What has been happening in my life

This week has been crazy. The weather here still doesn't know what it wants to do and we are getting blasted again with snow. I really want to get outside and ride my bike! Im really starting to go batty training on my trainer for 2 hrs and 45 min at a time!

I have made a conscious effort in my eating healthy. It has been exactly 3 days without any sweets at all. I am working on a 85/15 paleo diet right now. I can cheat 15% of the time with grains but this is it. I was upset with my boyfriend the other day as I told him I wanted to eat sensibly and more healthy and him and his friend thought that it would be a good Idea to order pizza and wings. I was upset and told him how I felt, baked and ate my Tilapia and veggies while they were scarfing down the Pizza. Yesterday, my guy knew how serious I was and started to ask me what he needed to do in order to support me in my process of eating well. Im on the right start! I've even got him to join me again for swimming and cycling sessions! Yah!

I had a fit the other day when I decided to wear a dress to work. It had a zipper on the back and I couldn't seem to get it all the way zipped up. I was in the locker room and didnt want to ask another person to help zip me up so I pulled it up and zipped it over my head, all while saying, a woman wouldn't have designed this outfit!!

I also was revved up about the gym again. Now the gym is very busy around 4-6 pm and this is when we decided to swim yesterday. I saw people waiting for parking spots. Now this gets me aggravated. Sure I will look for a spot up close if it is cold and raining, but to wait?! NO way! You are going to the gym people! it wont hurt to walk to the door too.

I finally saw who that Mark guy was that took my complaint call as I mentioned in a earlier post. He looked just like he sounded. Old jerk. Ah, that felt better that off my chest.

I received a nice letter of thank you from one of my patients this week and it really made me smile and be proud of the practitioner I am today. This is my passion to help people, to listen, to give advice. I guess I made the right choice. Somedays are harder than others but in the end I like what I do.

I have a hour ride to do so Im going to get cycling!

Happy training!

Little tid bits

-I had a pretty good turn out to last week. I got my Long Run in on Sunday and Felt great! Last week was trying and I needed the rest but got over it quickly.

-I have thought about some of my nutritional strategies lately and have figured this is just not conducive to what I want to accomplish this year. I have decided when I get my Paleo Cookbook and diet book in the mail that I will be switching over to this diet as much as I can.

-I have been also looking at doing more nutrition focused workouts and have decided I really don't like Hammer Products anymore and am Going with Some First Endurance/Carbo pro products.

-I am rocking this week in training and even had a guy envy me in the pool today!! Yeee Haaa!!! That was the best motivation ever!! This is how it went down. "Good Morning young lady, how are you?"
"Im good and yourself?!"(me) "Great Great."(him) "Well I would be better if I could Flip turn as well as you do."(me) "Well I would be better if I could kick as fast as you do!"(him)  Really?!! Me?!! Thats all I needed. This guy made my day and he didn't even know it!!

-I actually wore SHORTS for my run tonight!! YES it reached 50F today!!

- Thanks for all the tips on GOLDS GYM. I contacted the corporate office and have yet to get a phone call or email. I guess it stems from the top down. I really am stuck. I don't know what to do!

- I am actually thinking of taking my bike out this weekend if it is nice...YES!!!!!

On the Upswing of Things

Thanks for all the kind words on the last post. I really just needed a break. I had a pretty intense training block prior to this and I think it did my body in. I know when I need rest and I will not push my body so that I get injured and cannot recover for my beloved Ironman this year.

I finally caved in and told my coach I couldn't work out any more this week and that I was beyond fatigued. I couldn't get myself out of bed to workout early in the morning yesterday. Thats how tired I was. I am pretty darn good at getting up between 4-5AM on my own!! I didn't. I couldn't. My body was saying NO!

Anyways, I ditched swimming Thursday as I was miserable about my telephone conversation with the Manager or whomever he may be at Gold's Gym. He was very rude when I told him my concerns and said that I was fabricating a little. Believe me, if I could reach through the phone and slap this guy around I probably would have. WHY would I call and lie about how I feel about the pool not being open, the equipment being broken, Nothing for my daughter to participate in while Im there, the daycare having 20 children to 1 person. CONCERNS?! Definately!! I don't LIE, do not call me a liar!! Im still upset. They will not let me cancel my membership as I signed a contract until December 2011. Its purely ridiculous. Why should I sit here and pay money to a company that doesn't serve their customers correctly?? I hate even walking in the door everyday and it is really starting to affect me. I have 9 months of payments left. purely ridiculous.

Anyways. I rested all day yesterday except at work. But I got to sit alot because I can at work, so it helped.

I got a few emails from coach that said, rest it out. "If you werent getting fitter you wouldn't need the rest!!", "All the athletes are going through this right now, not just you, even the men. They just admitted it." I felt better hearing these words. But inside I don't want to fail. But at the same time I know Im not failing. I have PRd, I have shaved minutes off my swim times, I am a cycling fool. So I have nothing to be ashamed of right now. Have you found out I have a Type A personality yet?!

So today, I am resting up again. I will be back out tomorrow to do my long run with my friends. I will do what I can. It doesn't make me weaker, its only making me stronger in the end.

I know my body. I have always been the one to need more sleep and more rest from anything. So if I need it, so be it.