Weigh in was excellent.  I lost 3.6 pounds this week.  I wrote in my journal last Thursday that my goal for the week was to lose 3 -4 pounds.  So, I gained 3.6 over Memorial Day and then I lost 3.6.  I can’t complain.  My goal for this week is to lose at least two [...]

After a week of limping around and being in a bit of a negative mood, last night was the time I had to put an end to it.  Noel said something to me the other day that didn’t really set in until last night.  He told me that injuries are a part of being an [...]

I’m sorry if I was a bit overly dramatic, yesterday in my blog.  Let’s just chalk it up to an extreme amount of pain without much relief.  I made it to the doctor and boy am I glad that I did.  It turns out that I have Bursitis in both hips and I was given [...]

I don’t describe the feeling of being crushed very often, but as of last night I was extremely crushed by the realization that the marathon is most likely out for me and possibly running altogether.  I have somehow injured my lower back and hip to the point that I was crying from the pain.  I first [...]

I enjoyed my six miles of marathon training,yesterday.  The sun was out, I was wearing a short sleeve shirt, and I completed the distance.  I didn’t run the entire distance, but I was fine with that because I wasn’t expecting to.  As I mentioned a few days ago, my four mile run was brutally painful.  [...]

The time has come to not only shake things up, but to get to the root of what is causing not only long term plateaus, but weight increases that sometimes I can account for and other times that I can’t.  I recently read the book, Master Your Metabolism and it has been a real eye [...]

Upon arriving at the gym this morning, I saw my friend entering as well and she stated that she was going to try to make it to spin class, but didn’t make it in time. I admitted to the same except that I was really supposed to be there forty minutes before spin to run [...]

Just when I thought I was finished racing, I am planning to register for another sprint triathlon in August.  I actually plan to train for this one.  I have learned to swim, I know how to bike, and running isn’t something that I can do a lot of right now, but I would like to [...]

I’m three days away from competing in my first triathlon and I’ve been working my abs like I have never worked them before.  I guess the idea of swimming and then running to my bike in skin tight clothing has increased my desire to firm up my mid section as quickly as possible.  I could [...]

I attended a get together at a friend’s house, tonight to go over triathlon day.  I haven’t been this nervous about any of the previous races I have completed.  I am not a strong swimmer, I look horrid in a swimsuit, I haven’t run in four weeks due to my foot injury, and I had [...]