Start slow

Apparently 3 weeks have gone by without a single workout. What's funny is I ate and drank anything I wanted in those three weeks. Guess how much weight I gained. As of this morning I weight 1/2 pound less. How is that possible? Annoying is what it is. I work my ass off for months and don't lose a pound. But I can eat anything in huge quantities and I don't gain a pound either. I'm going to have to figure out what the deal is with that. Sounds to me like my metabolism actually slows down during training. That's not supposed to happen! Now I have to admit that even though I weigh the same the body is changing. Legs are not as muscular and my tummy is not as tight, though it never was really. My arms are flabbier. So I guess I lost some muscle and gained some fat. Oh joy.

Well I still have a New Year's party to host but I have no other excuse not to get back in the game. So this week I will ease myself into exercise again. Today a nice slow run on the treadmill. No more than 4 miles. Have a feeling 4 will feel like 20. Tomorrow a nice slow bike ride on the trainer, maybe 10-15 miles. No swimming this week. I'll hold off until next Monday. That will be a sight no one wants to see. Back to being a fish out of water for a couple of weeks.

During my 3 week hiatus I was still going to PT. I have two more to go to this week then I'm on my own. My leg is still not healed but it's the best it's gonna get right now. I'm hoping that the 3 weeks of not pounding on it helped. But as I run my hand down my shin I can feel the pain at the bottom. Ready to rear it's ugly head within a week of exercising again. I'm just gonna have to grin and bear it and try to keep up on the PT exercises home. It will be mandatory that it is part of my training. Otherwise I may not make it to any start line this year.

So I'm back............not feeling all that strong but ready to kick some butt. The first run today will be the hardest mentally. After that I'll just mold back into the athlete I was in Nov.