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Aloha all

Im having intenet connection issues at home so I have ben a little inactive. Apologies all. I'll do some log looking this afternoon from work.

Haven't weighed in this week as I did not get to the gym. I'll leave it to next week but my feeling is I'm probably no change. I had a couple of rest days after my weekend race so I am not expecting any loss really this week.

Well done to everyone who is still sticking in loss or not. The real winners are those who keep logging in and watching their goals, taking the rough with the smooth and carrying on taking action. Well done everyone.

well i'm back to 155

but i'm off to Chicago this weekend (GO SOX) so let's hope I don't go off track!

Aloha all

This week 231 last week 226.6!!! up 4.4 down this week!?!?!? Down 2 for the challenge. So far.....

AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH... LOL

Oh well... could put it down to scale malfunction but it must be Paul malfunction. Thought I might have gained but didn't think it was that much.

But I guess that means it's time to re-evaluate my progress.

I am not really all that cut up about it in the great scheme of things. Since I have been back in training I have dropped about 20lbs. My run time has gone from 12 min miles to under 10 min miles. Got Sprint from  127 to 112 and should lower it still at next event (pool swim and shorter bike).

I feel much happier with new goals and I love the plan I am on just now (I love the speed work even though I am not fast). I have a much better understanding of how important recovery is AND... I feel better!

Things I need to focus on: 

•  Swim - Making swimming core to training. Swimming will like me! Next season do a weekly open water swim to get used to it.
• Sort out training times and still room to organise much better so sessions aren't dropped and I get more easy sessions in if I want to.
• Nutrition - hammer this down once and for all. Start religiously logging food when I am not away! No cheating and again preparation and  organisation. Always be in a weight loss challenge or start a permanent one myself.
• Blog - start to blog properly again and regularly when I am not away.
• Core & Strength work - Do core sessions at work and try and figure out how to do strength at home. Join or start a challenge for this.
• Now I have renewed my membership use the ask the coaches feature to ask smart questions to enhance my training plan. 

 Good got that of my chest... now take immediate action!

See you soon and well done all of you still sticking in there. 

Hey guys....186 for me. Thats 15 pounds down so I hit my goal for this challenge. I still have another 15-20 to go, some i am going to continue to log my weights to keep me motivated.

 I was stuck at the same weight for about 10 days, which is completely frusturating. I think it was my body reaction to  how fast I lost the first 12 pounds. I am back on the right track now though and I am waiting for you guy to join me at the finish of this challenge.

Ha, there is no secret.

 It doesn't hurt that I am 23 so the weight still falls off fairly easily. I figure I need to drop the weight while this is still the case. It also probably had something to do with the fact that I was at maximum density. While most of you I am guessing have been training for a while, I got VERY little exercise in the last year due to starting a new job that keeps me at a desk 50 hours a week. I never adjusted my activity level outside of work to compesate for that.

 And yes, I do still have a lot more to lose. My goal right now is to get back to 172. That was my weight when I graduated high school. (College wasn't good to my waist line)

 Something interesting I noticed this weekend..... my eating habits have completely changed. 2 months ago, if I slpurged for a day it would be something like eating an entire pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. This last weekend, I "splurged" by eating a premade sub sandwich from the supermarket...and it honestly felt as satisfied with it as I used to with the ice cream. Its funny how we can condition ourselves for these things.

Well this is embarrassing!  I haven't lost a single pound in 7 weeks!!!

I've sort of noticed that just before a planned race I give up on the eating and carb load - more for comfort than energetic reasons ha ha.  Then I gain a couple of pounds and spend the next couple of days returning to normal.

So normal it is again this week... 139  Hope everyone else is doing better than me

Hi all...haven't been around much. Sorry.  Did finally weigh in...240.6...down 1 lb from my original start weight of this challenge (241.6)...

Tri season is over for me...did my last one for the year this past Sunday.  Poorly trained, poor nutrition before.

I've been doing an exercise boot camp for the past 2 weeks...just started week 3.  It's helping to remind me how much exercise makes me feel better.  I'm not QUITE as stressed as I was before...

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