I’m Still Here And Representing

Vacation is over and it’s time to return to my normally scheduled programming. No, I didn’t fall off the face of the earth and rumors of my disappearance are complete folly. I was off last week taking some time with the family around the house.

I had initially planned to workout hardcore and eat perfectly last week. Unfortunately I didn’t do either, at least to the degree I’d initially planned. No, I didn’t fall off the wagon completely … instead I took the week off to relax and unwind with the family. This translated into eating well for most of the day excluding usually dinner and maybe a snack. I also managed to get a workout in almost every day including a trip to the gym, a few 1 hour bike rides, and a few runs with our new running stroller.

All in all I felt pretty good with the weeks decisions. I did overindulge a few times but it certainly didn’t explode into all out food overdose. I was up ~4 pounds of water to 292 and this morning I was down to 289 after some killer circuit training and clean eating. Most of that gain can be attributed to two bad meals over the break (yes, I still weighed in daily) so overall I feel like I balanced things fairly well.

I don’t know if I’m going to weigh-in this week but I will track my weight to ensure I’m back on track and moving in the right direction. I guess I should weigh-in to be honest … though it’s not like I’m trying to hide my gain or anything. A data point is a data point so I might as well I guess. Flip flopped in the same paragraph … lol.

Thanks for all of my Lost It friends that sent me messages asking if I was ok. It always feels good knowing there are people out there watching my back. I probably should have posted something more on my blog but I didn’t, sorry about that.

Healthy Living Summit

I don’t know if it was fate or pure luck but I happened to check twitter last week about 30 minutes after the tickets for the Healthy Living Summit (HLS) went on sale. The site was reporting that they had already sold out but after tweeting back and forth a bit with some folks I just tried a few more times and was able to get a ticket. So lucky me will be attending the HLS in August in my local Chicago.

I’m particularly stoked about HLS because it’s so close to my goal weight date of my birthday at the end of August. I think it’d be awesome to meet a ton of the bloggers whom I read regularly and who provide so much daily inspiration and motivation. Reaching my huge goal combined with meeting everyone would just be a ton of fun and very exciting.

About the only thing I’m a bit nervous about is that apparently there are only going to be like half a dozen males in attendance at HLS. That’s like 4% of the attendees, yikes … talk about minority. I knew that health and lifestyle blogging was female dominated but I guess I figured more males would signup for a conference in Chicago. I was wrong … I’ll just have to represent my peeps well <insert-male-gang-sign/>

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