Tri Hard, Try Hard

A blog about trying hard to live healthy. OA, Weight Watchers, and Triathlon things mostly. -54 lbs and counting

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Day 2: of waking up early have been largely unsuccessful. After work on Monday, I had to leave my apartment due to an argument with my sister. It just wasn't a nice place to be. So cue me bussing to my mom's at 8:30pm, and getting to bed by 11:00pm after explanations and travel time. I got up at 6. 

Day 3: Of waking up early didn't go as planned either. I needed sleep that I was desperately lacking, and was up at 8:30am. Tomorrow is a new day, and a day for new routines. I'm going to invest in some earplugs, and hope day 4 is better!

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Rad Riser Challenge: Day 1

I woke up around 4:15am, then hit the snooze, and woke up at 4:50am. So, it's not a perfect start to my challenge, but I'll take it. This is my desk where I'm doing my work. I have a litre mason jar of water, a matcha green tea, and a french press of coffee keeping warm in my white carafe. We'll see how this goes!

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Rad Riser Challenge: 21 days of getting up at 4:30am or near it.

Tomorrow, I am planning to get up at 4:30am! I've heard many benefits to it, so I thought, why not try it for a number of days? I may relax on the weekends to 6am depending on what I decide, but I'm giving it a shot tomorrow. Will check-in with my progress. 

Have you ever woken up early?

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I didn't think I'd lost any weight in my face, but it looks like I have!

-44 lbs and counting!

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Updates:

WI: -3.7! Woo! I gained +0.6 last week, but didn't let it deter me this week!

Working out: Got in some interval training running. Currently at 1 minute walk, 1 minute jog. This is a very exciting number for me! Really want to get better and improve my endurance. In a little while, it'll be 1 minute walk, 2 minutes jog!

Life: Working on getting some stuff crossed off my to-do list today.

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12 Things I've been up to lately:

I've been sort of distant, so I thought I'd post today about what I've been up to these past few days/weeks

1. Graduated University!!!!

2. Spending lots of time with family (for better or worse)

3. Visiting an out of town aunt who is here from Vancouver.

4. I worked the recent provincial elections in Ontario, Canada. I spent a whole day, about 13 hours helping people vote and setting up the polls.

5. I've been working on a "health pact" challenge from pact app. Check out my instagram @girlownsworld for my videos. Essentially, every day, you make a video of what you've done for your health. There are some pretty stellar prizes outlined here. 

6. Working out regularly, although not doing as many runs as I'd like to have done. Mostly the weather has been stupid hot, and I'm not used to it. 

7. I joined an emotional eaters support group. This has been a long time coming, and I've known that I've had this problem, but have been unwilling, or rather "willing" to turn a blind eye to it. 

8. Started taking a Vega one shake for breakfast. My sister who works at a supplement store announced at my graduation party that she had gotten me another tub, and asked if I'd been using it. To which I replied "Yeah... sorta?" I was using water with it, then I started using milk, and now I'm thinking the milk isn't making my gut feel so good, so maybe it's back to water. 

9. Spent a good chunk of time preparing food for my graduation party, and dealing with the usual amounts of family drama. 

10. WATCHED THE LAST EPISODE OF GAME OF THRONES. It was good, but also not what I expected. I'm not really sure what I expected, but it was still good. 

11. I've spent a lot of time journalling about my thoughts, feelings, and plans for the future. This helps me keep my anxiety about the future wayyyy down. 

12. Planning for pride 2014! There's a lot of events, and I live fairly close to where they are holding world pride. So it's exciting to plan, think and co-ordinate stuff with friends.

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So, this is what I'll be up to for the next few days. I'm running one of those popular "colour runs" July 29th. 

This is my "aggressive 5k plan" that I've built off of the beginner triathlete running plan. I figure this is the best for me. I've cut off a lot of the beginning "fluff" like walk 5 minutes, run 1 minute because I've already done it. Keep you updated on this as I do it!

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Race day pics from my Give it a Tri Triathlon in Binbrook yesterday! Featuring me and my roommate/friend Alex! The first photos are from the swim, and the last one is from everyone who was a first timer who participated!

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Selfie Self-Love Sunday. Rainy day edition, June 8, 2014

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I lost 2.2 lbs! My 4 week average including gains is about 1.5lbs per week, so I'm not so worried!

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Love open faced toasted tomato for breakfast. Topped with some pepper and balsamic dressing.

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Something good to note!

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Me and my bike for selfie self love Sunday. I missed last weeks edition!

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Tri training update #13 (6 days til race day!)

This time next week, I will be gone and done my triathlon race. I've been busy over the past few days securing gear-like a bicycle, bicycle helmet, losing and finding my waterbottle, gatorade, and a number of other things. 

I haven't been keeping track of my workouts as diligently as previously. I've been biking and walking a LOT, so I feel comfortable enough on my bike. 

Today: Biking 25 minutes, Walking 20 minutes

Probably more of the same tomorrow! More updates to come!

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Reblogging in honor of the last day of Social Work Month.  These arent ranked in any particular order so check them all out.  If I missed you just let me know!

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yo I’m reblogging this because it can seriously help folks out, definitely a list worth keeping.

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Not sure if this is a gain gain or a bloating gain, but either way, it sort of makes sense. There were a few days this week I wasn't as diligent about tracking that I could have been. Yesterday I ate a lot of foods high in sodium, so it could have been that too. 

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Feeding self is hard

I don't know why, but feeding myself is becoming harder and harder every day. I am lacking the energy to make meals and cook for myself. I would go outside of the house and eat something, but I just don't have motivation for that either. I'm not starving though. There's apples, and some food that is still good in the fridge. 

I just feel a bit lazy, and emotionally down. Maybe this is what happens when I don't really have a plan for what I want to do in a day. Or, when you're waiting to hear back from a job. Sigh.