No class, no weigh...

I am just not feeling it today. I did not follow my pre-weigh in regimine. I have not been on the scale since last week. I don't think I've gained, but I did eat Doritos and a donut. I am not sure that I really wanted to...

Work is busy and full. My days are a blur. I would love to get off the Merry-Go-Round for just a minute to catch my breath, but life is not like that. I want to finish my laundry and clean my room. I haven't been grocery shopping in weeks. I don't know how to balance my life...

DH is NO HELP. I asked him once how his life had changed --- or if his life has changed since I started working 28 hours a week... He looked at me like he had no idea what I was asking him or where I was going with this line of questioning... CLUELESS

I will swim tomorrow. I will run Friday and I will get back on the scale. Today I just needed a little bit of hooky...

And it continues...

I got a new job. More hours and no child care... yet. If I am not at work, I am shuffling kids. I don't know when I am suppose to clean my house or grocery shop. I've been told it will take a while to get used to... I've been told I need to get a cleaning lady... Hmmmm...

I am making it to my weight loss study group religiously and I've been pretty consistently losing 1/2 to a pound a week. My weight is officially 184.0 . It's not fast, but as long as I am headed in the right direction, I'm fine with it. At this rate, I could be close to goal by September?

I am still trying to figure out when and how to train for Triathlon season. The woman I guard for has offered to train me for my August Oly. It seemed pretty casual at first, but then I got her e-mail, a 5 page history form followed by a link to her training sight to log my workouts... I guess I have to do some! Actually I have... I've swam 1x week for the last weeks, ran 2x and taken spin class 2x. I have also walked 2.5 miles 5x week for the last 5.

No, I won't make an Oly doing so little, but it's a start... right?

Some sort of streak...

187.0 was my weight. Not stellar, but a loss of .7 and I will take it!

SO to meet my challenge deadline (10 lbs by Spring) I need to lose 5.2 more lbs.... totally doable. The next goal is 176.6 (7% set by the study I am involved in). If I can just get into a groove and stay there... My goal for the week is to make it 3 weeks in a row with a loss... I MUST KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE...

I also have to start swimming again soon! I need to build up endurance again before the swim clinics begin in May. I have time, but it will go by in a minute if I don't get serious SOON. I have spin class tomorrow followed by PAINTING all day. I need to finish this kitchen painting project... I have no time to do anything else until my house is back together and clean...

Weigh in tonight...

I honestly don't know what the scale will say tonight. I have not been journaling, but I have been eating right, not over doing it and walking 2.5 miles every day. Not good enough for tri-training, but perhaps good enough for a few pound loss??? I know it's stupid, but I usually don't eat a thing after breakfast on days I weigh in (7 p.m. tonight). I try and just have a yogurt or granola bar before bed since I don't get home until 9 p.m. I've been calling it my FAST day... Oh and by the way I am STARVING!!! I think its good for my psyche though to make it all the way through. It makes me feel in control and it definately motivates. (I think it must be some sort of eating disorder... whatever...)

My focus right now is LOSING and not fitness. That will need to change VERY soon for many reasons. The most important one is TRIATHLON. I have committed to 2 so far and one is Olympic distance. The other is SHERox (formerly Danskin). The first isn't until the end of July, but in the meantime, I have signed on to be the open water guard at Tri-training swim clinics which start in May. I MUST get into the pool and swim. I MUST strength train so my shoulder holds up... It's always helpful to be in shape if you need to save someone...