At the beginning of this last week I decided it was time to start hitting the gym and eating right once again. So I stocked up on fruit, yogurt, whole grain breads and low fat meats. I only made it to the gym 1 day this week – yesterday. However this summer I have taken up golf once again and have decided to not rent a cart to ride in everytime I go. This summer i made the investment in a pull cart so I can walk each round. What a difference walking it makes. Not only do I shoot lower scores it is a pretty good workout.
This week hasn’t been a great week workout wise but I’m not too far off of where I was 2 months ago (my last weigh-in post). I was pretty excited about that this morning. My summer has already been busy with umpiring baseball 3 nights a week and golfing. So I’m trying to force myself to get up early and be in the gym by 6am so I can get my 2 hour workouts done and still be in the office by 9am.
Here is the result of my weigh-in today;
Last post: 339
This week: 343
So I’m only up 4 pounds over 2 months. That’s not bad at all.
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March 24, 2009 • 10:06 am
So last week was pretty frustrating for me with the whole scale thing. I have come to accept it now but still it stinks. This week I amped up my cardio a little more and began the C25K running program. I could tell a big difference over the past 2 days just in the fact that I am almost down another notch on my belt. I’m expecting to be down to the next notch by the end of this week or part way through next week. That’s pretty exciting stuff right there.
More people are notcing and commenting which makes you feel like you are accomplishing something. I really think I have a chance at winning the regional competition at Anytime Fitness (my gym). If I can keep up a week like this week I’ll win hands down I think.
Last week: 349
This week: 339
That’s a 10 pound loss and 61 total in 10 weeks. I’m pretty excited about that.
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I’m pretty frustrated right now. The batteries in my scale died a few days ago so I replaced them. No big deal right? Well now my scale is weighing me 15 pounds heavier than it did before the batteries died. No joke! I’m pretty frustrated right now. Part of me feels like all of the hard work I have done has been for almost nothing. On the other hand I am continuing to see results of my weight loss in the small things. Like the belt I wore this past Sunday. 3 weeks ago I could BARELY get to notch 2 on the belt. This past Sunday I was on the fourth notch of the belt. Or in the belt I am wearing right now. It was given to me and I haven’t been able to wear it. I couldn’t even get it buckled on the first notch 3 weeks ago and now I’m almost on notch 3 of the thing. The new pair of jeans I bought last month are getting nasty baggy on me. The new dress pants I bought at the same time are getting too big as well. So I see the results in everything – except my scale now. I’m pretty frustrated right now.
So my guess is that my scale has been 15 pounds off the whole time – at least this is my guess so I am going to go back and update my posts to reflect this. Is that wrong?
So this weeks weigh-in will look pretty bad compared to last week.
last week: 357
this week: 349
It’s an 8 pound loss after adjusting the weights. This is what I am sticking with.
I’m pretty frustrated right now.
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I am moving my weigh-in days to Tuesday. The contest over at Pastor2Youth has made Tuesday their weigh-in day. So now I am going to need to readjust to make Tuesdays my weigh-in day. I’m hoping I will not see a decline in the weight I have been losing.
I know what you’re thinking, “How will moving it up 3 days affect your wiegh-in?” I’m not sure how it works. I do know that I can weigh-in Tuesday morning and then again Saturday on my official weigh-in days and there will be a good difference. Sometimes through midweek my scale says I have actually gained weight when I haven’t. Sometimes you have an “up” day. I am hoping that if I have a week of not much lost or nothing lost that then the next week I will drop a pretty good double digit number. That would be awesome.
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This week I was not motivated at all. I cut my cardio to 40 minutes for half of the week. Being sick last week really wiped me out and left me unmotivated. I also snacked a little too much. It was all healthy snacking but still I went over my calorie budget a few days. Not good at all.
So I went in this morning and did a hard 60 minutes on the treadmill and worked hard while doing my back workout. Yesterday I busted tail really hard with legs and am really feeling it today. Thursday I did a hard bicep workout and the past 3 days have paid off for me.
last week: 361
this week: 357
total = 54 lbs lost so far
It’s still a 4 pound loss and I will take it any week.
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This last week was bad for me. I only worked out 3 times. I was sick all week. Wednesday I slept from 2:30 in the afternoon ’til 8am Thursday morning. That’s 18 hours. My body just shut down on me. My stomach was in knots and I was sick. Friday night I took a student out and indulged in some onion rings and fries with my chicken burger. Like I said it wasn’t a good week.
I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of working out this week though. I’m in a good spot and need to keep pushing forward. Our students are holding me accountable to eating healthy so yesterday I tested them. I walked into Sunday School with a can of Dr. Pepper and popped the tab. One of the girls was like, “What are you doing? You can’t have that.” So I gave the pop away. I thought it was funny.
I was disappointed with me weigh-in this past week. The results are below;
Last week = 363
This week = 361
That’s a 2 pound loss for last week for a total of 50 pounds in 7 weeks. It’s still not bad and I am glad to be where I am at. This week I’m going for 10.
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February 18, 2009 • 8:05 am
I am pretty excited about the progress I am making in my journey to lose some weight. More people are starting to come up and tell me how they can see that I am losing weight. Honestly that feels pretty good! I’m doing this for ME though. For years I have put others first and have not taken care of myself as far as being in shape.
I am excited this week though. As of yesterday I am officially down 2 pant sizes and 1 shirt size. I was needing some motivation and that’s just what I needed to keep it up. Now that I can really start to see the fruits of my labor I am wanting to achieve my goal of 80 pounds lost by summer. I think I’m going to reach it easily actually. I am just pretty excited about all of it.
Some of you have been prayng for me as I do this and I GREATLY appreciate it. your continued prayer through this is also greatly appreciated.
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February 14, 2009 • 1:11 pm
I just got back from working out today. I thought for sure this would be a bad week since I have been fighting with shin splints and not able to do as much on the treadmill. It wasn’t a great week but it wasn’t bad either. I ran for 10 minutes yesterday and for 5 today. It’s slow progress but still progress.
Last week’s weight = 367
This week’s weight = 363
That’s a 4 pound loss this last week and 37 pounds lost in 5 weeks. I think it’s going pretty good for now. I’m looking forward to bumping up my cardio this week now that my shin splints are gone. I did also fudge on a few snacks this week so hopefully next weigh-in will have a better number.
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January 24, 2009 • 10:51 am
80I can’t tell you how excited I am to be back in the gym. This week was really the completion of my first week working out in the gym and I am starting to have some casual conversations with some of the ‘regular’ guys that are in there when I am. I am looking forward to eventually having faith discussions in betweens sets with them. I am praying God opens those doors up.
This week was incredible as far as workouts go. I have had more energy and have been able to step up the intensity level of my cardio part of the workout. It is amazing how fast an hour on the treadmill really does go by.
This morning I had my weekly weigh-in for this week and I was surprised.
Last week: 390
This week: 380
Another 10 pound loss! I couldn’t believe it. I’m pretty pumped. I know this won’t keep going – but I am praying for at least 6-8 weeks of 10 pound losses in a row. That would be amazing. But I will embrace the low weeks as they come along as well.
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January 17, 2009 • 8:14 am
I went to the gym yesterday after noon. I was able to walk on the treadmill for a full hour without too much trouble. I was only at 3mph but I figure starting off there after my long break isn’t too bad. I wasn’t too winded when I got off so I know that means that I need to start bumping the speed up.
I was looking around this morning and found my original weigh-in number for this part of my journey. I’m not too happy about it. I did gain some weight back through the last 8 months. Just about 25 pounds. The good news is that I did have a big loss this week. I was shocked actually.
Starting weight: 400
week 2 weigh-in: 390
I like a 10 pound loss. Now as I go in this morning I know I need to bump up my intensity level to keep these types of weeks coming.
* I made a typo on the first draft of this post and caught it this morning.
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