Catching up... again.

It's amazing how busy life gets. I really do need to make this a regular "must do" 'cuase to try and go back and remember the emotion and details of things that have happened 2 months ago is difficult.

Since I last posted 2 of my sons have been playing football and one volleyball. (I think he's decided that next year he's gonna play football too.) My oldest, Khan, was making a huge impact in the games he played in - and then got injured pretty badly. He was diagnosed with a torn rotater cuff, and so I began the research of what we were going to need to do. We were able to witness a miracle when just a few weeks later he fully recovered. Last week I let him play in his first game back, and tonight his team makes an appearance in round one of the playoffs.

Brady, my other football son, is doing great. He still plays like he wants to be Khan, but he's developing his own style, and is playing different positions now (he used to insist on being on the line - like his big brother.) He's made a couple of big receptions, and some big hits as a defensive back.

Michael has had fun playing volleyball, but kind of likes the idea of being a Barfuss twin playing football with his brother.

There - that's my boys all caught up. Keisha is doing ballet.

Me: Well, the weight loss has been slow to say the least. I would go weeks without getting on the bike. Life just seemed to be moving in high speed and I wasn't making time for myself. No more.

This last week I made the committment that I'd be going to El Tour de Tucson. And if I'm going to do it, I wanted to Platinum. (complete the 109 miles in under 5 hours) That will be difficult, but it is doable. John and I have been working hard. We won't be able to put in the kind of long rides we'd like to, so we're working hard at intervals and high-spin on the rollers. I have managed the occassional trip into Lethbridge for a couple of hours at a shot - and a couple of weeks ago did a 100km ride into Leth (out to Leavitt first) I felt good and was able to really lay it down during sections I'd previously had difficulty with. I hammered up every hill and recovered on the way down.

The weight has finally started to come off a little - but would definitely do better if I didn't succomb to snacks as easy. I don't understand why I've had such a hard time saying no to crap food lately. 3 years ago I did pretty good. I need to find the internal discipline re: eating again. Hopefully this week is the beginning of that.