It’s officially a week away from our Triathlon, and I rocked it today. Started the day with a trip to one of my favorite places, Weight Watchers. A week
ago today, my husband joined WW’s, and it had a huge impact on my week. Being more aware of what he ate, and assisting him in 
learning how to do the plan, also helped me to be more aware. He pushed me this week, to be accountable, and make sure I had my training in, and my food tracked. Walked in the doors of the location, feeling confident and ready this morning. The fact is that it’s been awhile since I felt confident in my weight loss journey. There are of course reasons why I haven’t felt confident, despite the total loss I have. People often look to me and think, ‘Heck this woman has it all dialed in with weight loss.’ There are times when that couldn’t be further from the truth. Our body is a constantly evolving machine, and there have been moments where I have shaken my head in disgust at what was going on with my body. To be honest, I have really struggled with wrapping my head around the nutritional part of the training. I have tried so many things to make sure that I was getting proper nutrition and still able to keep losing. I watched week after week as my weight went up and down, up, up, and then down. I has been a huge frustration for me over the months since I started training. For months I cut nearly every carb I was eating out and became so wonky that I could barely function. It’s only been in the last few weeks that I began to get a handle on what I really needed to eat. In addition, I have learned when to eat so that I don’t eat to much for the amount of activity I am doing, but also eat enough of what I need.
When I started this process I though, “Heck 14 lbs to goal weight. I got this!” LOL famous last words I guess. When I thought those words I wasn’t aware that many female athlete’s gain weight while training or that fueling for training is far different from fueling for weight loss. That was in January and as of today I have 31 lbs to goal. I have put on 16 lbs during this entire process and wasn’t happy about it at all for a long time. I wasn’t taking into account the inches I had lost, the muscle I had gained, or
the over all sense of accomplishment. It can be so easy to focus on the negative and beat ourselves up emotionally, and I refuse to do that anymore. I have had a mental shift over the last month, and I now know what I need to do. Actually tracking correctly, along with making sure I eat the right nutrients, seemed like a great place to start. So this morning, having had a great week where I did exactly those things, I stepped on the scale. 7.4 lbs lost!!! Holy heck! I haven’t thrown a number that high in over a year I think. To top it off I beat my husband who lost 7.2 this week. Ha, I know you still love me Jeremy. *G* It’s not often a long time member can beat a new member on their first week. I walked out of there feeling pretty darn good. Soon after, I got ready and headed out in 97 degree weather to get my 10 mile bike ride in. Rode toward my inlaws for dinner with family including Jeremy’s Grandma. Jeremy was to meet me at the end of my journey, but I quickly learned after about 4 miles that I was going to run out of water. So my Knight in shining armor found me on the trail twice and gave me water so I could finish my bike ride. I 
ended up doing 12.41 in 1 hour 14 minutes even with water breaks. You can clearly see me guzzling water, in one of the pics the fam took of me on the bike ride. I had struggles on that bike ride today, and I have had struggles with my weight loss over the last months, but I knew today as I have known all along; that if I just kept going I would make it to my goal. Butterfly up and out. 