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<\/p>\nI’ve got a lot going on this month, so instead of the weekly thing, I wanted to lay September out for the month.<\/p>\n
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Here’s what happens when I get lazy with instagramming for a few days.\u00a0 You get the picture version of a training (and junk food) montage.<\/em><\/p>\n So, let’s get on with it, shall we?<\/p>\n In August, I rode bikes.\u00a0 A lot.\u00a0 It was my highest cycling month since January with almost 400 miles (and unlike January, it wasn’t cheat-y trainer miles because I rode mostly outside and my trainer is now HARDER than outside so…).\u00a0 I ran and swam very little, but enough to remember how to move my arms and legs the right way, sort of.\u00a0 I raced a triathlon and felt better about my performance than the same course back in June.\u00a0 I rode 100 miles and was pretty happy with life after.<\/p>\n In September, I plan to be a *little* more balanced.\u00a0 On the weekends, I still have rides planned but most of them say MEDIUM length (aka – 40-60 miles – which is medium in my life right now, heh).\u00a0 Now that I proved 100 is doable, I feel like I just need one more long one a few weeks out of the next 100 and I’ll be fine as long as I keep the volume about the same.\u00a0 I built some great bike base when I didn’t feel\u00a0 like doing much else in the way of training this summer, and I’m pretty sure the next time I build to race a half ironman or ironman, that experience will help me out.<\/p>\n But… it’s time to change it up a little bit.\u00a0 I have one more sprint triathlon Sept 23rd.\u00a0 I should probably make it a point to run more than 12 miles and swim more than 3 in September, unlike August.\u00a0 I still plan to bike more than the other sports, but maybe at least pretend like I’m a triathlete again, sorta kinda.<\/p>\n Last week I rode bikes for about 3 hours (in one shot), played DDR for about an hour, and then the last hour was split between a run and a swim.\u00a0 It was a good recovery week after the 100 mile ride.<\/p>\n Here’s what I have planned for this week:<\/p>\n So, yeah.\u00a0 You can see where my priorities lie.\u00a0 I am having fun riding bikes and I know in the next few months I need to shift to running if I want to make 3M Half Marathon<\/a> my A race.\u00a0 While that sounds like the worst thing in the world to me right now, I also know as soon as the temps drop I will be out there loving running and biking will be a little less awesome when I have to wear 20 layers and still can’t feel warm.\u00a0 But also it might be still as awesome and I’ll see how things go.<\/p>\n Kind of secretly healthy.\u00a0 Would have been healthier if they weren’t out of every single wheat bun at the grocery store ><.<\/em><\/p>\n August was rough for various reasons.\u00a0 I actually had a few really good weeks in spite of it but there was work overtime (with catered food) and camping and one week where I just couldn’t even with any sort of effort for anything.<\/p>\n Here’s the wins – I’m eating much healthier than I was before.\u00a0 While I still put things in my mouth that are negatives on the Diet Quality scale, I’m eating much more of the things that give me points like more fruits, veggies, whole grains, and nuts.\u00a0 I’m slowly attacking the fact that I eat like a human garbage disposal on the weekends with strategy (pre-made salads\/easy access veggies that are appealing, keeping pistachios like EVERYWHERE so I can eat them as a salty snack, etc).\u00a0 I started making some progress with the booze calories and then I think my inner But I think I’m ready to take another step forward, so here’s my goals for September:<\/p>\n Actually measure out the drinks I want to have when I’m home and try to stick to them.<\/strong>\u00a0 I plan every-effing-thing else, and maybe that’s tipsy-me rebelling against stick-up-her-butt me, but just the act of setting aside a portion helps when I can make myself do it.\u00a0 Just like taking a serving of chips or ice cream or anything else and having that instead of just allowing yourself to consume from the container, it’s all about portion control.<\/p>\n Continue to work on what I put in my mouth on the weekends.<\/strong>\u00a0 I have done better with this and I feel like this is starting to be a habit, but definitely needs another month of focus.\u00a0 I’ve done much better with veggies, but fruits and nuts can get ignored in lieu of junk food and whole grains sometimes become refined.\u00a0 There’s some room for this but doing better is always a good goal.<\/p>\n Abide by the deficit a little more strictly.\u00a0<\/strong> I’ve had a few weeks with a pretty small deficit, and it’s proven that people tend to completely underestimate<\/a> their consumption when tracking.\u00a0 So, if I want to make progress here, I need to eat less than I am currently.\u00a0 I make slow progress when I stay close to -1000 on fitbit (which seems to work out closer to -500\/-600 on the garmin).\u00a0 Hopefully, not going quite as crazy with the 70-100 mile rides will help me not want to eat small cities at mealtimes.<\/p>\n Here’s the numbers from last week.<\/p>\n DQ score: Monday: 26.\u00a0 Tuesday: 26.\u00a0 Wednesday: 21. Thursday: 24.\u00a0 Friday: 25. Saturday: 8.\u00a0 Sunday: 21.\u00a0 Average comes out to approximately 21.5 (out of 32).<\/p>\n Overall… better.\u00a0 The scale is still punishing me for my transgressions over the last two weeks but so far it’s looking better for this month if I can keep myself out of trouble and build up some momentum.<\/p>\n Because I am a data nut, here’s the averages from the last month.<\/p>\n All in all, it’s a decent month although the top number is not going anywhere fast.\u00a0 My goal is to beat these numbers in September and hopefully see some progress. Also, hopefully with a monthly average, I can actually see WHAT it takes to make that first number drop.<\/p>\n Four usuable rooms people.\u00a0 The dream is alive! (ignore the dust)<\/em><\/p>\n I’m seriously proud of what I have been able to accomplish here.<\/p>\n My big goals were:<\/p>\n Other little accomplishments:<\/p>\n Whew!\u00a0 I feel awesome about August considering I crashed into it feeling like a train wreck.\u00a0 Amazing how marking some big things off my to do list, and making a prioritized list by month completely helped my sanity.<\/p>\n So, it’s September!\u00a0 New month, new list.\u00a0 Honestly, after the last few months of chores and getting the house in order, I think we deserve a little reprieve from that stuff.\u00a0 I was getting close to burning it down so we could start over, y’all.\u00a0 I’m glad I didn’t, and I’m happy it’s done, but it was a pretty close call.\u00a0 So, we’re focusing elsewhere for the month.<\/p>\n Other stuff:<\/p>\n I have a lot of other fun stuff planned too, like hosting game night, going to two others, celebrating some birthdays, and all sorts of other things I’m forgetting right now!<\/p>\n This week’s to do list:<\/p>\n I’m hoping to get all this done, but it may be ambitious with camping.\u00a0 We’ll see!<\/p>\n PSA: If you’re looking for a way to help with the craziness happening in the Houston area, we sent some supplies on Amazon<\/a>.\u00a0 I liked this option because I know 100% of what I paid for this went directly to something that was needed in shelters.\u00a0 Consider this option if you have a few $$ to toss their way and don’t know what to do.<\/p>\n\n
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