What's Been Going On

Good morning!

I was shocked to see how long it had been since I posted. I think I am feeling both discouraged and a bit guilty, and I think that has caused some avoidance of SP.

I have made some decisions. I have put off the triathlon training until school is out (two more weeks). The last few weeks of school are very busy, and I was missing my family. I have to leave the house to bike and swim, and between that and yoga there were some nights where I left as soon as Joe got home and by the time I returned, both he and Miss Priss were in bed. If I put off the training until school is out, I won't have to sacrifice family time. I am still biking, swimming, and running, but not according to my training schedule. I will go back to it in two weeks.

I also have to start counting calories again. I am letting calories sneak in, mostly in social situations. I am hovering around the 200 mark. I weighed in Monday at 198, but Friday I was 200. I am going to pretend Friday didn't exist and keep going. If I weigh in next Friday over 198, I'll change my counter. So I have a week to get those 2 lbs. gone again.

I had dropped off with the C25K when I started the triathlon training. Since I put off the training for a couple of weeks, I have picked the C25K back up. I can do it at home on the treadmill while my daughter plays on the other exercise equipment, so we are 'working out' together and we both have fun. I still haven't completed the 20 min. run, but I am up to 15 minutes at a slow pace, so I will get there. Maybe it's a good thing that I put the training on hold - now I can focus a little more on the running, which is a very weak area for me. Wait, who am I kidding? All athletic areas are very weak areas for me! But I will get there.

I changed some of my goals. At 200, instead of the Wii game, I got a bike rack for the car. I am also saving up to get a pair of Vibram Five Fingers shoes. I may not be able to wait for 180 lbs. to get a haircut - I am looking pretty shaggy.

I had originally posted these goals, along with rewards for every 20 lbs. I lost:
Goals:
* Begin the couch to 5k program next week
* Take the 5k route through my neighborhood the next day it is warm enough so I can see how long it takes
* Go hiking on our next trip to Gatlinburg
* Run in a 5k by the end of June
* Get a helmet so I can go biking as soon as my bike is fixed
* Add strength training to my regular exercise routine by the end of March

I have completed all of these except the hiking in Gatlinburg, which I will do Memorial Day weekend. So I need some new goals! I know that one will be:
*Finish the Mountain Lakes Triathlon, even if they have stopped timing by the time I finish

My dry erase board on the refrigerator is empty except for one goal. I need some new ones!

This Week

Good morning!

I am out of school for the week. I have so much to do!

1. Paint dragonfly for public art project in my city.
2. Learn how to use airbrush since they required us to use a certain paint after I submitted my sprayed design (used spray on rustoleum last year).
3. Piece together and edit video for my fifth grade students' 'Designers' Challenge' spoof project.
4. (Hopefully) get to Guntersville to visit Unclaimed Baggage and more importantly, visit some friends that moved there a few months ago.
5. Pick back up with Couch to 5K - haven't done it in over a week because I still feel kind of bleh from the bug I had last week. My honey still is hardly eating. I am not feeling like exercising, but unfortunately I am feeling like eating!
6. Yoga Mon. & Wed. at the gym
7. Pick back up with cardio
8. Add strength training - leaving in a few to try & find some second hand 8 lb. weights.
9. Find a new sprint triathlon - see below.

This post was going to be about my next project post 5K - a sprint triathlon. Swim 400 yards, bike 15K, run 5K. I was shooting for the local one on July 17. Goal was to finish before the cutoff time, not to win anything. I was very excited. I love swimming and biking (who knew?), but I am not going to get to participate. We have been planning a trip to the beach with my inlaws, and they have made our reservation for that week. I mentioned to my husband that we could come back a day or two early, but he was having none of it. So I am going to hunt around and see if I can find another one. All the other ones I have seen in our area have been much longer, and I would be pushing it to do this short one. I guess there's always next year.

I need to get back on the bandwagon! No exercise except walking for a week is pitiful! Today is the day!

Goals and Rewards

I have set some rewards and goals for myself.

Goals:
* Begin the couch to 5k program next week
* Take the 5k route through my neighborhood the next day it is warm enough so I can see how long it takes
* Go hiking on our next trip to Gatlinburg
* Run in a 5k by the end of June
* Get a helmet so I can go biking as soon as my bike is fixed
* Add strength training to my regular exercise routine by the end of March

Rewards:
* At 200 lbs., a new wii exercise game
* At 180 lbs., a pedicure & haircut
* At 160 lbs., a new wii exercise game
* At 140 lbs., sign up for a yoga class
* At 120 lbs., get a full body massage (I've never had a massage)
* A t-shirt from the event when I run a 5k.

I think I need to print these out and put them up somewhere so I will see them every day and hopefully hold myself accountable.