Hometown 20 report - Week...4? 5? Five.

Last week's weight: 176
This week's weight: 175.5
Change: -0.5 lbs.

Details below.

Food

1. No more than 1700 calories per day, Mon-Fri. 1000-calorie limit before 6 pm, Mon-Fri. Pretty close. My calorie average was 1715. But as I detailed in my math post on Friday, the distribution wasn't the greatest. I have gotten very good at keeping calories around 1000 before 6:00, though.
2. Free Saturdays. ONLY Saturdays. I'm mostly good with this. Sundays are hard, and Friday nights are not much easier, but I'm getting there. Blah, blah, 21-days-to-a-habit, etc. Since I've said this exact same thing three reports in a row, I should get to habit status any day now. :)
3. 3L of water daily. This week was light on the water. Not catastrophically(sp?) light, but a liter or two short of the goal most days. I rallied at the end of the week (with weigh-in looming), but not a good hydration week overall.

Exercise

I changed the workout schedule week before last to accommodate the century training. All cardio, all the time, baby. Last week, the plan was one 30-mile ride, 4 14-mile rides, one walk, one 2-3 hour ride, and one off day. And I did it! I even threw in an extra walk. 3410 calories burned, just over 7 hours of exercise. Woo!

This week is 4 16-mile rides, 4 2-mile walks, one 3+-mile walk, and one 35-mile ride. Good God, that sounds like a lot. :) I know right off that the 35-mile ride is going to be 33 miles, because I'm going to use the same route I've been using for the past 2 weeks. I don't feel the least bit guilty about shorting those two miles, because I was riding longer than the schedule before this.

As an aside, I have put 172.47 miles on my bike since 7/25. When I retired the hybrid after 4 years, its odometer read right around 750 miles. If I keep up this schedule, Amelia's odometer will roll past that number sometime in the first week of September. :)

Accountability

1. Journal everything Mon-Fri. No, really--everything. Mostly good. I may have skipped a bite here and there, but last week was the first in a long time that had every major meal and snack documented. I also rocked the exercise log, which was why I was able to (over-)analyze my calories in/calories out so thoroughly in that math post.

2. Monthly measurements. Did 'em. Lost 3 inches in July!

So, it was a pretty good week. I wish the scale had thought so, but you can't win 'em all. This week, as noted in the math post (man, how many times am I going to reference the damned thing!), I'm reducing my weekday calorie target to 1500. The end of the challenge, she draws near. Time for more drastic measures.

It's going all right so far, though I've planned a 1800-calorie day today. It wasn't unavoidable, but my mouth hurts(slowly healing, at least!) and I had two workouts today, so I'm cutting myself some slack. They're mostly good calories, anyway. I just opted for easy comfort food in some places.

Week 6 ahoy!

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