DOWN for the Holidays! (Page 8)

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Count me in on this issue. I have been soda free for about 5 weeks now. I, when I am off the "wagon" will drink anywhere from 150-250 oz of soda a day. Start with two 20oz Mountain Dews with breakfast and drink it all day at work and right up til bedtime. Fall asleep no problem. But I know it is a huge weightloss hurdle for me so it had to go...again.

My next big race is a full distance tri in Key West in January. Can't wait. This challenge is perfectly timed for me and can't wait to enjoy some Key Lime pie post race oh and drink at every bar in that town

LOL, maybe it;s your body telling you that you need to drink more water on a daily basis.

Good eating day for me although I did dive into my peanut butter jar way too much!  Grrr.  

I have my yellow beets roasting in the oven

SODA.....Good for those of you who have given it up!  I gave up soda when I was 16 yrs-old and about 3 times a year after a long ride I will get a root beer or DR. Pepper, after about 3 sips, I'm done with it....just doesn't taste good to me.

Soda....thats my mega challenge. Ok I"m going to try to go to iced tea first. 

FYI before I joined this I had two cupcakes.  Stupid school bake sale got me again!!

There's a big Asian grocer not far from me and the upside is the veggies are SO cheap - lots of greens.  The downside is I have no clue what I'm buying half the time but if you get a chance - there are tons of different relatives of bok choy that are amazing.  Gai-choy is one of my favourites - it has a thick green stem and you can eat it with or without the leaves.  I just saute it with any sauce - coconut oil tastes yummy.  But just throw a bunch of veggies in with some oyster sauce or black bean sauce and YUM.  Just be aware of the sodium - it's high.

Went to a YIN class tonight and oh... ah... feeling SO relaxed.  I'm gonna sleep like a baby tonight.

Marcia, 

I go to an Asian market with my exchange student and between us it will take us over 30 minutes to find the ingredients  for one meal.  THe produce isn't always labeled but it isn't hard.  Their prices are a LOT better than my local grocery store, but it is way out of my way to get to so I spend it in gas.  The other problem is prepackaged items such as various dried seasonings and different noodles are all in the language of the country it's from.  She can fine the Vietnamese items fine, I am LOST.  My next trip up will be to get ground pork and some seasonings to make a Vietnamese meatball.  I can't find ground pork at my local grocery store which is really strange in the south.

Today's nutrition and training log posted.

I'm feeling badly discouraged with my swim.  I have gotten my speed to a point I think is good.  I can pull 2:05 in the 100m again and again.  What I want to be able to do is turn a 2:05/100m for the entirety of an Oly swim.  I feel like I've hit a plateau, and I can't bust through it, with my swim endurance. 
Meanwhile, I'm feeling better and better after every run and am adding distance.

Overall, my goal of dominating the Clyde division of the Breezy Point Triathlon in 2013 is beginning to seem daunting.  :-(

got a 45 minute run in tonight as flurries started to fall.  

I am working on the carbonated beverages.  Cutting down from 2 - 3 rockstars to 1 mtn dew or dr pepper.  Next step is to drop that again (one time I went nearly a year without )

Yeah I have to be a all or nothing on this one. Once I go back, which sadly usually is the marathon course of an IM (love that flat coke or pepsi at that point in the day) I am hooked. I will have it with dinner after the race and the next day it is on like Donkey Kong.

Hi all.

A strange few days. 2 17 hour shifts at work have left me with little time to do anything else but sleep.

Off on our holiday on saturday. I will be taking my running shoes with me and i will be trying to stay focused on my nutrition but i think it may suffer a little.

I will be ready to up my training and my weight loss when i return.

It's like crack. I gave it up completely on January 1 and was fine, then after a race in May had a Diet Pepsi and it was all over after that. 

Have a great holiday!  I love vacation runs - a great way to see new places.

So weigh in Friday and I'm down .6 from last week.  Let's just hope I can maintain it over the weekend!!

ME TOO!  I'm definitely all or nothing, certainly in respect to drinking soda, but most other things as well.  This is an article that finally explained to me WHY I'm like that ... why I can't be that person who has just a bite of chocolate every night, or just one soda every few days...

Abstainer vs. Moderator

(edited to clean up link)

Friday weigh-in day!

It's been a good week for me ... surprisingly because I've been pretty stressed.

This summer I hit my highest weight in a long while -- 161 -- due to depression, stress and other such fun things.  I finally started to get my act together and control what I could (meaning: training and nutrition) and dropped a few pounds, bringing my weight down to about 158.  Another few weeks of that and when I started this challenge I was at 155.

This morning?  152.  Whodda thunk it??

I'm telling you - positive reinforcement/results are the best way to keep this stuff going.  If I can keep on track, I can still hit my goal of ending the year lighter than what I started at (149).

Thanks for all the encouragement!  You guys are great.  

Last Friday 211.8

This week 209.8

Solid week with training and eating so far. Last weekend was "sloppy" so need to stay on track this weekend.

Nice work!

I feel the same about running.

Great job with logging nutrition/training. You are gonna crush the competition at your next tri :=)