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A friend asked me the other day if all of my triathlon training is helping me lose weight.<\/p>\n

In a word, no.<\/p>\n

Of course, the training is certainly having an effect on my body, and muscle weighs more than fat, and I’m pretty sure I’m toning up. \u00a0I have to be! \u00a0But it’s not like I’m dropping belly fat as I would like to.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, a lot of this is my fault. \u00a075% of the time, my diet is awesome. \u00a0But that other 25% of the time is not good. \u00a0Not good at all. \u00a0I think it’s maybe because I do keep my diet so tight that when I splurge, I go completely off the rails. \u00a0I need more planned splurges.<\/p>\n

I’m still following Weight Watchers, and I just set my ActiveLink for a new challenge, so I’m going to try to increase my activity. \u00a0Some of that is going to happen naturally as my training picks back up and I force myself to stick to the plan.<\/p>\n

I’m also doing another DietBet<\/a> with Diet-to-Go. \u00a0I’ve done a few DietBets before, and sometimes I’m successful and sometimes I’m not, but I figured since I’m a DTG Ambassador, I’d give this one a shot. \u00a0I’m hoping I can do it.<\/p>\n

Clearly my plan to tone up for the cruise didn’t happen. \u00a0The cruise is in late September, and I’m not going to lose 20 pounds by then. \u00a0But I do need to lose the weight that has been creeping on.<\/p>\n

Blargh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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