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I am back up to 212.0
Ridiculous!
I think I gained a little muscle weight from riding mountain bikes the last 2 weeks.
Otherwise, I just haven’t eaten right. I am back on today though, and pretty seriously back on.
I have a vacation coming up in July to Pismo Beach, and then Hawaii in August so between now and then I really want to reach my goal of 190. That means super lean diet and continue the biking.
Filed under: Pondering Life
April 10th I was 201.4
Now almost a month later I am back up to 209.
Between then and now I have basically taken a vacation to Mojave and then lost my 1 year old English Bulldog puppy to an unfortunate accident on the vet’s part. The Mojave part just threw a curve ball at my daily habits – and post vacation depression set in. And then losing your puppy so suddenly doesn’t help either. So up until last night I was straight binging on everything but alcohol (I am wise enough to stay away from that when I am emotionally unstable).
Well here’s the sob story, the really sucky part about my situation.
My dog cost me a ton of money. He cost us our summer fun fund and even the next 2 summer fun funds. I mean the money that you would normally spend in the summer on stuff like new running shoes, a bike, trips to the beach, etc. Plus, we already booked a trip to Hawaii in Augusts which is 3/4 paid for. Therefore, we are broke. I had plans to purchase a new mountain bike right before he died – which is now out the window. I need new running shoes, also questionable. Pretty much anything over that 100.00 mark right now is frustrating unjustifiable.
Therefore, right when I am ready to kick it up a couple of gears and start exercising daily I find myself without the tools or equipment needed.
I am not ready to give up. I may be borrowing a bike soon, and actually I may after some amount of prayer sill spend about $500.00 on a bike from Sport Chalet. As far as running shoes, I don’t know if I have a choice.
This is going to be the week of decisions. I need to decided before the middle of May what I am going to do so that I can at least start some sort of exercising.
Filed under: The Weight Scale
201.4
But the wife and I are going to the Yard House tonight – and I leave for Mojave tomorrow.
….crossing my fingers that I don’t do too much damage.
This holiday weekend was rough too…
Well, after getting to 203.8 last weekend, and then tanking badly over the weekend (I don’t even remember what excuse I used to eat what I wanted, oh yah, Saturday night I went to a poker game which means not only alcohol but some junk food – then on Sunday I just hobbled back into my diet with some other crap food).
Anyway, this week was that for me, hobbling along. I would have one bad meal, then a good meal. I went up to just under 206, and now finally after not hobbling the last 48 hours or less I am back to 203.8
It’s Friday. I dread Friday’s.
The weekend is the most difficult time for me, and I tend to gain 1lb or stay the same over the weekend – which basically causes me to fail at my 3lb a week goal (let’s face it, I am way past that now, I didn’t make it but haven’t given up).
We were supposed to have dinner at my parents house tonight but had to cancel due to the fact that my wife has appointments in Santa Monica this afternoon and won’t be home til 7pm probably. That’s good for me, that means eating light at home on my own with just me and my dog (and my computer or my new Low Limit Hold Em’ book).
When I did weight watchers with my wife (long time ago) one thing I remember they preached was to plan out your “bad” moments. Try to think ahead where you see issues and make sure you work around them.
Well, I have a couple big ones coming down….
First of all, I am constantly having opportunities to drink being thrown at me. Most the time, if not all the time, currently in my life I turn them down (that was an odd sentence wasn’t it?). For instance tonight a bunch of friends are meeting at a local pub by work – almost a weekly thing around here. And I just go home, because the 1 or 2 beers is not worth the 500+ calories, especially at 6 or 7pm. I love my friends, and I enjoy hanging out, but I don’t have the discipline to sit there and have diet coke while staring at their pints… 
But the big one this month that I am most concerned about (April actually) is on the 11th. I leave for Mojave – on a 4-5 day trip with about 9 or 10 other guys. This is a houseboat trip. Do I need to even explain why this is a bad idea for someone on a diet. When I suggested we load up some alternative foods besides junk food I got scourged. This is not even taking into account alcohol. Of course this is the killer. I am trying to ask myself, “what am I going to do to limit the damage about to be done”? Take crack? Hah, I don’t know, but this is why I need to buckle down for the next 10 or so days so that it’s not such a huge hit or set back when I come back on the 15th. And if any of you guys coming on the trip read this – I don’t mind about the junk food actually. I agree, why change or contribute money to food that only I will be interested in – and some of you that have known me for years should know it’s my M/O to ask for something like this only to completely go crazy and throw the diet into the wind…which would be a waste of our money.
Bottom line, my goal was (and still is) 195 by the 11th.
I am realizing now, 190 is probably not low enough for me. I have about 13+ to go and I still feel very heavy.
Oh – I ran into a very old friend, a family friend, at the office the other day. He is actually a regional manager for a particular manufacturer in our industry (construction). Anyway, the first thing he said to me was “wow you’ve lost weight”. I had to smile, yep, over 20 pounds. It was good to hear that finally. People who see you daily don’t recognize the weight loss when it’s slow and steady. Even the friends I played poker with last week (who I don’t see but every few weeks or months) didn’t say much (well one of them did but I talked to him about it before hand). Like I said, the 20 I have lost doesn’t feel like a lot, and I don’t think even my friends notice it that much. If I took my picture exactly as I did in the header image you may or may not notice either. Actually, you probably would. I am waiting until I get to 190 to do that btw. I am beginning to think 185 may be a better idea for me though….even 180.
190 would have to include muscle weight and a lower body fat %.
Filed under: Stats Don't Lie
I am desperately trying to break 200lbs for Mojave. I was to get within 10lbs of my goal by then, if not closer.
I leave for Mojave on the night of the 11th.
That’s 19 days away.
I think I can do it….I will do it.
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Yep,
Still trying pretty hard too, but having the occasional cheat moments – like the 1lb cheese burger I had in downtown on Saturday. BBQ King rocks.
I was hoping to be 203-204 by Sunday morning… maybe? We’ll see.
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213.5
Not doing the 3lb a week like I hoped. But, still losing – at a slow pace though.
It seems like I cheat about every other day. By cheat I mean a double cheese burger, or all you can eat pizza at Shakey’s.
Today I feel it more then ever. Today is “the” day as far as realizing a goal.
I need to break that 210 mark and I can do it sooner then I think.
Filed under: Pondering Life
I am about to put my gym membership on hold for the very same reasons as Vanish.
Well, I am 214 right now. STruggled a lot last week because of my birthday but things are back on track.
Maybe not 3lbs a week, but at least going down.
He mentions going on Weight Watchers. That diet system is incredible. It sounds really gay to say it, but having done it myself (I lost 30lbs once on WW) I can say from experience – nothing works as sensibly as Weight Watchers.
My friends used to tease me a lot about it, but I could care less. I remember one particular night at a local pub getting lambasted by them…how many points is that New Castle there bud? Ah, they didn’t understand the concept of flex points. Fools….
12/28/06: 223.8
01/10/07: 217.0
Total loss to date (assuming original 226 start-off weight): 9lbs
Average loss per week: 3-4.5lbs (this is tought o gauge due to random start dates and random weigh in times….I need to get more consistent in order to properly measure my weekly goals).
I am on goal so far, for the first two weeks. It’s actually been a little bit more then 2 weeks if you use 12/26/06 as my start date, but right about two weeks tomorrow if you use my latest weigh in of 223.8 on 12/28/07. So maybe I will report back tomorrow morning what my weight is and that will give an accurate 12/28/06-01/10/07 weight loss scale. Hopefully I am down to 216 tomorrow, or even better! We shall see.
My mental game is right on, I am not skipping a beat. I have had a couple bad meals in the last 2 weeks. I had 2 really bad lunches (double bacon cheese burgers and fries kind of lunch), one really bad day (new years day watching USC Rose Bowl game, awesome!), and 2 full on sushi dinners (tons of salt, and a bit of rice since I didn’t eat 100% sashimi – you try paying that bill). Also, little to no exercise. So maybe my mental game is not 100%, but getting on target for sure. Improving, not worsening – let’s just leave it at that.
Considering this, I am doing well for now. My Dad, who started of about 5lbs lighter then me is at 213, exactly 4lbs lighter. That means I am right on his heals to catch up if not beat him by 190lbs (23-27 more pounds to go).
The other day my Mom gave me pictures from my trip to Israel in May 2001. I will probably scan a couple of them in soon and post them here, along side more recent “fatty” pictures. Just to make it clear to anyone who hasn’t known me for more then 5 or 6 years that I truly do need to drop a good amount of weight. My healthy weight should be below 190lbs. I would like to hover around 190 for a long time once I get there, no more then 195, and hitting 200 once I get below that should send signals to my brain to immediately cut the fat and get the 8-10 pounds off!
It’s much easier losing 8-10 pounds then it is 40+. Wow, 40lbs overweight.
Also: I realize my categories are lame 
Each post kind of fits into every category…stupid me, trying to get all “smart” about this and make it logical. Oh well….
