Tri'umphant Losers - Support Thread starting 9/10 (Page 2)

I had a good weekend food wise and training wise. Even though the food part was not by choice. I was fully prepared to blow it out on Saturday with beer and pizza, but the hosts of the get together I was at did subs and beer and subs don't mix so subs it was.

I've got card group at my house on Tuesday and we have to have dessert, wine, cheese, etc. So I'll be tempering that with strawberries and grapes. It's hard to stick to the diet when you are doing the entertaining. None of the women want diet food (and they've said that, pretty much). Dessert will be apple pie ala mode. STRENGTH!!!

Hiya,

I hope you don't mind that I tagged along.

I too was like another lady who posted. I finished my first tri in Shreveport (Rivercities) saw the photos of myself from the professionals. And nearly DIED with the site. I knew I was never a slimmy - but good gracious - those pictures made hunka-hunka look like a twig.

Okay maybe I am exaggerating a bit, but I still lost my breath when I saw my pictures.

I am supposed to be about 10 pounds less in weight for a healthy weight. I can't seem to get there.

The only thing I found right now, are appetizer diet cookies , high in protein and fiber, and GREAT for the munchies. You'd figure working a desk job I shouldn't get so hungry throughout the day.

Thanks for starting this.

Hey...you are in the pool and working at it and I know you'll get faster..you have a swimming background. My first longer race I swam something like 4:12/100....last Oly I did 1:52/100 and I was super proud of my progress.

Swimming is so much technique plus pacing well and  the all important breathing. It took me almost a year at working at swimming I finally got it so I now can swim as long as I want to...still BOP but more comfortable, having fun, and working at getting faster.

I didn't do the math - but for my first tri - 22 minutes to finish 500-meters - which included conquering a lot of fears and the urge to quit.

Rivercities - 35 minutes for 800-meters and still conquering many of the same fears but a lot less desire to quit.

I'll let you know how the next one goes. 

I'm with ya on this.  I keep hearing from friends, family, and co-workers about how much better I'm looking and how much weight I've lost blah blah....then I see the pictures from a race and say "Oh my $%#"

I have to remember to tell myself that those pics still look wayyyy better then they would have 76lbs ago.