"Week End" Updates

So this week end update is coming a little late.  My goal for last week was to take Sunday off, then walk 30 miles between Monday and Saturday and lift weights 4 times.  Unfortunately, I had been battling a pretty big blister from the week before which resulted in me not able to put a shoe on on Thursday.  Fun, fun!  Nevertheless, I more than made up for it by adding in different activities and also working out yesterday (Sunday).  It might be easiest to list, so here we go:


Sunday - Rest
Monday - Walked 5 miles
Tuesday - Walked 6 miles + lifted weights for 30 minutes
Wednesday - Walked 6 miles
Thursday - Swam laps for ~hour + 30 minutes weights
Friday - Walked 5 miles
Saturday - Walked 6 miles
Sunday - Walked 2 miles + 7.75 mile bike ride

I did get my 30 miles in six days in, but only 2 days of weight lifting.  I'm ready for a day off though!  I'm going to take a rest day today because I'm tired and a little sore. 

What I'm really proud of this week is that when my foot was too sore to put a shoe on to get my miles in, I found another activity that I could do instead of just saying, "forget it."  That's a new experience for me!  And a good one.  There are always other options when you get thrown off track a little bit.  This is something I really need to internalize and remind myself of when things go a little wrong.  My journey to healthy needs to include new life-long habits and this is one thing that I need to make a habit in my life.

This next week will be a little crazy.  I'm moving (again) Thursday-Saturday so I'm not 100% sure how much working out I will get in during those three days.  However, I am just moving from one building to another, so the moving will be entirely lifting and leg work (no trucks!) so that should count for something!  Because of the oddness of this week, my challenge for this week is food-related.  I was a little off on my eating these last couple of weeks, which has resulted in a stall in my weight loss.  This week (starting yesterday), I plan to stick to around 1,500 calories every day.  I will also be focusing on eating mostly fruits, veggies, and lean chicken/fish/turkey. 

What's funny is that I always hear about everyone being on a diet.  For me, this isn't a diet, this is a lifestyle.  If I want to be healthy for life, I need to eat in a way that I can continue for the rest of my life, so my list of "mostly" foods is just that.  Mostly.  I really don't deprive myself of anything, except trigger foods (chocolate, chips, etc.).  I still have those things occasionally, but they are not part of my everyday life.