Self Sabotage has to come to an end...

I was thinking about how to better my performance from last year and realized that if I lost weight I'd naturally get faster. Last year I raced at around 179 - 181 lbs with 19.5 - 22% body fat, which I'm sure would surprise most people. Most thought I was lighter and had less body fat. If I lost 10 lbs I would naturally get faster. In a world where triathletes are getting carbon fiber bikes to reduce ounces, just by me losing weight it would make a huge difference. 

I have discipline. I have rarely missed a training session in the past 15 months, yet I haven't been able to curb my eating and drinking because I haven't been able to make the "commitment". Two weeks ago for example, I weighted 181.4 lbs on Friday and by Monday weighted in at 185.2 lbs. The reason? I ate poorly, had some pizza Friday and Saturday night, lots of beers and deep fried foods. Even with 6 hours of training on that weekend I still gained weight. This week for example, I weighted in at 186.8, my heaviest in 18 months and today I weighed myself and I was back down to 183.2 lbs. 

One of the positives is that after two months race season training my body is really starting to tone up.  I can see and feel less flab on the stomach and the legs are starting to get more defined. If I could just combine the training with a healthy diet I'm sure it would make a huge difference. I was reading $1.79's blog, he is similar in height and is racing as low as 158 lbs and 7 % body fat. How much better would I do if I was that weight? Although I don't want to go that low, I would like to race at 168 - 171 lbs.

On April 13th I made the commitment to start eating better and drinking less. It has been challenging but I've been able to reduce the beer consumption but I haven't been able to stop the snacking when I get home from work. So I've set a short term goal. In 19 days I run the Mississauga Half Marathon and from now until then I am not going to snack on any refined sugars or fried foods and my goal is to get down to 178 lbs or less by May 10th. I'm only allowing myself one night of beer drinking because I've got some Winnipeger's coming to visit. It is going to be tough but now that I've blogged my "COMMITMENT", I feel obligated to follow through. No more "Denny's Style" weekend breakfasts. 

As a favor, if I fall off the wagon and eat poorly, which I will truthfully blog about, it would be much appreciated if you send comments that KICK MY ASS!!! 

I had a good tempo run tonight. At the 5 mile point I was averaging a 7:17 pace. Tomorrow I'm making an appointment with a podiatrist to get my left foot checked out. When I run the ball of my foot hurts and is tender afterwards. I figure it is better to get it looked at now while it is a discomfort rather than it turning into acute pain.

Tempo Run - 1:00:56 / 8.26 miles / 7.22 pace / 141 avg HR