Fatletic

A few weeks ago, I got my body fat measured with the water dunk test.  I came out at 20.5% which I think qualifies me as fatletic.  I'm definitely in shape but I have a bit of wiggle wiggle wiggle around the middle middle middle.  It is a complete lack of discipline and an addiction to beer and ice cream.  I started getting things back on track but then I went on vacation.  I have no excuses besides me not being able to say no.  This was pretty eye opening for me so hopefully it will give me some focus again to get my weight and body fat down.

Last week was the last trip I had to Colorado for this season of snowboarding.  I really love snowboarding!  It is now back to triathlon training.  I've signed up for swim lessons and I'll start shaving my legs again this week.  My plan is to keep it pretty casual on my own for April and then get back to Texas Iron for May.  No idea when I'll do my first race but I'll probably do only 4 or so this season.  I hope that my triathlon motivation comes back this season.  If not, I likely won't keep training for them.  I say that now but I like the idea of doing triathlons but when it comes down to it, I have trouble putting all 3 disciplines together consistently and enjoying it.

My running is still doing decently.  I'm pretty consistent except for when I'm snowboarding.  I don't really freak out by not doing anything when I'm in CO because snowboarding is a pretty damn good workout in of itself.  Many times I'll be out of breath or sweating so I'm definitely getting a workout in.

OK, I'm done posting tonight.  I'll post more later this week after my first week back to tri training.

Not a bad run on Tuesday

I got back from 11 full days in Colorado on Monday and I went for a run on Tuesday.  I had a shitty day at work so I ran a short 4 miles and ran how I felt.  I ended up running 3 miles at a sub 8min/mile pace with one of them being over 8min/mile, but the average for the entire run was 8:02min/mile.  Not bad but I don't know whether it was from 2 weeks of altitude acclimation or the pent up stress.  Had 2 other runs but trying to take it a bit slowly.  My knees were cranky after each run so I don't want to push it to hard.  Also, I'm starting to get in the mindset for triathlon training.  My biggest thing last year was just the mental thing and fighting through shit.  Trying to psyche myself up for it this year so I don't have a lackluster year like I did last year.  I mean, I really like doing the 3 sports but getting excited about it last year just fucking didn't happen.

Things are wrapping up in the gym.  Had the penultimate personal training session on Friday and will have the finale this Friday.  I like lifting weights, but can't focus on triathlons and weights at the same time.  I'll keep up with the push ups and pull ups but that's about it.  Well, yoga too but I've found that there always should be time for yoga.

Since getting back from vacation, my weight is back up to 190.  It's bothering me a moderate amount but I'm not whining about it.  I know what I need to do to get back in the low 180s and I'm taking this as motivation to get my discipline back on track to get where I want to be.  Starting tomorrow, I'll be counting my calories again and staying away from alcohol during the week.  The weird thing is that since I got back from CO, my mouth is watering constantly.  I'm spitting a lot and my body is telling me that I'm always hungry because of it.  I'm downing a lot of water to counteract it but I just seem to be stuffing everything in my mouth.

And I absolutely love snowboarding.  As soon as I got back, I couldn't wait to go again.  It's so much fun and I don't think about anything else when I'm on the mountain.