results!!

It has been a while since I"ve updated here.  I'm mostly here to celebrate results, but also note some things that need improvement.

I wish that I had decided to take SOME kind of metrics (weight, BMI, musc %, fat %, etc) before I started my new fitness & nutrition plan.  I can really REALLY see results in the mirror, but I have no idea where I started, or even where I am at now.  I have flat out avoided the scale and concentrated on my nutrition and workouts.  Having had several people I know say something to me recently about it being noticeable, I'll take that as a good sign that I'm not just seeing things ;-)

I have done really well on the nutrition part, and I don't remember feeling better.  Also, the results that were supposed to come from this change are already showing themselves.  However, the workout part I have only done so-so on.  Some of it was when I was feeling a little under the weather, some of it was the hustle of the holidays combined with poor time management, and other times it has been merely pure laziness.  So, while I had planned to start with 3 good workouts a week and ease back into a 5 or 6 day a week schedule, I didn't manage that.  I have, at least, gotten 1-2 GOOD workouts in per week, but that really isn't enough, not by a longshot.

Even with those sparse workouts, I am seeing improvements when I do them, and I am seeing exactly the things change in my fitness and appearance that I had hoped to achieve.  I've also been very pleasantly surprised at how GREAT I felt running the few times I went back out with friends.

Last week, I even managed about 7 miles with some friends on the road.  I don't think I ran once for about 6 weeks or so, then the first time I went back out we did 4 miles and I felt GREAT the entire time.  Last week felt good too, but had some big hills at the end and I was very very toasted at the end of that one, but felt awesome afterward.

So, I've held on to a LOT of my aerobic fitness level while also building my core.  I need to continue with this same nutrition program, but really commit, in earnest, to more workouts/week and not letting other things get in my way.

I see no reason, if I continue with this, why I can't meet or exceed my springtime fitness goal!

I miss running a ton - really I do.  I can see that this break, and this change is great for me, but I am ready to train for a big event again.  Perhaps this spring I will be ready.  I'm also being goaded about doing a tri - I am soooooo apprehensive and doubtful of my tri abilities.  We'll see.