Scattered - Vegas & March/April

I am feeling a bit scattered right now. I am hoping that by typing and processing I can get myself focused.

Shane and I got back from Vegas today. My goal for food/fitness in Vegas was balance. To me, balance means generally one meal that pretty much ticks the boxes health wise, and one that doesn't as much. Or one component of the meal is on the better side and one isn't. I overall accomplished this...kind of haha. It certainly was one of my healthier Vegas trips. A quick recap of things food/fitness wise

Tuesday: I worked out before we left. This meant a 4a wake up but worth it to get it done. Did a 45 minute Arms and Intervals class, and then we were off to the airport. We arrived around lunch time. Went to Secret Pizza in the Cosmopolitan and I had a salad and one slice of pizza. For dinner we ate at Snacks in the Bellagio (where we stayed) which was like a pizza and sandwich place. I got the Chicken Caesar Salad and fried spaghetti. See...balance?! haha

Wednesday: I ran that morning at the hotel, 45 minute Pop run with Becs. It was truly a great run. I felt like I was flying. We had breakfast at Hexx Restaurant which was really good. I had a veggie omelet (which I ate basically all of), bacon, 1/2 an English muffin and a few hash browns. I was STARVING after that run. The hunger I get after running is on a different level from cycling. For dinner we went to Nacho Daddy (lots of types of nachos) and I had buffalo chicken nachos and a margarita. 

Thursday: I had another great run, only 30 minutes that morning, along with 20 minutes of body weight strength. We started breakfast with thinking we would do something smaller and eat lunch but I ended up with eggs, bacon, and an everything bagel with cream cheese. Yup haha. This breakfast was at Sadelles in the Bellagio. Shane said the breakfast sandwich he got was the best ever pretty much. For dinner Thursday we went to Flour and Barley which is another pizza place. It was...eh. 

Hm so I don't know how much that reflects balance from the outside, but to me I had good activity, I ate good protein with breakfast, and I didn't really drink much (I had 5 drinks the whole trip - 1 white claw & 1 margarita on Wednesday, 3 beers on Thursday). For me reflecting back on this is helpful because as I have talked about in the past, I have to figure out how to live my life when not in my own little completely controlled bubble. 100% getting in really solid workouts was a vital part of me feeling balanced. And I didn't feel like the workouts gave me permission to go crazy, and in the past I may have taken that route. And I know if I had eaten the same thing I did but not worked out, I wouldn't have felt as in balance. Maybe that doesn't make sense. But oh well, it does to me haha. 


So...while we were gone it became April. I don't have April intentions thought through yet. For March, I did decrease my screen time from 4 hours to between 3-3.5, which is progress. I definitely found I did best when I had a PHYSICAL book to read, so I am going to make sure I always have a book and not just audio books. For blue dots...yea, I got 6/7 for one week of the month. Most weeks I got 5/7. I continued to build my endurance, completing 2 2.5 hour rides, and 2 2 hour rides. 2 of those 4 rides were brick workouts. 

Another awesome note from March: I got gold level in all the monthly Peloton challenges. I will be aiming for this again in April.



In April I will officially start training for my Triathlon. I don't know what they actually looks like yet. I need to start researching and understanding more about plans. I don't know where I can swim so I also need to figure that out. I do think something I am struggling with is because I am splitting my focus between biking and running, I don't feel focused, and I know that will get worse when I add swimming. But perhaps having a formal plan and accomplishing the plan each week will help with that. Right now I do just feel like I am to an extent winging it, and while that worked for a bit to get a good foundation, I am at the point where I need more structure. 

So....yea, I still don't know for April. For right now, I am going to take this through next weekend. 

1. 3 hour ride on Sunday 4/4 and 2.5 brick workout on Sunday 4/11

2. Other workouts will be focused on endurance - PZE on the bike and endurance/intervals for running.

3. Strength - 60 minutes of strength specific for runners / 60 minutes of other strength

Last, but certainly not least for this coming week...I get my first vaccine on Monday! Pfizer vaccine at 5:15. <3

Perhaps next week I will have more of a thought on the rest of the month. Even as I type that though, I honestly don't think I will. And thats because Pelofondo will mark the middle of the month, and the next day starts my triathlon training, so this month really from a workout perspective will have 2 halves. 

Going to wrap up for now and end the rambling. Time to do some meal planning so I can grocery shop tomorrow after WW :)

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