As you may have noticed, I’m trying to post to my blog more, with a focus on the challenges I’ve been facing with injury and nutrition, with hope that it will keep me on the straight and narrow path to weight loss.
On the one hand, this past week was sad in the sense that the Asheville Marathon is coming up in a week, and I won’t be participating, due to my ankle injury and plantar fasciitis. I ceremoniously unfollowed their twitter account and deleted my Google alert. This way I at least won’t be constantly reminded in this last week of what is sure to be a great and fun inaugural event. On the other hand, I had a pretty good week myself, with a good strength session with my personal trainer, a yoga class at my office, and a pretty good bike/elliptical workout at the gym. While I have good days and bad days, today my heel is feeling good, which is encouraging.
Additionally, I focused hard on nutrition early in the week, and was rewarded on Thursday morning with a number on the scale that I have not seen since Dec 2009! I’ve definitely fallen a bit off the wagon since and done a little too much eating this weekend, so I will have some work to do to get back to that point, let alone lose the remaining 5 that is in my goal. However, I’m really pleased I was able to get to that number, and know I’ll be back there again soon.
I’m concerned about this week because it promises to be really busy at work, with my Mon-Thurs almost wall-to-wall with meetings, and the added stress will make it harder to eat properly. But the silver lining is that my wife and I will be taking a road trip next weekend, starting Thurs night, just not to Asheville as originally planned. Instead, we’ll be going to Jacksonville, FL, and looking forward to it!
