Steps

10/1: 7,264
10/2: 6,866
10/3: 7,064

My mom had a minor emergency (scratched her eye), so I was busy for a couple of days driving her around to appointments, pick up prescriptions etc. So the beginning of my week was a bit off and I didn't get my steps in. That's okay, life happens sometimes.

I’m being lazy and not going back to earlier pages. I’ll catch up on previous posts later tonight though —

I hope everyone is doing well with nutrition and fitness in the new month. I’ve made a LOT of commitments to myself in October so I hope I can stick with them, and make better progress toward my weight maintenance goal. I’m not happy that I’ve drifted so far from my 120-130 range, but I’m not discouraged anymore. That alone feels like progress!

This week, the river water has been calmer than last week. So, I was able to row more. 🥳🎉🥳 It felt a little scary getting back into the single scull but my favorite boat was fixed (after a long time waiting for the repair) so I was excited to use it.

Yesterday, our coach returned from the World Rowing Masters Regatta in South Africa. She shared some amazing pictures from a safari and other fun excursions AND, if the venue wasn’t enough for a trip-of-a-lifetime-experience, she won NINE medals! 🥇🤩🤩🤩🥇. She had never used the boats before and rowed with a mix of people who never rowed together regularly — Amazing! She signed up for 14 races and won nine medals. They didn’t give medals for second or third place but they awarded first place in each heat. For example, she won her single sculling heat and then got third place overall — in the world. So, that’s one medal for the first place heat. I know she had some overall 1st place wins, too. Wow!

She works hard, practices constantly, and is the nicest person. It’s hard to believe she’s willing to spend her time coaching us. We’re fortunate for sure!

Good morning Shape Shifters. Sleep is starting to suffer a little bit, which is what I expected because my mom is here. I can't exactly go to bed at 19:30, that's not very fun. Anyway, we left in the morning for a walk, though I started on my bike because it would have been too far for me. My mom walked 10 kilometers and I walked 7. The weather didn't look great, but besides a small bit of rain when we left, it stayed dry. It was very windy though. There wasn't a lot to see again, but my mom had fun photographing all the mushrooms. We also passed a big barn that houses the Drenthe Heath Sheep so we spent some time enjoying their smelly company. I had my breakfast at a pretty picknick table in the forest. Our afternoon was relaxing and in the evening we went out for dinner. This morning my weight is up quite a bit, but I hope to get that down again just as fast. Happy Friday everyone
October 5 numbers

• Sleep: 8h 2m ~ 85 score
• Steps: 20.853
• Zone Minutes: 79
• Calories: Don't know due to eating out