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hoopsguy · 01-08-2018, 02:55 PM

As expected, a grim first week of January for me in terms of weight loss. There were a couple of factors that were working against me:
1.) Pushed hard on treadmill runs the last week of 2017 to hit my yearly goal of 1,000 miles.
- 4 of last 5 days of 2017 on the treadmill
- 10 of last 12 days of 2017 included runs
- Had some general soreness in knees following treadmill that I don't usually see when running outside
2.) Weather was very cold, with highs in single digits and wind chills rarely getting above -10.
3.) We have a party on the first weekend of the year, and I'm normally challenged to get in my normal weekend runs before/after.

So today's weigh-in was the worst of the week; at 179.2 it was the worst I've seen in several years, actually.

Mileage for last week was 8mi. I'm planning on 1100 miles this year, which means that I'll need to average a bit over 20 per week. I expect to get back on track this week, both with mileage and number of days/week running. Diet was not particularly noteworthy this week, excluding the party where I grazed on everything under the sun. Ideally, I would do a little better job of eating at home over the weekend rather than entertaining my daughter's needs to eat out after basketball/soccer games.

1/1: 177.0
1/8: 179.2

I'm not optimistic about major changes in weight next week, as we still have a lot of booze/food in the house following the party. I'll take a week to try and work through some of it, and then we'll throw whatever is left out rather than follow usual patterns of drinking nightly for the month of January. But the back half of January is where I envision hitting my stride with running + diet (something better than abysmal) + alcohol moderation.

01-08-2018, 02:55 PM	#2288
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	As expected, a grim first week of January for me in terms of weight loss. There were a couple of factors that were working against me: 1.) Pushed hard on treadmill runs the last week of 2017 to hit my yearly goal of 1,000 miles. - 4 of last 5 days of 2017 on the treadmill - 10 of last 12 days of 2017 included runs - Had some general soreness in knees following treadmill that I don't usually see when running outside 2.) Weather was very cold, with highs in single digits and wind chills rarely getting above -10. 3.) We have a party on the first weekend of the year, and I'm normally challenged to get in my normal weekend runs before/after. So today's weigh-in was the worst of the week; at 179.2 it was the worst I've seen in several years, actually. Mileage for last week was 8mi. I'm planning on 1100 miles this year, which means that I'll need to average a bit over 20 per week. I expect to get back on track this week, both with mileage and number of days/week running. Diet was not particularly noteworthy this week, excluding the party where I grazed on everything under the sun. Ideally, I would do a little better job of eating at home over the weekend rather than entertaining my daughter's needs to eat out after basketball/soccer games. 1/1: 177.0 1/8: 179.2 I'm not optimistic about major changes in weight next week, as we still have a lot of booze/food in the house following the party. I'll take a week to try and work through some of it, and then we'll throw whatever is left out rather than follow usual patterns of drinking nightly for the month of January. But the back half of January is where I envision hitting my stride with running + diet (something better than abysmal) + alcohol moderation.