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 2009-12-07 10:23 AM in reply to: #2315925 |
Expert  1773     San Gabriel Valley, California |  Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM?Have we got everybody well yet? Lisa fought off her cold and I am over mine. Have we heard from Scott in a while? He seemed to be pretty sick, but he is from the weaker sex and is probably having a tough time of it. How is everyone else doing health-wise? For all my pep talks, I still haven't gotten it together on the bike. I am way behind on my bike training, but in (relatively) good shape for swimming and running. And what is the tough part? The bike. So it makes no sense to be behind in bike training. My December 7 resolution is to get at least 20 minutes every single day on the bike/trainer, even if my plan doesn't call for it or I have done other workouts that same day. If nothing else, I figure that help with base building. And was that cool or what that Lisa had internet access on the airplane? Have fun in Las Vegas. |
| 2009-12-07 10:57 AM in reply to: #2546066 |
| Expert 821 Golden, CO | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? LeahDD - 2009-12-07 9:23 AM Have we got everybody well yet? Lisa fought off her cold and I am over mine. Have we heard from Scott in a while? He seemed to be pretty sick, but he is from the weaker sex and is probably having a tough time of it. How is everyone else doing health-wise? Thank you for your concern..actually I cannot get rid of this darn cold - it is going on a week now and I still can't get rid of the coughing. However, I have decided to "woman" up and not complain. Ok just a little bit..I get so little sympathy at home that I really would like a little from somewhere...anywhere. Decided that to keep myself from going out to eat with the office mates that I would go to the gym at lunch instead...novel idea. running is on the agenda so I will see if I remember how to operate the treadmill. Also - you will be glad to know that yesterday I spent 2 hours at the grocery store "on the perimeter of the store" stocking up for lunch and dinner and even packed my own lunch. (I didn't want Leah to yell at me anymore) Yep I have come a long way. I hope everyone is doing well. |
| 2009-12-07 11:19 AM in reply to: #2546066 |
Master 1690 Metro NY Area | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? Leah -The Bike portion is the longest part, usually 50-55% of the triathlon. So definitely work on it. I too need to get some long rides in over 3 hours in prep for my HIM but that will be easier for me in the spring-summer. If I still lived in CA (I lived in San Diego and San Francisco in the early 80's to mid 90's) I would be looking at some long winter rides and I plan to during goos weather times. As far as the trainer, try to make it fun! What do you do on the trainer? Do you have DVD's for encouragement? Music? Do you have to use the trainer due to time/light constraints? How about weekend rides? LeahDD - 2009-12-07 11:23 AM Have we got everybody well yet? Lisa fought off her cold and I am over mine. Have we heard from Scott in a while? He seemed to be pretty sick, but he is from the weaker sex and is probably having a tough time of it. How is everyone else doing health-wise? For all my pep talks, I still haven't gotten it together on the bike. I am way behind on my bike training, but in (relatively) good shape for swimming and running. And what is the tough part? The bike. So it makes no sense to be behind in bike training. My December 7 resolution is to get at least 20 minutes every single day on the bike/trainer, even if my plan doesn't call for it or I have done other workouts that same day. If nothing else, I figure that help with base building. And was that cool or what that Lisa had internet access on the airplane? Have fun in Las Vegas. |
| 2009-12-07 3:02 PM in reply to: #2315925 |
| Expert 821 Golden, CO | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? Actually made it to the gym today at lunch 3.25 miles on treadmill (5k in 43:30 which included warm up). Havent done 5k in over a year. I found out a few things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEyRg5mXLAQ |
| 2009-12-07 3:23 PM in reply to: #2546788 |
Expert 1773 San Gabriel Valley, California | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? jdbadger - 2009-12-07 1:02 PM Actually made it to the gym today at lunch 3.25 miles on treadmill (5k in 43:30 which included warm up). Havent done 5k in over a year. I found out a few things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEyRg5mXLAQ Hey, those are all great things. Particularly looking good in the Brooks shoes. And yeah, you have a lot of work to do, but if you have been reading the last day or so of posts, you will see that you are not alone. And many people don't even have paralegals to check to see if they are hacking out their last breaths. See how lucky you are. Hope you shake the cough soon. |
| 2009-12-07 3:26 PM in reply to: #2545505 |
Expert 684 Portland, Oregon | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? I hear ya, and it's not tiring to hear, like you said all part of the journey, and we all experience it - for example... I had a total diet meltdown on Saturday. I was sick and tired of being hungry all the time, so I just ate, and ate, and ate all day long. Managed to take in ~2900 calories+ - it felt sooooooooooo good feeling full. Was up 3 pounds the next morning (i guess water weight cause i'm back to where I was on friday today). I looked back at my cal logs and the last time I had a total blow-out day like Sat was in mid-July, so I was LONG overdue. I'm actually glad this happened when it did so I can go into the holidays fully motivated and diet back on track. Seems like every 6 months or so I need to have 1 day - 1 week I don't give a damn days. But the great thing is we know where we are, we know where we want to be, when things get derailed for a bit it's not a big deal. Ease yourself back on track it'll all be a-ok. IdealMuse - 2009-12-06 6:35 PM Congrats on the great runs everyone! Wow on the time Kate! That's pretty darn awesome. I've had a not so stellar week in general. I've been hoovering between 188-192 for 3 or 4 weeks now back and forth like a ping-pong. There is no "Why" about it I know why... I just have to get things in check. I guess I'm letting it get to me a bit more then I should. I think Thanksgiving threw me off a bit letting too many things slide in. I'm working out just enough to try and beat back any weight gain. I've been doing this weight loss thing mostly full blast for a few years now and I'm bound to have time where I'm just dealing with burn-out. In the past that would have meant giving up entirely... but I'm a whole new person these days. But old habits are there just waiting for me to turn my back. Sorry I know this gets tiresome to hear, but it's all part of the journey here. No Matter new week right? Why do I feel like I've been saying that a lot lately. Anyway off to go do the bike I should have done yesterday. |
| 2009-12-07 3:47 PM in reply to: #2546200 |
Expert 1773 San Gabriel Valley, California | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? losta - 2009-12-07 9:19 AM Leah -The Bike portion is the longest part, usually 50-55% of the triathlon. So definitely work on it. I too need to get some long rides in over 3 hours in prep for my HIM but that will be easier for me in the spring-summer. If I still lived in CA (I lived in San Diego and San Francisco in the early 80's to mid 90's) I would be looking at some long winter rides and I plan to during goos weather times. As far as the trainer, try to make it fun! What do you do on the trainer? Do you have DVD's for encouragement? Music? Do you have to use the trainer due to time/light constraints? How about weekend rides? I watch whatever Chuck has on the TV during a trainer ride. Here is my question. If I am in the drops or even with my hands on the handlebars, I can't see what is on the TV. If I sit straight up, I can. Now, I have this belief that I am supposed to be doing the trainer down in the drops to get used to being in that position for an extended period of time (I am not aero yet). It is waaaaaaaaay more comfortable to be sitting straight up and, as mentioned, I can see the TV. So, is it "wrong" to be sitting straight up, better than nothing, or it doesn't make any difference so do whatever feels the best? |
| 2009-12-07 3:59 PM in reply to: #2546865 |
| Expert 821 Golden, CO | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? LeahDD - 2009-12-07 2:47 PM losta - 2009-12-07 9:19 AM Leah -The Bike portion is the longest part, usually 50-55% of the triathlon. So definitely work on it. I too need to get some long rides in over 3 hours in prep for my HIM but that will be easier for me in the spring-summer. If I still lived in CA (I lived in San Diego and San Francisco in the early 80's to mid 90's) I would be looking at some long winter rides and I plan to during goos weather times. As far as the trainer, try to make it fun! What do you do on the trainer? Do you have DVD's for encouragement? Music? Do you have to use the trainer due to time/light constraints? How about weekend rides? I watch whatever Chuck has on the TV during a trainer ride. Here is my question. If I am in the drops or even with my hands on the handlebars, I can't see what is on the TV. If I sit straight up, I can. Now, I have this belief that I am supposed to be doing the trainer down in the drops to get used to being in that position for an extended period of time (I am not aero yet). It is waaaaaaaaay more comfortable to be sitting straight up and, as mentioned, I can see the TV. So, is it "wrong" to be sitting straight up, better than nothing, or it doesn't make any difference so do whatever feels the best? I have the same issue - If I ride on the brake hoods I actually strain my neck looking up at the tv..obviously not a good thing. I really think you should ride in a position that is most like whne you ride on the road..this is probably more important for me then you because I need to get my body and back trained and flexible again. Obvioulsy anything is better then nothing but I find that I use different muscles both for the actual spinning as well as the positioning if I am riding on the brake hoods compared with straight up. Just my 2 cents but I will be trying to move the TV down so I can look at it from a riding position. Also - I tend to fall off the treadmill when I am watching T.V. and having to look up..so there is the safety factor also. Edited by jdbadger 2009-12-07 4:00 PM |
| 2009-12-07 4:03 PM in reply to: #2546832 |
Expert 1773 San Gabriel Valley, California | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? kirih - 2009-12-07 1:26 PM I hear ya, and it's not tiring to hear, like you said all part of the journey, and we all experience it - for example... I had a total diet meltdown on Saturday. I was sick and tired of being hungry all the time, so I just ate, and ate, and ate all day long. Managed to take in ~2900 calories+ - it felt sooooooooooo good feeling full. Was up 3 pounds the next morning (i guess water weight cause i'm back to where I was on friday today). I looked back at my cal logs and the last time I had a total blow-out day like Sat was in mid-July, so I was LONG overdue. I'm actually glad this happened when it did so I can go into the holidays fully motivated and diet back on track. Seems like every 6 months or so I need to have 1 day - 1 week I don't give a damn days. But the great thing is we know where we are, we know where we want to be, when things get derailed for a bit it's not a big deal. Ease yourself back on track it'll all be a-ok. IdealMuse - 2009-12-06 6:35 PM Congrats on the great runs everyone! Wow on the time Kate! That's pretty darn awesome. I've had a not so stellar week in general. I've been hoovering between 188-192 for 3 or 4 weeks now back and forth like a ping-pong. There is no "Why" about it I know why... I just have to get things in check. I guess I'm letting it get to me a bit more then I should. I think Thanksgiving threw me off a bit letting too many things slide in. I'm working out just enough to try and beat back any weight gain. I've been doing this weight loss thing mostly full blast for a few years now and I'm bound to have time where I'm just dealing with burn-out. In the past that would have meant giving up entirely... but I'm a whole new person these days. But old habits are there just waiting for me to turn my back. Sorry I know this gets tiresome to hear, but it's all part of the journey here. No Matter new week right? Why do I feel like I've been saying that a lot lately. Anyway off to go do the bike I should have done yesterday. I agree. I have done the yo-yoing thing for years and the one truth that I have learned is that a single day doesn't derail your weight loss efforts. Two days in a row might be a problem, but not a single day once in a while. But if you are going to have a day of total and complete nonstop eating, anything you can do to minimize the damage really helps, both physically and mentally. If you are going to eat sweets, alternate fruit and cookies. If you are going for salty, alternate nuts and potato chips. And have guacamole and salsa with those chips, not cheesy sauce. I had one of these days recently and ate god knows how many calories in mixed nuts and fruit (I didn't have chips or cookies). Could it have been worse? Sure. But it is scary to think how many calories are in multiple pounds of grapes and a pound of mixed nuts (if I really wanted to know, I would calculate it. Let's just say that it is more than I can do in my head and I really don't want to know.) There was a day when my binges would have ended at a half gallon of ice cream after dinner. I don't want to go back to that. |
| 2009-12-07 4:04 PM in reply to: #2546883 |
Expert 684 Portland, Oregon | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? x2 ride your trainer like you would ride your bike in a race. Time to move the television!  That's why i watch things on my laptop then I can position it right at eye level in aero position. |
| 2009-12-07 4:10 PM in reply to: #2315925 |
| Expert 821 Golden, CO | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? Leah - I believe there is a 1 year limit to posting your accomplishments in your signature block...Winning the December 2008 challenge just isn't going to cut it. |
| 2009-12-07 4:16 PM in reply to: #2546893 |
Expert 1773 San Gabriel Valley, California | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? kirih - 2009-12-07 2:04 PM x2 ride your trainer like you would ride your bike in a race. Time to move the television! That's why i watch things on my laptop then I can position it right at eye level in aero position. That's not the answer I was looking for. Just so you know. |
| 2009-12-07 4:17 PM in reply to: #2546904 |
Expert 1773 San Gabriel Valley, California | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? jdbadger - 2009-12-07 2:10 PM Leah - I believe there is a 1 year limit to posting your accomplishments in your signature block...Winning the December 2008 challenge just isn't going to cut it. Yeah, but it is the only one I ever won or appear likely to win. I might keep that there for the next several decades. Edited by LeahDD 2009-12-07 4:17 PM |
| 2009-12-07 4:39 PM in reply to: #2315925 |
| Expert 821 Golden, CO | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? Speaking of bike trainers - does anyone have issues with the back skewer not fitting into the trainer. Mine does not on the release side and the pressure keeps it in place. I think I will try and go to the bike shop tonight and find one that fits. does anyone have two different skewers - one for the trainer and one for when they ride outside? Maybe my trainer is just a little old.. |
| 2009-12-07 4:49 PM in reply to: #2546959 |
Expert 1773 San Gabriel Valley, California | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? jdbadger - 2009-12-07 2:39 PM Speaking of bike trainers - does anyone have issues with the back skewer not fitting into the trainer. Mine does not on the release side and the pressure keeps it in place. I think I will try and go to the bike shop tonight and find one that fits. does anyone have two different skewers - one for the trainer and one for when they ride outside? Maybe my trainer is just a little old.. I don't know if it is right or not, but I just use the skewer that came with the trainer for both the trainer and riding outside. |
| 2009-12-07 9:32 PM in reply to: #2315925 |
| Expert 821 Golden, CO | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? Problem solved - went in and ordered a 12.00 skewer to fit the trainer..New problem is that they have a 2008 Demo stumpjumper on sale for half price 1995.00. Need to stay away from the store for a couple of weeks. |
| 2009-12-07 9:56 PM in reply to: #2546959 |
Master 1591 San Diego, CA | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? jdbadger - 2009-12-07 2:39 PM Speaking of bike trainers - does anyone have issues with the back skewer not fitting into the trainer. Mine does not on the release side and the pressure keeps it in place. I think I will try and go to the bike shop tonight and find one that fits. does anyone have two different skewers - one for the trainer and one for when they ride outside? Maybe my trainer is just a little old.. I came unhooked this weekend becaue I hadn't switched out to the trainer skewer. Be careful. I landed in pile of clothes that were slated to go to Goodwill. |
| 2009-12-07 10:24 PM in reply to: #2315925 |
Master 1690 Metro NY Area | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? I have my trainer set up in my basement. We have several metro metal storage shelves there. Last week I got two more shelves and two more posts and built an extension where I have my laptop at handlebar level, a nice set of speakers a little higher up and my spinervals collection between the speakers also a large fan to point up at me while I ride. I'll take a photo of the setup when I get home this weekend. |
| 2009-12-07 11:33 PM in reply to: #2546904 |
Master 1322 Chicago | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? jdbadger - 2009-12-07 4:10 PM Leah - I believe there is a 1 year limit to posting your accomplishments in your signature block...Winning the December 2008 challenge just isn't going to cut it. Hehe. You guys crack me up. Bike Trainer Skewer: My Bike one doesn't fit on my Kurt Kinetic trainer, but the trainer came with one that I use. I switch them out when I need to, it's a pain, but I only have one bike at this point so it's my only option really. Maybe it's a great reason to buy a tri bike?! |
| 2009-12-07 11:39 PM in reply to: #2546891 |
Master 1322 Chicago | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? LeahDD - 2009-12-07 4:03 PM kirih - 2009-12-07 1:26 PM I hear ya, and it's not tiring to hear, like you said all part of the journey, and we all experience it - for example... I had a total diet meltdown on Saturday. I was sick and tired of being hungry all the time, so I just ate, and ate, and ate all day long. Managed to take in ~2900 calories+ - it felt sooooooooooo good feeling full. Was up 3 pounds the next morning (i guess water weight cause i'm back to where I was on friday today). I looked back at my cal logs and the last time I had a total blow-out day like Sat was in mid-July, so I was LONG overdue. I'm actually glad this happened when it did so I can go into the holidays fully motivated and diet back on track. Seems like every 6 months or so I need to have 1 day - 1 week I don't give a damn days. But the great thing is we know where we are, we know where we want to be, when things get derailed for a bit it's not a big deal. Ease yourself back on track it'll all be a-ok. IdealMuse - 2009-12-06 6:35 PM Congrats on the great runs everyone! Wow on the time Kate! That's pretty darn awesome. I've had a not so stellar week in general. I've been hoovering between 188-192 for 3 or 4 weeks now back and forth like a ping-pong. There is no "Why" about it I know why... I just have to get things in check. I guess I'm letting it get to me a bit more then I should. I think Thanksgiving threw me off a bit letting too many things slide in. I'm working out just enough to try and beat back any weight gain. I've been doing this weight loss thing mostly full blast for a few years now and I'm bound to have time where I'm just dealing with burn-out. In the past that would have meant giving up entirely... but I'm a whole new person these days. But old habits are there just waiting for me to turn my back. Sorry I know this gets tiresome to hear, but it's all part of the journey here. No Matter new week right? Why do I feel like I've been saying that a lot lately. Anyway off to go do the bike I should have done yesterday. I agree. I have done the yo-yoing thing for years and the one truth that I have learned is that a single day doesn't derail your weight loss efforts. Two days in a row might be a problem, but not a single day once in a while. But if you are going to have a day of total and complete nonstop eating, anything you can do to minimize the damage really helps, both physically and mentally. If you are going to eat sweets, alternate fruit and cookies. If you are going for salty, alternate nuts and potato chips. And have guacamole and salsa with those chips, not cheesy sauce. I had one of these days recently and ate god knows how many calories in mixed nuts and fruit (I didn't have chips or cookies). Could it have been worse? Sure. But it is scary to think how many calories are in multiple pounds of grapes and a pound of mixed nuts (if I really wanted to know, I would calculate it. Let's just say that it is more than I can do in my head and I really don't want to know.) There was a day when my binges would have ended at a half gallon of ice cream after dinner. I don't want to go back to that. If it was only a day here or there I wouldn't be so down about it but it seems lately half the days in a week I'm good and half not so good. (For the past month) I need to stop letting myself not write it down this is when I always get into trouble. Ever after yesterdays drivel about it being a new week I still didn't get back on track today. I'll be okay though I just have to find my groove back I guess. Maybe I need to temporarily switch to a stricter written plan for a few weeks and when I'm ready to behave I can start going back to the way I've been doing things the past few years. Edited by IdealMuse 2009-12-07 11:40 PM |
| 2009-12-08 1:02 AM in reply to: #2315925 |
Expert 843 Gilbert | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? I think it is great we can all see what we are doing. Being self aware is huge. It is only recently that I started to pay any attention to what I was eating and how I was exercising. I've come a long way and so have all of you!! We can do this. |
| 2009-12-08 7:02 AM in reply to: #2547324 |
Master 1690 Metro NY Area | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? Lucky for you you landed on a pile of clothes. I never thought about what could happen if you came off the trainer. I use the skewer that came with the trainer. jezzieswims - 2009-12-07 10:56 PM I came unhooked this weekend becaue I hadn't switched out to the trainer skewer. Be careful. I landed in pile of clothes that were slated to go to Goodwill. |
| 2009-12-08 9:27 AM in reply to: #2547403 |
Expert 1773 San Gabriel Valley, California | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? ~ AZ Sunshine ~ - 2009-12-07 11:02 PM I think it is great we can all see what we are doing. Being self aware is huge. It is only recently that I started to pay any attention to what I was eating and how I was exercising. I've come a long way and so have all of you!! We can do this. I'm up for a Holiday Challenge, but rather than pounds lost, how about a commitment to something or not doing something? For me now and weight loss, I fluctuate within a range and it doesn't really mean anything. My current dietary downfall is nuts (I think it must be the salt that I am craving). I would commit to not having more than 2 oz. of nuts per day. Some nuts are good and excessive nuts are not good. Two ounces is within the good category. Also, I do drink some water, but I wish I drank more water. I might also do four of our drinking glasses of water (I am sure they are more than eight ounces). But I really like the idea of a challenge. These challenges do really make me try hard. |
| 2009-12-08 10:56 AM in reply to: #2547786 |
| Expert 821 Golden, CO | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? I'm up for a Holiday Challenge, but rather than pounds lost, how about a commitment to something or not doing something? For me now and weight loss, I fluctuate within a range and it doesn't really mean anything. My current dietary downfall is nuts (I think it must be the salt that I am craving). I would commit to not having more than 2 oz. of nuts per day. Some nuts are good and excessive nuts are not good. Two ounces is within the good category. Also, I do drink some water, but I wish I drank more water. I might also do four of our drinking glasses of water (I am sure they are more than eight ounces). But I really like the idea of a challenge. These challenges do really make me try hard. I'm in for a challenge...however if the challenge were to not do something..or even not do anything I think I would win hands down. The weight is good with me since it is very objective...if we do something like Leah suggests it would be hard to find a "winner" But then again aren't we all Winners! ( I threw up a little in my mouth writing that) If we go Leah's route I will let you all pick what I need to do or go without..that will make it more interesting.
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| 2009-12-08 5:34 PM in reply to: #2315925 |
Member 11 | Subject: RE: Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? Scott, youre pretty funny. I'm up for either challenge. It could be fun! I ran yesterday (4.25 miles) then swam 2100 m immediately after, and felt great.... gave me a glimmer of hope that I'm not an idiot for signing up for the HIM. The fact that January is creeping up on me is scaring me a little. Also, we may be moving to Washington state which is exciting, but will make training a bit more difficult.  By the way, on a trainer or treadmill, I love watching trivia (Cash cab, dont forget the lyrics, etc...) but i do find myself occasionally yelling the answers in the gym. Happy training! |
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