Muffin tops

I’ve survived the festive period!  What a couple of weeks that was catching up with family and friends with lots of good food, laughter and a fair few glasses of wine.  I’ve caught up on sleep, read an excellent book and really not thought about work which is good as it means I head back tomorrow refreshed - well almost.  I woke this morning with a sore throat and my internal thermostat not working - typical.
Up till today my training has continued to build and on Friday I swam 2km in the pool which is my longest swim In 9 months and it felt good despite my last 3 weeks off swimming.  However as we were all heading out of the pool our coach mentioned our “muffin tops”!  She wasn’t wrong.  The festive period was showing on our waistlines and there’s no point in carrying excess baggage.  The muffin top tends to be alcohol related so rest assured the intake will be reduced and with the increase in mileage it should be gone in due course.  But when my weight is 150 lbs or 68kilos I need to build muscle mass at the same time as loosing the muffin top or else I’’ll be underweight.  Currently my BMI is 21.6 which is healthy.
Yesterday I repeated the run from the previous week, 18.7km around Chatelherault and I managed it 5 minutes quicker.  My fitness is coming back and the mileage will build over the next fews but that will be subject to how my sore throat progresses.  I was looking forward to running and a gym session today but I’ve listened to my body and spent the day resting.
Back to work tomorrow so back to the juggling of work/life/training.  I’m looking forward to an exciting 2019.  Hope you achieve the goals you have set.