Never say never

March 25, 2009
53 Days until the Colfax ½ Marathon
87 Days until the Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon
93 Days until the RKC Level II certification
108 Days until the Triple Bypass

Weight: 199.5

Back down out of the two hundreds. I hope to keep out of the two hundreds for the rest of my life and that will be my goal but I won’t say I’ll never go back there. I don’t want to set myself up for failure. Things happen. I don’t want to go back there and I’m going to try my hardest to not get back there but I watch “The Biggest Loser” and when some of the contestants make a milestone he or she says, “I’m never going back there.” Well the reality is, a lot of them do.

Yesterday I had a perfect food day. I did not stray from my plan and I did the exercise I committed to do. I am officially congratulating myself on my perfect day. I don’t have a lot of perfect days so it feels good to have one. My goal is to have another perfect day today. It may or may not happen but either way I will not beat myself up for the mistakes and I will give myself credit for the good choices I make today.

My first good choice was to get up and work out. I did a quick Z warm up then went on to the kettlebells. I’ve been working more on the strength than on the endurance. I also attempted a short run. Seeing as I have to “run” a half marathon in fifty-three days I think I better start actually trying to get some running in. Ever since I have done the Z Health certifications I am a big proponent of no machines but today I gave in and went to my treadmill. Ugh! My running needs a lot of work. I know getting some weight off will definitely help but I am in sorry shape. I don’t expect to run the entire race but I do expect to put in a good showing. I think my fastest ½ marathon time is just under three hours. It would be nice to beat that. Right now I don’t know if I could do it in four hours so I have my work cut out for me.