Year 2 Week 17 Day 5

So I was feeling a little bitter this week and here are the results…

Date:		Difference		6/21/2009		12/26/2009	3/26/2010	4/30/2010
Ankle		-0.250		11.500		10.500	10.500	10.250
Calf		-0.500				19.500	19.000	18.500
Thigh		1.250		34.000		30.500	28.250	29.500
Hips		-1.250		52.500		47.750	47.500	46.250
Middle		-0.750		60.000		55.250	52.750	52.000
Chest		-0.750		58.000		54.500	53.250	52.500
Bicep		0.000		18.250		17.250	16.500	16.500
Wrist		0.000		8.500		8.000	7.750	7.750
Neck		-0.500		21.000		19.000	19.000	18.500
Weight		-6.000		350.000		319.000	302.400	296.400
Blood P.		-27/-15		181/125		154/100	146/89	119/74
Pulse		-1.000		78.000		74.000	74.000	73.000

 

Yeah, I should be bitter more often.

I can't really tell on that thigh measurement if I lost track of where I used the tape last time to this time or if the steroids are kicking in, but just right there. Needless to say I try for the same mid-thigh spot but there is much variety from just above the knee to just below the ass bone.

I have been getting much better sleep this week and I have been on point all but one day and that day was Monday so it all flushed out before today.

The exercise, the exercise, the damn exercise is still the key to pushing below 300 and staying there. I am making the workouts more about numbers too and setting up weekly goals, but I have a feeling the weekends will be taking the brunt of that plan this week.

Still feeling more hungry over the last couple of weeks than I did the first few months, so I am adding in a little more food during the week.

We'll see how much of this weight is kept off on Monday.

Later,

Year 2 Week 17 Day 1

Last week was 305.0 lbs. and this week is 303.4 lbs for a drop of 1.6 lbs.

So it's not the worst ever, but I am beginning to really build a wall around the 300 mark that I cannot get over.

So starting this week the goals include more physical exercise.

Walk/Bike 3 times this week with a goal of 30mins per session.

Morning exercise routine 5 times this week.

Evening Pilates 2 times this week with the goal of getting through half before crying.

295.6 lbs is the number for this week, that's an eight pound drop so I better break out the rubber sweat suit and drop the weight "Vision Quest" style.

So we'll see how this week goes and strive to reach the minimal goals listed.

Tune in Friday to see if I lived long enough to post an update.

Later,

Year 2 Week 16 Day 5

Well, it's been a week and here are the results…

Date:		Difference		6/21/2009		12/26/2009	3/26/2010	4/23/2010
Ankle		-0.250		11.500		10.500	10.500	10.250
Calf		-0.500				19.500	19.000	18.500
Thigh		0.250		34.000		30.500	28.250	28.500
Hips		0.000		52.500		47.750	47.500	47.500
Middle		0.500		60.000		55.250	52.750	53.250
Chest		1.000		58.000		54.500	53.250	54.250
Bicep		0.500		18.250		17.250	16.500	17.000
Wrist		0.000		8.500		8.000	7.750	7.750
Neck		0.000		21.000		19.000	19.000	19.000
Weight		-0.800		350.000		319.000	302.400	301.600
Blood P.		-4/+0		181/125		154/100	146/89	142/89
Pulse		-8.000		78.000		74.000	74.000	66.000

 

So a modest loss but a weird bulge in the middle measures.

I did not sleep well last night and I am blaming the Vikings for trading their first round draft pick to the Detroit Lions on Thursday for this lack of sleep.

I am getting back into the morning exercises but the aerobic thing is still sucking hind teat.

I am afraid this 300 mark is becoming an impenetrable barrier for me.

This is not going too well and that 286 by June whatever feels impossible.

Still, I am having some fun with the mind games as I can feel this spring to summer metabolic shift that is making me way hungrier than I was in the winter.

The sleeping bear has awoken.

Later,

Year 2 Week 16 Day 1

Alright welcome to the countdown.

I need the refresher so here it is… the Mantra is "One Week, One Pound" and it is that easy.

Only I suck at it and clearly I have all sorts of self-sabotage issues.

Last week was 304.2 lbs and this week is 305.8 lbs. and that is up a 1.6 lbs.

I was supposed to be solidly under 300.0 lbs now and in fact the goal for next week will be 296.6 lbs.

Nine weeks to go until the anniversary day which is actually 06/21/2010 and not the 27^th as reported last week. And if I keep this up then the maximum weight on that day should be 288.6 lbs.

So of course I resolved to get it into gear this morning, I set the alarm clock back to 5:45am so I could get up and stretch and go through the warm ups and then walk. Then I failed to turn on the alarm, hmmm I am good getting in my own way.

So great start so far on that resolution.

At least I haven't kicked on the A/C yet in 2010 so I am holding strong on that and hoping to make it to May before breaking down. I did however change over from the winter bed linens to the summer bed linens yesterday.

I have to clean up apartment too, I think that is just an excuse but I have to eliminate the excuses.

Well, somehow I'll figure out how to get there.

Later,

Year 2 Week 15 Day 5

Almost missed it.

Date:		Difference		3/26/2010	4/16/2010
Ankle		0.000		10.500	10.500
Calf		0.000		19.000	19.000
Thigh		0.500		28.250	28.750
Hips		0.500		47.500	48.000
Middle		0.250		52.750	53.000
Chest		0.500		53.250	53.750
Bicep		0.500		16.500	17.000
Wrist		0.250		7.750	8.000
Neck		0.000		19.000	19.000
Weight		0.800		302.400	303.200
Blood P.		+5/+3		146/89	151/92
Pulse		4.000		74.000	78.000

 

I'm sure that the numbers aren't as bad as they look but I am not all that thrilled.

Gotta get some better sleep too.

That said, I do feel pretty good. I have a decent amount of energy and generally positive attitude.

Now leave me alone.

Later.

Year 2 Week 15 Day 1

Welcome back to a Monday morning report.

Last week was an incredibly disappointing 311.4 lbs. and this week was a slightly more encouraging 304.2 lbs. So I get back into form with a -7.2 lbs most of which is just the flushing of a week's worth of eating from the system. Still the biggest problem is correcting the thinking that eating out is a "special occasion" and requires eating really awesomely bad food.

So, like Icarus, I briefly touched the Sun by weighing under 300.0 lbs for a day and with any luck I'll be back there before midweek.

No big issues with eating this week. The food, or lack thereof, has been okay for me.

This week is the never ending battle to develop even the slightest desire to exercise. So horrible that even when I can clearly identify and see and feel the results of working out and they are almost universally positive that I still can't generate a constant and regular schedule. That's my real secret. I have a very simple and very easy eating schedule of foods and when I eat them and so it's almost impossible not to follow.

I thought I had it with morning workout, the wake up routine, but I haven't followed it too closely last week. So I have to kick that back in and really, really get on the bike. More gorgeous weather will make it even worse trying to not go outside.

But I'll figure out a way. Thank goodness I can't walk and play WoW at the same time because then I'd never have an excuse.

Alright, we are rapidly getting to the anniversary date of 06/27/2010 which is the completion of 52 weeks of this whole trying to lose weight. Then we can reset the goals and take a look at the second half of 2010. For now though, the goal was 298.6 this week and so for next week the goal is 297.6 lbs.

Keep hope alive,

Later

Year 2 Week 14 Day 5

Oh look everybody, it's measurement day!

Date:		Difference		6/21/2009		12/26/2009	3/26/2010	4/9/2010
Ankle		-0.250		11.500		10.500	10.500	10.250
Calf		-0.500				19.500	19.000	18.500
Thigh		1.250		34.000		30.500	28.250	29.500
Hips		-0.750		52.500		47.750	47.500	46.750
Middle		1.250		60.000		55.250	52.750	54.000
Chest		1.250		58.000		54.500	53.250	54.500
Bicep		0.500		18.250		17.250	16.500	17.000
Wrist		0.000		8.500		8.000	7.750	7.750
Neck		-0.250		21.000		19.000	19.000	18.750
Weight		-3.800		350.000		319.000	302.400	298.600
Blood P.		-4/+2		181/125		154/100	146/89	142/91
Pulse		-6.000		78.000		74.000	74.000	68.000

 

So I went medieval on the diet this week. The closest I came to cheat-eating was a salad with microwave scrambled egg on top Wednesday night.

The results speak for themselves, kind of. I think I might be ovulating because that is the only explanation I have four almost four pounds lost with significant measurement gains in the gut area.

Though you might need ovaries to ovulate.

I haven't done much exercising this week. That walk last week really took it out of me. Well it was Saturday so technically it was this week.

I've definitely been hungry this week, specifically around dinner time.

I've pushed my breakfast back until almost 11am, mostly because I never really feel hungry in the mornings. Does anyone every actually feel hungry before noon?

I think I just eat breakfast because that is something you are supposed to do. And if you are a farmer at 5am about to spend the day in the fields working your ass off it makes sense, however I am going to sit my ass in front of a different computer and crunch numbers all day so the huge breakfast of 500 calories or more makes no sense.

So I am giddy, at least as giddy as I get and I swear to myself that this weekend I will hold it together. Really the last big piece of the puzzle is maintaining a sane diet while eating out and living with normal people.

The caloriholic in me just sees a menu and says "eat, eat, eat!" No self-control and all I think about is I want this and I love that and I should eat it all. I may have to review the 12 Step Program for OA (Overeaters Anonymous).

OA, still too funny to think of a group of fat people meeting as 'anonymous'.

Later.