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I love that word!  

Anyhoo, if you feel like you need to fill up your tummy, snack on snow peas or green beans.  I normally do not like green veggies, but these are so EASY to just rinse, put in a bowl and snack on them, and fulfilling too. One CUP is a lot...for 20 calories. You can't beat that...I'm on green beans kick lately.   While you're still "eating", it's not very high in calories and you get a lot of "volume" to fill you tummy.  I eat it cold/raw. I don't like it cooked. 

Meulen - 2012-02-02 1:55 PM Jan. totals: January's totals: Bike: 16h 08m - 335.5 Mi Run: 11h 35m 33s - 82.5 Mi Strength: 2h 45m Hmmmmmmm.....where's the swimming??? BTW....I wanted to say I REALLY enjoyed that MTB vid!! My wife and I go to Vegas a couple times a year. We found McGhies bike shop last year and rented bikes for a road ride through Red Rock. I wish I could convince her to mountain bike! I'd love to do that out there!!

:-) 

We should meet up sometime, and I'll hit you up with our local Bike clubs! There are a few! :-)  McGhie's is my choice of Bike Shop. :-P, that's where I got the rental Mountain Bike...they have an outpost in Blue Diamond that does Mountain Bike rentals.   Cottonwood trail is fairly easy actually, and they do have beginner rides hosted by McGhie's.

Hit me up next time you're in town!! :-)

Get your butt in the pool....your nose is missing the chlorine smell.

Meulen - 2012-02-02 4:51 PM

kenj - 2012-02-02 2:34 PM

Meulen - 2012-02-02 8:57 AM Kenj, I know it's waaay late and closed, but you don't get anywhere if you don't ask....any room for one more?

I think we can make room for another! 

Cool!!! Thanks! Sorry I'm so late everyone NAME: Meulen/Brian STORY: I'm soon to be 38 years old. I had an athletic background in HS/College. I played baseball, basketball and golf in HS and played golf in College. I weightlifted through College and ended up pretty bulky. That bulk turned to fluff pretty quick after that. I was basically your typical party animal kid through my twenties. I got married at 24 and continue to pack on lbs. till I was in my 30's. I ended up being north of 215 (I quit weighing after that in denial! ). At 6' 1" with a small frame I was pretty pudgy. It was about 4-5 years ago I finally said enough. I got back into the gym and started trying to lose weight. I then bought a hybrid bike to ride around the block because I was too heavy for my knees to run much. It was about 4 years ago I did my first indoor tri. I could barely swim across the pool! I met some poeple mountain biking after that and they sucked me into mtb racing for a year. The following year I came back to tri's and have been here ever since. My first outdoor (real tri) was Xterra Ft. Custer 3 years ago. I've done several since then, the biggest being Racine 70.3 last season. Through it all I now weigh 170lb and have been as low as 163 on race day!! FAMILY STATUS: I'm married to my AWESOME and BEAUTIFUL wife Anne Marie. She's in my cornor at every event and she even does some training and racing with me. Couldn't ask for anything more! THIS YEAR'S RACES: In 2011 I cut down the number of races I did from the prior year and focussed on two races, the Illinois marathon and Racine 70.3. Both were firsts for me in these distances. The marathon went rather well for me, but Racine beat me up! I'll be looking for revenge on this race this year. 2012 RACES: So far I'm signed up for an early half marathon in May and Racine 70.3 in July. I'll be adding a couple Oly's and maybe an Xterra or two along the way for training. Work has gotten significantly more demanding for me lately so my dreams of training for an ironman are on the wayside. WEIGHTLOSS: I'm definitely one that struggles with weight. I just lost 10lbs to get back to 170. I'd like to be more close to 160 and possibly under this year. I've been using livestrong.com to log my food and excercise. WHY I'M HERE: I've recently been hitting some walls in my training that I could use all the help and extra motivation to get over. I was in GoGoGo's group a couple years ago and he mentioned this group to me. Thanks again for taking me in!

Welcome to the group Brian..I'm interested in how you got down to 170 I've been using myfitnesspal to track my food and I have been at 195 the past 3 months with no success of the scales moving...I want to get down to 160-170 range for my races this year..Again glad to have you in our group..

	40m 54s 4.00 miles 10m 14s/Mi	Avg HR: 147 Max HR: 162
4:53 PM
Equipment:	Kswiss California

Warmup then 30 sec intervals with 30 sec rest x 10..Then a cool down.
1-7:40 min/mile pace
2-7:59 min/mile pace
3-8:24 min/mile pace
4-8:17 min/mile pace
5-8:17 min/mile pace
6-8:06 min/mile pace
7-8:06 min/mile pace
8-8:13 min/mile pace
9-7:51 min mile pace
10-8:17 min/mile pace

A little run tonight with the speed from my 10 intervals above..

Heinous white sh*t in my book. Good luck with that...and take it easy on the uppers..slow & steady wins the race!

Meulen - 2012-02-02 3:51 PM

kenj - 2012-02-02 2:34 PM

Meulen - 2012-02-02 8:57 AM Kenj, I know it's waaay late and closed, but you don't get anywhere if you don't ask....any room for one more?

I think we can make room for another! 

Cool!!! Thanks! Sorry I'm so late everyone NAME: Meulen/Brian STORY: I'm soon to be 38 years old. I had an athletic background in HS/College. I played baseball, basketball and golf in HS and played golf in College. I weightlifted through College and ended up pretty bulky. That bulk turned to fluff pretty quick after that. I was basically your typical party animal kid through my twenties. I got married at 24 and continue to pack on lbs. till I was in my 30's. I ended up being north of 215 (I quit weighing after that in denial! ). At 6' 1" with a small frame I was pretty pudgy. It was about 4-5 years ago I finally said enough. I got back into the gym and started trying to lose weight. I then bought a hybrid bike to ride around the block because I was too heavy for my knees to run much. It was about 4 years ago I did my first indoor tri. I could barely swim across the pool! I met some poeple mountain biking after that and they sucked me into mtb racing for a year. The following year I came back to tri's and have been here ever since. My first outdoor (real tri) was Xterra Ft. Custer 3 years ago. I've done several since then, the biggest being Racine 70.3 last season. Through it all I now weigh 170lb and have been as low as 163 on race day!! FAMILY STATUS: I'm married to my AWESOME and BEAUTIFUL wife Anne Marie. She's in my cornor at every event and she even does some training and racing with me. Couldn't ask for anything more! THIS YEAR'S RACES: In 2011 I cut down the number of races I did from the prior year and focussed on two races, the Illinois marathon and Racine 70.3. Both were firsts for me in these distances. The marathon went rather well for me, but Racine beat me up! I'll be looking for revenge on this race this year. 2012 RACES: So far I'm signed up for an early half marathon in May and Racine 70.3 in July. I'll be adding a couple Oly's and maybe an Xterra or two along the way for training. Work has gotten significantly more demanding for me lately so my dreams of training for an ironman are on the wayside. WEIGHTLOSS: I'm definitely one that struggles with weight. I just lost 10lbs to get back to 170. I'd like to be more close to 160 and possibly under this year. I've been using livestrong.com to log my food and excercise. WHY I'M HERE: I've recently been hitting some walls in my training that I could use all the help and extra motivation to get over. I was in GoGoGo's group a couple years ago and he mentioned this group to me. Thanks again for taking me in!

Welcome Brian! I too was at Racine last year, it was my first HIM. The heat and rough roads were tough for everyone. I had planned to go back for revenge this year but decided to race Rev3 Dells instead.  This is a fun group!

what's a good sub for popcorn? I pop it on the stove, but with oil...like the salty crunchy thing...

Hey that is a great idea, D.J. I love green beans (snow peas are ok too) and will eat them cold out of a can. I do pretty well at work but kind of go crazy on the weekends.  Gonna go out and buy up some green beans....

that's awesome! someone also told me that pouring warm to hot water down the inside of your suit before you go in can help reduce the shock of really cold water trickling into a dry suit... good luck with keeping it going...i was so looking forward to swimming tonight, but didn't make it...

I haven't tried this yet, but I have heard that baked kale is good and crunchy.  Drizzle a little olive oil and sea salt and cook in oven til crisp.

not sure about cold green beans out of a can or raw.

Meulen - 2012-02-02 4:51 PM

kenj - 2012-02-02 2:34 PM

Meulen - 2012-02-02 8:57 AM Kenj, I know it's waaay late and closed, but you don't get anywhere if you don't ask....any room for one more?

I think we can make room for another!�

Cool!!! Thanks! Sorry I'm so late everyone NAME: Meulen/Brian STORY: I'm soon to be 38 years old. I had an athletic background in HS/College. I played baseball, basketball and golf in HS and played golf in College. I weightlifted through College and ended up pretty bulky. That bulk turned to fluff pretty quick after that. I was basically your typical party animal kid through my twenties. I got married at 24 and continue to pack on lbs. till I was in my 30's. I ended up being north of 215 (I quit weighing after that in denial! ). At 6' 1" with a small frame I was pretty pudgy. It was about 4-5 years ago I finally said enough. I got back into the gym and started trying to lose weight. I then bought a hybrid bike to ride around the block because I was too heavy for my knees to run much. It was about 4 years ago I did my first indoor tri. I could barely swim across the pool! I met some poeple mountain biking after that and they sucked me into mtb racing for a year. The following year I came back to tri's and have been here ever since. My first outdoor (real tri) was Xterra Ft. Custer 3 years ago. I've done several since then, the biggest being Racine 70.3 last season. Through it all I now weigh 170lb and have been as low as 163 on race day!! FAMILY STATUS: I'm married to my AWESOME and BEAUTIFUL wife Anne Marie. She's in my cornor at every event and she even does some training and racing with me. Couldn't ask for anything more! THIS YEAR'S RACES: In 2011 I cut down the number of races I did from the prior year and focussed on two races, the Illinois marathon and Racine 70.3. Both were firsts for me in these distances. The marathon went rather well for me, but Racine beat me up! I'll be looking for revenge on this race this year. 2012 RACES: So far I'm signed up for an early half marathon in May and Racine 70.3 in July. I'll be adding a couple Oly's and maybe an Xterra or two along the way for training. Work has gotten significantly more demanding for me lately so my dreams of training for an ironman are on the wayside. WEIGHTLOSS: I'm definitely one that struggles with weight. I just lost 10lbs to get back to 170. I'd like to be more close to 160 and possibly under this year. I've been using livestrong.com to log my food and excercise. WHY I'M HERE: I've recently been hitting some walls in my training that I could use all the help and extra motivation to get over. I was in GoGoGo's group a couple years ago and he mentioned this group to me. Thanks again for taking me in!

Welcome to the group Brian! Looks like you have a pretty good schedule set so far!!  Congrats on the weight loss so far!

Good morning gang!!

Anyone racing this weekend? 

I'm off to the cement pond this morning to do my swim clinic homework.  Hopefully a run and strength class at lunch time.  I need to get my mind around the 3 hour trainer ride on the schedule for the morning plus figure out what plan I imported for swim and run.  The Jorge bike plan goes till the end of the month when the HIM plan kicks in.  But the swim and run plan I put in place aparently ends today and whatever I put in place has runs that are like 11 minutes and swims that are 300 yards.  Oh well, I know what to do, but it is a lot easier when I don't have to think about it!

Happy Super Bowl weekend and TGIF!!!

This my wife's new, favourite snack!  Been making it for about a month now.  I could not get over the green bit, although it sort of is like a pringle (potato chip)?!?!?

Baked kale -- sounds interesting. I will have to give that a whirl.

Don't have to smack talk this morning - - today is a rest day. 

I like Kale raw, but this sounds interesting. At what temp do you bake it?

We tried it recently.  My parents put some in their garden at my wife's request.  There just wasn't much to it.  It took a lot to cook down to a small amount and the crisp were like air, so they just went to nothing when you put it in your mouth.

There's probably good nutrition in there, but it's hard to imagine with how little it seems like you're eating.  It also doesn't fill you up enough to be a real snack.

Baked Kale?  Must not be a northeast thing! 

I'll stick to my baby carrots and celery for snacks!  (I know, my wife keeps telling me I need to expand my horizons!)

Meulen - 2012-02-03 9:47 AM I guess I should man up and post some goals for February. 1. Get weight below 170 and break that plateu 2. Add at least 2 swims a week for the rest of the month 3. Get acclimated to doing 2x20's at FTP on the bike so I quit blowing up during my FTP tests and finally break the plateu I've been at on the bike

Sounds like good challenging goals for the month!