The Week That Was: Weight Management & Running

I went on a short trip to Southern California to attend UFC 157 and visit the Universal Studios theme park. As such, I didn't get as much exercise in as usual, but I think that will actually turn out in my favor.

Starting off with Weight Management, I burned 2076 calories in the past week but ate back 1143 to end the week 933 calories below target With the trip to So Cal, I was surprised that I ended with more than a couple hundred under. Add that 933 calorie deficit to my targeted ½ pound loss, and I mathematically should have lost 0.8 pounds. Here are my actual results:

	Avg	Min	Max	Last	Avg H20	Avg Fat
02/11-02/18	175.7	174.2	177.2	175.8	98.6	40.6
02/18-02/25	174.7	172.8	177.2	174.2	98.0	40.4
	-1.0	-1.4	0.0	-1.6	-0.6	-0.2

My week started off as if it was going to be a repeat of last week, but since I missed out on some of my usual exercise, I think my body released some of the extra water its been holding onto. As a result, I had a pretty good week in regards to weight loss and set a new low for the year. I expect my results next week won't be very good.

Moving onto running, I completed the second least amount of miles so far this year. I had intended to run on Wednesday, but my wife cooked, so I skipped the run to have dinner with her and then focus on packing for my trip. Not a great time to be missing a run with the half marathon so close, but I think it'll turn out ok and perhaps I'll benefit from the extra rest. Here's what I did this week:

M	T	W	R	F	S	S
8.10					3.65
Total Mileage: 11.75

The 3.65 miles on Saturday was on a treadmill: my first such run this year. I did a 1% incline which I heard simulates running outside. Regardless, I reconfirmed that running on a treadmill is beyond boring. Looking at my mileage compared to my weekly goal of 16 miles:

Miles Ran Short of Goal 16 Mile Goal Miles to Max

And here's a look at my progress towards my goal of 800 miles ran this year:

Previous This Week 800 Miles 1000 Miles

I've completed 146.71 miles so far this year and am on track to complete 974 miles in 2013. My plan is to do a 12 mile run this weekend before tapering down for the half marathon. I will likely complete more miles in the upcoming week than I have an any other so far this year.