Mom and Dad headed home yesterday.....so sad to see them go! It was so cool having them parked in the backyard. The space ended up working better than I ever expected. It was really perfect!!!
But today is a new day and the training for my first triathlon begins today. Exactly 11 months from today. The goal is to get in shape while dropping a ton of weight before making final training preparations for the event.
Buffalo, MN June 5, 2011
So now I'm gonna try to set up a countdown ticker on this blog. If you see it on the front page you'll know I succeeded.....if you don't see it, I wasn't. :-)
Unfortunately, I've lost ground with all the guests in town so it's a bit frustrating to have to lose the same pounds ....but here we go again!!!!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Anticipation and a HUGE challenge
I've been holding steady with lots of company in and out of town but when Mom and Dad head home on the 5th of July.......It's a whole new beginning!!!!! And I have a great big challenge to focus on.
First triathlon --- June 5, 2011 in Buffalo, MN
I'm so excited!!!! I'll be training for it with a couple co-workers who want to do their first Tri as well. I can hardly believe it! After more than 5 years, I've finally found people to train with.
SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!
First triathlon --- June 5, 2011 in Buffalo, MN
I'm so excited!!!! I'll be training for it with a couple co-workers who want to do their first Tri as well. I can hardly believe it! After more than 5 years, I've finally found people to train with.
SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Getting better
Although I haven't been absolutely perfect on my eating the last couple days, I have been totally PRESENT while eating....and that has been a huge victory. The huge victory is that I've realized when I am "present" while eating I eat less and I'm still satisfied. I'm back to walking on breaks which is nice and my Spin video arrived so I'm looking forward to giving that a go this weekend. Ohh and I took Friday off so I get a 3-day weekend! YEAH!!!!!!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Still a bit rough
Feeling totally out of control of my schedule and dinner food choices with my Mom in town and I continue to struggle with making good food choices while feeling out of control. I really want to start working out right after work but it hasn't happened except once. Crazy thing is that it felt so good it's crazy not to do it consistently. Today I ordered a Spin DVD from amazon.com and I'm excited for that to come. Not much more to update for now. Hopefully my next update will be a more positive one.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Getting back on track
Had a couple perfect days of eating this week which felt really good. Then there were a few days that were pretty out of my control due to rehearsal dinner, wedding dinner and family dinner. The wedding was beautiful and tons of fun. Now it's time to get really serious about cleaning up my eating and ratcheting up the workouts. I already feel better this week, even with not eating perfectly but better. Looking forward to the scale beginning to dropping again.
Off we go!!!
Off we go!!!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Rough Road
This new challenge has been a rough road!
Since I was the one who organized the new challenge, I thought about delaying the start because even then I knew I wasn't feeling it. But I decided to move ahead because.....well mainly because life keeps moving on whether I'm feeling it or not.
The thing is that that when this challenge began, I still had 2 weeks left to work my second job and every day was a huge struggle. I ended up in that old familiar head space....giving myself permission to make bad food decisions because I was so frustrated! I didn't feel like I had any control over my life. I wanted to walk out of that 2nd job and never go back SO BAD.... but I couldn't. I had to be good to my word and follow through to the end. What does it say about me that when life presents me with a situation out of my control....I eat whatever I want to make myself feel better. Crazy thing is it makes me feels like crap and I keep eating it anyway. Clearly this is not going to get unpacked in one short blog entry but just as clearly, if I'm ever going to be truly healthy, I need to figure out how to be healthy even when I feel trapped by a life circumstance.
Thankfully, today felt like a new day. I had a clear and focused mind for the first time in weeks. I left work, came straight home, had a snack and hopped on the elliptical. Stayed on the elliptical for 45 minutes and then did a few minutes on the spin bike. It felt great! I want to get a spin workout on dvd. I know it will be hard but it will be a huge help once I'm out riding on the road.
It was a really good day!
Since I was the one who organized the new challenge, I thought about delaying the start because even then I knew I wasn't feeling it. But I decided to move ahead because.....well mainly because life keeps moving on whether I'm feeling it or not.
The thing is that that when this challenge began, I still had 2 weeks left to work my second job and every day was a huge struggle. I ended up in that old familiar head space....giving myself permission to make bad food decisions because I was so frustrated! I didn't feel like I had any control over my life. I wanted to walk out of that 2nd job and never go back SO BAD.... but I couldn't. I had to be good to my word and follow through to the end. What does it say about me that when life presents me with a situation out of my control....I eat whatever I want to make myself feel better. Crazy thing is it makes me feels like crap and I keep eating it anyway. Clearly this is not going to get unpacked in one short blog entry but just as clearly, if I'm ever going to be truly healthy, I need to figure out how to be healthy even when I feel trapped by a life circumstance.
Thankfully, today felt like a new day. I had a clear and focused mind for the first time in weeks. I left work, came straight home, had a snack and hopped on the elliptical. Stayed on the elliptical for 45 minutes and then did a few minutes on the spin bike. It felt great! I want to get a spin workout on dvd. I know it will be hard but it will be a huge help once I'm out riding on the road.
It was a really good day!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
A New Challenge
Tomorrow begins a new weightloss challenge with my friends at work. We are calling it BL2...yes I know we could have been slightly more creative but Hey! it works.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to going at it again because I'm getting very close to territory I haven't seen in YEARS! It will be so cool to break through this particular wall.
Today I was able to squeeze a little bike ride in and amongst my weekend chores.....AND IT FELT SOOOOOOO GREAT! For those who know what schedule has been like over the past year or so I am extremely excited to report.....I HAVE QUIT MY 2ND JOB!!!!! Well, I guess it would be more accurate to say that I have given notice but I already feel more free. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm fairly certain it's not a train. LOL I'm not sure what I will do getting home every day by 3:30.....but I sure look forward to figuring it out.
Oh and the pool is being opened tomorrow. YIPPY!!!!! It was truly incredible, we took the winter cover off and the water is perfectly crystal clear. If you knew what opening the pool has been like the last couple years you will have some sense of how excited I am about this turn of events. I mean the last couple years I have come to a whole new understanding of the term "muck". Most people would attribute that word with horse stalls rather than a swimming pool but I can honestly say there was probably very little difference in the appearance and stench I associate with the word and someone mucking horse stalls. I take that back, I think the horse stalls would look and smell better than the decaying leaves we have had to sift out of the pool. Thankfully those experiences can now be just another funny things we can look back on and laugh.
Well, I'm off to finish getting ready for the week and firing up the grill!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to going at it again because I'm getting very close to territory I haven't seen in YEARS! It will be so cool to break through this particular wall.
Today I was able to squeeze a little bike ride in and amongst my weekend chores.....AND IT FELT SOOOOOOO GREAT! For those who know what schedule has been like over the past year or so I am extremely excited to report.....I HAVE QUIT MY 2ND JOB!!!!! Well, I guess it would be more accurate to say that I have given notice but I already feel more free. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm fairly certain it's not a train. LOL I'm not sure what I will do getting home every day by 3:30.....but I sure look forward to figuring it out.
Oh and the pool is being opened tomorrow. YIPPY!!!!! It was truly incredible, we took the winter cover off and the water is perfectly crystal clear. If you knew what opening the pool has been like the last couple years you will have some sense of how excited I am about this turn of events. I mean the last couple years I have come to a whole new understanding of the term "muck". Most people would attribute that word with horse stalls rather than a swimming pool but I can honestly say there was probably very little difference in the appearance and stench I associate with the word and someone mucking horse stalls. I take that back, I think the horse stalls would look and smell better than the decaying leaves we have had to sift out of the pool. Thankfully those experiences can now be just another funny things we can look back on and laugh.
Well, I'm off to finish getting ready for the week and firing up the grill!
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