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Tomorrow will be one month into #projectspring<\/a> and I wanted to do a quick progress check.\u00a0 I have quite a few goals, and I want to get through as many of them as I can.<\/p>\n

House projects<\/strong> – slow start<\/em>.\u00a0 We cleaned out the workout room, but have not yet made the purchases to set it up as the pain cave.\u00a0 We’ve talked about kitchen and deck remodels and looked at sheds at Lowe’s but haven’t done much else.\u00a0 This weekend, we’ve got plans to tackle either the office or the vanity area, so we can cross that off the list next check in at least!<\/p>\n

\"Apr11-1\"<\/p>\n

After actually unclipping the right way and not falling down, I took pictures to celebrate the momentous occasion!<\/em><\/p>\n

Becoming a biker chick<\/strong> – slow start, but picking up<\/em>.\u00a0 I rode my bike (with the clips) twice last week and more importantly, I spent 10-15 mins in the backyard with Zliten holding me up practicing the “unclipping one leg and resting on it without unclipping the other” move.\u00a0 Proudly, I did that once, very slowly, with no traffic around, on the ride on Saturday.\u00a0 I plan to ride (if just around the block a few times) a few times this week and continue to practice, and ride this week at the Pflug if I can find a non-stormy window of time.<\/p>\n

Energy and enthusiasm back<\/strong> – check<\/em>.\u00a0 While I’m not waking up before my alarm (most of the time), I’m not dragging myself out of bed (most of the time) either.\u00a0 I feel like a different person – a peppier and happier person.\u00a0 I’m back to making plans and being excited to follow through on them instead of dreading them.\u00a0 I’m spending as much time as humanly possible outside and loving it.<\/p>\n

\"happy\"<\/p>\n

This is both a happy face and a smaller face.<\/em><\/p>\n

#projectraceweight<\/strong> – check on the following the plan, sort of check on the body deciding to cooperat<\/em>e.\u00a0 Besides the two camping weekends where I did my best to be REASONABLE and get a lot of activity, I’ve followed the tracking as close to -1000 calories per day plan for a month now.\u00a0 I’m definitely looking better, I’m definitely feeling better, but the scale isn’t really budging (much) yet.\u00a0 It’s ok.\u00a0 I’m following what has worked for me in the past and I’m seeing some progress and I’m being patient.\u00a0 On Friday the 15th I take one month progress pics and I’m pretty sure I’ll see a difference.<\/p>\n

The exercise part of #projectraceweight<\/strong> – sorta check, sorta not<\/em>.\u00a0 10k steps per day, I’ve nailed it.\u00a0 Yesterday was the first day in 3 weeks I didn’t, because my uterus decided it wanted to wage nuclear warfare on me with the worst cramps I’ve had in many, many years (TMI maybe but… OW).\u00a0 6 303 muscle relaxers (throughout the day) and 3 aleve pills (all at once) barely fought it back to the stage before *crying on the floor in the fetal position*.\u00a0\u00a0 I have not yet resumed weights and I still feel like I need a little more time to heal my body (and brain) before I get into high intensity short intervals.\u00a0 But, I have swam in the lake, ridden my bike, and ran at least a few times with some level of intensity so not all is lost.<\/p>\n

Doing something with this site<\/strong> – somewhere between in progress and check<\/em>. It is so, so, so, so much better than it was before.\u00a0 I still have a small list of things I’d like to do… (edits as I do them…)<\/em><\/p>\n