Weight today 236
Total weight loss to date 34#'s
I'm happy with the week. The 1# does not tell the tale of the work I've done this week and this is probably one of my favorite pounds that I've lost so far. I'm doing some very structured workouts right now that incorporate good ratios of strength training, cardio, and recovery time. It's an improvement over my personal "scattered" approach so I'm learning how to put some structure in where it was badly needed.
Little by little I am picking up small tools, learning new things, getting bits of equipment...slowly everything is changing in my life to gear it towards the direction of health and fitness being the normal "day to day" and not the old way where eating healthy, exercising, or activity based things where a diversion or departure from the norm.
At this almost 35# mark I am starting to get a few comments from people now saying they can tell I've lost weight. I figure by August/Sept. it's going to be strange running into people I have not seen in a while. It's one thing to see me having lost 35#'s but if it's 50#'s I expect that I'm going to look a lot different in the face and all...that is going to be sort of odd.
Anyway, mood is good, I'm feeling really good, plenty of pep, sleep is relatively above average, strength is increasing...things from old school diets like food cravings, hunger pains, that deprived feeling, feeling fatigued or exhausted with the menu...all of that stuff if non existent for me and mostly because my focus is on being healthy, fit, and living an active lifestyle NOT simply loosing weight.
It's been a good week for me. :)
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Cool vid
Here is a cool youtube vid. I think it could apply to almost anything you want it to but....well, just watch it.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Moving the weigh in day...
A bit of housecleaning......
I joined an online weight loss group and everything they do is based on Fridays so I'm moving the weigh in days to Friday starting with the one that was going to be tomorrow.
I'll give more info on the group, why i joined it, and what it's all about after 2-3 weeks of membership just to make sure it's going to work out (like I hope it does).
Also, I'm going to test a weight loss ticker below here to see if it works.
Cool, it works! So I'll be able to update that whiz bang ticker every Friday with the weigh in as well starting next week but the above is the my actual up to date ticker.
I joined an online weight loss group and everything they do is based on Fridays so I'm moving the weigh in days to Friday starting with the one that was going to be tomorrow.
I'll give more info on the group, why i joined it, and what it's all about after 2-3 weeks of membership just to make sure it's going to work out (like I hope it does).
Also, I'm going to test a weight loss ticker below here to see if it works.
Cool, it works! So I'll be able to update that whiz bang ticker every Friday with the weigh in as well starting next week but the above is the my actual up to date ticker.
Friday, May 23, 2008
14th Monday weigh in
I forgot to post the 14th Monday weigh in....
No matter because the few days before it tell the tale :(
The good news is that the scale is moving now and I expect a good report for the 15th weigh in. Not sure where I will be on Monday but I just did a quick look by today's #'s and and I am still slightly out pacing the 2#'s per week measure.
As I am getting into the mid 230's now I am already bored with them and have my eye on the 220's.. Hahahah.. But seriously I do expect a good report in a few days and am glad to have broken the slump.
No matter because the few days before it tell the tale :(
The good news is that the scale is moving now and I expect a good report for the 15th weigh in. Not sure where I will be on Monday but I just did a quick look by today's #'s and and I am still slightly out pacing the 2#'s per week measure.
As I am getting into the mid 230's now I am already bored with them and have my eye on the 220's.. Hahahah.. But seriously I do expect a good report in a few days and am glad to have broken the slump.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The hammer didn't help..
Man....this is tough.
I have put in some serious effort lately and have started making small caloric shifts, working different exercises, amping everything up....
Zero movement on the scale.
It is mentally taxing.
The only saving grace is that I am starting to get a couple comments that I've lost weight now and I am starting to feel that I am in a different size category. I just feel smaller, so I'm sure that results are happening they are just not translating to the scale at this moment.
It's frustrating because I really want to get that 50% by 4th of July and with another potential zero weight loss this week it's getting ugly...
All I can do right now is step back, look at it and take another approach next week...what else is there? The eventual goal is not even a question for me, I am positive that I'll make it it's the question of time and what sorts of unknown adjustments I'm going to have to make between here and there that cause the frustration. I seriously hoped that I'd get to 238 for tomorrows weigh in (and it's not impossible I suppose) but zero scale movement day after day after day with increased effort is a pure pain in the ass. :(
The only good thing I can see is that once I break this thing and later on get into an even longer/harder slump I can come back here and read these posts and realize that whatever efforts I make here eventually paid off. Realistically there is no way that this journey is over now and that the 29#'s is all I am ever going to loose....the rest of it is coming off, I'm not confused about that I'm just mad because of the lack of cooperation here that my body is taking sides with the fat instead of "me" and doing what I want right now.... I'm going to have to have a talk with it....
I have put in some serious effort lately and have started making small caloric shifts, working different exercises, amping everything up....
Zero movement on the scale.
It is mentally taxing.
The only saving grace is that I am starting to get a couple comments that I've lost weight now and I am starting to feel that I am in a different size category. I just feel smaller, so I'm sure that results are happening they are just not translating to the scale at this moment.
It's frustrating because I really want to get that 50% by 4th of July and with another potential zero weight loss this week it's getting ugly...
All I can do right now is step back, look at it and take another approach next week...what else is there? The eventual goal is not even a question for me, I am positive that I'll make it it's the question of time and what sorts of unknown adjustments I'm going to have to make between here and there that cause the frustration. I seriously hoped that I'd get to 238 for tomorrows weigh in (and it's not impossible I suppose) but zero scale movement day after day after day with increased effort is a pure pain in the ass. :(
The only good thing I can see is that once I break this thing and later on get into an even longer/harder slump I can come back here and read these posts and realize that whatever efforts I make here eventually paid off. Realistically there is no way that this journey is over now and that the 29#'s is all I am ever going to loose....the rest of it is coming off, I'm not confused about that I'm just mad because of the lack of cooperation here that my body is taking sides with the fat instead of "me" and doing what I want right now.... I'm going to have to have a talk with it....
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Hammer dropped
I put some serious work in today because I have got to get moving into the 230's.
I give it anytime between now and 48 hours but I have got to break that 30# mark and start working down the 230's asap if I have any hope of making my 4th of July goal so I decided to make a move at it today.
I'm pretty much going to go on overdrive until I hit 238....will report back soon.
I give it anytime between now and 48 hours but I have got to break that 30# mark and start working down the 230's asap if I have any hope of making my 4th of July goal so I decided to make a move at it today.
I'm pretty much going to go on overdrive until I hit 238....will report back soon.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
13th Monday weigh in
No weight loss this week still 241#'s.
I'm not as nervous this time to stall as I was last time because I know it will work out over the next 7-14 days.
I've started looking out to the 4th of July as a goal and would like to see how close I can get to 227 for that weekend.
227 represents 50% of my target weight loss. It would be best for me to make the date a few weeks later but we normally have a family get together and I'd like to make the 50% by then if I can. Up until now I have been going slow and easy...other than developing patience that does seem like the best way to go but this goal might push me to amp things up a bit. I'll try to get reports up here every 1-3 days as it might be valuable to record this phase of things.
I think when I get about 80% in it's also going to get really interesting (as in very difficult) and there will be more to document. This first 30% has been sort of uneventful and boring. It's been a real mental drag to be honest because very out of shape people can't simply do everything...I learned that early on with the Burpee intervals and the jumprope work...You have to ease into it and there is nothing cool/fun about easing into things. I like to cannonball in because it's fun. Can't do that here because of injuries...damn injures.
Anyway, blogging will go up for for a while to document operation 50%.
I'm not as nervous this time to stall as I was last time because I know it will work out over the next 7-14 days.
I've started looking out to the 4th of July as a goal and would like to see how close I can get to 227 for that weekend.
227 represents 50% of my target weight loss. It would be best for me to make the date a few weeks later but we normally have a family get together and I'd like to make the 50% by then if I can. Up until now I have been going slow and easy...other than developing patience that does seem like the best way to go but this goal might push me to amp things up a bit. I'll try to get reports up here every 1-3 days as it might be valuable to record this phase of things.
I think when I get about 80% in it's also going to get really interesting (as in very difficult) and there will be more to document. This first 30% has been sort of uneventful and boring. It's been a real mental drag to be honest because very out of shape people can't simply do everything...I learned that early on with the Burpee intervals and the jumprope work...You have to ease into it and there is nothing cool/fun about easing into things. I like to cannonball in because it's fun. Can't do that here because of injuries...damn injures.
Anyway, blogging will go up for for a while to document operation 50%.
Monday, May 5, 2008
12th Monday weigh in
Current weight....
241
Total loss to date 29#s
Things are going along fine right now and there is not much to report at this time... I'd say in this initial phase of weight loss it's really simple in that all you have to do is 1) keep watching to make sure you are eating as clean as possible. I've learned that you can eat "healthy" but it isn't really as healthy or clean as it could be. Trying to stay with the best choices is something you have to stay on top of or else you can wind up slightly off track pretty easily.
2) Do some exercise almost every day.
Getting some exercise has been easy for me...too easy in fact to be able to stick to a specific program and I am all over the map with rosstraining, TRX, walking, core work, tabata protocol, kettlebell, sandbag...etc..I desperately want to get a heavy bag and set up my weights to where I can get full use of them.
There is no shortage of things I am doing and want to do so that is fun but progress is easy to be had right now in the initial phases here and a lot more structure is going to have to happen down the road.
So yet again the classic things are proving out for me.
Eat right
Exercise
Average 2#'s of weight loss per week
So far I can not find anything at all wrong with those standards.
241
Total loss to date 29#s
Things are going along fine right now and there is not much to report at this time... I'd say in this initial phase of weight loss it's really simple in that all you have to do is 1) keep watching to make sure you are eating as clean as possible. I've learned that you can eat "healthy" but it isn't really as healthy or clean as it could be. Trying to stay with the best choices is something you have to stay on top of or else you can wind up slightly off track pretty easily.
2) Do some exercise almost every day.
Getting some exercise has been easy for me...too easy in fact to be able to stick to a specific program and I am all over the map with rosstraining, TRX, walking, core work, tabata protocol, kettlebell, sandbag...etc..I desperately want to get a heavy bag and set up my weights to where I can get full use of them.
There is no shortage of things I am doing and want to do so that is fun but progress is easy to be had right now in the initial phases here and a lot more structure is going to have to happen down the road.
So yet again the classic things are proving out for me.
Eat right
Exercise
Average 2#'s of weight loss per week
So far I can not find anything at all wrong with those standards.
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