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<\/p>\nI’ve had this window open for days and just haven’t had the motivation to write.\u00a0 So here goes, this could be 50 words or 5000, but I’m giving an update tonight.\u00a0 Prepare for rambles… while my blog posts lately have been just a little above Live Journal quality, this one may descend to the depths of “Dear Diary, I am a scatterbrain”.<\/p>\n
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I asked some of my artists to work extra hours this week to get a project done, so as a Producer, I have a conundrum.\u00a0 It’s easy to say that if anyone stays, I should stay.\u00a0 However, if I stayed when ANYONE stayed, I would rarely leave work and have a life, plus, by the time they’re working the extra hours, it’s actually my slow period and I’m really just moral support (there is NOTHING I can do to help these folks, I am no artist).\u00a0 I’ve split the difference by asking my Associate Producer to come in a little early, and I’m staying a little late.\u00a0 Instead of eating the crunch catered dinners, I run home and eat with Zliten, and head back to work for a bit.<\/p>\n
It’s been nice to have the ability to have healthy dinners, but this means that ANY workouts have had to be in the morning.\u00a0 And when I’m at work until 9ish, it’s not so easy to get up at dawn with anything but a scowl on my face.<\/p>\n
So I’ve split the difference there too.\u00a0 Monday, I did it with another epic bike\/weights session.\u00a0 Tuesday was v-day, so I actually was able to leave early (we did NOT make people crunch that day) and run outside after work.\u00a0 My glute started to twinge a bit so I cut it short at 3 instead of the 5-6 I had planned, but right after work when it’s still light and cool enough is my FAVE running time.\u00a0 Yesterday, I stayed up too late enjoying some v-day steak, lobster, baked potato, asparagus, wine, and vodka, so I took it as my rest day.\u00a0 However, it sucks using up your rest day being a frikkin zombie and feeling all tired and hung over.<\/p>\n
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Today I had wanted to make up my swim\/pilates I missed by doing a swim then group power, but I woke up at 6-something and scowled at the world, and figured I’d split the difference.\u00a0 I went back to sleep and bagged the swim, but I got my ass out of bed for group power and DANG it was a great way to wake up.\u00a0 So, I have a swim, a run, and some core work I want to get done (plus my race on Sun).\u00a0 We’ll see if I can fit it all in.\u00a0 It’s like a game of extreme tetris this week.\u00a0 I’m accepting that I don’t have it in me to do 4 days of week for weights, so I’ll wait until 3 feels natural.<\/p>\n
I am feeling a little down about the scale.\u00a0 I haven’t been weighing this week and got on today – 180. \ud83d\ude1b\u00a0 I haven’t tried the body fat scale to see if that’s dropped, but seriously?\u00a0 WTF.<\/p>\n
Through some link surfing today I got onto Rachel Cosgrove’s<\/a> site (pretty sure it was through m’lady Charlotte<\/a>), and I think I may need to read her book for ideas, although I’m pretty sure the point that I’ve been able to surmise through her site is:<\/p>\n -Do lots of weights At this point, I’ve gone through a lot of stages with this coming-on-3-years-plateau…<\/p>\n Stage 1: I get too hungry during race training and overeat.\u00a0 I need to wait until off season to lose weight.\u00a0 I will do this by cutting my calories really low (safe low, but low – 1200-1500), and doing shorter workouts. (this worked for very short periods and then made me miserable – both eating less and exercising less)<\/p>\n Stage 2: This sucks.\u00a0 I want to race more.\u00a0 I just need to make sure I train a lot and I’ll be able to outrun this weight. (not so much)<\/p>\n Stage 3: This sucks.\u00a0 I’ll just be happy where I’m at for a while and keep training as long as it doesn’t affect me (then I gained enough for it to indeed effect me)<\/p>\n Stage 4: This super sucks.\u00a0 I’ll just do short races this year.\u00a0 I didn’t gain weight doing short races.\u00a0 Also, let’s throw in a cleanse for good measure. (lost 5 lbs initially, then got it back plus some).<\/p>\n Stage 5: Started working with nutritionist.\u00a0 Instantly FELT better while improving the quality of my food.\u00a0 Gained 5 lbs.<\/p>\n Stage 6: Nutritionist has no idea why I’m not losing.\u00a0 Cut grains to 1 per day.\u00a0 No loss.<\/p>\n Stage 7: Nutritionist still has no idea why I’m not losing.\u00a0 Going to calorie counting and getting super accurate estimates of what I’m burning so I can work on making sure I have a proper deficit.\u00a0 No loss yet.<\/p>\n I’ve been wracking my brain as to what is the difference in between who I was back then and who I am now diet and exercise-wise.\u00a0 The only two real major things I came up with is:<\/p>\n -I eat slightly more, but WAY WAY WAY WAY better quality food. I’ve cycled now from “exercise is what will keep me fit” to “80% of weight loss is in the kitchen” to “weights are the key”.<\/p>\n While I’m not going to get to half ironman fitness with weights alone, I think I can accept that stealing some time away from the cardio for weights will not do bad things to me.<\/p>\n So, while I’m not going to drop the cardio, I am going to make the priority getting at least 3 days of weight training per week over anything else (at least 1 pilates\/crunchtime class or core work, 1 heavy lifting\/group power day, and 1 other strength day of my choosing).<\/p>\n Now, it’s time to go find my “thermometer jeans<\/a>” and see where I’m at mid-April (8 weeks).\u00a0 I’ll take pictures.\u00a0 It will be humblingly fun…<\/p>\n
\n-Make sure you fuel yourself with good food
\n-Make sure to have recovery food\/drink with protein\/carbs after your workout<\/p>\n
\n-I did weights religiously.\u00a0 At least working over my whole body 2 times per week.<\/p>\n