Working my way back

Last week was a successful week! I tracked the entire week, stayed within my points and earned 31 activity points by working out 5 days. I didn't necessarily follow my training plan, but I did something 5 out of 7 days, and for that I'm proud.

Planned week:

15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Swim 100 yds. Walk 20 min.	Bike 2 miles	Swim 100 yds Walk 20 min		Swim 100 yds Bike 2 miles	Walk 25 min	Bike 2 miles

Actual week:

15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Walked 3.1 miles on treadmill in 60 min.	Treadmill 30 min 1.5 miles	Walk 45 min outside	Bike 8 miles in 46 minutes			Walk 30 min outside

Lots of walking....one day of riding and no swimming. I definitely need to get back into swimming soon. I'm not a fast swimmer (I'm clearly not a fast anything), but swimming has always been my strongest part of the triathlon. As a result, I'm not too concerned about building back up to a sprint distance swim. I'm still 16 weeks out from the triathlon, which is plenty of time for me to build up my swim to 750 meters. Perhaps my focus next week will be to get at least one day of swimming in.

And the result of a successful week back on track?!?! A 3.6 lb weight loss. I'll take it!

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This week has been a little more of a challenge. I feel like I am keeping myself held together by a thread. It's Wednesday and the bad news is that I've already used a huge chunk of my weekly points. The good news is that I've also already earned 30 activity points (2 hours of yard work adds up quickly!) However, if I only have 16 weekly points remaining, that means in 2 days I've eaten all 30 of my activity points, plus 33 of my weekly points. Here's where my mind starts making things difficult for me. I feel like I'm doing something "wrong"; that I'm being "bad" because I've eaten so many extra points each day. However, I'm still within my points. I earned those activity points and I still have weekly points remaining. It's also only Wednesday, which means I'm going to earn more activity points as well. There's no reason to think that just because I ate more these last 2 days, that I'll fall off the wagon this week. But this is the fight I have within me right now. The devil is telling me to just throw in the towel for the rest of the week and get back on track next week. BUT THAT IS STUPID!!!! I can easily lose weight again this week if I just stick to the plan. Continue tracking, continue exercising, and stay within my points. This really doesn't have to be this hard. Sure, I usually like to save my weekly points for the weekend so I can splurge a little on the weekends, but that just can't happen this week and that's OK.

On a positive note....guess what I did Monday?!?! I incorporated running intervals during my walk! And what's even better?? It felt awesome! I actually felt like I probably could have done more, but decided not to push it. I did 1/2 intervals (so 1 min run/2 min walk) after a 5 minute warm up. I am actually quite surprised at how quickly my fitness is coming back. It makes me hopeful for what I might be able to accomplish when I get this weight off of me. Of course the only way to do that is to stay on track! And that's what I plan to do!