Back at it - for real

So the year started off ok, I was running and swimming and doing strength training videos with some regularity despite a tough work schedule - and then I got sick. Sort of. I don't know what caused it but on Tuesday night I was struck down with an extremely painful bout of gas. It was the strangest thing. I was in severe pain through my entire abdomen. Bloated and horribly painful. I was not nauseaous, farty or burping either...just pain. About 3.5 hours after it began, I started letting massive amounts of air out my mouth. It was like I was doing these super long, super quiet burps...where the air just came rushing out. It was the strangest thing ever! Anyway, it was a couple of days before I could eat right and before I started sleeping normally again. And of course, still working like a fiend... so I haven't done much of anything in terms of training since a run on Sunday.

So...now I'm going to focus on getting back on track. Today I am eating correctly and recording all my food. I will be doing a strength workout of some type this evening. Tomorrow will be a run and a bike ride. Sunday will be a swim. I've actually decided that 1) I prefer to run outside if I can and 2) that I want to run on Mon/Wed/Sat instead of Tue/Thur/Sun like I was doing before. This is because I prefer to swim on Tue/Thur/Sun (before I was only swimming twice a week but I want to up that to three times). So my schedule will look something like this:

Mon: run
Tues: swim & core
Wednesday: run & strength
Thursday: swim & core
Friday: REST
Saturday: run & either bike or strength
Sunday: swim & either bike or strength

As it gets lighter, I'm going to add in another weekday bike ride and I'll try and start doing my runs outside. If I need to find more time to increase my training (or to do something else), I'll either opt to do my strength or my run before work OR my run at lunch time. Swimming could also happen immediately after work if it's not too busy then...but it's always hard for me to leave work on time, so I hate scheduling anything for that time frame if I can avoid it.

I also had a bit of a smack in the head last night. I found that my inner fat girl was whining about reigning in my diet and I gave her a good smack down. Actually, I think I convinced her that it would be fun to eat right for a week and then step on the scale...right?! FUN, I tell you!!! ;-)