No big news

Exercise update: Opted for just running today instead of a bike/run brick. I'm nervous that I'm not doing enough running for the Urbanthlon, so I ran 40+ minutes instead of the 20 I would have for the brick. Felt pretty good, I think I'm running 10 minute miles in training. Tonight I added a pretty significant hill, which will be more and more important. Most of my running has been on flats til now. I do worry about my weight and it's effect on running, but I'm building slowly and trying to shed pounds. That's all I can think of to do.

Nutrition Update: No soda again today. I really wanted one and almost talked myself into it in the afternoon, but I won the mental battle. I am finding that I need to drink more water than I had been in the habit of. I'm actually a tad dehydrated, which was being masked my the flow of soda through my body.
I know soda dehydrates you too, but with all the trips to the bathroom, it didn't seem as pronounced.
I ate pretty well today. I did take the kids to Grizzly's for lunch, but I stuck with rotisserie chicken sandwich and half of the fries they gave me. That'll do for now. So far tonight, it's just a handful of raisins and a PBJ. We'll see if I can concoct a healthy snack for bedtime if I need one.

Random item: Our antiquated scale bit the dust finally. I bought a new digital one, but I need to exchange it due to a bad lid for the batteries. I'm thinking measuring to the tenths of a pound might be motivating. However, when my wife and I tried the defective one, it showed each of us about 4 pounds heavier than the old one did. Trying not to stress about that and remember the number is less relevant than making it go down.

But I thought I should share so if Tuesday shows a big regression in the weigh in number, we won't all get depressed:)

Planning on a major bike ride tomorrow to start off the week's workouts. I'll plan on my one serious brick next weekend. Two weeks until Castle Rock, I'm looking forward to it, chunky or not. I hope my little sis is healthy enough to go. Rumor has it she pulled a muscle when she got herself to swim finally. She's been running for months, so I don't worry about her making it unless she gets injured. I hope not, it would be much more fun together.