Weekly Summary

Don't worry, this blog won't only include weekly summaries.  But right now that is all that I have had time for.  Week 47 is over and my exercise summary is below.

Sunday -- Rest
Monday -- Precore Eliptical Machine, 45 minutes, level 14, 4.0 miles, 540 calories
Monday -- Stairmaster, 20 minutes, level 9, 103 floors, 260 calories
Tuesday -- Precor Eliptical Machine, 90 minutes, level 14, 8.5 miles, 1200 calories
Wednesday -- Tennis (drop-in drill), 90 minutes
Thursday -- Rest
Friday -- Tennis (singles -- 3-6, 4-6), 90 minutes
Saturday -- Tennis (drop-in drill), 90 minutes
Saturday -- Tennis (ball-machine), 75 minutes

Total -- 500 minutes, 8.3 hours

Overall, this may have been one of my best weeks for conditioning.  It was also one of my worst weeks from an eating perspective.  On Sunday and Thursday, I completely let go and had total "free days".  I have only had a handful during the past 47 weeks, but several have cropped up lately.

I now have the house filled with good food and I will make eating right my focus this week.  If I had a scale, I doubt it would show a loss this week.  However, I still feel like this week was a victory.  When I had my "free days", I was afraid I was letting go and going to return back to my old habits.  However, I don't seem to be doing that.

For reasons I hope to post later this week, finishing week 48 will be a major milestone.  I had been planning on weighing myself (for the first time in almost ten years) next Sunday.  I am not so sure about that any more.  I know I won't weigh myself until I am sure that the number won't bother me.  I am not quite there yet.

Today will likely be a rest day.  I have come down with a mild cold.  The last time I was sick was last April 15th.  I went on this diet on May 3rd and was hoping to go a full year without being sick.  I don't think this will be a bad cold, but I think I need to let my body rest today.

I did find a yoga studio in town and have printed off their schedule.  Hopefully, sometime during the next month I will try yoga.  I also am going to try free passes at two local gyms.  I am not sure if I want to pay for a gym membership on top of my tennis club membership, but if I use the gym only five times a month, it will be cheaper than going to the local rec center.  Plus, it increases my options. 

I have targeted a 10K run on Memorial Day.  We'll see.

Cheers.