Telos Turkey Tri Recap

Just posted a big ol' recap of my triathlon experience on my family blog. Here is the link:

http://brandonandlindseymathews.blogspot.com.

Sorry I haven't been a good poster here. I will be better. I will try. :-)

Post Comp Update

Hey guys! So the competition was one week ago yesterday. This last week Brandon and I went to California. If you'd like to read about that trip go to my family blog which is on the side bar of this blog. Here's what happened weight-wise:

Day of Comp: 131.8 lbs
Monday (after eating quite a bit sunday): 135.0 lbs

Now if we weren't going to go out of town I know this would have come down as I usually weigh about 2 lbs more on Mondays from eating a little more on the weekends. By the end of the week it is gone.

Friday (after California): 137.4

To be honest I was completely ok with this. We ate out for every meal and I thoroughly enjoyed it as we normally don't eat out very much. I even had a treat/dessert every single day.

Action plan: 1350 cals per day until I'm to my goal maintanence weight of 133 (132-134lbs). Progress so far:

Saturday: 135.8
Sunday: 135.4

I'm hoping by the end of this week I'll be down again.

Workout wise, this week I kind of took it easy. I was pretty burnt out with exercising but I didn't take the week off completely.

Monday: lifted
Tuesday: 5 mile run along the beach (on a path not sand)
Wed: lifted
Thursday: inteval run along beach
Friday: Lifted
Saturday: 12 mile bike ride

Ok, so i guess that doesn't LOOK like I took it easy but I did. Besides the bike ride I didn't push my speeds or weights. It felt good.

OK! Done with that little side note called a figure competition and back to the original triathlon training!

Saturdays bike ride was AWESOME!!! I pushed myself really hard. If I was comfortable in a gear I went to one harder and tried to keep the cadence the same. My average was 16 mph which is a full mph faster than my previous fastest speed. Before saturday I was feeling kind of sad that my speed was so slow. But for a little bit of the ride Saundra let me borrow her road bike that had cages on the pedals and I was able to go quite a bit faster. Sure, it was only for a few minutes so I can't really assess how much faster they would make me go, but I could tell they would make a difference. So... I dropped a few hints to Brandon because my birthday is coming up in a few weeks. We'll see what happens with that. :-)

I also want to work on certain parts of my body in case I do another comp in the spring. I am going to be focusing for 9 weeks on developing my shoulders. I've never really done this before as my goal has always just been weight loss as I've had three babies in the past 6 years. I'm going to figure out a plan and I'll post it when I've got it figured out.

Ok, that's enough writing for today! I have got a crazy plan for this week but that will be for another post.

Hope you all have a great sunday!

Competition recap!

For a full competition recap visit my family blog here

3 Days out!

Life is good today! I only have one more cardio session until I go to CA!! For those of you who don't know, Brandon and I are going to Orange County next Monday - Thursday without the kids! He is going for work and I am going to lay out on the beach all myself!!! It's going to be heaven.

Back to today. I think my TOM bloat is almost gone but the scale will tell all tomorrow so we shall see.

Workout #1: 6-7am: Boot camp - lift legs and shoulders
Workout #2: 8:30-9:15: 45 min cardio, arc trainer intervals
Workout #3: 6pm-6:45pm - 20 min run, 25 min bike

Ugh, can we say sick of working out!!!

Food:

1. 2 slices Ezekial bread, 3 egg whites, mustard
2. 2 T. pb, 1 T. protein powder, stevia
3. 3 oz chicken, 1.5 oz avocado, romaine lettuce, balsamic v.
4. 2 T. almond butter
5. 3 oz lean ground beef, brocolli
6. 4 egg whites, 1.5 T. pb

1212 Cals, 63 g fat, 1145 mg sodium, 54 g carbs, 108 g protein

Water: 22 cups so far but will be 24 before I go to bed

That's about all for today folks!

5 Days out and weekend recap

This weekend was ... overwhelming to say the least. On Saturday I went to a posing class and there were two other girls there. I know I just started doing this a week ago and they have been prepping for 2-3 months but still... they looked amazing! It did NOT make me feel bad about myself though, which I am glad for. I still feel great about how I look but they did look way better. But, hey, it's ok. I'm just doing this for practice. And they aren't in my height class anyway. :-) The class also showed much how much I didn't know! Which is good and I'm feeling fine about it now but I felt very overwhelmed the day of. I also came home and realized I have no idea what do to for the last week. I've heard the diet and workouts are a science and you've got to get it right. I had no idea what to do. I have been picking my friend's brain who competed in 2005 (Thanks Bertie for thinking so far back!) and I think I have a good plan. I've got something I think I can stick with for the next 5 days (ha ha, i'm so weak!)

On to Sunday, so I came home saturday feeling like all I could eat was chicken and brocolli! Ha, ha. Of course I couldn't stick with something so strict on Sunday and I felt discouraged. AND to top it all off (TMI ALERT) I started my period. Which is actually a good thing b/c i am leanest in the few days after it ends and I should be done by thursday or so. But the fact that I am bloated and up 2 pounds doesn't help the discouragment.

On to today. I am feeling SO much better. I have a great plan that I know I can actually stick with for the week. Day three of TOM and I'm feeling much better already. I'm getting excited again. :-)

Workout #1: 6-7am: Boot camp including 15 min cardio
Workout #2: 8:30-9am: 15 min stair mill; 15 min hill climb on treadmill
Workout #3: 5:30-6:15pm: 10 mile bike ride

Water: 24 cups

Meals:

1. One egg, 2 egg whites, ham, turkey sausage, fat free cheese
2. 2 slices Ezekial bread, turkey
3. pb and cottage cheese
4. protein powder and almond butter
5. protein shake with almond milk and pb

Cals: 1179, Fat: 45.5 Sodium: 2083 Carbs: 67 Protein: 125

I am off to bed! My legs are SO sore and I have no idea what did it! I've been doing so many workouts that I can't pin point any one thing! I am in dire need of some rest!

8 Days Out + bonus surprise

Hey guys! Another great day! I had no idea I had it in me to be so motivated! Here's what went down today:

Goals:

20 cups water: one more to go
Carbs, one serving starchy: DONE
Cardio, 2x45 min: DONE
Weight training: DONE
Sodium, high/regular: DONE
Tanning: in just a minute

Workout #1: 6:00am, Boot Camp which included weight training and 20 min of my cardio
Workout #2: 8:30am, 15 min of intervals on spin bike and 15 min hill walk on treadmill
Workout #3: 6pm, 45 min walk/run intervals (I can feel the lack of carbs/food in general in my workouts)

Food:
1. 1/4 c oats, 2/3 sc protein powder, 1 date
2. Another Date and some almonds
3. Turkey patty and veggie soup
4. 1 T. better 'n' peanut butter and 15 chocolate chips
5. 3 oz turkey and brocolli
6. 3 egg whites, 1/4 c. ff cheese, 8 turkey pepperoni, 2 T. natural pesto

1055 cals 38 g fat 2625 mg sodium 82 g carbs 82g protein

For some reason I'm nervous to do this but if I can't do THIS than I shouldn't be doing this. SO.... Here you go, the suit. Keep in mind bikini division allows off the rack suits.

9 Days Out

I felt great today! I wasn't hungry all day despite the low calories and lack of carbs. I want to say to everyone though that what I will be doing over the next week is NOT a healthy way to live. A lot of competitors call this Hell Week b/c of the lack of carbs low calories and hours of cardio. BUT you'd be surprised at how strict you can be when the possibility of humiliation in a bikini on a stage in front of hundreds is hanging over your head!

Daily Goals:

Water: 1.25 gallons - 20 cups - DONE
Carbs: 0 starchy carbs - DONE
Cardio: 60 min - DONE
Sodium: Regular/high - DONE

Cardio: 30 min turbo kick, 15 min stair mill, 15 min arc trainer

Eats: (FYI, I will probobly not be as crazy strict as figure competitors this last week mainly b/c I don't know if I could eat chicken and asparagus all day and also, it's bikini division so you don't have to be as crazy lean as figure)

1. 1 egg, 2 egg whites, 1/4 c. fat free cheese, 1 turkey sausage, onions, lots of bell peppers
2. Turkey patty cut up into veggie soup
3. 1 scoop all natural protein powder, 1/2 c. blueberries, 1 c. almond milk, 2 c. spinach
4. 2 dates
5. 10 chocolate chips - i didn't think this would kill my diet but it would help keep me sane - 4 egg whites, 2 1/2 T. almond butter

Cals: 1113 Fat: 49g Sodium: 2065 mg Carbs: 58g Protein: 86g (No, I don't subscribe to the 1g/lb protein rule, for my own body at least)

The hardest part about today was whenever I lower my carbs I usually turn to fats like avocado and nut butters but I was only allowed one serving of fat which turned into a hefty little serving but oh well.

I've walked around in my shoes for 4 30 minute increments today and applied 1 coat of regular store bought tanner to get some sort of base coat before I use the heavy duty stuff next week.

I'm off to bed soon after we watch the office! Have a great night!
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I must have officially lost my mind...

You know how I've talked about doing that NPC bikini competition in May. Well, the other day I looked up the date for the one in October so that Brandon and I could go to it. It is October 10th. I also noticed that registration to compete is due today. Oh my gosh. I sent in my registration and I'm going to compete in it!!!! AHHH! I'm so crazy!

Here is my reasonings:
1. It's bikini not figure or fitness so they are going for a softer look. Ok, maybe I could there in 9 days.
2. The last few weeks of a competition diet get really strict and the cardio goes crazy so quite a bit of the weight is lost the last month. Ok, maybe I could do it in 9 days.
3. I want to be prepared to do well in May so why not just do it for the experience and practice and learn the ropes?

That's kind of where my thinking was over the last 2 days.

Since I decided to do it I've been on the internet non stop trying to research and learn as much as I can about this last week. I've got my plan all written out which I will unfold to you daily as I go. I also got my suit and heels last night. The suit is TEENY-TINY! AHHHH! SCARY! In the dressing room I almost changed my mind. Dressing room mirrors are SO mean when it comes to bathing suits. I couldn't stand back very far, the lighting was aweful and I came so close to changing my mind b/c i felt like a beached baluga whale. But I took a leap of faith and figured that at home, with a tan and in a week I could at least fit in at the competition. I'm not doing it to win. I'm doing it to learn. Anyway, I got home and ... I felt GREAT! It's amazing what can happen when tags are off, you can stand back and actually walk around. I'm really excited now.

So, now, I've cut back on the carbs, adding millions of hours of cardio and cut out all processed foods, ok more like all foods in general really. I will post my daily recap every night so you guys can follow me and my homemade, final week diet and training plan.

Talk about a fun adventure!

PS. Yesterday which was officially my first day of training, I weighed in at 136.2. Today, though, I weighed the lowest I've weighed since before having children: 134.0!!! Wow.

PSS or PPS? I don't want people to think that I only prepped for this competition for 10 days. In my mind, I always work out hard and eat really clean so ... I kind of count that as my prep.

A Good Trip to the Bod Pod?

Is that even possible? I've been to the Bod Pod (the machine at BYU that does body fat testing. It is supposed to be the next most accurate machine to underwater weighing) three times before. This is my fourth. I figure if I want to do the competition in May I should know what my body fat is now to see if I want to lose any before I need to start prepping (training/dieting) in February. The other times I have gone I was 24%, then 23% then 24%. I was thinking I was probobly 23% but hoping for 22%.

I was very suprised when my print out read 18%. So surprised in fact that I haven't even really been that excited about it. I just can't wrap my head around it. Here were the numbers it told me:

Weight: 136.5
Percent fat: 18.2%
Percent Lean body mass: 81.8%
Pounds of fat: 24.8 lbs
Pounds of lbm: 111.7

I just can't imagine that I'm that much lower than I used to be. Part of me wonders if it's wrong and the other part hopes it's right. I guess I can run faster than ever before (for me personally), do more pull ups than ever (I cranked out 5 at the gym last week!), weigh a few pounds less than before (only 3 though...) and my jeans that used to fit "Date Night" snug are very comfortable. So... I guess it's possible. But I'm still not sure I believe it...

Traithlon Training Plan

I should probobly update you all with my triathlon training plan. It is just a little baby triathlong, so nothing to be scared of. I do have some goal paces I would like to hit though.

Run: 3.1 miles - Goal: 9 min/mile pace or 28 minutes
Bike: 10 miles - Goal: 17 mph or 36 minutes
Swim: 350 meters - Goal: 7 minutes

There is a huge, ginormous hill in the bike and I'm not that great of a biker so I don't know if that time is a huge stretch or what... Really anything over 15 mph I'd be happy b/c I've been averaging about 14.5mph. I know. Slow, huh? Even with my pretty new road bike. Oh, well. I'll get better in time.

For my plan, I am incorporating a day of speed work in for each of running and biking. The for the "distance" days I am working up to the entire distance at my goal pace. I don't know if that's the best or most scientific idea, but, hey, it made sense to me.

Progress:

Run: Week 1 - 3.12 miles (.5 mile at a 9min pace) 32:32 minutes Ave: 10:26 pace
Week 2 - 3.1 miles (1 mile at a 9 min pace) 31:06 minutes Ave: 10:06 pace

Bike: Week 1 - 10.03 miles (1.66 miles at a 17mph pace) 41:55 min Ave: 14.4 mph
Week 2 - 15 miles (3.3 miles at 16.4 mph pace) 1:18 hours total (I rode to my parents house. Yes, from west springville UP to northeast orem - my pace was like 11 mph and it was uphill the ENTIRE time including some crazy steep hills. I was going 3mph in the easiest gear up one of the hills (skyline dr for those of you who know- but I was not about to walk!)

Swim: Week 1 - 7:51

So that's what's going on with the tri training. I also started my third boot camp today! It was fun. We did assessments today. There were 17 people there! It's going to be really good I think. It's really growing and I don't know as many of the people and I like that. That means I'm getting refferrals!

One more quick thing for today: I ran sprints on the treadmill at the gym today. I haven't run on a treadmill in probobly 6 months. I used to do a 30 sec sprint at 10.5 mph. And that was tough. So today I started at 10. Increased it to 10.5 then 11 then 11.5 and finally 12mph! I honestly think there was something wrong with the treadmill though. I was running next to a friend and she said she had used that treadmill recently and didn't notice so maybe it's not off by too much? I mean 12 was really hard, don't get me wrong. My friend thought that since i've been running outside I'm just in better shape than I used to be. Hopefully that's the truth!

(But i still think the treadmill was off... ) :-)

Follow Me!

Hi everyone! I decided to create this blog to have a place to write about my fitness goals, nutrition, and workouts. This will be way more personal than I get on my Fit Eats blog and more fitness/Lindsey oriented than my family blog is. I don't like to stay stagnant when it comes to my workouts and fitness. I've always got some sort of goal I'm working towards. This will be a place where I can chronicle my progress.

Let me give you a quick run down of some of the ideas that are in my head that I might try to accomplish over the next year:

Nov 7th: Sprint Triathlon (training is in the works; I'll go over it in a later post)

Mid April: Possibly compete in the NPC Bikini division competition in Salt Lake

May: Little Red 40 mile Bike race

August: ULCER Century Bike Race (100 miles! Eek!)

Fall: Get pregnant?

Wow. I said all of those things. Saying/typing those goals is kind of a big deal to me. Let me get it out there that I am not committing to them right now. BUT, they are all things that I am not sure that I can do (except for the triathlon; i've got a few of those under my belt already). So, how cool would it be if I DID IT ALL!!! Seriously. Talk about best year ever, right? How good would it feel to just do my research, learn what it takes to get the job done, and DO IT?

I invite you all to follow along with my and my journey. I'm excited for these goals and after this next year I'm sure there will be a bunch more adventures! I will probobly only be posting 1-2x/week so add me to your google reader to be notified when I post. Leave me a comment so that I know who's going to be checking up on me!