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Hey Lyssa - I will join you on the crusade for more T.I.T.S - although with all the torrential rain here I think it will be mostly indoors...

I think Feb for me will be the month of the bike... oh and the month of trying to figure out why I havent lost any weight!

I'm going to be one of those people for a moment who's jaw drops at hearing about your 4.5 km swims!!  Way impressive.

And to all of your who saw numbers on the scale drop I am equally impressed giving you a standing ovation!!

February will be speed month for me, focusing on the run in prep for my sprint in march and my first run race ever in 2 weeks.  I am very confident and finally admitting to myself that I am not going to have a problem with the distance of the sprint.  I can definitly finish, so I would like to improve what my time would be as much as I can. For the bike, its just going to be figuring out how to race that particular course (and I am sure I will pick all your brains as the race approaches). As for the swim and the run I am noticing that I have very consistant pacing no matter how hard I feel like I am working.  So I think it's time for intervals. The training plan I'm following has some decent swim intervals but is lacking ideas for the run.  Anyone know of any good ones? I want to focus feburary for training my weakness- the run!  

I am so excited! I have found a swim coach! There is a USAT coach in Temple, TX (just up the road from me) and a few other ladies doing tri-training with her, to include some group rides.  Every Wed night at 7PM they swim (with coaching) doing drills, etc.! So, looks like I may have found some common souls in the same area as me.  I cannot tell you how excited this makes me as I have been totally by myself here.  It'd take too long to go through, but being an officer in a military town truly limits who you can be friends with, etc.  Training was the only thing keeping me sane and not focusing on it.  Now, it may provide the social interaction I was looking for, and some coaching to make me better! Woohoo!

Heya guys, great job with everything going with y'all....how awesome...you guys rock.

Quick update. I finished the Jan challenge just in time and made my goal with less than a mile over. I'll never be accused of being an overachiever. I'm up for 27 miles (I think) for February and I'm already behind thanks to an injury I incurred last Friday (read below).

Friday I signed up for that New Triathlete Program from the DC Tri club...registration closed in 35 minutes (125 participants total). Then about 2 hours later I promptly dropped a 12 pound mirror on my left big toe. So, yeah, that put the kibosh on my workouts for the weekend. In fact today was my first attempt to run and I'm happy to say really no pain except when I had to grab my toes to stretch my hamstrings. But, I was surprised at how good my foot felt (now granted I was slower than normal...which seems almost impossible).

Now if only my sick cat would get better (we're off to the vet tomorrow). I get so worried about my kitty kids sometimes. At least I'm resisting the urge to go to the emergency vet since I know she's sick but not THAT sick. If I give in to that urge, I might be riding a bike from good will this summer because talk about expensive!

Well that's all from here. I get to meet all the super skinny members of this new triathlete program on Thursday at a happy hour. I'm sure it'll be another boon to my self esteem (I've decided to be a little self deprecating and think of myself as a service to everyone else...that way none of them have to be last on any of our workouts...well except maybe in the pool...skinny people luckily sink!).

Thats awesome Britt! It sounds perfect!!!!

Brit - that is so great on finding a swim instructor, and some people with the same interests.  That wil make it fun for you. 

Kelley - I am so sorry to hear about your toe and your cat.  I hoep they are both ok.  Congrats on signing up with the tri group.  I know that will be so much fun.

Today is Wednesday, weekly weigh in day, starting weight 157.8, today's weight 146.8.  I am down 11 pounds in 5 weeks.  Yippee!  I feel so much better and my clothes are finally starting to fit normally again.  Still doing the same thing I have always done, eating 1,200 - 1,500 calories a day and following my training plan.  No fast food, soda or alcohol. 

Brit -  I have taken the same approach with my food as I have my workouts.  I get to choose what I eat and what I don't.  So, I get to eat healthy and workout.  Others give me a hard time for it, but I just blow them off.  Did you ever think that 1 little line would have so much of an impact? 

Congrats on the 10lbs.  I vote a facial for the "treat".

I've been doing well on eating well this week and your words about mental attitude help a lot!!

American's abroad had a voting station in a pub so we went to vote for super tuesday last night .  And while all my friends had beer in the voting booth I chose water.  I had reached my calorie goal for the day so water was my friend.  Then they were going to hear a band at another pub and I chose to go home instead- listened to my body that was tired at 9:30pm from my workout that day and I get to do a run today so I chose resting and taking care of myself over liver damage.  THAT, is quite a change for me. But it was definitly the right call and i'm pretty proud of that.

have a great wednesday everyone!!

That is a HUGE accomplishment!  Congrats!  You should give yourself a great big pat on the back.

btw, my husband (1for1) is your captain in the Feb Challenge.  Small BT world, isn't it. 

ME vs. CHOCOLATE CAKE.... My arch rival, my nemisis, my indulgent savior, my fav....

So who won you ask?  Well... I think I DID!  I knew it was coming and at dinner I passed it once, I passed it twice, and I held out... and then gave in... but I cut a 4 inch square peice in half  and then only ate 1/2 of that!!! AND I didn't go back for seconds!!!

so the current score is:

Chocolate cake:100 (give or take a few hundreds)

Me: 1 (but it's a start!!

Hurray for small victories! What's yours for the week?

Soooooo impressed that you baked and baked and baked and didn't indulge in cookie dough!!! Cookie dough is a huge weakness for me- I get it from my mom.  We once chased each other around the kitchen fighting for it! It was hilarious. But to bake all that definitly takes some willpower.  Does apple crisp freeze at all?  That might be a way to avoid eating the whole pan.  finding a way to store indivdiual peices might work too.  Or just put it in the back of the fridge or pantry. Wow, 2 runs in one day... that's awesome!!!

7:30 swim in the morning for me although I am discovering that I am not a huge fan of working out in the morning.  Mentally not into it and physically not to happy either.  But that's when there's 50m pool available and I have a friend to walk with so I will get in the pool-- but I am starting to have a bad habit of quitting half way through the workout and coming back to finish it later in the day in the 25m pool.

Everything in moderation!    Great job team....if you deny yourself your favorite thing, that is when you just go nuts and eat everything.  A piece of chocolate cake, apple crisp, isn't going to kill you.  Have a piece and enjoy.  I, on the other hand, love red wine.  I have cut it out for 3 months, but looking forward to adding that back to my diet, in moderation, of course. 

I think everyone is doing just great.  Have a great Thursday all!

At least meeting a friend in the mornins should get you out of bed! Im still failing miserably in that regard... its meant to be summer here but all its been doing for weeks is raining....

Sounds like everyone is doing awesome!

but at the same time you guys really need the rain right?  haven't you been in a drought for several years?

Forever... water restrictions are standard most places here now...

Its more a matter of the fact a lot of the rain isnt reaching the places that really need it out, the dams and the rural areas...