schedule i just go a week out although for at least the next month i have an idea of what i want to accomplish. the diet is the most confusing and what and how much to eat is the most confusing for weight loss. i really need to get some the weight off so i can start running. and improve speeds with everything.
tomorrow is swim and weights later in the day.
Saturday is bike 10 miles.
Sunday is a rest day. I feel so motivated it's hard to take one. I might do a stretch dvd from p90x.
Monday is a 35 mile bike ride.
will try to do weights once a week while it's warm out.
here is the Florida ironman i want to do in 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iErRmPQXcdQ It's held in November so 15 months away not sure if it's enough time but that's what i want to do.
EDIT i decided to have a rest day today
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Looks like you have been great about staying active, Bekah!
I don't know if you snack between meals, but if you do, you might want to try dropping that so you aren't elevating blood sugar so often. Also some people have good luck with eating the bulk of their carbs at dinner (supper in the Midwest ) instead of spreading them throughout the day. (Having them at night rather in the morning can help with sleeping.)
thanks mo. I'm actually eating mini pizzas this week. mainly because they are so cheap to make. i make the dough myself which is just flour, yeast and oil and a little sugar and salt. knead it and put in the fridge and roll it out. i also am trying to saute spinach and onions in olive oil to put on the pizza. pizza is probably not the healthiest choice but i like it.
i am keeping track though of diet more closely and want to improve the carb situation and how everything effects weight. today it was 50/20/30. I will keep that in mind eating carbs at dinner possibly for the future. and the blood sugar idea about not snacking.
i was going to take a rest day today. i felt shoulders from swimming yesterday. But later i felt better so i did swim for 50 minutes. i forgot length counter so i don't know how many lengths i did. i think more than 1200 yards i did yesterday. i am doing 25 yards 3 count breathing.
I can swim faster and longer on one side breathing but i need to get use to 3 count breathing and do that instead.
the rest of the time i swam back and forth working on kick for the freestyle ( i have a tendency to bend leg too much so i'm working at keeping it straighter.) and also the breast stroke.
Plan on doing a mechanics course on the bike with a relative sometime in the next month. she use to be on a bike team in college. actually she went to the UK for a year in college and i believe was on their bike team too. I was a faster runner than her and she could toast me on the bike.
They gave me and taught me how to use bike rack.
Next i need them just to show me how change tires, grease wheel, put the chain back on if it comes off. i kind of know how to change the front tire but need a refresher course and don't know how to do the back at all. Sometime in the near future i need them to show me that.
there also is a free course on bike maintenance in the next month a non profit is giving that i hope to join too.
i decided to not do weights for now. But i am going to do core exercises 3 times a week and stuff like superman's for posture. i really don't want an injury so i plan on looking up stretches for biking and swimming and eventually running too on you tube to do as well. you tube is so nice for stuff like this! Also trying to wear toe spacers consistently to help with flat feet and foot problems before i start running.
i want to lower sugar intake. i still am drinking soda. I lower it and quit for a while but go back to it. i love it on a hot day. I just want to try for the next week giving up the soda and nothing else starting tomorrow. Still eating normally what i eat. But just giving up the soda and see if that helps with the weight loss. Just one week i can manage without soda. They have caffeinated water you can drink now so i can drink that this week so i don't get a headache.
swam 1250 yards today. i was swimming 25 yards at 27 seconds. if i can keep that up i could swim 1650 yards (1 mile) in around 30 minutes. keeping it up is the question though. if i could keep it up for (2 miles) that is one hour and .4 miles i don't know what that is. But if i can do that it would be within time of the ironman.
This is an easier ironman. The bike and run are both flat. if i do well on the swim and bike. And don't have as much time or ability to train as much run/walking (because of feet and weight) the marathon i still would have time to complete the run/walking a marathon?? you have 2 hours and 20 minutes to complete the swim. i think 8 hours and something minutes for the bike and 6.5 hours for the run.
the swim though is what will be challenging since i can't train in salt water or waves. I have a relative that lives in sarasota so maybe in the future i will make a trip down there if i can find an open water tri class in the ocean. i really have to practice in the ocean to do this ironman and feel more confident in doing it.
i am just going to train normally for running and not baby feet too much once i lose some more weight. if i can't do the ironman because of feet i will sign up for an aquabike that is a full ironman without the running.
I haven't biked yet. I'm going right now. i was wrong on the schedule. Today is 35 miles although i might push it for an even 40. 40 which i don't really feel like but at least it's cool out today and i don't work today. weekends i can't workout much at all because i am working 10 or 12 hour days unless i do the TM when i get home.
I really need to cut sugar intake down even gatorade. weight does seem to be a bit better if i lower the sugar intake. Since Sunday weight has dropped 8 ounces how much of that is sodium i don't know. i can't give up totally soda so i am going to drink diet. Can't drink too much or diet with splenda because it gives me headaches. But some of it i can.
I think it's possible i've gained a bit of muscle biking. that is where i am losing weight in legs not tummy much yet.
I actually have hope that i might not be bad at doing triathlons. swim isn't a bad swim time so far although it's short distance and i still have a lot of weight to lose and the bathing suit i use definitely creates more drag than a speedo would. the bike as well i've improved on. and average 11 mph. But with using a hybrid and lugging around all this extra weight there is a lot of room for improvement on it.
running as well i have hope the dirt path will help with feet and keeping them healthy. But i do want to drop 20 more pounds before i start run/walking.
I biked 40 miles yesterday. or something like 39.89
today i swam 20 lengths i think 14 were freestyle and the rest with the kickboard. I would have done more but calf i felt something so i quit. it feels fine now though. i might try run/walking today on the dirt trail. i will do bossman's run/walk for 30 minutes.
starting out you just run 20 seconds every 3 minutes for 30 minutes. i just want to see how feet feel on the dirt trail.
It's hard balancing everything. Workouts are becoming a focus but i want to start music lessons in the fall twice a month and i still practice a language (just 30 minutes) and work too. i also try to do a little spiritual too. It's a good think i have no social life.
with sue's suggestion i switched to unsweetend ice tea with a little lemonade. diet does give me headaches.
i quit drinking soda since sunday and am down 2.6 pounds this week some of it is fair food (cheese curds) i had last weekend though and sodium.
I still have mental health problems too. i will never be cured of them unfortunately. at least probably not. i struggle with them daily. biking 40 miles is nothing compared to mental health problems. That's what is exhausting not physical exercise.
i had some tingling in hand from biking although that went away a few days later and i think was because of the way i was gripping handle bars with wrists bent and not taking much of breaks for 40 miles. Also biking gloves aren't the best fit and that might have made it worse.
I'm not really worried about it.
I did have a foot issue but i am buying some new shoes and hope that helps. I told doctor that i changed shoes and that alone took away the capsulitis (for 2 years now) that had plagued me for 2 years also and there only recommendation was shots and surgery. I said it nicely and told him about the alternative podiatrist i found online that i really believe his advice. he seemed defensive and shot it down pretty quick. i really believe the alternative doctor though. i only go to a regular podistrist just to get a diagnosis. not for treatment. he actually diagnosed me with a nerouma. I'm not sure i believe that. but i'm glad he doesn't think anything is broken.
I'm just going to buy some new shoes, keep doing the stretching, wear the toe spacers and stay off it except for normal activities and use the elliptical for running for now.
i know someone who is so nice. She and her family are really kind of on the edge of living in poverty. I will say though of all the people i know she is one of the sweetest, nicest people in life. People nowadays take so much pride in their careers and their status in life. You can see it on facebook. they look down on others they think are below them. It doesn't make you a better person than others if you have more money or a nice career. a lot of people don't think that way though unless they come down with a god forbid life threathening illness or become disabled so they can't work or something like that, maybe than they realize there is more to life than that. You also realize who your real friends are then too. i get tired of our society trying to give more importance to people based on looks and money and careers. maybe this is the wrong forum to be posting this on a website that is about health but a lot about looks too. But i do.
I am working out tomorrow though starting again. I haven't gained any weight.
i don't think there is anything wrong with trying to improve yourself and the people around you. I just don't like it when it becomes a status feeling of making yourself feel more important than others.
Sorry you haven't been able to work out, Bekah; I hope you can get back on the bike, or at least in the water, without any pain, before too long.
I agree with you--I think it's sad when people look down on others who are less fortunate. A person's character is much important than his/her bank account or looks.
Hugs on the mental health problems. I have a friend whose daughter was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and even though the daughter is in her 40s, poor friend is finding it difficult to deal with. Of course, a large part of her frustration is that the daughter isn't willing to get any help. I don't know what your diagnosis is, but I think it's great that you are willing to do what you can to deal with the problem.
I'm going to start working out tomorrow. I also need a different job so i am working on that too.
Mo you don't strike me at all as someone that would judge someone at all by their status and looks in life.
I send best wishes to your friend and her daughter! Mental health problems are not easy to deal with just the stigma alone along with the suffering one does for the person that has the problem or the caretaker or person that is trying to help them. I send best wishes to them. I try to stay positive and have goals and appreciate the life i do have.
i will say too I really struggle with having support when i have problems. to be honest i don't really. i REALLY suffer. I'm met more with anger and resentment that i am having a problem more than anything. even though i rarely bother anyone on a normal basis they still resent it when i have issues.
being sick sucks. i REALLY suffer when i have problems. and it's worse because no one really cares. mom does but she is getting older and i don't like to burden her. I envy people with really supportive families. I'm basically on own.
) instead of spreading them throughout the day. (Having them at night rather in the morning can help with sleeping.)
They have caffeinated water you can drink now so i can drink that this week so i don't get a headache. 
I'm going right now. i was wrong on the schedule. Today is 35 miles although i might push it for an even 40. 40 which i don't really feel like but at least it's cool out today and i don't work today. weekends i can't workout much at all because i am working 10 or 12 hour days unless i do the TM when i get home. 