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Work is a mess but the journey continues.

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 Work has been a mess recently but the journey is going well. Not getting into the detail becuase it does not matter but I have been very busy with work stuff and not able to focus on the blog at all. That being said things are still going well with the journey itself. I have been putting a lot of time and effort into training for the triathlon and feel like I am ready to do it. The price for signing up has increased to 200 dollars though and I was not expecting it to cost that much. It is next weekend and I am still debating on if I want to sign up for it or use that 200 dollars for something else and sign up next year when I can get early brid pricing.  Something odd with all the workouts and dieting. I have been dieting again as my weight is starting to get back up there and I am very confused about it once again. I have been limiting myself to 2000 calories and that is slightly over the 1600 I had done when I started the journey to lose weight. The problem I am having with...

Cycling, Running, and Swimming

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I might still do the triathlon  For a while I was going back and fourth on if I should do the triathlon that is near me and my major issue was the swimming portion of it. I have finally found a place I can swim when ever I want. Looking at the distance of the triathlon the swim is only 1/3 of a mile so its still a long swim but they also listed that there will be plenty of beginner support for that section. I have a little less fear of getting in the water and just not being able to finish that part. The only down side to this right now is there is only 23 days or so until the event so I have to get swimming every single day to make sure that I can do it.  I started swimming today and did a few laps but an 18 foot round pool is not ideal for freestyle laps so I just went around in a circle and that worked out fairly well. The only issue I have is that I do not have a single clue how far I went as the samsung watchs smallest size is 10 meters so double the size of the pool I am...