Eureka!

I've got a great two day start on Phase 3 going on and you know what happened today after I was *done* weight lifting?  I figured a few things out:

First, I'm not going to comply with the 'no complaining about weight lifting' part of my plan and I'm okay with that.

Second, part of the reason I don't like the weight lifting and swimming part of my current journey is that I have no concrete goals with it.  I have no idea how to set a goal with weight lifting or swimming.  It's easy for me to set goals when running or biking.  I can either decrease my time or increase my mileage.  What kind of goals does one set for weight lifting?  It's not like I want to become a body builder or anything.  I could care less if I can pump the twenty-one pounders when doing bicep curls.  Yeah, I know that's probably not 'body building' poundage - but I've never researched it, so I wouldn't know.  Sure with swimming I could try to get in more laps every time I swim, but read on...

This is the ultimate reason why I'm just not a fan of weightlifting and swimming: 

I actually *have* to pay attention.  I have to count reps and sets or I have to watch a clock that's close to the ceiling at the pool and count laps. 

Well, I get bored counting.  I like to get lost in my head.  Lord knows I can stay in my own mind for days on end.  When I used to take time out of my day to hop on the bike or pound some pavement I wouldn't really have to pay attention.  I could have a million things going on in my brain and I could pause, stop, and re-play them all at will.  Sure I'd have to pay more attention when mountain biking, but even then I had a trail that I knew well enough I could just let go (Yay Murphy medium trail!).  The physical part of exercising isn't enough for me.  I NEED to find away to get that mental break.