The duathlon was great! I really enjoyed it and almost ran the whole thing. I ran the first 3.5km leg, blitzed the bike and then ran most of the second 1.5km leg. I had to walk about 200m in the middle, because I had a bit of a dizzy spell.
And I came in under 1 hour - 59 minutes and 12 seconds, to be precise. The lovely Karen has emailed me some great photos, including one of the look of delight on my face as I looked at my watch at the finish line.
I think one of the things that made it so much fun was doing an event that hadn't consumed my life for 3 months beforehand. I'd been training for it in a vague sort of way, but I actually have enough basic fitness now to just rock up on the day and not disgrace myself. Ah, how things have changed...
So, events haven't become a compulsion, but Easter may be another matter!
Despite my high-minded intentions, I spent most of the weekend in an orgy of food-indulgence. This included chocolate, ice-cream, chocolate, Eggs Benedict, chocolate and more chocolate.
It was a weekend of eating reminiscent of the Sue of old. But what has changed is that it won't be a trigger for me to carry on like this for days, weeks or months.
I slipped up and ate badly for a few days. The world hasn't ended. I will spend the rest of this week eating healthily (not starving myself, not fad-dieting). By the time I weigh in at the end of the week I will hopefully only show a small gain. And in a week or two that will be gone and I will once more be moving toward my goal weight.
I'm less confident about knowing what triggered it. I'm used to having chocolate in the house, as I still buy it for Mark and Jake. I think it was just the amount of chocolate, combined with having so much free time and feeling I deserved a treat for doing the duathlon. I'm by no means perfect in my usual eating, but to go off so track for several days in a row is unusual.
Still, there's no point in berating myself too much - that's likely to lead to further self-destructive behaviour, rather than help me deal with it.
I hope you all had a nice Easter. If you feel like you may have over-indulged - you're certainly not alone!
16 comments:
Well done Sue - under one hour is fantastic!! Great effort being able to run most of it as well!
RE: your indulgent weekend - you aren't alone but great to hear you sounding so positive and back on track:)
Have a great week!
Congratulations on your duathlon!
We all know what we have to do now to make up for the extra chocolate and food during the last few days and I think that really is the difference in us now. We really KNOW how to get back on track.
Yay!!!!!!!!!!
I am so getting the jitters of excitement for you for being so close to your finish weight, you are such a star!
It's all o.k. to splurge even if it's once a week, I worked for Jenny Craig company once and it was later put into the programs. We know you know how to fix it, stick back to the original stuff again and start your new week the right way again. You might find that your metabolism is now so high that you might have not gained any weight any way, the dualthon would have burned it all. Remember your a V8 now vs the old 1300 enjine, your burn fuel way much faster!!
Well done, your still a hero!
Congrats on doing the duathalon and in such good time! Think indulgence over Easter is pretty normal and just being determined to get back on track as soon as shows how far you have come - you are a true inspiration chick!
What a fantastic time - well done!! :-)
the duathlon is so much of a blast isn't it...I still get warm fuzzies when I think about mine over a month ago, since then have done a 12 walk and another duathlon not to mention what I have scheduled in the months ahead. Well done getting off the chocolate sabotage track and back into healthy life style...I know u can do it girl.
Well done on your great time, and also on your brilliant attitude to dealing with the Easter over-eating. A round of applause and a big pat on the back :-)
Well done, under one hour - you are amazing and you have worked so hard to be this fit. You have such a great attitude about your splurge and I just know you're already back on track. Have a great week!
Bri
Sue, your attitude is amazing. I really admire you and how well you handle everything that comes your way. You will be back on track in no time, I'm sure of it. It's so exciting how close to goal you are!
And the duathlon - wow, what a result. And I loved how you wrote that you're now confident enough in your basic fitness that you can just turn up to an event like that without having to train like an ironwoman for it - wow. That really says a lot.
Hope you have a great week :)
I was thinking exactly what Phil said about just turning up because of your basic fitness. Well done on the fantastic result.
Great positive attitude Sue! I am in total agreement with you regarding your 'slip up' - it's all about balance and if you have one weekend of indulging in a food/chocolate orgy, it was only one weekend, and you have gone back to your usual healthy ways, so where's the harm! Great effort for the duathlon btw!!!! I'm so impressed! Have a great week Sue x
Gees I thought I had left a comment on here but obviously I hadn't...
Well done on the duathlon - awesome time mate! Glad you liked the pics :)
Have a great week.
I may have said before: you are now just acting like a normal person, not an overweight one. Think of all the people you know that are of a normal weight and when they have pigouts - Easter, Long weekends, Weddings, and Christmas. Instead of feeling guilty I would be celebrating the fact I was a normal person!!!!
Great work with the duathlon and I love reading that you enjoyed it too :-)
I over indulged during Easter too but hey, we know what we gotta do now and you're right, the bad eating is not likely to continue like before. Great attitude!
One hour! Dude, that's supposed to take six days!
Congrats on the great work. Apparently Easter candy is good running fuel.
Congratulations Sue. That is an amazing time. And it is so great that you can just rock up now and know that you can do it.
Re the Easter excesses. Yep I think I convinced myself that I had been doing this for long enought and I deserved some time off. Time off!! From what - my life. So I have shaken myself off and will move forward. Feels good :D
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