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Originally posted by lutzman

Originally posted by KOM

Originally posted by ceilidh

Originally posted by lutzman

Originally posted by k9car363

Alright, so this has NOTHING to do with Triathlon!

Anyone care that the Super Bowl is this afternoon?  If so, who are you rooting for?

Most of the season I have said, "I don't see anyone beating Seattle."  Then the 49'ers almost beat Seattle.  So now I am thinking it can be done.

Sorry Steve, I am pulling for Denver.

You and everyone else, Scott.

Not QUITE everyone

x 2. Disgruntled Pats fan here

SEAHAWKS. Legion of Boom!

OK, I am a believer.  Seattle 43 - Denver 8.  And it wasn't that close.  It wasn't so much that Denver lost as Seattle spanked them, on pretty much every play.

I do have one take-away from the game however.  I kept hearing that the Seattle players repeated the phrase, "Why not us?"  Then they interviewed Russell Wilson (Seattle QB) and he said his dad taught him the phrase, "Why not me?"

More often than not, athletic achievement begins and ends in the mind.  Once you believe it, you can achieve it.

So I ask, "Why not us?" and "Why not me?"

I had a great time yesterday evening. Mostly watching my friends faces as they watched the game.

However, I really, really wish the game was more of a game. Leaving after the first part of the 3rd quarter,  knowing who whas gonna win, is not what I expected of the Supurb Owl.

My stats for the week are fairly dismal:

12 training and

-10 for weight makes

2 points for the week.

"Why not Me?" The ball is 10000% in my court on that one. I need to own it and move on.

I have the same issue.  I get to the point where I feel really GREAT and I know it is the combination of exercise and eating right.  Then all it takes in a few pretzels, bread, or whatever and I am back to not making very good decisions for a week or two (or more).  Of course, it takes so much longer to get back on track.

In general, we eat very little processed food and eat pretty healthy.  I just eat too much.

I do not track food.  I have tried but this makes me think about food even more so it hasn't worked very well for me.

That is my problem as well.

Good luck on the surgery and hope you are in recovery mode ASAP!

I think I figured wrong on the workout minutes.  Should be 6.6 so actual total is 11.6 for the week.

I signed up for a videotaped swim clinic nest month.  I did the clinic a few years ago and came away with a lot of good pointers.  Hoping that I have made improvements in my form from then--but really no signifigant speed improvements which makes me wonder if I am just destined to be sow?

Happy Friday everyone.  I really wish weigh-ins were on Fridays.  I'm good all week!  Then the weekend rolls around....well you know what I mean.  I'm going to try and be extra good tonight and tomorrow night so Sunday's weigh-in shows some progress.

Will be doing either a group ride on Saturday or a spin/trainer charity session w/ the local tri shop.  Not sure which one I'm leaning towards at the moment.

I am getting REALLY frustrated!

A couple weeks ago, our scale started acting up.  First, for clarification, I weigh myself every morning, same time, same location, etc., etc.  I then average the daily weights to arrive at an average weekly weight to mitigate the day to day fluctuations.  A couple weeks ago, I started seeing abnormal fluctuations from the scale - along the lines of 5-8 pounds day-to-day.  Then I started experimenting and found it was fluctuating hour-to-hour and then literally minute-to-minute.  I got to where I would weight myself 4 or 5 times and average the results to get my daily weight (yeah, I know, not the best method).  My interpretation was that our scale was dying.

Last Monday, I stepped on the scale and . . . poof! . . . it gave up the weighing ghost and died.  No big deal, I went and bought a new scale and now I don't have any more fluctuations that I can't explain (if I eat something, or drink a pot of coffee, I expect to see a change).

The problem is that the scale reads 10.3 pounds higher than the scale that died.  Body fat reads 5.2% higher. All of the metrics it measures are off by like 15-20%.  I have always been more concerned with precision than accuracy but would expect two scales to be within a couple percentage points of each other.  I know that Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis is not the most accurate way to measure body fat, etc., but there again, I would expect two scales to be within shouting distance of each other.

So now, I have absolutely no idea where I am at.  I don't know if I have been losing weight, gaining muscle mass, losing body fat.  Just guessing on all of it.  Then, as if that isn't enough.  I get test results back this morning from my annual physical.  Cholesterol is up, LDL is up, HDL is down.  Yes, I cheated during the Super Bowl, and had the Ding Dong binge, but not so sure that explains numbers going the wrong way given the exercise volume and the overall pretty health diet.

So,

James, I have added up 58 points on my Workout Challenge total from weight loss.  Can you please remove those points from my total?  I can't with a clear conscience say that I have lost weight, or at least that much weight over the course of our workout challenge.

Dr. Kathy, (not looking for free medical advice, rather if you can point me in a direction), I wonder if you might have a suggestion?  First, should I get the lipid panel redone?  I understand that results can be inaccurate based on recent meals and/or exercise, plus I had only fasted for about 8 1/2 hours prior to the test.  Second,  I need to get with a nutritionist, or a sports dietician, or someone that can offer professional guidance on my nutrition needs.  Who (what type of professional) should I seek out?  Are there any good publications and/or web articles that you might recommend?  It is getting increasingly frustrating to be putting in the type or training volume I am putting in and losing muscle mass which, given fairly good lab results, is probably a direct result of improper nutrition.  Of course, that is somewhat based on a scale that has now been proven inaccurate so your guess is as good as mine.  Bottom line, if I truly want to get to Kona, it is time to take the step and get some professional nutrition help.