Where have the past two weeks gone?\u00a0 I didn’t run much the week after the Cap City, and then this past weekend we drove up to Chicago for a wedding and I didn’t keep track of what I ate, so who knows really.\u00a0 We did do a very pleasant 5K Monday along the lakeshore, and I made it to the gym Tuesday for an ab workout and out for a 2 miler this morning, so some uptick in activity there.<\/p>\n
I’ve been feeling listless and depressed lately and am trying to figure out if it’s procrastination, lack of exercise, poor diet, or something else.\u00a0 About the only thing I am doing is getting enough sleep most nights, but I’m starting to feel guilty about sleeping in when my spouse has to haul out and go to work.<\/p>\n
I was really hoping to get a long run in today to juice my numbers a bit for my yearly physical.\u00a0 I’d like the numbers to show me down 20lbs from the last visit, but right now, it will probably be slightly less.<\/p>\n
J got me a new wireless scale for our 3-year anniversary.\u00a0 It’s going to be a very useful gift, but I think he was worried I would think it was unromantic.\u00a0 He looked concerned and asked, “Too utilitarian?” as I opened it.\u00a0 I got him leather cufflinks and a book of poetry, so in a fairly rare turn of events I probably did end up giving him the more romantic gift of the exchange.\u00a0 They weren’t exactly love poems, though.\u00a0 It was a collection by Mary Oliver, an Ohioan, queer, nature poet (seems disrespectful of a person to reduce them to three adjectives like that).\u00a0 Go buy her book<\/a> so I’ll feel less bad about my reductionism.<\/p>\n In any case, I’m going to set a few SMART goals for the next week and update on my progress next Friday.<\/p>\n Goal One –\u00a0Use my tracking tools: weigh in each day, record everything I consume on LoseIt, use my Fitbit to track sleep in addition to steps.<\/strong><\/p>\n Goal Two – Exercise at least 30 minutes,\u00a04 times a week.\u00a0<\/strong> This should be an easy target.\u00a0 I’ve already\u00a0exercised 3 times\u00a0this week and I’m signed\u00a0up for a 5 mile charity run on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n Goal Three – Drink at least 6 glasses of water a\u00a0day<\/strong>.\u00a0 I find this hard.\u00a0\u00a0Guess I’ll go get myself a glass now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n I was 183.8 lbs at my weigh-in this morning.\u00a0 13.8 lbs\u00a0to my goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Where have the past two weeks gone?\u00a0 I didn’t run much the week after the Cap City, and then this past weekend we drove up to Chicago for a wedding and I didn’t keep track of what I ate, so who knows really.\u00a0 We did do a very pleasant 5K Monday along the lakeshore, and … Continue reading