Happy Monday!

Nothing special today.  I keep working on my weight with slip-ups here and there.  I went grocery shopping late last night and partook of banana chips a bit too much.  Surprisingly, my weight is still down at 165.8.  I  am at whopping -2.7%  in this competition.  Come on people, don't make me win this outright!

I am taking a 1 week break from climbing related training as my elbows started to hurt.  Yesterday, I pampered my babies with a massage.  They still hurt when a friend shook my hand last night.

In other news, tomorrow, I am leaving on a climbing trip to Owens River Gorge to soak in the hot springs and take a crack at some climbing projects.  This blog is on vacation till next week, but you are not!  You are still at war!  Remember: your best weapon is not a knife and a fork.  It's escaping outside of your house.  Run and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Yiddish proverb:  If you are going to do something wrong, enjoy it!

Tip: Don't go shopping on an empty stomach.

Bizarre Nuts

Happy Saturday!

The weather is awesome rain!!  Might as well, because I am working today, so that I could take Wednesday off and go to Sierras for Thanksgiving.

As you remember, I took to eating nuts as snacks. Specifically, I have munched like crazy on Brazilian nuts.  I find that they kill my appetite, which might or might not be good.  Yesterday, I only ate breakfast;  I had to skip most of the lunch and the dinner after abusing those nuts.   I literally forced myself to eat some salad.  So, it comes as no surprise this morning that I weigh 165.6.

I don't feel like I should rejoice as the nuts are excellent nutrients, but they don't provide a balanced diet.  Also, I felt very bloated all day yesterday, which was not a good feeling.  Any of you out there with some input, please let me know.

Another day! So psyched!

Ok, it's not the best post title for today.  It took me a minute or two to come up with it.  I think it describes accurately how I feel about this competition and myself right now.

Last night, I came home after yoga and was trying to brush up on my French.  Well, I opened a paragliding magazine for a second instead.  Next thing, I woke up on my couch at 1:30 am.  From now on, I am going to go to bed at 9 or 10 pm.  I can get up earlier and do whatever I had to in the evening.  No more being cast away from my bedroom on the couch.

I re-wake up at 4:30 am.  The scales report 166.4.  If this goes like that I will need to stroke it instead of stepping on it all the time :).   I am off to a jog and light climbing after that.

Some  trivia for you: WHO obesity report
The report is a bit outdated.  I heard a 2 billion overweight people figure on the public radio yesterday.  Don't just stay the statistics!  You can do better!

Great Balancer is merciful!

I followed through with my workout plans yesterday: 1 hour of jogging, 2.5 hours of limit bouldering, 1 hour of yoga.  I also skipped my dinner!  I found that snacking on some raw nuts is a great way to kill the hunger.  Why is it so hard to stop eating them though? :)

This morning, Great Balancer revealed that it could be merciful.  She is especially kind to people exercising discipline and delaying immediate gratification.  She told me I am just 166.8.  Woohoo, I am not especially hungry.

Plan for today is simple: rest and skip dinner.  I am off to my rest  day activities: running on the beach and yoga in the evening.  Oh man, I will need some of those real rest days when the only thing I really do is leafing through a nice book and sleeping.

New normal for now

I wake up this morning and consult the Great Balancer as usual:   "Scale, scale tell me: who is the prettiest in the world?".  The Balancer yawns and lets me know that it's not me, but I am on my way :-).  Sounds like my weight has stabilized around 168.2 without me going hungry.  That's great!  Let's see what I can do more.

I done my snickers and run out into the rain for a jog on the beach.  Ahh, what a treat it is to live on the beach.  I am greeted by some amazing views like these every time I venture out.

  Another climbing workout "limit bouldering" and a yoga session tonight!  Busy, busy.

Another day another weight

I was exhausted last night; a sign that my busy schedule is catching up with me.  I tried to go to bed early, but ended up sleeping only at 10:30 pm or so.  Today, I woke up at 4:45 after a really good sleep and got out of bed by 5 am.  The Great Balancer reported 168.2 which was kind of good given that I have not been especially hungry lately.  I put my snickers on and went for a run.  Thereafter, I barely had time to spin a smoothies before bolting out of the door to the yoga practice with Jodi.  Skipping breakfast for a change!

I will go bouldering with Vitaliy after work today.  Will try to skip a full dinner if I can.

Back and forth

The weekend passed without much adventure and now my body is behind an essential vitamin: adrenaline.  I went on a 12 mile hike by Calistoga on Saturday.  Tried going  paragliding on Sunday, but the winds were too strong.  Pacifica is no good for flying in the winter.  I am planning a flying trip down the coast on Christmas.  Instead of flying, I went training for 3.5 hours at Dogpatch gym.

I need to do more running and less eating.  All the training for climbing does not offset my caloric intake.  Off  to a jog!  It's dawning now.

Tip: Don't despair!  Persistence usually pays off one way or another.  It's great for your spirit if you push hard outside of your comfort zone.