Fred D and Queen Zipp's SWIM, BIKE RUN consistency thread.... CLOSED (Page 43)

you did better than me - I gained 2 lbs since monday and sitting at 143 this morning.  Not surprising though, have had way too many treats this week.

I'm in the same boat, except I had a small loss until we ordered Mexican takeout last night.  Between the sodium and what I ate, I ended up even for the week as well.

At least all the snow we received last night made everything look pretty. 

I calculated my percentage by:   # of pounds lost  divided by # of pounds to lose

It looks like you are using a different way of calculating percentage, so I am not sure what the percentage should really be.

Congrats to those of you registering weight losses this week!

Today is the beginning of Spring Break here!!  It can't come at a better time.  After weeks of cold weather, snow, sleet, thunderstorms, etc. we finally have a whole week scheduled to be in the high 50s/low 60s with only one day of rain.  I can't wait!

Got out at lunch and did a 30min jog.  It is near 55F and sunny.  A little Vitamin D is always good for what ails ya if you ask me.  I just have one more meeting with my grad students this afternoon (which is actually more like a happy hour) and then an entire week to train, work on my research, and relax!

Have a great Friday!!

Fred D and Queen Zipp's Weigh Loss Challenge ending in 3.8.13

for percent lost, I did (final - initial)/initial * 100.  In my case, (192-198)/198*100 = -3.0%

A big weight loss for me this week, but reality is I've been sick all week and done zero training.  And still have no real appetite, so it's been easy to stick to 1200 cal's.  in fact most days I've been having to make myself eat more food to not go too low on Calorie intake!  That is definitely not normal for me...   I'm hoping to avoid the 'rebound weight', we'll see how it goes as I get better.  So far still feel like crap.

I'm up a little at 159.6. 

Good job to those who lost.

Congrats to those that lost weight and to those that held the line!  Between watching you all and starting to use fitnesspal, I managed to drop 2lbs/2% from the last time I weighed myself which was probably four weeks ago.  I'm heading into taper so hopefully I can keep it right where I am.

Love seeing the new bikes, talk of new bikes and newborns. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Great job everyone on the weight loss challenge !..I'll update the chart by Monday.

Forgive this newbie excitement but I just came back from doing my first legit and uninterrupted 1 mile swim !

I've been doing TI swim training for the past 3 months while seeing my swim teacher every month for a tune up session in addition to sending her a video every week or so.  I have not been doing any crazy volume sessions but trying to consistently put in four to five 1500-2000 swim sessions per week. I still have a long way to go but have been making tweaks here and there in regards to rotation, hand position, leg position and movement, cadence, etc ...things started coming together about a week before my last spring tri (thank God !). I would have been dry heaving just a month ago but felt great today.  Obviously swim speed is not a priority right now, but technique and comfort are and I'm finally getting more and more comfortable. This mentor program is really keeping me mentally accountable !  Thanks so much !

Now off to the local farmers market and a family friends get together later tonight. My challenging bike ride is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon and I may join a group for their ocean swim early morning.

Have a great weekend !

Hope everyone has a great Saturday!

Good to hear everyone's getting some good training in.  I'm having a rest week, which is definitely needed.  I managed to accidentally coincide it with a 2 day ski trip this week, so I'm planning to only do one each s/b/r this week, try to get in some core work, and then the two days of skiing should keep my legs working nicely.

Keep up the good work everyone!

Here's the update so far:

 If anyone wants to check my maths please feel free!

Getting to perfect riding weather.  A bit windy but just the right temperature and plenty of sunshine.  

Pure awesomeness.

Did my HM today and I'm happy with the results. My goal was 2:15, and I finished in 2:15:01, so right on target. Faded a little around mile 12 which I expected since my volume was down and my longest training run was only 10 miles, but I still was able to finish well. Ended up being a perfect day; bright sunshine and about 40 degrees, so being able to run in shorts and t-shirt was a pleasure. Not bad considering Friday we had about 8 inches of snow. A great day on a pretty and challenging course.

Since I'll be more bike focused now I'm hoping for some warmer weather. Still a little chilly in the mornings here, but Spring will be here soon.

Rachel, the math for me is easy since I stayed at 200 this week. Would have helped to have a little less weight to drag up those hills today!

there are mountains in Florida?  

I don't use Strava, but a bunch of my mountain bike riding facebook friends do, it's a constant source of amusement for them.  And the occasional source of broken bikes and bones as they try to beat each other on the downhill segments...