The Triathlon Rx

Based on the comment’s to yesterday’s post, it sounds like I’m not the only one who wishes they had a reset button some days! Then I got to thinking, there’s no reason that I can’t have a reset button… right? If Staples can have an easy button, then I can most def have a reset button.

And RESET I did.

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So I had this big long post all written out yesterday. I wasn’t quite finished with it by the time I had to leave for spin, so I hit save as draft, headed out the door, and planned on finishing up when I got home. After rereading last night and a good conversation with my better half though, I realized I wasn’t really getting across the message I intended. To me it sounded basically like one big vent sesh, instead of just saying what I’m doing to get back on track with my old sound happy heathy habits. Here is my ⌘C and ⌘V (that’s copy/paste for you PC kids) shortened and cut-to-the-chase version.

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Long story short compadres, I got a little fed up on Wednesday. Not just with the day itself, but in some patterns I’ve been falling into that are just not in accordance with the way I want to live my life. I’m an adult, and I know better, so there are no excuses here. For no one else but myself (OK, and maybe my main man up top) , starting yesterday I am drawing the line and reigning myself back in to the old me I know and love.

• sleep: getting myself back on a normal schedule, alarm set for the same time in the a.m. – no excuses
• diet: if I eat crap, I’m going to feel like crap, and my performance will be… crap.
• training: there are good reasons to bail on practice, and there are not good reasons. I know the diff.
• attitude: see quote below.
• faith: sometimes its funny how you can feel so close to God, yet your actions don’t reflect it.

attitude:

Today is only truly responsible for right this very second. It cannot change the past, nor does it need to determine the future. If you are not satisfied with your today, you have the ability right now to pack it up, ship it off to a far away land, and start anew.
-Yours Truly

And I’m pretty sure that covers all of what I want to say. Real quick before someone pulls the hypocrite card on me, let me beat you to it and do it myself. One of my 2010 Goals was to be less “black and white.” Truthfully, that wasn’t really working for me. Yeah, it’s a tough job being Type A, but someone’s gotta do it. Let’s call it “taking one for the team.”

With that team, I’m leaving on a fun (and what seems like flash-back) Friday tradition…

FRIDAY CONFESSIONALS:

You know the rules: there are none! Anything goes, and I promise, I won’t tell a soul Leave em’ in the comments! Here is what I wanna get off my chest for the week:

1. Looking back through my lent journal so far… on 2/18 I said I was going to turn the computer OFF at 11:00 so it wouldn’t keep me up later than necessary. And under GU: I have written: “FAIL!!” Haha I got sucked into late night Olympics, and was up wayy late. Sorry Olympics, but starting yesterday, you’re just not that important any more!
2. The other day I walked down to the coffee shop, bought an oatmeal raisin (essentially raw dough) cookie  bigger than my face, and truthfully it tasted like heaven on a plate, but I wasn’t even hungry. Not sayin’ good food like that isn’t going to happen anymore, but I can promise it will be because I really want it, not just eating to eat.
3. I still love Tiger Woods.

Someone asked what this whole “Lent Journal” business was about… and basically it’s just that – a journal I started on day 1 of Lent… I write a goal in it every morning, and every night jot down some things I’m thankful for. Nothin’ fancy… looks a little somethin’ like this:

Hmmm so I’m pretty sure I’ve written and come back to this post in three different installments. Time. To. Go!
-E