2011 Stinky Spoke

I rode the stinky spoke this year with my friends from work and we had a blast. I did the longer route this year, 18.5 miles of muddy wet trails. What a great day! It was harder this year than last and not because of the 2 extra miles I did (last year was 16.5 miles). No, it was the extra 22 pounds I have put on since last year. I had hit 238, I am back up to 260. I am struggling. In my last post I talked about setbacks. 22 pounds is a setback. I can point my finger at the holidays and some very stressful situations and yes, there is some validity to that but that is not reason. I HAVE to be honest with myself. It is not my circumstances it is my laziness and choices that have contributed to "falling off the wagon" of my food addiction. So here is my plan. Some sort of accountability here on my blog, better choices about food, better portion control, continued exercise and some goals.

I am going to try to write every night, a journal of my eating that day and the activities. My next race is the Tapeworm Time Trails on Jan. 23rd. I will post some pictures and my results. After that is a Dulathlon at Fort Steilacoom, 3.1 mile run, 15 mile mountain bike, and another 3.1 mile run. There are several more races that I am competing in but I will tell you about them as they come. So, in order to do all of that I HAVE LOSE WIEGTH. Riding my bike and running in this events is sooooo much easier when I don't weigh as much!!!