Team 3 - Monkey Madness - Check In 2-21

Aloha guys and gals

 Well after a week off with the lurgy!!!! I am back on track. Still felt washed out on Monday but getting into stride again.

Weighed myself today at the gym at 224 down 2 since mondday. My up of 6 I am putting down to changing from home scales to the gym ones (I am weighing in clothes at the gym to (Used to be nackie at home!!!!) but I'm not too woried really. Just feels good to be back at the helm and steering the goodship Paul back towards a triathlon.

Have a good week all.

16.0 - Aerobase Builder, 80 minutes

5.0 - Mental Toughness, 90 minutes

13.0 - Tough Love, 180 minutes (have only worked up to 2 hours so far and have yet to do all of the standing and pedaling that's asked for)

9.0 - Have Mercy, 120 minutes (just got it for Christmas and have only started it once.  20 minutes into it and I was already getting fried)

5.0, 13.0, and 16.0 got me through last winter. 

Don't be bashful about getting one that seems to be beyond current capabilities as it will give you a chance to work up to it.

I'm at the same weight as when I weighed in, but I was up a little yesterday.  Definitely going in the right direction.  I've gotten in a lot more workouts this week than in the previous weeks, so I'm hoping that pushes the loss a little more this week.  I've been doing well on the food front, too.  I've been cooking with my husband so I have a lot more control over eating healthy than when we get busy and eat out.  Planning ahead for this is really important.

Lately, I'm listening to Cake or Nine Inch Nails during training.  I shuffle all the songs from all albums for my workout.

Things are going pretty well for me. I am already making a change! I need to start working out twice a day until Spring. Winter still has me moving really slow. I think it's my 'grizzly genes' acting out. I always lose weight faster in Spring and Summer from the outdoor activities and less boredom-eating.

Music for me is anything by OutKast or Black-eyed Peas to get me moving.

Hope everyone is having a losing week

I am doing OK food wise and have an easy exercise week this week. Only had a easy swim Monday and easy run Tuesday and REST day yesterday.

Tonight is my first TRI (indoor) of the season and I am starting to get nervous.

The scale hasn´t moved much since Monday but its probably due to "monthly female" water rentention issues so I am OK with that. Still have time until the WI.

I usually never run without my MP3 Player and usually listen to the same songs all the time.

My husband just got some of those spinnervals for the Trainer and I might try them out. Although I usually watch taped TV shows while on the trainer.

My original training plan still holds, I'm making sure I stick to it as best I can, no changes really needed.

Music wise, I listen to an iPod shuffle with a large selection of tunes on it, bands that spring to mind are, AC~DC, Foo Fighters, Aerosmith, 3 Doors Down, Audioslave, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach.

I love listening to music, it makes the workouts fly past.

Things are going good on this end.  I took a little bit too much of an advantage on Fat Tuesday, but I've been doing well otherwise.  I've done some sort of work out every day this week so far (Today is a rest day...but I may ride the trainer for a bit when I get home), even if it hasn't been tri related.  It was nice to be able to run outside, even if I had to be careful where people hadn't shoveled that were icy slushy messes.  Yesterday stared Lent, so out went sweets...and I've decreased my soda intake (diet soda) to 2 per day (down from at least 6) and really upped my H2O intake.

I've actually been doing more of my training sans iPod, but when I do use it, I use up tempo stuff...every thing from Black Eyed Peas to Newsboys.