Saturday, January 17, 2009

Two steps back...in Beijing

Sorry I've been away, I had to go to China (Beijing) and we stopped off in Tokyo on the way back.  It was a fun trip, but I ate a little too much and fell off the low carb bandwagon a few times.  Dinner was lo carb -- peking duck, sauteed asparagus, beef with black bean sauce.  All relatively low carb, and I was able to get red wine with dinner (1g/glass) rather than beer.  But they brought subway sandwiches in for lunch, which was carby, and I did  get sucked into having a few beers throughout the week because it was simpler.  All in all I'm back up to 195.8 from 194.2, 1.6 lbs!  The good news is I'm like 30% body fat. 

I am hoping it means that all the walking we did in China and Tokyo actually put on some muscle, but I think that's overly optimistic.  Most likely the big dinners and the beer added the weight.  But I can probably make up the 1.6 lbs.  I'm going to Europe on 2/1, so I want to make some progress before then.

The good news is that my boss and the other person we traveled with (VP of finance, Jason) are apparently fitness nuts and they run/workout every morning.  So next trip I will bring workout clothes and join them.  All the hotels we stay/stayed at have an in house gym/treadmills.  

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