It's All About the Numbers

As I am sure you have come to realize, for me it's all about the numbers. I am numbers driven. This is a good thing, and a bad thing at the same time. It's good and fun even, to track yards, miles, reps, beats per minute, pounds and so on. It adds a objective angle to the tangled emotional web of trying to lose a significant amount of weight.

Numbers have had me dragging the last few weeks. My weight loss has slowed significantly and it's been discouraging. I've gone from 2-4 pounds a week to 1 if I'm lucky or just stationary. I am a big numbers person and I am addicted almost to seeing that scale move, so when it's not, I get so frustrated. But, thinking about it today, I've been sick and not able to exercise the way I wanted to. I did not eat poorly. Although lately I have not been as strict about my diet and I know I need to work on that. But, even though the scale isn't moving fast, I FEEL good. My clothes fit well. I move quicker and lighter. And those are things that are just as important that can't really be quantified with numbers, but they are just as important. So for this sluggish weight loss time, I am trying to focus on these positives to keep me going.

There is definitely an upside to numbers. Nothing is more exciting to me than breaking an old record, setting a new one, lifting more or swimming farther. I have a new record to document today. Yesterday during my swimming workout I set a new record. Previously on my 50 yard sprint swim, I had the record of 53 seconds, but yesterday I did it in 50 seconds! I know I've said this before, but this time, I felt like I had a little outboard motor behind me as I took off from the wall when the "whistle blew". I'm getting faster and faster and able to go longer distances and that just excites me.

I've been thinking about swimming the Ice Breaker which is either a 1/2 or 1 mile swim (depending on what you sign up for) in Folsom Lake on April 7. If I can procure a wetsuit for my big 'ole booty, I'm in. I'll keep you posted...