Week 10

I've found that the more trips I do, the harder it is to stay on target. I was away for almost five days and during that time I got one cardio and one Body Bar workout in. Also, eating out all the time, its hard to find something that is on my eating plan. A little frustrating, but I think I can pick up some steam now that I'm home and have no more trips in the near future.

Week 9

This week was truly a busy week. I got right back into it biking and doing body bar workouts. My aunt was visiting and she was inspired by my Body Bar workouts and wanted to buy a Body Bar. I had a rueben and Guinness with my brother on Sunday night in celebration of St. Patrick's day - I've found that sometimes things like family traditions trump the eating plan. Was nice to be home for a while and get back into a routine. Alas, no rest for the weary - I leave for my last tradeshow of the season tomorrow.

Week 8

This week I was traveling a lot. I went to IHRSA - our biggest convention of the year. Surprisingly enough I found it difficult to make time for working out, even at a fitness convention. I'm feeling pretty good about my progress though, weighing in at 220 lbs. At the convention I had Kent McCurdy do another Body Fat Measurement and I came in at 18.5%. given that I began at 238 lbs and 25.5% body fat, I am pleased. I still have a ways to go though, and I have more traveling to do. The thing about traveling is that it throws you out of your routine both with your workout schedule and eating habits. I'm finding traveling to be the most challenging part of the journey thus far.

Week 7

This week's challenge came in the form of illness. On Monday I began to have a sore throat. I went for a run anyhow, which felt good, however not long after that I began to feel progressively worse. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to slow down at all. By Tuesday I was full-on sick. Sherry Catlin was coming to town and she and I and Jean-Paul were going to head down to Colorado Springs for the AAAI convention. I was really excited to take the Body Bar workshop that we hosted at One Boulder Fitness so I took some DayQuil and pushed on through. I think it was actually really good to sweat, it felt cleansing. I weighed myself and I weighed 221 lbs, meaning I've lost 17 lbs. Over the weekend we attending AAAI and I did as much as I could at Sherry's precon workshop and also a Body Bar Flex class. Not feeling well it was pretty difficult to stay motivated to work out and obviously the intensity of the workouts was not as great. However, I think that the movement actually helped my recovery.