Dodgersmom and Doughboy's Group -Full (Page 2)

Good morning everyone. Well my big accomplishment for the morning was choosing a training program and getting it set up in my log here and also transfering it to my Excel one so that I could print it out.

 I'll do my normal 4 mile run at work. im debating on how I can also start doing my core workout at work as well. Space is limited but I think I can cram my equipment in the shower room somewhere.

you got me on the 48Oz water challenge will do that pronto.

Later all.

Mark

I am probably going to sound like a wuss here. But today is my rest day. I am trying to follow one of the tri plans I found here on BT. And keep my training log updated almost every day with at least the swim, bike and run stuff. Strength is kind of hard to track because I follow the stuff my personal trainer tells me to do and I don't really know what most of those are called.

48 oz. of water seems easy enough (I think). I have neven been very good at eating and drinking, so this will be interesting challenge for today.

8 oz. down, 40 more to go.

Hey Lina...Rest days are your friend.  They allow your body to recover and mentally they are very important.  Not taking a rest day will open you up for the potential of injury. 

Follow your plan!!  When it says rest, rest.  Plus, you WILL have some days where you just need to take a rest day, even though your plan says you have a workout.  Listen to your body and don't think about "making up the workout".  Of course, this can't become a habit, but sometimes you just need to sit on the couch and decompress.

16 oz done already!

Well my goal for today has to be to not be too angry about another yellow square. I can drink 48oz though.

Was in a training class this morning and got out at lunch expecting to finish up some paperwork in the afternoon. Then I was told to go home and sleep because I have to work tonight. Great. Thanks. I appreciate it.

Off to bed.

Not sure if I'll get a run in today... it's a busy day and I may have to take it off.   But the water... that's easy!  I'm a 64oz a day girl anyway.   When I lived in AZ I took up the habit and it stuck.

I have a 60 min run and a 30 min swim the docket for today. Run: check. 6.49 miles. I'm not a strong runner and just starting to add a little bit of speed into my runs. On the way out the door of the gym I saw my swim coach and he asked if I'd like to meet up tomorrow morning for a swim. Sure! I love getting instruction and not having to pay for it. So today's swim is going to slide over to tomorrow morning.

BTW, I'm trying to loose some weight. As of yesterday I was at 215.5 lbs. I'm trying to get down to 190 by IMKY. The best way I've found to drop the poundage is to log everything I eat  on Fitday.com. Yesterday I ate 2465 cal. Being a slave to my food log kind of sucks but It makes me think twice about grabbing a handfull of pretzels at the kids snack time because then I have to log it. I think I'll also start posting my total  calories eaten the day before on here as well. That way I have to share if I drank a pitcher of beer or had a Double Double from In and Out Burger. I encourage all of you to keep me honest and give me grief if I don't share.

I'm well on my way to 48 oz. Happy Thursday everyone!

36 oz down so far and what feels like 36 trips to the ladies room

Erin, I agree about wetsuits.  I am not a fan mostly because I get motion sick in the water and the extra bouyancy actually makes me feel the motion more.  I had issues when I did the quarter at LoneStar in 07.  I have since started wearing ear plugs and that helps a lot.

Funny, Steve and I were talking about Cancun 70.3.  We think it is going to be our destination race in 2010.  We are already committed to Eagleman in Maryland this summer.  Combining it with a vacation with Steve's family.  They all live in The Baltimore area.  LongHorn is a really great race.  Challenging bike and run. 

Haley...get some sleep.  Sorry you have to work tonight.

David, way to go with a free swim coaching session.  I have been avoiding the pool but I really need to go make friends with it again.

Happy hydration all!

^^^I agree, the only I have found that gets the weight down islogging everything. For me the hard part is when I get home at night. During the day I have my routine and that keeps me out of trouble most time, but at night it breaks down more and I struggle to maintain.

 Beside I drive by Hooters every night on the way home......hmmmm...Hooter's...No NO NO! focus Mark focus

Oh and 33oz down, got my last bottle in front of me and it'll be gone by 3pm or so. Also got my run in at lunch today. 4.03m in 40'25"

You should def get an account on fitday. It's free. It takes a little while to get the hang of the site but it's worth it. Logging in a paper log is ok but fitday gives you the calories, fat, carbs, protien, everything right there. There are some cool graphs too. Logging that ice cream (a real food weakness for me too) shows just how many extra empty calories you're eating. It has really changed my habits in the past.

I have always used the food logger on this forum. It's nice 'cause I can track my training and food intake all at the same place. What's the advantge to using the one at Fitday instead?

I don't know. I've never used the one here. I looked around for it, but didn't find it. How do you get there?

At the very top of the page click on the "Training log" tab. The screen that you go to will be the log for you training. If you move your mouse over the "Calendar" Tab you'll get a pop up with different selections. One of them will be "Nutirtion" Click that and you'll go to the Nutrition calendar. The just click on the day you want to log and you can start inputting your meals.

I agree with Mark.  I have used Fitday in the past and find the nutrition tracker here to be just as good.  It will log everything at the bottom of your training log.

I am hit or miss with logging nutrition but find that it relly does help.

I am pretty consistant, almost to the point of being boring with what I eat.  Breakfast is a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios.  Cup of yogurt at about 10:30.  Bring my lunch to work.  I have found that is huge both is cost savings and nutrition.  Usually have 1/2 ham or turkey with swiss on multi-grain bread.  Bag of baked (or Sun) chips.  Sugar free pudding.  Fruit at about 3.

Dinners are varied and we are trying to be healthier in our choices.  I have to learn that rice is not a veggie.  

I am also an ice cream lover and we allow ourselves a treat every night.  A weight watchers ice cream sandwich...yummy!

I did really good with my water today.  So...same goal for tomorrow plus...

I AM GOING TO GET UP EARLY AND DO AN HOUR TRAINER RIDE BEFORE WORK.  There, I made it public and you guys are going to hold me accountable!  Stay tuned for tomorrow's update.  Look for it at about 8:00 Central Time

I couldn't agree more!   I also agree about the saddles.  I love the standard saddle that came with my Dolce Elite.  I can ride that thing all day!

I'm lucky that I don't have any weight to lose.  I wouldn't mind dropping a few pounds of fat (who wouldn't?) but overall I'm ok.  I eat pretty 'clean' so I don't have to track calories any more.  But when I was trying to lose weight I did that and boy did it help!