August 30- Sept 4

freyjac

OK so this has been a bad summer for me. I am throwing that out there right now. I have been doing the yo-yo thing all summer. I haven't really exercised and my eating and stress levels have been ridiculous. That being said I also know I will not even come up se to my goal this time around.

Time to get in some better habits. I do not want to start another year over 200lbs again!
So my goals this week are
1) drink plenty of water
2) get my steps in
3) start running again( because I haven't quite got past the darn mental block with this it is literally like starting over again. And since my heart sband thought signing us up for a marathon next year was a good idea I need to get back in the habit of running before I can add any big distances)
4) stay in calories
5)stay clear of sweets
6)/get plenty of sleep(/I haven't been sleeping well either the last several weeks)

I hope there will be another challenge!

Good luck everyone

2014june

You have inspired me to set my Goals for the week. I have been slipping into bad habits ... so here goes.
I hope there will be another challenge too. If not we can make a new Group with challenges.

1. Track all my food. even if I go over my daily cals.
2. Exercise everyday.
3. Take one day at a time and plan my meals and exercise.
4. Limit alcohol to weekends only.

barbhat13

Hmmm. Checked my beginning goals and I have kept my activity and training consistently but not so good on nutrition...

1. Lower calories on non work days...
2. No eating except at dining room table
3. Work out a core strength program
4. Run,swim,bike each twice...
5. Gentle addition of weights, gym time and increase in running distance... Next race ( sprint tri ) is less than one month so no injury is the goal with 5 pounds weight loss

lemurcat12

Last week I basically decided that with work stress and my crazy exercise schedule/stress about my upcoming races I wouldn't even bother and ate way too much (and logged poorly) all week.

So this week I'm going to stop using stress as an excuse for things. Last year I managed to not eat because of stress, there's zero reason to this year.

1. Planned meals only
2. Log accurately
3. Make all my planned workouts (a bit of a taper week and my hip is acting up, which may make it easier to stay within my calories)
4. Focus on sleeping enough

I was so stressed about getting to my race on Sunday on time (I had to get up around 4) that I kept waking up and ran it on little sleep. I was planning for a training pace and not race pace anyway, but I honestly don't think I could have run it at race pace because of that, so was frustrated with myself.

barbhat13

Figuring out that sleep may be a goal I need to work on... Terrible sleeping patterns... My race times were so disappointing but onward!!

barbhat13

barbhat13

End of challenge
1. Weight about the same...lost and gained same 5 lbs
2. Eating habits.....too much eating in big chair...
3. Menu planning.....figured out good plan for 12hr work shift
4. Good training....biking, swimming, and returning to running


So ok....but ready for better weather and better habits and new challenge

lemurcat12

Pretty much like me. Good training, too much eating, basically maintained my weight.

barbhat13

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Pretty much like me. Good training, too much eating, basically maintained my weight.

Got two more races (so far) this year so maintaining training schedule so no injury...then will work on core strengthening and distance and speed. Open water swim practice ends next month...no wet suit for me! Our open water coach has offered a distance challenge so will be in the pool more...and plan to get to goal weight by April....core strength is other goal....waves so tough last week it was hurting my back and I had to get out after 1/2 mile and walk back! I am just doing sprint distance...you inspire me to think about longer races

lemurcat12

My decision not to get a wet suit until I was sure I'd be doing lots of these worked out, as the two I've done so far this year weren't wet suit eligible (water temp too hot). The final one I'm thinking about almost certainly will be (early Oct), but oh, well. Too late to mess with it this year.

It's funny since I've done Chicago in the past, and Lake Michigan could actually be really cold, even in August -- it would vary a lot by year. I remember the first one I did the idea of jumping in the cold water was one of the mental hurdles to deal with. Next year I'll do something in May and actually deal with that again. ;-)

Lake Michigan is the only place you get choppy water around here -- the ones I've done this year are much more sedate lake swims, so I ended up blowing off all the Lake Michigan open water swims (which could be why my sighting is still horrible, of course).

barbhat13

My open water swim practice did not help with the roller derby chaos of my race in August! Big race 700 people...well controlled entry but it was so wild and I was so slow..too much sighting! And it was a calm lake......