This is a somewhat devious thought, but maybe you can deliberately engineer a few more weekend snowshoeing bustups like this to convince Lady Snow that she needs to FIRE with you sooner rather than later -- I bet there is no problem parking on a Monday morning!
Yeah, LWTG also said as much a few posts earlier...just wait until I go down to the Baja in March without her...that will likely twist the knife again. At some point, she will be DONE - and we can showshoe on empty trails mid-week to our hearts content. :)
Okay then...week 1 of 52 for 2016.
Monday: 10 mile stationary bike, 400 calories. Weights: shoulders, chest, triceps, traps.
Tuesday: 3 mile treadmill walk, 250 calories. Weights: legs, abs, lower back.
Wednesday: 13 mile stationary bike, 550 calories. Weights: arms, upper/middle back, lats.
Thursday: 5k walk (carrying 30 pounds for 2.5k), 300 calories.
Friday: 5.1k run, 350 calories (27:50 min)
Saturday: 7k walk (carrying 20 pounds for 3.5k)
Sunday: 10.3k river walk, 475 calories. (was supposed to be 5k snowshoe, dangit!)
Looking at this, the thing I don't like is how ALL my strength training stuff is shoehorned into the first three days of the week. In my defence, I did this because I was coming off an extended break from the holiday season and I was JONESING to get lifting again. I remembered all too well how much progress I had lost when I was in Mexico for a month with no lifting. Week 2 will feature a Monday, Wednesday, Friday strength session schedule with the intention of maintaining this going forward. This still might look like a fair bit of CARDIO, but it is actually considerably less than what I was doing in 2015...again, this is an attempt to bolster my strength gains for the first 3 months of this year. Everything I read on the subject suggests that excessive cardio can severely stunt muscle growth. I still feel decidedly "gangly"...genetics will probably dictate that I will never fully shake this fact, but I think I can still pack on some "beef". :) I am happy that even at this early stage, I can already feel the improved strength in my legs - it is really evident while running.
Nutrition wise, things are locked down pretty well. Today for example will begin with coffee and 4 scrambled egg whites on a piece of dry whole wheat toast. After gym, a big whey protien shake with some frozen fruit tossed in. Some raw veggies and a chicken breast in the afteroon. Cabbage soup (I made a HUGE batch of this last night - this is NOT sexy food. Ample amounts of hot sauce are needed for me to feel any enthusiasm towards it) for dinner with Lady Snow.
I'm leaving for the gym in about an hour...I fully expect it to be quite a bit less busy than last week as the New Year's resolution crowd begins to thin out. ;)
Last night, I found myself thinking about the reasons why I am doing all this. It is definitely some sort of combination of cababliity/vanity. Not sure about the ratio though. I certainly am doing this so I can pursue some of my hobbies at the highest levels possible...but I have to be honest enough to admit that I also want to look good - I think that this is a sort of overreaction to so many years of being embarrassed to be shirtless by the pool or beach. Hmm...if forced to reveal my motivation, I'd say 70% for Cabability, 30% for Vanity/Ego/Self-esteem. Looks like I took my honesty pills this morning.:)