DOWN for 2013 - New Year New You! (Page 32)

Today is a great day to start! One foot in front of the other.

That was probably me. It is easy to get confused here. And yes, I am off the steroids (They did their job, at least). However, I am still 2 pounds over where I was. I am going down, .4 just since yesterday. I'll take it, even if it is a little bit at a time.

Hopeful for a morning weight in in the 220s; I weighted 230.4 before bed and I usually wake up a pounds lighter than i went to sleep. I had a set back for most of march and april as I had a surgery in early april that set me back some. I finally just get a new low today with the 230.00 this morning in my weight in... 

I gotta be honest, I tried to pee again hoping to get down another ounce but it was to no avail. I have high hopes I'll make it tomorrow morning!

Good luck on tomorrow morning!

I have to give myself a gold star. I am on the road for 3 days this week. I packed some food to snack on (veggies) and food for breakfast and lunch AND have worked out both nights so far. If I get up early=early, I may be able to work out in the am. (I am not going to swear that will happen). If not, tomorrow will be my rest day. I always intend to do this, I rarely do. I am on the road again for the next two weeks. Hopefully I will keep up the trend.

Well, I have just shy of 2 weeks until I have my semi-annual Navy Physical Fitness Assessment.  I'm not sure where I'm at, but I'm hoping for a 19% or less bodyfat percentage.

Seriously, the only thing holding me back from really slimming down is that I can't friggin' stop eating.  My regular meals are healthy, but I keep noshing on Milky Ways to get me through the day.  I need to find a load of Clif Bars on the cheap, or make a ton of my own... something fiber and protein dense to satiate my hunger, but not so calorie dense as to hold back my fat loss.

Anyway, I ask that you all check out my training log... you'll see that I'm trudging along like a semi truck!

Monday night I mowed the yard. Yesterday morning I woke up with poison ivy blisters on my leg. I am highly allergic. Normally I would give it a couple of days to see how bad of a reaction I am having. I usaully end up kicking myself for trying to tough it out when I can get a steroid shot and knock it down. So... with my first HIM on Sunday, I hit the panic button and ran to the doc. I'm sure it was the smart thing to do considering the alternative. I already have more blisters today although nothing itches so hopefully it's under control. Only now I'm worried about side effects like insomnia, water retention, high blood pressure. Great. Despite keeping my diet in check, I may show up looking like a puffer fish.

Whine, whine, whine. On the flip side... I feel great, I don't itch and my weight is the same. And I'm only slightly taper crazy.

I barely have time to record my workouts, let alone my food.  On top of that, I've made most of my meals from scratch lately, making it increasingly harder to get an accurate representation.

Don't think that way.  I know I should be doing Zone 2 training.  It's tough as hell for me; I usually go somewhere between where I should be and where my body wants to be.  That will, hopefully, work itself out when I get a HRM.

In the mean time, think of it this way... I was, at one point, counting left foot strikes (I call them LFS).  I'd run at a pretty good clip (9:45/mile-ish) for 1000 LFS, then walk 50 LFS.  That was giving me PR after PR after PR.  I've throttled back from that, and my times are hovering right around my PR zone.
If you hurt yourself, any amount of training is gonna be derailed... you may as well train in a way that will let you train more.

Held steady this week at 200 even.  I know I said I wasn't getting back on the scale, but what can I say....I'm a data junky.  I love numbers even if they are bad.  When my Garmin doesn't charge or I forget it on a bike or run I'm irritable because I've come to love that instant feedback it gives.  So..."Hello my name is Don, and I'm a data addict"

All things considered with the way this week went I am pleased to find my weight unchanged.  After a nine mile run on Sunday and rest day on Monday, life got in the way of my training.  With three kids, two of which are active in spring sports, and a wife taking evening classes and student teaching it happens sometimes.  My diet wasn't the most disciplined at the beginning of the week but towards the end of the week it got better which I guess was good enough.

Happy Friday everyone.

I feel your pain. If you run and your garmin didn't record it, did you really run? I feel like I didn't, even if I am covered with sweat and tired.

Today... I am down 1.5 pounds for the week. And that was with travel. I am very proud of myself, even if I was hoping to be down .5 more. I am leaving again for a wedding tomorrow and I hope I am as good with my nutrition as I was during this week. Planning is key, and that is not my strong point.

Down 1.4 pounds to 236.6 just .2 pounds shy of losing 50 pounds since I joined a weightloss bet on 12/14/12.!!!!

MuscleMomma - REST. Sorry I wasn't here earlier to also encourage you to rest. Swim, do upper body, but give that knee a break. Did you?

Kudos to those losing and those frustratingly maintaining (it's not a gain. HOORAY!). I finally busted through my 3 week plateau and I'm down to 121.0 lbs this morning. I'm down 10 lbs since my holiday (which means Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and all multiple New Year/holiday parties) weight gain. I'm down over 20 lbs since I was at my unhealthiest.

Hope you are all doing well BTers!

Jess

Robin: Awesome week!

cbost: WOW! 50 since Dec is fantastic.

Mitzi: Rest the run. It will still be waiting for you in a week or two. Swim and cycle. Use resistance exercises to strengthen the muscles supporting the knees. You only delay your ability to train at full capacity by continuing to push through an injury. My guess is that you are doing too much too fast by what you said about your treadmill speed. Instead of focusing on speed, check your heart rate. You should stay high zone 2 to low zone 3 for most of your running. Going anaerobic too often sets off hormonal responses (cortisol) which can cause weight gain, insomnia and other stress responses in the body. So resist the urge to tough it out!

I'm still at 168.5 and happy with that. I feared water retention from the steroids but I seem to be ok. Excited and anxious about my first HIM on Sunday. Y'all have a great weekend and I'll check in to let you know that I survived.

You will rock it! Go you!

Thanks!!! It feels great to get back down to this weight just mad at myself for getting to that point. The good thing is I have not deprived myself of foods I like I just eat them in moderation!

For sure. 
Here's the thing, though... I'm not phisically hurting myself (I've been forcing myself to train at lower intensities, lately), but I am driving my metabolism through the roof.  If I go 3 or 4 hours without cramming something in my gullet, my stomach makes noises you wouldn't believe could be made.  The Twix or Milky Way usually hits the spot.
I plan on researching some recipes for some home-made bars similar to Clif Bars; those should be much better for me.

C'mon 34!!

Over the weekend, I went to the OBX Bike Week on the Outer Banks of NC.  I just grabbed a pair of jeans to wear, not paying any mind to which ones.

Because I'm usually wearing a uniform and don't go out much, I only have about 8 pairs of jeans.  Six are size 38 and 2 are 36.  I have needed a belt for the 38s for a while now, but the 36s have always stayed "just right."

When I realized I needed a belt for the pair I wore to Bike Week, I thought nothing of it at first.  Then I noticed the size tag when I was changing clothes that night to settle down... they were a pair of 36s!! 

It would appear that all this running I've been doing is doing me good.  Now, if only I could TRUELY get my eating under control!

Mitzi: I will tell you what I told a friend yesterday (in reference to jumping into a HIM because the rest of us are) when a shorter event would be a better choice for now. Triathlon is a learning process. It is not about being able to swim X yards in X time, bike X mph or run X miles at X pace. It is a cumulative event that you build fitness for the endurance. As a first-timer, speed needs to be the last thing on your mind. Your absolute focus should be on consistently stringing together workouts to build your endurance. Speed will come with time, fitness and experience. Yes continue ST. It helps women over 30 to maintain their muscle mass. But you may find that heavy lifting is leaving your muscles too fatigued to have a solid SBR workout. When your muscles are weak, your joints and ligaments have to do the heavy work -that's not what they are designed for. What are the distances for your first race? It doesn't take much training to get through a sprint. Finishing it well, having fun and feeling like a rock star because you did better than expected... that takes training. You have to stay physically healthy to be able to train.

Had a great time at IM NOLA 70.3! I'm starving. Is that normal? LOL