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WIT

So between airport and travel eats, retaining water from flying and my period I clocked in at:

  • 197.4 on my home scale
  • 199.4 at weight watchers

It’s about a 4lb change from last week. I know some of this is from travel and period bloat. I feel way puffier/fluffier today than I did even yesterday morning. 

I ran 2x while away and did over 9 miles two of the days between even just conference walking. I’m headed to body pump and body combat express (30 min) tonight then off to Philly for work again for the weekend. I’m teleworking on Monday with plans to food prep and reset. 

Solid weekend despite some disappointment

On Friday afternoon I found out one of my friends has to last minute bail on her visit down here (for good reason). I was for sure bummed, but understood. She was going to be here Sun-Tues so thankfully I had some other weekend fun planned to brighten my spirits. 

Friday: Met up with another bestie who only lives in Baltimore for dinner and drinks. We picked a place halfway. While driving there I got to briefly catch up with another girlfriend! Super great time at dinner and I presented her with a little “Will you be my bridesmaid?” gift. I’ll mail out the other 2 this week to the ladies not nearby (including the friend who couldn’t make it down). 

Saturday: went to Body Combat class which kicked my ass in a good way instead of my usual Body Pump because we had plans to go to a St. Patty’s parade and shitshow in Alexandria. I really liked the Combat instructor and it took me back to my Karate days of junior high. Really solid workout. St. Patty’s shenanigans were fun! 

Sunday: slept in, watched a TON of Parenthood (we only have 2 episodes left). T and I attempted to get a Costco membership, but it was a zoo – poor planning on our behalf attempting to go on a Sunday. Instead we went to Aldi. I got a gel mani and T cooked a yummy dinner. 

I was supposed to take today off since my friend was going to be here, but I am only taking the morning. I slept in, T is making breakfast, and I’m going to hit up a noon yoga class at work before going in my office at 1 for a half day of work, which will actually be good since I’m traveling for work 6/7 days next week.

Delayed weekend recap

Friday: picked my sister up from the train after work and headed to a happy hour where T joined us. The 3 of us went to a college hockey watch party at another bar, my alma mater was playing our rivals. It was nice to see some of my DC alumni friends! 

Saturday: T made us nice breakfast then my sister and I headed to Body Pump at my gym. She was excited to go to a class since she is a Body Pump instructor at home, so she rarely gets to just attend a class these days. We stayed for CX Worx, which uses resistance bands and I’m always afraid I’m going to get snapped with it. The three of us spend the afternoon at our beautiful Loudon County breweries in Northern VA. Dirt Farm Brewing is a favorite and we checked out some Purcellville ones before headed to this random old hole in the wall restaurant that T and I found out there last month. 

Sunday: We all slept in, but I needed to drop sissy off at the training by 10am. After dropping her off I parked near the national mall and briskly walked around the monuments for an hour. I couldn’t get too sweaty because I had a massage booked at 1pm. Ran a few errands before my massage. It’s my old massage place near where I used to live and I had one more massage voucher to use. I’ve had this therapist before and once again he talked the entire time. Ugh. Glad to try a new place where I currently live. T gave me a gift certificate to try a place out here for Valentine’s Day! Once I got back home T and I took our relationship to the next level by combining phone plans into one family plan! I also got a new iPhone 7, my 6 was not longer really holding a charge after 2+ years. 

Great weekend all around. I love whenever T and my sister get to spend time together. I also used this weekend to gauge her interest in being my Maid of Honor or a Bridesmaid. She’s generally not into wedding stuff and has opted out of being in some of her friends’ weddings, but she said she’d love to be my MOH, so I’m excited!

Ran my 2nd 5K of 2017 in my quest to run one 5K a month this year!

I started back to interval training a few weeks ago and clearly my work is paying off since I only walked (at a brisk pace with 2 friends) my January 5K in 51 minutes. This also was a  much bigger more organized race than January. It felt good to be back, I haven’t done a race since May. 

I used my Running (For Weight Loss) app and tried my best to stick to their recommend walk/run/sprints. Sometimes I walked longer other times I ran longer. All and all I felt good and strong the whole time. I wore my running watch, but only to keep an eye on my pace – I didn’t want to push to hard (like I tend to do during races). I didn’t have a goal time, my training run was pre-schedule for 41 minutes and based on my previous runs on just under 3 miles – I knew I could do it under 40. 

I’m going to just keep focusing on small gains each other, I want to get faster and stronger, but while also not aggravating my injury.