My goal was to record a loss every week for 9 weeks. So far I have recorded 5 losses in 6 weeks. Several weeks ago I had to go to court for work. It was a very stressful week and that was the week I gained.
I am very happy because this is the most consistent I have been in forever.
Before I started dong triathlons about 5 years ago I first had to learn how to swim. So I went to adult learn to swim classes and just didn’t give up until I was successful. I have since done 3 Ironman swims.
Despite being very happy in the water I am not fast. For ages my 1km swim time sat around 29:30. No matter what I did it just didn’t get any faster. So I accepted that I was a slow swimmer and that was just fine.
But over the last 6 months something miraculous has started to happen. I have started to get faster. My time dropped into the 28 min range, then 27 and then, about 4 weeks ago I swam a 26:41. Today I thought it was time to have another go.
I felt pretty good in the water but equally wasn’t really smashing myself. So you can imagine my delight when I stopped my watch after 1km and it read 25:23. All I can say is: yeah baby!!!!!!!
I love this photo of me. I took it accidentally on my birthday this year using my husband’s new iphone. His new phone has that feature where you can take photos of yourself and see what you are taking - I was struggling to figure out how to work it and this is the result. I find it hilarious.
My main cycling buddy. My Dad.
This is going to be my new tattoo. It’s the Chinese symbol for the water element (which I am). I got my hubby to show it to a Chinese lady he works with to make sure it meant water. I didn’t want to end up with the Chinese word for toilet permanently tattoed on my arm. She confirmed that it does in fact symbolise water.
I’m doing a big triathlon on 16th October so plan to get it done after then so I can safely take a few weeks of swimming while it heals.
No more fear. I’m being brave and proud now.
I gained 1kg this week. My food and exercise have been good but maybe I had a few too many self medicating wines. My sister sent me this and I cried because it was like looking in a mirror. Thanks to my sister and to Chrysti for sharing so eloquently.
It’s been a long time since I posted a weigh in.
In fact, it’s been a long time since I’ve done a weigh in.
When I would weigh in, posted for accountability or not, and see little to no change on the scale despite all my hard work, I would doubt myself.
I would question whether my hard work was hard enough. I would question whether training for a marathon was enough, maybe I needed to be faster for it to ‘count’. Is adding three days of boot camp per week enough?
What about my cross training on two of the days, is that enough? Fast enough, hard enough? What about strength training, am I not doing that enough, is that the key?
Am I really working hard or am I so out of shape that it is just hard for me?
Are my calories low enough? Protein high enough? Too many carbs? Not enough carbs for the mileage I’m doing? What about salt?
One of the best day’s of my life.
Day 22/63.
Today is Thursday and therefore weigh in day. I’ll have to admit that I was scared about today’s weigh in - I’d been to the tennis last Friday and had a few more than 2 glasses of bubbly. I’d also eaten cake and then had Thai food for dinner on the way home that I probably didn’t need. Then on Sunday I ran a half marathon. My body is unpredictable in relation to exercise stress and tends to think I am punishing and/or starving it. I did have an icecream after the race but chose a fruity Weiss bar over a ridiculous super coated double chocolate coated Magnum. My other post race food was sporadic and poorly planned - a roast beef sandwich, a small bag of nuts, a protein shake, a hamburber and chips minus the bun and some of the chips, a cupcake etc etc etc
Monday I was back on board and have been super focused.
So today I hop on the scales and…..(ta da)……I lose 500g. Yahoo, I am one happy girl. That brings me to 3 losses in 3 weeks (unheard of) and a total loss of 1.7kg and a massive sigh of relief.
Phew.
