New Friend

I've been working hard at trying to eat better.  I still eat a lot but mostly healthy foods.  The weekends.....well they aren't quiet as healthy as the rest of the week. Beer and pizza doesn't constitute healthy eating.  But that's ok.  We all deserve to have the things we like.  I work very hard at being an endurance athlete. I can afford to have a day or two when I eat and drink what I want not what I should have.

I got a new scale.  I think it likes me.  We seem to have a nice relationship emerging.  It tells me all sorts of data.  I get to find out not only my weight but my hydration level, bone density, BMI, how many calories I can consume to weight the same thing the following day, How much vesicular fat I have.  The best feature is the fact that it takes all that info into account and tells me how old my body is. 

I turn 40 in about 3 months.  My scale says I'm 18.  Yup, 18.  My husband tried it and I think he got an age of 33.  Still rather impressive since he's 45, but 18 ha beat that. 

The pounds are slowly starting to drop.  I have lost 7 pounds since Dec.  Slow and steady.  The body is starting to change.  I see muscles starting to erupt.  My legs as powerful or more so than most men's is where my fat likes to hibernate.  But the quads are starting to show.... the hamstrings starting to bulk up.  My legs will continue to get larger.  More muscle, less fat.  I have to give kudos to Donna, my trainer, for this loss of fat.  I have been spending an awful lot of boring time in zone 2.  Right now at the beginning of Ironman training it's about 80% base training.  Which is in zone 2.  Perfect fat burning zone.  The more time I spend in this zone the more fat I will lose. 

As of right now I am only 2 lbs. heavier than when I did my last 1/2 ironman.  Since I have 4 months until I do it again I'm shooting for losing another 6-8 pounds.  If it doesn't happen than that's ok.  When I trained last time all I did was eat and during the 20 week program I lost 10 pounds.  So 6-8 should be doable.  My scale and I will work together getting me to that goal.  Maybe by race day I'll be 11 years old.  I pick 11 because I have one of those and man is he fast!