Still in the upper 160s

I think I can be a bit proud that I've actually lost another pound, despite the holiday season. This morning, I weighed in at 167.6. It would be really nice to get down enough that even if I gain a bit with holiday eating I'm still not back into the 170s. I'm officially 20 pounds lighter than I was last year, though! 30 more and I will be in my goal range. I would really like to live my life in the 130s.

I really wish I would be down 2 sizes by now, though. I've only dropped 1 size, and that's a bit annoying. I thought it was supposed to be 10 pounds per clothing size. I would really like to be a consistent size 8 when I'm done with this, but if it ends up 20 pounds per clothing size then I would be a size 10. I'm hoping that once I start in on training for the next triathlon season that will help the sizes go down faster.

Speaking of the next season, I've made some decisions around that. I'm going to start training in February for a Half Ironman race. I will be doing an Aquabike Half Ironman in August or September next year. There's one in Nevada in August and one in Colorado in September. I'm most likely going to do the one in Colorado since I can practice the route easily and Nevada in August seems awfully hot... I'm also definitely doing the My Way or the Tri Way race in July. It's the same one I did for my first race, and I will do the swim-bike-swim order like I did this year. There are a few more races, one in Boulder, one in the mountains, and one close to Las Vegas that I'm considering. Those are all swim, bike, run races, but short distance ones. I'm definitely going to stick to swimming and biking for longer races, but would like to be able to do shorter ones, sprints and/or olympic length races including running. I think it would also be fun to do a relay, where a friend does the running leg sometime.

I did join Bally's Total Fitness, as there's a brand new one going in close to my house and I can take the kids with me for free. I'm going to start walking and learning how to swim freestyle without panicking as soon as the gym opens December 30th. I need a few things for racing: a couple new swimming suits, a wetsuit, clipless bike pedals and shoes, aerobars and the aerobar water bottle holder and water bottle, and a couple pairs of bike shorts. I'll eventually need a new trisuit, but that will wait until I'm at my goal weight.

This could be my last post before the Holidays. It has been quite a ride this year, and I'm so lucky to have all of my friends and family support me. Thank you all, for being there for me, following me, and giving me encouragement. I hope that you have a wonderful Holiday Season. All my love.

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