Fitness Blah-g

Last Week:

8/24: The week started out bad. I got on the scale and wanted to scream. How could I gain 5 lbs between Friday morning and Monday Morning? I then retroactively wrote down everything I ate over the weekend, did some points calculations and suddenly it was all clear to me. Mike's Hard Lemonade must be treated with caution: 5 pts each. I had 4 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. Refreshing but caloric.

The Pacific Grove Tri is in less than 2 weeks. I put on about 15 lbs since September last year and I was trying to shed the first 10 by the race on Sept 12. I'd really like to avoid hauling 10 unnecessary pounds of personal dead weight around the race course with me; I'm sure the arches in my feet will agree with me. We'll see. I've been wobbling in this annoying 3 lb range that's not close enough to my goal. I may not get the full 10 off, but I think I will be close. Although if I need a silver lining, I'll burn more calories at the race if I'm hauling an extra 10 lbs around; like having a 5lb dumbell strapped to each butt cheek. Humph. Maybe that's a tinfoil lining, not silver lining.

So then...
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Nutrition stuff: This has been my missing piece.

I'm a carb-a-holic. Put the basket of bread in front of me and I'll devour it. I've been struggling with my impulses for the last few months. I start out great in the morning and then by dinner my great morning is a wistful memory undone by snacking. I have a few tricks I've dusted off:

-pack fresh produce to work with me. If I stay on target all day, I have better chances of staying on target at night.
-stop sitting infront of computer snacking (that's why I'm slogging on treadmill)
-don't be hungry while preparing kids' dinners. they eat more calories and have a better internal meter of when to stop eating.
-plan plan plan
-control my environment (there are no baked snacks on hand right now)
( more on strategy )