Weigh in Thursdays - a day late - plus MTB pics

Ok, I do have good intentions, but life doesn't seem to cooperate.  I really wanted to post at least every other day, but..........................

First, my weigh in yesterday left me distressed.  My weight was up, so I went into self destruct mode.  I can't tell you why.  It wasn't intentional, but it happened.

At first, I was really good, sticking to the plan.  But about 11a I started craving chocolate really bad.  I really, really, really wanted a Wendy's chocolate frosty. So I had a Twix bar.  Why?  Cuz it was easily available. UGH!  Then, Jen was going out for lunch and she knew how badly I wanted a Frosty.  So she comes back with a medium, not a small like I would've preferred, but a mediaum.  OMG - no control.  So that was lunch.

Then last night was our tri training night.  We were going to do a cycle and swim.  Well time constraints changed our plans to just a cycle.  The next thing I know, we're not cycling we're sitting inside Q'Bole for happy hour enjoying a beer, chips and salsa.

OMG WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK today is a new day and I'm starting fresh once again.  So pray for me to maintain self control for the next week as my OFFICIAL Body Fit challenge weigh in is next Friday.  Oh there was another distressing #.  With last week's weigh in, even though I had lost weight, I had only lost a little bit of fat, I lost more muscle mass - NOT GOOD.  So Diane is really pushing me to up my protein.  This has been a huge struggle.  But I'm working on  it.

Ok enough with the depressing stuff.  This last weekend I went MTBing with my friends, Linda, Lisa, and Ralph up in Nevada City on the Pioneer Trail.  It was beautiful.

Linda, Ralph, Lisa and Me

I think I had the MOST fun on an MTB ride ever.  I let myself go a little crazy and I started testing my limits.  Riding up the sides of the trail, lifting the bike as I went over obstacles, getting airborne.  What a blast.

Showing of my muscles

Happy MTBer

This weekend I'm really pushing my limits and I'm going for a 32 mile road bike ride on actual roads - YIKES.  But I'll be with a group of well-seasoned riders and I know I'm in good hands.

Have a great weekend!

I'm back, I promise - Weigh-in Thursdays

I'm still alive.  I promise!  I guess my last post really hit home when I said I was on sensory overload.  I've also been on life overload as well.  However, I recently stumbled upon a blog, The Pioneer Woman, that had a posting about blogging rules, and the 2nd one reminded me that it is time to get back here and do the best that I can to keep this blog active.

So where have I been?  Well, it's summer time and I'm busy doing what I love to do most - be outside, not sitting at a computer.

A LOT has happened in the past 2 months and I hope I can bring you up to date, slowly.  I won't do it all in one post as I think that would be overwhelming for me and you.  I will post about my adventures atop Half Dome, white water rafting, buying a car, my current weight loss, and what life has thrown at me over the past 2 months.

So what should I talk about first (today) - HHHMMMM.  I think I'll bring you up on my weight loss journey as it's positive.  Although, it hasn't been positive over the past 2 months.  I believe that was another reason I backed off from my Weigh-in Thursdays as I had negative results for a while and it was frustrating.

I am back on track.  I've been working with my trainer, Diane Cressey, at her new studio, Breakout Fitness in Folsom, and as usual, she's working her miracles.  I don't work with her privately, but in a group format.  I also signed up for her Breakout Body Fat Loss Challenge which is an intensive 12 week program.  The key to the success of this challenge is by going to her workouts 5 days a week, well I can only commit to 4 days a week, but it's still working.

In the first 2 weeks of the challenge I lost 2.2 pounds of body FAT.  How cool is that?  At the same time, I'm getting stronger with the workouts. Since my last Weigh-In Thursday I am down 3.2 pounds total.  I hope for bigger numbers soon.

I continue to run, bike, swim, and hike whenever I can.  I signed up for a triathlon, my first ever, in September, so I have been doing some tri training as well.  Next week we start our open water swim training, yikes.

As I continue on my Nutritarian path, slowly, I AM eating one huge salad a day and I've definitely incorporated a lot more veggies and fruit.  However, since I'm cutting back on my fat intake, I've had to knock my almonds out for a while



Thanks for your patience and understanding, but I plan on being a better participant in my quest to blog my life.