lot better, my normal walking pace is much faster and my flexibility is really starting to come back. I have been doing the core exercises to help strength my stomach and back to help prevent injury especially since I have started lifting upper body and lower body. At times I think the numbness in my foot has decreased and other days I think it hasn't and it's just that I'm getting use to it, so it's hard for me to judge.
This week I started thinking about a race schedule for 2013. I guess it's a bit early but with Rob in Maryland for the past 4 weeks I have to have something to occupy my time. It also helped when I heard about these:
yes, these are going to be the new tri race jerseys for Team She Does Tri. They are pink and look like the candy Good n Plenty. So this is good motivation. I'm considering some run races and some Olympic distance tri's around San Antonio, TX.
My goal is to be at what I call race weight in early January. As good as my weight loss is going I am a bit off from my estimated weight loss but I'm happy with my progress. I also know that as I get closer to my race weight that it gets harder and harder to take the weight off. I also know that it's hard to lose weight when you are preparing for races. I've never had luck with that, so I would rather be happy with my weight and then officially start training.
I only have another week before Rob returns (YEAH!!) and I really need to focus on sticking to the plan. That is easy to do when you only have yourself to worry about. The good thing is that I am married to the best husband in the world and I know he will help me stay on target. He has always been my biggest supportive and lets triathlon be my think. I know that when he gets home he will be proud of my progress.
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 moving around a lot better, my normal walking pace is much faster and my flexibility is really starting to come back. I have been doing the core exercises to help strength my stomach and back to help prevent injury especially since I have started lifting upper body and lower body. At times I think the numbness in my foot has decreased and other days I think it hasn't and it's just that I'm getting use to it, so it's hard for me to judge.
This week I started thinking about a race schedule for 2013. I guess it's a bit early but with Rob in Maryland for the past 4 weeks I have to have something to occupy my time. It also helped when I heard about these:
yes, these are going to be the new tri race jerseys for Team She Does Tri. They are pink and look like the candy Good n Plenty. So this is good motivation. I'm considering some run races and some Olympic distance tri's around San Antonio, TX.
My goal is to be at what I call race weight in early January. As good as my weight loss is going I am a bit off from my estimated weight loss but I'm happy with my progress. I also know that as I get closer to my race weight that it gets harder and harder to take the weight off. I also know that it's hard to lose weight when you are preparing for races. I've never had luck with that, so I would rather be happy with my weight and then officially start training.
I only have another week before Rob returns (YEAH!!) and I really need to focus on sticking to the plan. That is easy to do when you only have yourself to worry about. The good thing is that I am married to the best husband in the world and I know he will help me stay on target. He has always been my biggest supportive and lets triathlon be my think. I know that when he gets home he will be proud of my progress.
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