Mentality

Yesterday was tough. I didn't think the weekend was so bad calorie-wise, and I thought my workouts would have fended off some of that. Scale said 153. Today is was back at 151. I had a good calorie day yesterday....even though we went out last night at the last minute to celebrate a colleagues promotion. I am not sure how much I ate, but I had given myself a 500 calorie cushion before dinner, and only ate half my meal, so I think I did pretty well.

Today has also been really good....I am at about 1300 calories...I am guessing a little because we had cake for a co-workers birthday and I only had a small peice, but I don't know exact calorie count. But I was under 1100 with everything else, so I am thinking I'm still well with-in my acceptable range.

Yesterday was just a short workout because I gave blood, so I did not have my full lunch hour for the gym. Today I ran...about 30 minutes with the dog, then biked to work (where my gym is), then ran another 30 minutes and finished off running 3 minutes of stairs. Good sweat.

I also have found some serious motivation...I hope. I have identified an Ironman race in CA next August that I want to do. So...if I can make my goal weight before December and not gain it all back over the holidays, I'll be in a good position to start serious training in January. I got excited running this morning just thinking about it. The races do fill up fast so there is no guarantee I will get in, but registration opens Nov. 1 and it's a Saturday....you can bet I'll be up until midnight that Friday waiting to register (if they turn it on right then!).

Weight: 151 - I really want to get out of the 150s for good.
Exercise: 1 hour of running, bike 2 miles to work, walk 2 miles home, walk the dog.
Calories: about 1300