Moving the number

Let's see, it's been a few weeks since my last post. A little over a month. I'm down 24 lbs over my starting weight and 35 below my all-time high. Last week I weighed 211 and with all the work I've done this week I should come in around 207-8. Getting closer to going below 2 bills, and when I do, I plan on having a party because I'm never going to see a 2 in the hudred column again.

I'm still working out and the eating plan has been going well. I average about 1800-2000 calories a day and try to excercise at least 1000 calories away a day. I shoot for a calorie deficiet of at least 1,000 calories a day and I usually achieve it. It takes about 1.5 hours to burn that many calories. I track it on my HR monitor. Which has become my most favorite piece of equipment. My average weight loss has been about 1.75 lbs a week. although my tracking reports say that it should be more, I'm happy with the overall progress. I only get on the scale once a week, Saturday mornings, sometimes I'm up, sometimes down, usually not as much as I would like.

I added up my XC ski trips the other day and now I'm up to 24 - with new snow over the past week, I will probably get in a few more trips before we pack away the skis. Speaking of skis, I bought a new pair of backcountry skis the other day from BackCountry.com, some Atomic Chatugh. I'm excited to try them out, but need to upgrade my boots and bindings before that happens, I fear it will be next season before I get them on the snow.

Kim, my wife is also losing weight. she is down nearly 50 lbs. halfway to her goal. she looks and feels awesome. I'm very proud of her. She's been doing very well on her diet and has been working with a doctor to get help.

I've got my eye on the Ghost town century ride, May 5th and will be training toward that goal. I find it helps to have a goal or an event to help focus my training. And I may look into a few sprint triathlons as well. I know I want to do the Stansbury Days Tri again - I want to return the trophy I got last year, so that someone else can use it as motivation.

The trophy, you see, was for last place. When I competed I weighted 230 and although I'd been exercising, I really wasn't in shape and didn't know what I was doing. The openwater swim was longer and colder than expected and I wore a rented wetsuit, and I felt like I couldn't move. I did OK on the bike, but the run was more like a walk. Hey, well at least I tried and didn't quit (although the idea certainly crossed my mind during the swim) Not this year. I'll be ready. And I'll return the trophy so that someone else may have the pleasure of viewing it for a year. who knows, it could become a traveling trophy of sorts for this event.