Becoming My Husband's Girlfriend: Looking Back... and Looking Ahead... MISSION BAY TRIATHLON!

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Looking Back... and Looking Ahead... MISSION BAY TRIATHLON!

Big difference in weight between 2010-2011.. YES!
... this year, the weight numbers are the same...
... but I can't wait to see how weight training has changed my result!!!

3 DAYS and COUNTING!

I had my first flutters of nerves today as I was thinking about the race this weekend. This is the 3rd year that I have competed in this race, but my race history has been all over the board! 2010... I drank too much water in T-2 and I had to WALK the run due to cramps... 2011... I cut about 25 minutes off my time and took my VERY FIRST 1st place category win! ... and now 2012...

I am ready...

... and my training has been solid...

... but now I have (and my friends and family have) expectations that I'm going to place again...

... and I know, there are so many factors when racing... to date, my biggest issue has been hydration... too much or not enough. There are also mechanicals and injury and illness and... well... add in female issues and we gals have "things" we have to conquer over and above the race course!

I have added my Race Reports from the 2011 and 2010 Mission Bay Triathlon races below. Just reading through them again has those nervous butterflies moving like CRAZY! But it is sooooooo good to look back... to see what I have done in the past... to see where I was so confident based on my weight loss and/or my training and to see how far I've come! EVERY time that I race I go FULL OUT... and every race is in a moment in time... and I LOVE watching the overall SUCCESS... because that is what it is... SUCCESS... I'm getting my butt out of bed and training and being healthy and I'm going to KICK MY OWN RECORD'S ASS!!! (sorry for the swearing, Mom and Dad...)

Make everyday count!

Make your goals... REALITY!!!

http://becomingmyhusbandsgirlfriend.blogspot.com/2011/10/1st-place-mission-bay-triathlon-who.html

http://tlocher.blogspot.com/2010/10/project-365-mission-bay-triathlon-yes.html

1 comment:

Nicol Roemer said...: Tracey...you are truly inspirational. I know all to well that sometimes the gremlins in our own heads prevent us from reaching our own expectations (which are usually too high, I've found). It was such a pleasure meeting you and I can tell by your self-reflective words that that I have my work cut out for me! Thank you so much for sharing our time on the battlefield and keep on keepin' on :) Great pics Jeff!; October 5, 2012 at 10:35 AM

An explanation of my social experiment... I'm going "Full Monty"...

"Becoming my Husband's Girlfriend is my definition of the ultimate weight loss peer pressure... my weight loss "Full Monty" if you will. I will be posting my current weight photos and stats... stories about my weight loss and challenges... training that I am doing for 4 athletic events this years... I will be laughing... I will be frustrated... I will be sharing inspiration that I find around me and people whose stories inspire me... and so much more in my ultimate goal to lose weight, get healthy and bring the SEXY BACK to my life and my husband.

I hope you will join me in this journey, because I think there are A TON OF YOU that are probably in a similar point in your life. You might not have a ton of weight to lose, but there is something you want to change... NEED to change in your life. Maybe you are looking for some confidence... maybe you need to get that happy spring back in your daily step... maybe you can't wait to see if this experiment of mine will be a "train wreck" (we all know how much we LOVE a good "train wreck") or if I can actually do it...

... so become A FOLLOWER of this blog (below)... share the story of this "fatty" with your friends... because I can promise you this... we are about to embark on an amazing journey! Fasten your seat belts...

GOALS for the week of June 20 - 27th

1. Find your "Inner Summer..." Your favorite memory of a place... a song... a smell... an annual trip... take that memory and put it into your new Soundtrack for your Head! It doesn't matter if you go there this year or not, tap into those memories and get into the "summer feel!"

2. Summer is about short skirts, bathing suits and hot nights... find your "summer flirt..." I might be a size 14 at the moment, but I sure have found that summer flirt... it is all about the state of mind, ladies! GO get it!

GOALS for the week - June 6 - 13...

This one is simple. Find your next victory... and TAKE IT! We all have different things to celebrate... mine this week was buttoning my blouse. Is yours to lose some weight? To find a half an hour to play, uninterupted, with your toddler or have a quiet chat with your teen? Is it to go to the gym for the first time in years (AWESOME victory!)... or simply to cuddle up with your husband like you used to.

Ohhhhhhh, and be careful, because your victory may very well make someone else's day, too! :-)

GOALS for the Week - April 4 - 11...

GOALS for the Week - March 28 - April 4...

1. Find your own "Heaven" with your husband this week. Dressing up for Jeff... feeling sexy... and going to a concert where my husband couldn't take his eyes off me and wouldn't let go of my hand was my own bit of Heaven.

2. I am 2.6 pounds away from getting rid of the title of "OBESE!" Define your next goal... it doesn't matter the number or the reason, it is YOUR goal!

3. SMILE! Times are tough right now and I know that life is handing so many of us reasons not to smile. SMILE ANYWAY! It will make your heart glow... and make your husband smile, too!