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May 8, 2008

Stilts

I still feel like I’m walking on stilts since my race. Albeit the shortest set of stilts in the world, as I tower at mere 5 foot barely 3 inches. But I walk as though my legs, below the knee, weigh a ton and I’m struggling to keep my balance. I think I may have torn up my calf muscle a little bit and am not sure what to do about it.

I’m trying to watch what I eat more closely so that I can get off of this plateau. My health coach made me agree to not eat while I watch TV. Now that I’ve become conscious of it, it has become a bit of a struggle. I did well for a few days and then last night I cracked. Of course I can’t just crack by eating my 94% fat free popcorn. I actually melted butter with cheddar cheese and made some kind of popcorny cheeseball. It was awesome. Rest assured that won’t happen again because that cheese was only here on special occasion. I choose not to have my “downfall” items in the house normally. Thank goodness.

In an attempt to add the third element to my tri-training I rode the bike at the gym last night. In 30 minutes I rode just under 9 miles. I had the resistance up pretty good to make it tougher but I was still surprised that I didn’t do better. Maybe I was slacking a little. I spoke to another friend who may have coerced me into doing a spin class at 7am on Saturday mornings. All this exercise must have driven me crazy because, when of sound mind, I wouldn’t agree to sacrifice sleeping in after my favorite night to stay up late. But I need the workout and I’m running out of living hours for which to find the time.

Posted by hopeful @ May 8, 2008 2:05 PM