Week 1 / 20 - A Total Bust

Off to a terrible start. 

Yup, that's right. My training plan is off to a horrible start. It was supposed to be a relatively easy week. I intentionally made the first month-ish that way so that I could ease back into running, especially in the dead of winter. I like being outdoors in the winter, but NOT for running. Skiing? Snowshoeing? Sledding? Hiking? Sure! Running? Pass.

I was blessed to get an elliptical for Christmas but unfortunately it hasn't arrived yet. I was pleading with the Gods of UPS/FedEx/WhoeverShippedIt that it would arrive this past week so I could do my running indoors instead of in the arctic. No such luck, but it should be here this week. 

Day 1!

There's January's plan above, and as you can see week 1 is quite easy. I decided January 1st wasn't the best day to get back on MyFitnessPal, as we had only leftovers to eat in our house and needed the day to put ourselves and our house back together before reality hit us again. I did commit to still doing our XT/Walk day, because why not? Easy enough. The only bummer was that that the 'feels like' temp was -8 degrees when we went out, but Coop & I bundled up and did a short walk nonetheless. We also stuck to the plan on Tuesday, our first running day. I was nervous that it was going to be totally miserable between the ice, the fact that it was -12 with the wind chill this time around, and because I hadn't run regularly in months. I was pleasantly proven wrong! I haven't done much true cardio for a while, but I have been doing hot yoga 2-3 times per week for a few months now and it's been a great mix of cardio, stretching, and strength training. It helped immensely and 25 minutes of running wasn't really a challenge for me. Hallelujah!

I did my usual yoga class on Wednesday, which I will be using for most of my XT days. Thursday - Sunday was an absolute BUST. We got a huge blizzard on Thursday, and that's a late day at work for me anyway. There just wasn't a good time to leave the house while we were getting 2-3 inches of snow per hour at some points. I thought "well, I'll just use this as my "off" day" (I get one of those per week). That was a nice thought until Noah came home puking on Friday afternoon and we began a weekend of horror at my house. The sickness hit Adam will full force, I thankfully escaped the worst of it but was still laid up with a migraine, super nauseous, and unable to eat or drink much for a solid 24 hours. Special shout out to my mom for coming in as backup in the early hours of Saturday morning. I was feeling very crappy, Noah had been asleep for a few hours but hadn't eaten or drank anything for close to 10 hours. I knew he would be up soon (but didn't know if he could keep anything down). I heard Adam sprint to the bathroom and thought "WE. ARE. DOOMED." Grammy came to our rescue and sat up with Noah-boy for a few hours while we laid in our death beds. Everyone is slowly on the mend now, but certainly not 100%. It's the first stomach bug that has hit our house (and hit us all in some way), and it was the absolute worst. 

The good news? I lost 3.3 pounds without really trying too much. I would not recommend a household of explosive diarrhea, vomiting, and a raging migraine as a weight loss method, but it does work. My current eating plan is structured for losing 1 pound per week, and I totally crushed that goal.

 Look on the bright side right?