One Small Change

Weight: 199

It has been a while. I blew off the Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon. I was more focused on the kettlebells and didn’t want to put in the time to train. I did the RKC II which I will talk about more later. I also blew off the Triple Bypass. I have not been riding much either which I do regret. The bottom line though, is my food. I am still struggling every day. I am also thinking of not doing the Nike Women’s Marathon because I have two Z-Health certifications in October and that would mean missing an awful lot of work.

So back to the RKC. I went. I failed. I weighed in at 201.9 which is disappointing. The weekend itself was fantastic and I learned so much. I did my 100 snatches in five minutes so I I think my level I is good for another two years but I’m not sure about that. Since I finished the RKC weekend I’ve been fairly focused on getting my strength improved. I’m also trying, of course, to lose weight but that is a given and the story of my life. I have really made some progress and am starting to feel like a real athlete. I still can’t do a pull up and I’m teetering on being able to do a pistol. If you fail the RKC you have 90 days to retest. My 90 days is fast approaching. I’m trying to convince myself I will get a pull up by the end of the 90 days but I just don’t see it happening. But the good news is there is another level II cert in San Jose in February. If I don’t get the pull up I go to San Jose. It’s as simple as that. I’ll keep going until I get it.

So, this week I am making two small changes which should help me on my way to my goals of 149 pounds and a pull up. The first is no Splenda. I really think the sweet of the Splenda makes me want more sweet. The second is no television one night a week. I know I should do no television period and eventually I would like to work up to that but I think the smaller the change the easier it is to stick to. Once I’m comfortable with one night I’ll move to two and so on and so on until it is no longer a cognitive action but rather an autonomous behavior. Baby steps.

And new goal deadlines.

39 Days until 90 day deadline [September 25, 2009] (189 pounds)
51 Days until I-Phase [October 8, 2009] (186 pounds)
65 Days until T-Phase [October 22, 2009] (182 pounds)
107 Days until S-Phase {December 3, 2009] (172 pounds)
192 Days until RKC II San Jose [February 26, 2010] (149 pounds)