mchubri's Crazy Awesome Training Group - CLOSED (Page 11)

Great job Justin. 

Ha Ha Brian, I hadn't read your response yet, I had the same thought!  It would be ackward tho if it was the white powder coke with the dh being a cop and all...prolly a conflict of interest.

Ok the nutrition log was a definite wake up call.  I was off by almost a 1000 calories in my guess about how much I had consumed.  That just shows how skewed my outlook is.  Today I measured my breakfast cereal out and another wow moment.  Special K is not so bad for you in the proper portions but looking at the measured out amount, before when I just poured, I was prolly eating 3-4 servings.  I was just filling the bowl with cereal and adding milk. 

The mud run was fun in so many ways...the obstacles weren't as bad as I thought and the mud wasn't the icky, thick stuff I was afraid it was going to be.  The fastest guy did it in 18 minutes!!!  There was some waiting at some obstacles but it was a nice break to me.  I jogged and walked it, the parts through a field were kinda hard as I have not jogged off road before so I spent a lot of time looking at the ground, the uneveness made me a little wary.  By the 2nd mile, I was a little more comfortable and not so worried about tripping over the variances in the ground.  I jogged the last 1/2 mile in to the finish and passed a lot of people who were walking in.  My husband actually missed the finish picture because he didn't expect me to come in running.  The obstacles were low walls that you could just put one leg over and then hop over, the pits you had to crawl on your hands and knees thru the mud under flags to the other side, tire obstacles you had to run in, and more mud!!!  My kid did the 1/2 mile and whipped thru it, I was proud, she's only 4 and it didn't even faze her!  She wants to do it again next year!

Thanks for the inspires guys!

Have a good Monday.

Ronda

Quick Update:

I've been having a lot of problems with food...I'd been trying to eat healthier,but was getting hungrier and hungrier. This of course led to LOTS of overeating!  I realized that I was definitely NOT eating enough for the amount of working out I've been doing.  This past weekend, I sat down and figured out how much I should be eating and planned out my menu's.  After grocery shopping, I divided out all of my food for the week! 

My goals are to hit my calorie target daily.  I'm also going to listen to my body better...If after hitting my calorie target, I'm still starving like I have been, I'll eat healthy snacks (which I've also pre-portioned and have on standby) so that I won't pig out!  I've also got GU's stored all over the place so that I have a quick pick me up if I forget to eat before I go to the gym.  I also want to make sure I'm logging the calories and how I'm feeling!

As for swimming, I'm slowly but surely getting better.  I have decided that I like swimming with a nose clip and plan to continue using it.  For some reason, I can't figure out how to NOT breath through my nose and I'm tired of snorting the whole pool every time I go for a swim!

I've had two issue with my swimming...any advice would be great!!  First, I'm having issues with water in my ears.  I have Swim-Ear, but it's not really working.  Anyone have any ideas on how to keep this from happening???  Secondly, my ankles are really stiff and a little sore.  Any ideas on how to strengthen or stretch?  Thanks!

I'm also going to log all of my food and monitor how I'm feeling.  I really want to lose weight, but I don't want my training suffer because I'm so hungry. 

Does anyone here use the BT training programs?  if so what level (bronze, silver, gold or nutrition).  If so how have you like it?
Thanks
Tom

Chrissy,   Keep at the nutrition, it may take a few weeks but you will hone it in.  It is good to listen to your body and make healthy decisions when feeling hungry.  Make sure to include foods high in fiber into your diet.  They will keep you satiated longer.  I've also read in a few different places that people who start the day with a Protein rich breakfast feel fuller and eat less throught the day.  I'm an egg-white guy so I can attest to that! 

I've gotten leg cramps during swimming, but never ankle soreness.  Are you still working with that coach, have you asked them about stretching pre-post workouts? 

Tom, I am a Silver member, or will be for at least the next 12 days.  I plan on renewing after that point.  I am about to start a HIM plan I got from here.  I've completely reorganized the workouts to fit my schedule, however haven't started it yet.  It seems to be a well thought out plan that employs the concept of periodization which I am happy about.  Ask me again in a few weeks and I will have a better opinion for you. 

Our group has been together for just about 1 month now.  I hope you are benefiting from this and feel like you have learned something within that time period.  If you have any suggestions on how I or we can better help you I encourage to share your thoughts.  You can always shoot me a PM if you want to share something on a one on one basis.  Feedback for me is always good as this is my 1st group and I’d like to be the best Mentor I possibly can. Personally, I am really enjoying this group and love communication with all of you on a regular basis. 

With that said, I'm off on Vacation.  I will try to check in when I can on my Blackberry, but sometimes that process is tedious.  Please keep the discussions and training up and remember to inspire each other.  Keep your Nutrition in check and pray that the French Fry Demons stay away from my gut!  I will be back next Wednesday!  Have a great week! 

-Brian

Have any of you upgraded your saddle?  What are you using, why?  I have a Specialized Allez Compact, all stock parts.  I want to get a new saddle, have a leg issue that I think is aggravated by the support bar running from the front to the back of the saddle just under the seat.  Hoping a different saddle may help, ready to upgrade something on this thing anyway.