Success, Rewards, Temptation

Wow! Its been a challenging past two days. My host sister and mother from Japan were here visiting and as you know, sometimes when you have company, that just throws the routine out the window. Friday's workout was pushed to the evening because I had to make the trip out to SF. But, I was committed to get to the gym and complete Week 3 training. I had a great sweatfest on the upright bike for my long ride of the week and worked my chest to keep the swimming progress cruising along. Through the past two days, I have (sparingly) eaten things that were made for me that may not normally been on my diet. And they were tasty; thank you. I also indulged slightly with a beer, and a bit of a Pizzookie from BJ's. I did well though. Before, I would have just gotten lots of deep fried things and a few beers and a hefty desert. This time, and here forth, I ate smart, thinking about calories, starches and at the end of the meal, I felt good.

Checking in this morning, I am happy to report I am up to 25 pounds of weight loss. Yay for me! Because I missed my walking/running workout yesterday, I did it today on what is normally my one day in the week that I rest. It was a good time. I am at 28walk/2run on my 30 minute exercise time. I went down to the high school to use the track for a change of pace. I was surprised to find about 60-70 geese hanging out on the field along with about 15 wild turkeys. They were just hanging out, eating grass. The turkeys made a move over to the trees behind the home side and took up position on the limbs and began to argue with the smaller birds. It was a brisk 40 degrees, so that got me moving quick so I could wam up. In the end, I had a 16:41 mile. I want to start tracking my progress with the mile, so here's a start.