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<\/p>\nSometimes you just gotta roll with the punches.\u00a0 On the heels of my two epic ride\/runs last week, it was time for something completely different.\u00a0 We started the new gym on Monday.\u00a0 In some aspects, it was great.\u00a0 I finally have a pool to swim in regularly.\u00a0 Yoga, spinning, and weights classes have been fantastic.\u00a0 They provide towels and everyone is very very friendly.\u00a0 However, the whole 30 minute limit on cardio equipment is a huge buzzkill.\u00a0 As well as said cardio equipment being older than sin (though they are replacing about half of it within the month, so I can’t bitch too too much).<\/p>\n
My instincts told me to try out what the gym does WELL otherwise I would be completely dissatisfied, so my workout schedule was completely different than normal.\u00a0 Even though calorie-burn wise it was definitely not my norm, my body feels WORKED, because it was all something different.\u00a0 I haven’t lost any significant weight since I started at the old gym.\u00a0 Maybe encouraging different types of workout will help.<\/p>\n
However, I gotta get through the next few months before really giving that a go.\u00a0 It was a nice break, but I’m 2 weeks out from my sprint tri and less than 2 months out from my olympic, and in 3.5, another half marathon.\u00a0 Once it gets temperate again, it won’t be as important to have cardio equipment, but it’s going to be MAJOR important for this second tri.\u00a0 So I’ll be keeping my 10$\/mo gym membership at the cheap gym for the time being.\u00a0 Zliten didn’t get a chance to check out this gym much because he got sick this week (boo), so I don’t think we’ll be signing up right away.<\/p>\n
So, we’re down to t-minus 2 weeks and I need to get back to tri prep.\u00a0 I just did a practice tri at the gym and knocked it out of the park.\u00a0 I know I have the endurance, I just need to work out some of the details.\u00a0 At least one run outside.\u00a0 At least one bike outside.\u00a0 At least one open water swim.\u00a0\u00a0 I know I can swim 500m, I know I can bike 12 miles, I know I can run 5k – I can do it with my eyes closed.\u00a0 I just need to make sure that I remember how to do that in the hot Texas summer sun.\u00a0 It’s hawt.<\/p>\n
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Sugar Rush:<\/strong><\/p>\n Instead of fro yo, Zliten picked up some ice cream at the store.\u00a0 It may sound gross, but I had about a cup of mixed java chip and mint chip and it was SO YUMMY.\u00a0 But I felt SO YUCKY after.\u00a0 I feel kinda grody today.\u00a0 Every time I think about sweets today I just get….uck.\u00a0 It’s totally a Pavlovian response, I know I LOVE me some ice cream and my mouth waters for it, but my body cringes.\u00a0 Maybe I need to learn how to make some low sugar healthy type ice cream?\u00a0 Anyhoo, the upshot is… I’m totally fine waiting til the weekend to have any more sweets during wedding celebrations part 2 time, if I even want any, and I will save the fro yo until after my tri unless something else sounds yummier.<\/p>\n Today is day 5 of no fried foods.\u00a0 Last thing I had was half a cheese stick.\u00a0 This is way easier since I hadn’t been in the habit of eating fried food all the time – just hadn’t made an effort to NOT eat it when it’s around.\u00a0 I’m not going to really miss this or crave it probably for about 2 weeks, or until someone orders one of those great and terrible bar plates and wants to split it with me.<\/p>\n Weights and Measures:<\/strong><\/p>\n I’m back to weighing most days and I’ll be reporting the lowest and highest weight each week.\u00a0 I accidentally forgot to count calories the last few days, but I’ve been hanging tight around 1300 post exercise calories, so that works.\u00a0 I’m not going to stop it long term, so I’ll be back to it Monday.\u00a0 As much as I’m a little disturbed how high my weight is right now, nothin’ I can do but slowly chip away at it.\u00a0 So there we go.<\/p>\n Weeklies:<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday: bike 9 miles, run 2.3 miles (700) Average consumption per day: 1687 A little low, but I seem to be doing ok since I wasn’t doing a lot of high intensity workouts. Next week is mostly focused on getting those experiences I need to feel ready for the tri.\u00a0 I’ve got a LOT going on so we’ll see how it plays out, but this is the plan:<\/p>\n Monday: 30 min swim (350) Priorities: 1 open water swim, 1 run outside, 1 ride outside.\u00a0 The rest is gravy.<\/p>\n Just in case you all are curious, I’ll post my eating plan for the week here too.\u00a0 Mostly because it’s a good reference for me – but I know I love getting ideas from what other people eat.\u00a0 This week is a little different than normal because we have out of town guest coming on Thursday, but here it is.<\/p>\n Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: So, how’s your week looking?\u00a0 Undertake anything that scares the heck outta you lately?\u00a0 Any foods where your mouth says yes but body cringes even before you eat it?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/media.fukung.net\/images\/21154\/910594ef037bf2dbc919bbd5c5fc4d4a.jpg\")
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\nTuesday: power (weights) class, 30 min swim, 1 mile run home (700)
\nWednesday: 35 mins arc trainer, 60 mins yoga (600)
\nThursday: 60 min spin class (600)
\nFriday: off
\nSaturday: 2 hours DDR (600)
\nSunday: swim 1\/2 mile, bike 12 miles, run 5k (1100)<\/p>\n
\nAverage burn per day: 614
\nAverage net per day: 1072
\nLow\/High Weight this week: 162\/164.2<\/p>\n
\nTuesday: 5k run morning, group power (700)
\nWednesday: open water swim (450)
\nThursday: 12 mile ride morning OR spin class after (600)
\nFriday: 5k run, 30 min swim (750)
\nWeekend: outside bike ride one day (600)<\/p>\n
\nturkey\/cheddar sandwich, carrots, watermelon
\nshake and bake, taters, broccoli<\/p>\n
\nchicken caesar wrap, side salad
\nfish rice veggies<\/p>\n
\nFresh Choice (salad bar)
\nbaked chicken parmesan w\/fiber pasta, side salad<\/p>\n
\npb honey strawberry sandwich on sprouted grain, side salad
\ncanned tuna, mac and cheese, w\/a buttload of frozen broccoli<\/p>\n
\nturkey\/cheddar sandwich, carrots, apple
\nout<\/p>\n
\npho
\nchicken\/beef tacos w\/beans<\/p>\n
\nout\/scrounging<\/p>\n