New Year's Eve Mike and I headed to what has become our new tradition of ringing in the New Year at Hong Kong Dragon with the amazing staff. In the past few years this has become a dangerous situation. We get tons of free food and drink, which is wonderful in the moment and later/ the next day turns into some regret. This year I scheduled myself to work at Hertz early in the morning to try and minimize these regrets and I am happy to say that I held up pretty well. I didn't eat any of the Chinese, and held myself to two drinks, plus one glass of champagne (although they gave Mike and I our own full bottle!...which is what made for almost 24 hours of regrets the following day last year). In the midst of the celebration Mike and I always tell each other our 5 best things from that year, 5 worst, and 5 goals/things to look forward to in the following year. We had never talked of a Spartan trifecta before (I would have never even thought of it), but one of Mike's goals for me was to complete one this year. He clearly had to do his research, since again I never mentioned anything of it, but it truly meant a lot, coming from someone who isn't into fitness. I definitely think it's going to take a lot of hard work, but having it come from someone who has known me for so long and to have that confidence in me makes me want to give it a go...
As the New Year has come, one of my main goals that I set for myself was to make the most of every moment and try my best to improve my fitness and nutrition. I know there will be days that are better than others, but I am not going to dwell upon those, as I had in the past.
So far, things are going well, and with this new goal I feel like I'm getting more out of my workouts. This past week has gone particularly well and I've felt really strong in all my sessions and classes. Lauren gave me an extra push yesterday, which I really appreciated and moved me from the 10lb to the 25lb plate for stair runs. I felt it by the afternoon, but it's a sore I've come to welcome. My half marathon is a mere 5 weeks away (and 6 weeks since i'm insane and decided to do back to back races to "try to get in 26.2"). I haven't been the best at long runs, but got in a few 5 milers this week. Tuesday I'm forcing myself to get 7, even if it means I have to do some treadmill walking.
Monday starts Phase I of the Wellness Project that I got into. We have been in the Pre Phase since the 1st and in my first week I am down 4.2lbs. I also had a slight GI bug Monday, so that could've contributed a bit, but i'll take every once the scale is willing to give. I have cut sweetener out of my coffee, and am doing a little better with food prep to bring to work. On Monday I cut out all sugars and carbs for 10 days....my apologies to everyone that comes near me in that time. I'll post how that goes soon!
Happy Weekend! Stay warm!
