I stepped on the scale this week and it said 135, not 140, but not 130. Body fat is the same damn number as 9 weeks ago or 9 months ago. The water content number is always 50. What gives? I’m somewhat more fit, probably have a new muscle or two, my diet is the same every week and I’ve been conscious of portion control, and I’ve removed the IV drip from wine bottle to arm. So what gives? Mind you, I’ve just introduced some serious interval work on the bike trainer in the last week, so I’m eager to see how that changes the shape of things in the coming weeks. In fact, I read an amusing article in Runner’s World about how doing interval work for 2 weeks can increase the body’s fat-burning ability by as much as 36 percent on subsequent low to moderately intense workouts. I’m sure that doesn’t mean to eat a big juicy hamburger and onion rings every night though. In the past 3 weeks I’ve been doing many different workouts and really curbing the excessive eating and such. Did I mention that triathlon is this Sunday?
This week I’m not working out all that hard. I’m tapering I suppose. Who wants a 2-day sore from a really hard workout to carry over to their race? I don’t need to be extra exhausted, my nerves are exhausting me enough. The days are going to fly by this week, and my concentration level will be minimal. On the other hand, I’m looking forward to Sunday. Actually this is the first time I can say I’m looking forward to Monday (the day after).
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