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Took the bike out last night (a Guru Flite if you must know) and helped a friend mark up some brand new road! Wahoo! Ended up riding about 12 or so miles which was good considering how late I left work. We marked the road every 1/2 mile so now I can use it for intervals.

The nice thing about working out is that it’s really helping me sleep. I’ve had trouble going to sleep for a while, but these last two weeks have been great. One question though…do you know if they make Breathe Right strips for dogs?

Trey, 3leggeddog #1, snores like a freight train. He’ll rattle the windows and to get him to stop, I have to get out of bed and move him or roll him over. Happened twice last night so I thought I’d check on the Breathe Right strips. It’s either that or make him sleep in the other room…If I do that, though, he’ll sulk and there is nothing more pathetic than a sulky 3leggeddog.

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Found an excellent place to do intervals…if I ever decide to do them.

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 04/29/2008
• Time: 18:30:00
• Total Time: 00:45:00.00
• Distance: 12 miles
• Average Speed: 16 mph

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One of THE most confusing things for me is knowing what to eat/not eat while a) training and b) trying to lose weight. For some reason, eating to train and eating to lose weight seem mutually exclusive. I’ve been doing South Beach for a while, but I’m not losing weight. The friends I’m doing it with are firmly convinced it’s because I have sugar in my coffee. Please…if sugar in my coffee negates the whole diet, then something about it is seriously flawed. Please don’t tell me to try Splenda. I’ve tried it and I don’t like it. I honestly think I feel worse when I eat it plus I can taste it in coffee and ice cream and anything else you put it in.

I read an article in this months Bicycling Magazine about eating to train, and it was actually a pretty good article. It showed some sample menus for a week and they were pretty similar to what I’d eat on SB, but without Splenda. It also talked about eating low glycemic index foods, which I’ve heard is also good. Unfortunately, the article assumes a 165lb rider eating 2,000 to 3,000 calories a day and says to adjust based on your weight. OK, first, I haven’t been near 165 since I was in high school and second, how do you adjust? Do I take my weight, figure out percentage-wise how different I am from 165 then increase the calories by that percentage?

I guess I’m just frustrated with the whole thing because I can’t figure out the right way to approach eating. I’m afraid to cut carbs because I don’t want to get wiped out while exercising, but I don’t want to eat too many because I’ll gain. And then there’s the whole “count calories, don’t count calories” side of the argument. Anyway…if you’ve got any suggestions or comments, they’d be much appreciated. Bottom line is I need to drop about 40lbs.

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Started lifting two weeks ago using a program developed by my trainer. I don’t user her anymore, but she was nice enough to leave me a pretty good program. Several of the lifts are supersets, which I really like, although they do wear you out. We cover all the major muscle groups and it’s really the first workout that I feel will have some benefit in the long run.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 04/28/2008
• Time: 11:30:00
• Total Time: 00:45:00.00

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It’s hard to sleep when you’ve got a 45 pound dog lying against you shivering because of the thunderstorm.  I see a nap in my future

Health:

• Date: 04/26/2008
• Weight: 217
• Mood: Normal
• Sleep Hours: 6
• Sleep Pattern: Disturbed

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Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 04/25/2008
• Time: 17:00:00
• Total Time: 00:01:20.00

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Me: Dude, I just created a blog at sweat365.com. I’m going to use it to track my workouts. It’s really pretty cool.

Friend: Awesome! Now all you have to do is workout.

Sad thing is that he’s right. I am a start/stop workout person in that I start, see some small result, then stop. Well, I’m hoping that actually putting workouts down on paper will help me see results. So anyway, be sure to check back. I can guarantee you’ll laugh if nothing else.

Thought I should include some backstory to all this. About 2 or 2 1/2 years ago I went from 219lbs down to 190. I think one time I actually hit 187, which was two pounds more than I weighed in college. It was amazing. I could play basketball without getting tired, I rode my bike like a scalded (3legged)dog, and for the first time in a long time, I had some serious self-confidence. Well, as of today, I’m back to 219, having gotten as high as 225. I know I can’t keep doing this to myself, so I figured it’s time to quit farting around and get back to 185.

I have a workout (cardio/weights) program given to me by a trainer I used to use, I have friends helping me with diet, so the only thing I have to do is actually follow the program. As we all know, or a lot of us know, that’s the hardest part. I hope that having the support of friends and this community will push me towards my goal. But…as a good friend once told me, “you gotta want to change for yourself and not for someone else”. She couldn’t have been more right.

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Workout:

• Type: General Cardio
• Date: 04/24/2008
• Time: 17:00:00
• Total Time: 00:45:00.00
• Average Heart rate: 158
• Max Heart rate: 168
• Calories: 540

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