On your mark, get set, go diet...

Last year on this day I weighed 179 lbs and had a 19.5 BMI, today I weighed in at 184 lbs with a 22.8 BMI. The only difference is that I started my race training last year in mid January, which is 6 weeks earlier than this year. I started this years race training last Monday. My plan is to be down to 173 lbs before the end of the month. Oh yeah, I guess the other difference is that last week I was in Vegas eating and drinking a lot.

Tonight I did a long swim and weights. When I put on my swim suit and looked in the mirror I could tell that I look soft. When you see that, it's very motivating, especially when you know what you looked like last year at this time. I know I'm getting a little down on myself and it's only 5 lbs but that's my personality. I tend to be an idealist and perfectionist. My swim tonight was pathetic. I don't know what's happened, but I am as slow as I was last year. In January I was way faster, then I had my tattoo and took a couple of weeks off and I lost all my speed. I'm sure it is my technique. During the swim I was really concerned about my calf cramping and a couple of times it felt like it might cramp so I swam cautiously. That had some effect on my speed. 

I was running about 15 minutes behind schedule tonight. Since the Vegas trip I've been about 15 minutes behind schedule for everything I do. The reason I was behind was that I went to the Oakville Y and when I got there, there was no lap swimming, then I had to rush to the Waterdown Y and I took a wrong turn along the way and that set me back about 15 minutes. After the swim I rushed to the weight room and did as many exercises as I could in 30 minutes. I got 80% complete. Tonight was when I start my 2 rep sets from my one rep set which means I am now going to need more time to finish so running behind didn't help. The highlight of the night was that I set a PR for the squat machine at 610 lbs and I did 2 sets of 12 reps. By the time I finished I was sweating like mad from very little rest between the sets.

Long Swim -3500 meters / 1:17:45

Weights - 30 minutes.