I did a sort-of Olympic distance race simulation today, all in the gym. Bleh. The swim was okay, I am behind on my swimming miles but I felt surprisingly good, I know which drills I need to do next. The pool was 84 degrees (my heart monitor says 82-84). Too warm for a hard swim.

The bike was blah also, when I bike in the gym I go based on time more than what the machine says for distance, so it's all an estimate. Then we got to the run, and I used the treadmill for convenience (didn't have my GPS on me), so I was kind of grumpy. Did a lot more walking than I usually actually do in a race. So, basically it was just a dry run of "doing the 3 things you do in a triathlon in the same order but not really anything like a race"

I looked at the Wii (I weigh myself weekly using Wii Fit) and I am down 10 lbs from last April. Not as far as I hoped to be, but I will take it. 2 of those are in the last 2 weeks when I was very good about eating all my calories spread out through the day, going no more than 2-3 hours between eating at least 200 calories. I think I've got it worked out for my work week, it's at home where I get in trouble and get behind in calories. If I stay right on my calories, I lose weight. This is my mission for the next 2 months: eat all my calories rationed throughout the day. I actually find it harder to eat larger meals now and I've only been doing it for a week. If we eat lunch out, I divide my lunch or eat a smaller lunch and get something to-go to eat later.

The body, she is a complicated machine.