This week has been more exciting than the past weeks. I celebrated "Pancake Day" with friends on Tuesday, attended a Poker Night on Friday, and went out to the bar for UFC 144. All the activity played a bit of havoc with my weight management plans.
Weight Management
With all that was going on this week along with my mother-in-law sending cookies home with me on Sunday, I decided that I'd take a break from trying to lose weight this week. I went well over the "loss" calorie amount but stayed within "maintain" calories up until Sunday when I went a bit out of control. I didn't feel particular good on Sunday as a result, and hopefully that feeling will help me get back onto the wagon. Regardless of the break, I still had a descent week weight-wise lowering both my minimum and average by 0.4 from the previous week and the max weight was 1.2 pounds down:
| Min | Max | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/13/2012 - 02/19/2012 | 170.6 | 173.8 | 171.7 |
| 02/20/2012 - 02/26/2012 | 170.2 | 172.6 | 171.3 |
I expect that my stats next week will suffer from my freedom this week. But I'll deal with that next week. The weigh-in of 170.2 was my lowest of the year, but I still can't break through the 170 mark. Probably going to have to wait a few weeks to get there.
Running
Feeling some pain in the "ball" of my left foot, I opted to not go for a mid-week short, fast run. I still went out for my long weekend run, and fueled by the increased calories I was eating, I ran faster and further than last week. I completed the initial 10K of the run in 67:47 (nearly a minute faster than last week) and completed 7.42 miles in 80 minutes (compared to 7.25 last week). My left foot is feeling good after the long run, so I'm hoping to do a fast 20 minute run on Tuesday.
Still waiting to sign up for the Folsom Shamrock 10K. I'm wondering if perhaps that run won't happen as it's getting close to race date, and it seems not worthwhile for the coordinators to fly in from Vegas to run the event if there are not a lot of participants. There is a 10K in Elk Grove one weekend later that I can run as a backup if the Shamrock run doesn't happen.
Pancake Day
Pancake Day being the British version of Mardi Gras (the original Mardi Gras not the New Orleans version) or at least that's how my buddy Dave describes it. At Pancake Day, Dave and I had our first drink of Captain Morgan since the NFC Championship experience. We didn't have much, and it definitely tasted good: Captain and Coke Zero is a tasty duo. Although I'd say that the pancakes were really crepes (and delicious!), Pancake Day was fantastic. Looking forward to celebrating every year.
Poker Night
The first poker night of the year was a barn-burner. Although we only had seven players, a lot of chips moved around the table and the pots were larger than usual. I'd say this was the most entertaining poker night in a few years. I'm still disappointed in the decrease in attendance (we use to get ~10 accepts per poker night), but seven is a good number as long as most stick around (we had six when the game broke up at midnight). I came out a whopping $2 ahead. The top winner (the only guy who left early) won $14 which is the largest in quite some time (if ever).
UFC Fantasy League
Yet again another good week for me although I finished second I still scored ~30 points more than the player in second. Henderson winning the title fight saved the night for me as I would have been last had the decision gone the other way which it easily could have. Funny to think that the UFC will be taking over a month off after this Friday's event.
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