Wednesday, October 26, 2011
NO COKE!
Two days..no coke...no headache either....not as much water as i would have liked..and more food than i probably needed...but no coke and no fast food...so i'll take that as a victory!...tomorrow..early morning swim..ugh..better go to bed..nighty night!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Today is a new day!
So begins the journey to better eating...starting with getting rid of the cokes in my closet..oh how i hate throw them out!!!...i am addicted..its true...to sugar too...we'll see how today goes...swim tonight...Want to go swim for 90 minutes..see if i can do it...then work tomorrow...always hard b/c you can't drink and I almost always think i'm hungry..and there is never a lack of things to munch on...But right now i'm focusing on Quality not quantity....
and actually, I just saw a picture of me from my last Tri...and I liked what I saw...when is the last time that happened??? never????
good luck today ME!!
and actually, I just saw a picture of me from my last Tri...and I liked what I saw...when is the last time that happened??? never????
good luck today ME!!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Ho Hum...
So, this blog is going to be 2 years in the making. I really, really want to be an Ironman...but more than that, I want to be healthy...body, spirit and mind..and I'm hoping that by blogging...I can do all three!
This past weekend I watched as my friends and teammates completed...or nearly completed...an epic 20mile run and 120 mile bike ride. And while, on some level, I wished it were me...On the other hand, I was entirely glad for it not to be me. I'm not ready..not physically, not mentally, not spiritually. Ironman training begins with swim, bike, run, but it doesn't end there. It is sometimes more mentally challenging in the end than physically challenging. Sure..I can not imagine swimming 2.4miles, biking 112 miles and running 26.2 now....b/c right now, I have a hard time fathoming doing half that...as was evidenced this past summer. I thought I could just get thru it....but you can't do 70.3 on shear grit alone...i finished..but not nearly in the way I had hoped...So next year..2012, I will "tri" again....and again..until I can do it...
I have to get my head on straight though..and figure in my weaknesses and makes them my strengths. I need to get my nutrition down..and make it a lifelong change...and I need to return to my spiritual roots. I have let myself get to much into myself and not enough into God..and His faithfulness to me...and my past desire to be ever so faithful to Him. I have let my prayer life slip and I have let Church take a back seat to my "triing"...so this will change....
Today...for today...my goals are these...
1. to return to prayer..and to clean up my mouth!
2. to relinquish the hold that soda has on me
3. to never set foot in McDonald's again..unless absolutely necessary...and who am i kidding...WHEN is McDonald's ever necessary!
for now..it won't be a weight loss goal...it will be a healthy lifestyle goal...
I also promise to myself to faithfully follow my training plan...even when I'm tired...b/c these things will make me an Ironman...these things will help my on my journey to become the healthy person I want to be...
no one will ever read this blog...but if they do..I hope they find an integral person who lives her words...who always give 110% and who has FUN along the way...
This past weekend I watched as my friends and teammates completed...or nearly completed...an epic 20mile run and 120 mile bike ride. And while, on some level, I wished it were me...On the other hand, I was entirely glad for it not to be me. I'm not ready..not physically, not mentally, not spiritually. Ironman training begins with swim, bike, run, but it doesn't end there. It is sometimes more mentally challenging in the end than physically challenging. Sure..I can not imagine swimming 2.4miles, biking 112 miles and running 26.2 now....b/c right now, I have a hard time fathoming doing half that...as was evidenced this past summer. I thought I could just get thru it....but you can't do 70.3 on shear grit alone...i finished..but not nearly in the way I had hoped...So next year..2012, I will "tri" again....and again..until I can do it...
I have to get my head on straight though..and figure in my weaknesses and makes them my strengths. I need to get my nutrition down..and make it a lifelong change...and I need to return to my spiritual roots. I have let myself get to much into myself and not enough into God..and His faithfulness to me...and my past desire to be ever so faithful to Him. I have let my prayer life slip and I have let Church take a back seat to my "triing"...so this will change....
Today...for today...my goals are these...
1. to return to prayer..and to clean up my mouth!
2. to relinquish the hold that soda has on me
3. to never set foot in McDonald's again..unless absolutely necessary...and who am i kidding...WHEN is McDonald's ever necessary!
for now..it won't be a weight loss goal...it will be a healthy lifestyle goal...
I also promise to myself to faithfully follow my training plan...even when I'm tired...b/c these things will make me an Ironman...these things will help my on my journey to become the healthy person I want to be...
no one will ever read this blog...but if they do..I hope they find an integral person who lives her words...who always give 110% and who has FUN along the way...
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