I joined the Farmgirl Sisterhood! One of the first badges I am working toward is the Make it Easy Section. #7 Let's Get Physical. My Expert Level challenge will be to participate in the Salem Oregon Half Ironman on July 20th, roughly 9 months away.
Exercise: I've connected with my former triathlon trainer who has build a workout plan for me. My aim is to make at least 85% of the workouts prescribed. I am 8/8 so far. The highlight was a 40 mile ride in Palm Desert that MacGyver (hubby) joined as our support vehicle and the first time I have clipped shoes into bike pedals in 7 years. We did a cooper's test running to baseline my vo2 max which depending on the calculator was somewhere in the high 30's while my Garmin is estimating at 48 and 46 cycling. We used the new smart bike trainer and Zwift membership to do a bike power benchmark at 109 watts.
Weight: I'm in a healthy range but am creeping toward new heights and thinking my metabolism isn't as forgiving as it once was. I've subscribed to go in for a quarterly Dexa scan to more precisely corroborate what I'm seeing on the scale at weekly weigh ins. Last quarter, I focused on eating lots more plant-based protein (100+ g/day on workout days) to see if I could build muscle mass. I did, 1.1 pounds, but also put on 1.7 pounds of fat...
Diet: ...So now I'm pumping the breaks on things I consider Processed Protein (bars, powders) when I don't feel hungry. My mind seems to obsess and undermine restrictive food rules, so this week I focused on just seeing how many different plants I could eat (not counting carby grains). Total was 45 and a great incentive for eating through freezer burning and produce languishing on the countertop.
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