sneaking in to say "hi" and I'm still alive!

Baby will be one on Monday - I've been training again, finally. I've done one tri, one 5 k and this weekend I'm on a relay team as the swimmer for a half ironman. My weight has gone from 240 (9 months pregnant) to 198 (6 weeks postpartum) to 214.5 from inattentiveness.
I'm currently sitting at 202.5 - I started watching what I eat and really tracking workouts a month ago. Down 12 pounds in one month. I've got pictures but since I'm posting from work, they're going to have to wait!!
I do have a gratuitous baby picture though:

and a picture of me on the bike portion of my sprint Tri last month:

I'll add more of the missing details over the next week or so. I really need to get rolling on this blog again. I know I draw inspiration from reading other people's journeys and hopefully someone can get the same from me!

Until next time!

Comments

Valerie (seattlerunnergirl) said…

Glad you're back and happy to know we'll see more of you. Nice work on catching the inattention and nipping it in the bud. You did WAY better at that than I did!!

July 13, 2012 at 11:25 AM

day 1 no sugar...again.... and finding an OA meeting

Today I read a blog that really finally pushed me over the edge. In a good way. I NEED OA. I went to the meetings with my church group, got started, really had some good break throughs, but I can't do this on my own. I need to quit dinking around and find a meeting to go to. It won't be a quick fix, but I'm really struggling with the food addiction part on my own. And recently I've been lecturing a friend about their husband's addiction. His addiction is gambling - and he's stooped to stealing from family it's that bad. And he goes to meetings but - as she tells me - they don't HAVE 12 steps there, it's "too complicated with all the religion stuff." So I've been preaching the 12 step program to her...hypocritical of me since I haven't followed through on my own meetings. Today I find a meeting and by this time next week, I will attend a meeting. I am powerless over sugar. Last night after I blogged about day whatever ...

PHEW - She's a Brick....hoooouse....no, wait.

Ok. So tonight I planned on running. Came home, sat down for little while. Forced myself to get up and put on my running clothes. Went out the front door...was NOT feeling it. Came back inside disppointed. Sat down. Got up, changed shoes, pulled out the spinner (stationary bike) and put a scary movie on. Biked for 1 hour 3 minutes. about 1 hour 2 min. in I decided I was going to put in a mile run afterwards - in triathalon training it's called a "brick". It's meant to simulate the transition from one event to another. From swim to bike or from bike to run. Doing a brick teaches you just how it feels - in this case my legs were JELLO from the biking. But I ran. One mile. in 12 min. 42 seconds - not too shabby!! But better than that - I broke my streak of "nothing". And I had a good dinner, one piece of flatbread pizza and a large tomato salad (no pictures, sorry). About 200...

Look who's still alive!!

And gearing up to start working out again. As the new baby reaches his 6 month 'birthday' I'm ready to start. Why has it taken me this long? It's a long list. Mostly excuses. Some more valid than others (new mom, breastfeeding, new job) some not as valid (I would have to give up junk food again, I would have to make the time, I would have to get off my butt and find my motivation again). That's where the blog comes in handy again. I'm going to use it again as my motivation. Use the "audience" that's implied to get my butt moving again. I don't have a scale anymore and haven't decided if I will replace it (it broke, I know I'm 200 pounds post baby but I haven't seen the number in a couple weeks now). I'm jump starting all of it by signing up for races. A couple sprint Triathalons and joining a relay for a half ironman - yes, really! This entry is short - just a "hi, how are you?!" until I have time to writ...

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