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1. Keep up the awesome training momentum.\u00a0 Hit the last high mileage week.\u00a0 Taper well.\u00a0 Recovery is key.<\/p>\n
I trained really well.\u00a0 I tapered well.\u00a0 I didn’t even really hit my normal taper madness until 2 days before.\u00a0 Success!<\/em><\/p>\n 2. Eat the number of calories fitbit says to eat, and track diet quality.\u00a0 Try to lay off the sweets and eat lots of nutritious foods.\u00a0 If I can lose 1 lb per week, I can run this marathon close to 170, that would be nice.\u00a0 Take my digestive enzymes.<\/p>\n Marathon training is never time to lose weight.\u00a0 I just need to accept.\u00a0 Also, a week of family cooking for us that was not my normal healthy did not help this initiative, nor thanksgiving or vacation indulgences, but that’s ok.\u00a0 I didn’t gain weight, I didn’t lose weight.\u00a0 I’ll call that a win for the circumstances.<\/em><\/p>\n 3. Sew something.\u00a0 Anything.<\/p>\n OMG, YES!\u00a0 I mended a bunch of things, plus made a remote holder for the bedroom.\u00a0 I feel a LOT more comfortable with the sewing machine after that session.<\/em><\/p>\n 4. Finish the current book, start another.\u00a0 This should be a done deal since I\u2019m traveling.<\/p>\n I’ll cheat because I read it technically in December, but I finished that book and another.\u00a0 I need to start the next series now!<\/em><\/p>\n 5. Frame some of the art that\u2019s sitting in the tube in the closet.<\/p>\n Hell yeah!\u00a0 We got about 1\/3 of it done and even hung.<\/em><\/p>\n 6. Go through my cold weather clothes and put away\/give away the stuff I don\u2019t like.\u00a0 Hit up the thrift store and get some stuff I like better.<\/p>\n Done and done.\u00a0 Sadly, I have more clothes than hangers now, but I’m happywith my winter wardrobe!<\/em><\/p>\n 7. Writing: work on my savage worlds story, and write non-status report blog posts.<\/p>\n I wrote one or two blogs that weren’t status reports, but I did ZERO work on my story.\u00a0 Boo.<\/em><\/p>\n 8. Get my hair trimmed\/layers redid.\u00a0 Cut Zliten\u2019s hair, it\u2019s a mess!<\/p>\n Fail.\u00a0 I actually did decide intentionally not to do my hair because it’s now long enough that I have convinced myself I like it long, which I will maintain until about Feb\/March to where I get kinda grumpy when I’m getting ready and can’t figure out why, and then I realize I’m over my hair, which should have been apparent because it’s been tied back for the greater part of the last few months.<\/em><\/p>\n Zliten’s now has grown out to be interesting as well, though it does need a clean up even if we don’t decide to keep it long.<\/em><\/p>\n 9. Swim at least once, I shouldn\u2019t go two months without hitting the pool.<\/p>\n Ermmmm, I swam on vacation (in December).\u00a0 I haven’t done actual laps yet.\u00a0 Maybe this month.<\/em><\/p>\n 10.\u00a0 Try to use up the food that\u2019s already here instead of buying stuff.\u00a0 My fridge and freezer are bursting with stuff and I keep going out and buying new stuff to cook.<\/p>\n Sort of.\u00a0 The fridge and freezer have been cleaned out and are pissing me off way less.\u00a0 This should happen more often.<\/em><\/p>\n 11.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost vacation time!\u00a0 Get together a list of stuff for Florida (restaurants, things to do, packing list, etc).<\/p>\n Yeah.\u00a0 Not a problem there. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n 12.\u00a0 Drink more water.\u00a0 I\u2019m not as good about this in the colder months, and if I forget about it too much, I get chapped lips.<\/p>\n Ehhhh, sort of.\u00a0 My chapped lips went away but I’m not sure that I really did all that well with this.<\/em><\/p>\n 13.\u00a0 Between more work deadlines and family obligations, make sure to take enough time to relax and destress.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let shit get to ya, woman.<\/p>\n Well, I destroyed a wall because I got stressed and hormonal.\u00a0 However, I felt pretty freaking calm the day after and learned how to fix a wall, so… maybe a split between a fail and a win there? \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n December is almost half over, but I’ve kept this one up all year, so let’s roll with it.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 It’s the holidays, so this is not going to be perfect, but most of the time, let’s stay away from sugar, refined carbs, fried food, and other junk.\u00a0 I’d like to end this month no heavier than 175.<\/p>\n 2. Take enough rest as needed and then train speeeeeeed at lower volume, with some bike and swimming mixed in.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0 Return to a bit of weight training by the end of the month.\u00a0 It’s time.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0\u00a0 Sign up for the next race or two.\u00a0 Work on the race plan for 2014.<\/p>\n 5\u00a0\u00a0 Finish up Christmas presents!\u00a0 I’m close, but have a little bit of work left.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0 Start my next book series.\u00a0 Going from superheros in space to elves and orcs.<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0 Write my Savage Worlds story and get out my backlist of blog posts (this being one of them).<\/p>\n 8.\u00a0 Donate some stuff + a gift card to the Austin Children’s Shelter drive at work.<\/p>\n 9.\u00a0 Go for our annual Christmas Lights run\/walk around the hood.<\/p>\n 10.\u00a0\u00a0 Do a really, really long bike over Holiday break.<\/p>\n 11.\u00a0\u00a0 Have a good steak.\u00a0 I’m really craving one of those…<\/p>\n 12.\u00a0 Cuddle more with my husband.\u00a0 His idea, but I like it.\u00a0 It’s cold outside, cuddling more is good.<\/p>\n 13.\u00a0 Hang out with friends this month (since the training load is light) and play lots of games.<\/p>\n I’m not sure I’ll continue this for 2014, but it’s been fun!\u00a0 This month should be pretty easy since a lot of them are fun stuff. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n What’s you December goal?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/macromeme.com\/cat\/call-you-later-high.jpg\")
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