Had my first setback in the new program.
It was really minor, but as I've found out even a small misstep can cause a slowdown in the weight loss.
Back to back days this week I got caught out, having to eat food I hadn't prepared for myself. And on the one hand, I did really well. Baked chicken, plain potato, green beans, salad, and whole wheat bread. Both days.
Sounds healthy, but because of the amount of sodium used in preparation of the foods, it caused a slowdown in my system. So, after 21 pounds in two weeks, I'm likely only going to be down a couple of pounds by weigh-in time tomorrow morning.
Still, it was a valuable lesson. And when I talked to Vernon about it at Monday's workout he told me not to get discouraged. Getting back on track will have me down another five pounds or so by the weekend.
And I'm not discouraged. More ticked off at myself than anything. And I am back on track, so we'll see how it goes.
And really, even if it is just two pounds, that's two pounds more I'll never see again.
As long as you're moving forward, you're not falling back.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Upping The Ante
Today was the second of my back-to-back workout days with Vernon.
I do three days a week - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each session lasts an hour.
Though I haven't actually gathered an accurate count, we generally do 9-10 different exercises each day. Seems to be blocks of threes, each block focusing on a different part of the body. It doesn't always work this way, but through three weeks of sessions that appears to be about normal.
For instance, today we worked on thighs, hamstrings and biceps. Three different exercises for each one, all at varying weights.
Yesterday it was chest, shoulders and triceps.
Apparently what's happening is I'm burning fat by building lean muscle. That, along with the eating program, has led to losing over 20 pounds in the first two weeks.
But it hasn't come without a price. Two of the three workouts Vernon put me through this week were tough (of course, when you've spent the better part of 23 years sitting on your whazoo, any kind of exercise it tough).
However, Vernon says my stamina is getting better, and that he's intentionally ramping up the intensity of the workouts. Bit by bit.
So literally, what doesn't kill me is going to make me stronger. At least that's the understanding I have.
The thing I like so far about Vernon - well, one of many things - but in this particular case is his soft but stern manner. He has a way of motivating without getting in your face and screaming at you. At least to this point.
What's surprising is that I haven't yelled at him yet...LOL. But seriously, I'm trying my best to take it all in stride and keep working as hard as I can.
Because make no mistake. I still hate going to the gym. But I've already seen the benefits of working with Vernon, so there's no way I'm going to quit now.
And maybe, just maybe, someday the gym and I will come to an uneasy truce.
I do three days a week - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each session lasts an hour.
Though I haven't actually gathered an accurate count, we generally do 9-10 different exercises each day. Seems to be blocks of threes, each block focusing on a different part of the body. It doesn't always work this way, but through three weeks of sessions that appears to be about normal.
For instance, today we worked on thighs, hamstrings and biceps. Three different exercises for each one, all at varying weights.
Yesterday it was chest, shoulders and triceps.
Apparently what's happening is I'm burning fat by building lean muscle. That, along with the eating program, has led to losing over 20 pounds in the first two weeks.
But it hasn't come without a price. Two of the three workouts Vernon put me through this week were tough (of course, when you've spent the better part of 23 years sitting on your whazoo, any kind of exercise it tough).
However, Vernon says my stamina is getting better, and that he's intentionally ramping up the intensity of the workouts. Bit by bit.
So literally, what doesn't kill me is going to make me stronger. At least that's the understanding I have.
The thing I like so far about Vernon - well, one of many things - but in this particular case is his soft but stern manner. He has a way of motivating without getting in your face and screaming at you. At least to this point.
What's surprising is that I haven't yelled at him yet...LOL. But seriously, I'm trying my best to take it all in stride and keep working as hard as I can.
Because make no mistake. I still hate going to the gym. But I've already seen the benefits of working with Vernon, so there's no way I'm going to quit now.
And maybe, just maybe, someday the gym and I will come to an uneasy truce.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Another Great Week
Hit the scales again this morning.
Down another 7 pounds total. That's 78 overall since the third week of December.
Talk about positive motivation and reinforcement. This is the kind of thing that makes Vernon kicking my butt worth it.
One meal, one workout, one day at a time. Gotta keep that mindset.
The Scorecard:
Week One - Lost 9
Week Two - Lost 3
Week Three - Lost 3
Week Four - Lost 0
Week Five - Lost 9
Week Six - Lost 5
Week Seven - GAINED 2
Week Eight - Lost 0
Week Nine - Lost 5
Week 10 - Lost 1
Week 11 - Lost 3
Week 12 - Lost 0
Week 13 - Lost 7
Week 14 - Lost 1
Week 15 - GAINED 3
Week 16 - Lost 5
Week 17 - GAINED 3
Week 18 - Lost 4
Week 19 - Lost 3
Week 20 - Lost 0
Week 21 - Lost 6
Week 22 - No Weigh-In Due To Traveling
Week 23 - Lost 1 (Covers Week 22 as well)
Week 24 - No Weigh-In Due to Schedule Change
Week 25 - Lost 0 (Covers Week 24 as well)
Week 26 - Lost 1
Week 27 - Results thrown out due to scale malfunction
Week 28 - GAINED 1
Week 29 - No Weigh-In Due To Vacation
Week 30 - GAINED 1 (Covers Week 29 as well)
Week 31 - GAINED 2
Week 32 - Lost 6
Week 33 - GAINED 7
Week 34 - Lost 2
Week 35 - Lost 5
Week 36 - GAINED 4
Week 37 - Lost 3
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Week 38 - No Weigh-In. New Program
Week 39 - Lost 10
Week 40 - Lost 7
Down another 7 pounds total. That's 78 overall since the third week of December.
Talk about positive motivation and reinforcement. This is the kind of thing that makes Vernon kicking my butt worth it.
One meal, one workout, one day at a time. Gotta keep that mindset.
The Scorecard:
Week One - Lost 9
Week Two - Lost 3
Week Three - Lost 3
Week Four - Lost 0
Week Five - Lost 9
Week Six - Lost 5
Week Seven - GAINED 2
Week Eight - Lost 0
Week Nine - Lost 5
Week 10 - Lost 1
Week 11 - Lost 3
Week 12 - Lost 0
Week 13 - Lost 7
Week 14 - Lost 1
Week 15 - GAINED 3
Week 16 - Lost 5
Week 17 - GAINED 3
Week 18 - Lost 4
Week 19 - Lost 3
Week 20 - Lost 0
Week 21 - Lost 6
Week 22 - No Weigh-In Due To Traveling
Week 23 - Lost 1 (Covers Week 22 as well)
Week 24 - No Weigh-In Due to Schedule Change
Week 25 - Lost 0 (Covers Week 24 as well)
Week 26 - Lost 1
Week 27 - Results thrown out due to scale malfunction
Week 28 - GAINED 1
Week 29 - No Weigh-In Due To Vacation
Week 30 - GAINED 1 (Covers Week 29 as well)
Week 31 - GAINED 2
Week 32 - Lost 6
Week 33 - GAINED 7
Week 34 - Lost 2
Week 35 - Lost 5
Week 36 - GAINED 4
Week 37 - Lost 3
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Week 38 - No Weigh-In. New Program
Week 39 - Lost 10
Week 40 - Lost 7
Monday, September 22, 2008
Weekend Wrapup
Sorry for the delay in updating, but it was a crazy weekend.
Weigh-in day isn't until Wednesday, but I took my usual trip to the scales this morning to see how I fared over the weekend.
I've lost another five pounds, which brings my total to 76. And still two days to go.
The meal plan is getting a bit easier, too. But I had trouble lifting my arms because of the soreness in my shoulders after last Thursday's workout.
Feeling better now. But I'm back in the gym today.
Can't wait to see what happens next.
Weigh-in day isn't until Wednesday, but I took my usual trip to the scales this morning to see how I fared over the weekend.
I've lost another five pounds, which brings my total to 76. And still two days to go.
The meal plan is getting a bit easier, too. But I had trouble lifting my arms because of the soreness in my shoulders after last Thursday's workout.
Feeling better now. But I'm back in the gym today.
Can't wait to see what happens next.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wednesday Follow-Up
Worked out with Vernon again today. Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
He turned the heat up on me just a bit, but it was good. I'm exhausted tonight, but it's a good kind of tired. It's been a while since I had that feeling.
This whole process continues to be a psychological study-in-waiting. Moods up and down. Motivation up and down. If there's an emotion out there, I've had it.
And yet you step on the scales today, as I did, and see that great number...Well, it makes it all worth while.
We can only hope I feel the same way after tomorrow.
Because while Vernon may not be out to kill me (he reads this...Hello Vernon), he apparently won't be shy about inflicting pain on my bloated body.
But it's a good pain. Right Vernon?
He turned the heat up on me just a bit, but it was good. I'm exhausted tonight, but it's a good kind of tired. It's been a while since I had that feeling.
This whole process continues to be a psychological study-in-waiting. Moods up and down. Motivation up and down. If there's an emotion out there, I've had it.
And yet you step on the scales today, as I did, and see that great number...Well, it makes it all worth while.
We can only hope I feel the same way after tomorrow.
Because while Vernon may not be out to kill me (he reads this...Hello Vernon), he apparently won't be shy about inflicting pain on my bloated body.
But it's a good pain. Right Vernon?
Weigh-In Day
Okay. First time on the scales (officially) in two weeks. Been on my new program for a week.
And the results? I've now lost 71 pounds.
That's down 10 from the last posted weigh-in. But really in that ensuing week I had gained back four pounds. So in the last week I've lost 14 pounds.
But it goes in the official book this week as losing 10.
The new program is off to a good start. And note the line to indicate the beginning of the program.
The Scorecard:
Week One - Lost 9
Week Two - Lost 3
Week Three - Lost 3
Week Four - Lost 0
Week Five - Lost 9
Week Six - Lost 5
Week Seven - GAINED 2
Week Eight - Lost 0
Week Nine - Lost 5
Week 10 - Lost 1
Week 11 - Lost 3
Week 12 - Lost 0
Week 13 - Lost 7
Week 14 - Lost 1
Week 15 - GAINED 3
Week 16 - Lost 5
Week 17 - GAINED 3
Week 18 - Lost 4
Week 19 - Lost 3
Week 20 - Lost 0
Week 21 - Lost 6
Week 22 - No Weigh-In Due To Traveling
Week 23 - Lost 1 (Covers Week 22 as well)
Week 24 - No Weigh-In Due to Schedule Change
Week 25 - Lost 0 (Covers Week 24 as well)
Week 26 - Lost 1
Week 27 - Results thrown out due to scale malfunction
Week 28 - GAINED 1
Week 29 - No Weigh-In Due To Vacation
Week 30 - GAINED 1 (Covers Week 29 as well)
Week 31 - GAINED 2
Week 32 - Lost 6
Week 33 - GAINED 7
Week 34 - Lost 2
Week 35 - Lost 5
Week 36 - GAINED 4
Week 37 - Lost 3
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Week 38 - No Weigh-In. New Program
Week 39 - Lost 10
And the results? I've now lost 71 pounds.
That's down 10 from the last posted weigh-in. But really in that ensuing week I had gained back four pounds. So in the last week I've lost 14 pounds.
But it goes in the official book this week as losing 10.
The new program is off to a good start. And note the line to indicate the beginning of the program.
The Scorecard:
Week One - Lost 9
Week Two - Lost 3
Week Three - Lost 3
Week Four - Lost 0
Week Five - Lost 9
Week Six - Lost 5
Week Seven - GAINED 2
Week Eight - Lost 0
Week Nine - Lost 5
Week 10 - Lost 1
Week 11 - Lost 3
Week 12 - Lost 0
Week 13 - Lost 7
Week 14 - Lost 1
Week 15 - GAINED 3
Week 16 - Lost 5
Week 17 - GAINED 3
Week 18 - Lost 4
Week 19 - Lost 3
Week 20 - Lost 0
Week 21 - Lost 6
Week 22 - No Weigh-In Due To Traveling
Week 23 - Lost 1 (Covers Week 22 as well)
Week 24 - No Weigh-In Due to Schedule Change
Week 25 - Lost 0 (Covers Week 24 as well)
Week 26 - Lost 1
Week 27 - Results thrown out due to scale malfunction
Week 28 - GAINED 1
Week 29 - No Weigh-In Due To Vacation
Week 30 - GAINED 1 (Covers Week 29 as well)
Week 31 - GAINED 2
Week 32 - Lost 6
Week 33 - GAINED 7
Week 34 - Lost 2
Week 35 - Lost 5
Week 36 - GAINED 4
Week 37 - Lost 3
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Week 38 - No Weigh-In. New Program
Week 39 - Lost 10
Monday, September 15, 2008
Headed In The Right Direction
Just got back from my workout with Vernon at the gym.
Today was a bit more difficult because we worked chest, shoulders and triceps. And as I intimated in a previous post, upper body strength is not my strong suit. Except for my right arm.
I should be somewhat embarrassed about my lack of strength, but then what do I expect? When you do your curls 12 ounces at a time, as I did for a long time, or do the fork lift too often you're going to end up a little weak. Throw in an almost fanatical lack of exercise, and you have the finished product I was displaying until last December.
But things are looking up. The food plan is working, though the adjustment has been a bit difficult. Still, I took a cursory look at the scales this morning for the first time in almost two weeks and the results were fairly startling.
I'll save the numbers for Wednesday, but it would appear I'm off to a running start.
Just gotta keep moving forward. One day, one meal, one session at a time.
That's what I keep telling myself.
Today was a bit more difficult because we worked chest, shoulders and triceps. And as I intimated in a previous post, upper body strength is not my strong suit. Except for my right arm.
I should be somewhat embarrassed about my lack of strength, but then what do I expect? When you do your curls 12 ounces at a time, as I did for a long time, or do the fork lift too often you're going to end up a little weak. Throw in an almost fanatical lack of exercise, and you have the finished product I was displaying until last December.
But things are looking up. The food plan is working, though the adjustment has been a bit difficult. Still, I took a cursory look at the scales this morning for the first time in almost two weeks and the results were fairly startling.
I'll save the numbers for Wednesday, but it would appear I'm off to a running start.
Just gotta keep moving forward. One day, one meal, one session at a time.
That's what I keep telling myself.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
One Day Down
Had my first full workout with Vernon, my personal trainer, on Friday.
It went surprisingly well. Although, as I write this (Saturday, almost noon, from the football press box at Clemson) I know I'll be very sore tomorrow. The second day is always the worst.
I say it went well. I haven't really decided if I did okay or if Vernon is waiting a few days before he tries to kill me.
I suppose we'll know soon enough. All I know is that on Wednesday he put me through a quick 20-minute workout to gauge my strength (or lack of it) so he would know how much weight to start off with on each exercise.
Yesterday, my shoulder joints were so sore I could barely lift my arms. But I did.
Vernon also has discovered an interesting phenomenon that I knew would be an issue. What strength I do have is very right-handed.
Comes from never lifting any kind of weights, and at the same time all those years of playing and coaching baseball. My right arm is more developed - such as it is - than my left arm. So when I'm lifting weights during these drills, I have to make a conscience effort to keep my left arm from lagging behind.
Vernon says it won't take long for it to catch up. Vernon is a big man. I believe what he says.
My regular workout schedule is an hour three times a week - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
With just a shade more than three months left before I reach the year mark in this effort of mine, it will be interesting to see:
1. - How faithful I can stay to this deal. And,
2 - How successful it will be.
As always, stay tuned.
It went surprisingly well. Although, as I write this (Saturday, almost noon, from the football press box at Clemson) I know I'll be very sore tomorrow. The second day is always the worst.
I say it went well. I haven't really decided if I did okay or if Vernon is waiting a few days before he tries to kill me.
I suppose we'll know soon enough. All I know is that on Wednesday he put me through a quick 20-minute workout to gauge my strength (or lack of it) so he would know how much weight to start off with on each exercise.
Yesterday, my shoulder joints were so sore I could barely lift my arms. But I did.
Vernon also has discovered an interesting phenomenon that I knew would be an issue. What strength I do have is very right-handed.
Comes from never lifting any kind of weights, and at the same time all those years of playing and coaching baseball. My right arm is more developed - such as it is - than my left arm. So when I'm lifting weights during these drills, I have to make a conscience effort to keep my left arm from lagging behind.
Vernon says it won't take long for it to catch up. Vernon is a big man. I believe what he says.
My regular workout schedule is an hour three times a week - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
With just a shade more than three months left before I reach the year mark in this effort of mine, it will be interesting to see:
1. - How faithful I can stay to this deal. And,
2 - How successful it will be.
As always, stay tuned.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Starting Over
Completed my first day on my new meal plan today.
Starting over ain't all it's cracked up to be.
Probably because I wasn't as faithful as I should have been, and also probably because a low-carb diet fits my love of things like steak, burgers, chicken, etc., today was a rough one. Pacing the floor rough, if you know what I mean.
This plan is low fat, no salt, no sugar - unless it's in the carbs I'm allowed to eat. They include baked potato, rice, pasta, oatmeal. I can eat green veggies. And for meats I can have chicken and turkey breast, london broil, 96 percent fat free ground beef, and tuna. I could eat more fish, but I don't like fish.
The carbs and protiens are portioned out over four meals a day. I can eat green veggies in every meal.
As for fruit, I can have strawberries and cantalope as a between-meal snack whenever I want. Apples, watermelon, oranges, etc. I can only have one of each every 2-3 days.
I drink water, unsweetened tea, crystal light and the occasional diet sprite or diet 7-up.
And I work with a trainer three days a week. Tomorrow is the first full workout day.
Should be fun, eh?
Starting over ain't all it's cracked up to be.
Probably because I wasn't as faithful as I should have been, and also probably because a low-carb diet fits my love of things like steak, burgers, chicken, etc., today was a rough one. Pacing the floor rough, if you know what I mean.
This plan is low fat, no salt, no sugar - unless it's in the carbs I'm allowed to eat. They include baked potato, rice, pasta, oatmeal. I can eat green veggies. And for meats I can have chicken and turkey breast, london broil, 96 percent fat free ground beef, and tuna. I could eat more fish, but I don't like fish.
The carbs and protiens are portioned out over four meals a day. I can eat green veggies in every meal.
As for fruit, I can have strawberries and cantalope as a between-meal snack whenever I want. Apples, watermelon, oranges, etc. I can only have one of each every 2-3 days.
I drink water, unsweetened tea, crystal light and the occasional diet sprite or diet 7-up.
And I work with a trainer three days a week. Tomorrow is the first full workout day.
Should be fun, eh?
Monday, September 8, 2008
Meeting With Mr. America
Had my meeting today with a guy named John DeFendis.
Turns out he was only Mr. USA in 1988 and considered a legend in the bodybuilding industry.
His list of accomplishments are too many to fill this page. His list of clients, the famous and the ordinary, too long to recite. His television appearances too numerous to watch in a short period of time.
And he is volunteering to help me.
John and I exchanged emails way back in the early stages of this whole deal, but at the time I told him that I wanted - needed, really - to do it on my own. I needed to prove to myself that I could start something like this and stay with it long-term. I needed to find the motivation to finally put the failures behind me and do something about my ridiculous weight gain over the last 22 years.
Now, however, roughly nine months into it, it's time for help.
As I've said recently, I am in unchartered territory here. I have kept at this program longer than any other. And though the last couple of months have been sketchy, by and large it's been a success.
But ultimately I'm not going to maintain long-term weight loss on a low-carb diet. And we all know that exercise - which I have shunned with a passion - is essential to getting all the excess weight off and then keeping it off.
So, Wednesday I go meet with one of John's trainers in Anderson. We lay down a meal plan. He begins training me 3-4 times per week. And, if all goes well, my goal to be half the man I was in December gets catapulted into a whole new stratosphere (I reason that if I'm twice the man I used to be, as I tell people, don't I want to become half the man I already am? Chew on that one for a while).
In any event, for the next couple of weeks I won't be posting weigh-in totals. It will take that long for my body to get acclimated to the switch in diets. But when I do start posting again, it will take into consideration the weeks I skipped.
I will also be drawing line - literally - separating Week 37 from Week 38 and below, signalling the start of this new phase of my program.
As much as I hate the idea of the gym, I'm actually excited about this. Talking with John and Vernon - his top trainer - today, I got the feeling I was important to them. That I mattered.
And most importantly that I'm not going to be taken advantage of by either of them.
In the grand scheme of things, you can't ask for any more than that.
I will keep blogging during the next two weeks. So keep reading.
And keeping offering up the comments and emails of support. I need all of them I can get.
Turns out he was only Mr. USA in 1988 and considered a legend in the bodybuilding industry.
His list of accomplishments are too many to fill this page. His list of clients, the famous and the ordinary, too long to recite. His television appearances too numerous to watch in a short period of time.
And he is volunteering to help me.
John and I exchanged emails way back in the early stages of this whole deal, but at the time I told him that I wanted - needed, really - to do it on my own. I needed to prove to myself that I could start something like this and stay with it long-term. I needed to find the motivation to finally put the failures behind me and do something about my ridiculous weight gain over the last 22 years.
Now, however, roughly nine months into it, it's time for help.
As I've said recently, I am in unchartered territory here. I have kept at this program longer than any other. And though the last couple of months have been sketchy, by and large it's been a success.
But ultimately I'm not going to maintain long-term weight loss on a low-carb diet. And we all know that exercise - which I have shunned with a passion - is essential to getting all the excess weight off and then keeping it off.
So, Wednesday I go meet with one of John's trainers in Anderson. We lay down a meal plan. He begins training me 3-4 times per week. And, if all goes well, my goal to be half the man I was in December gets catapulted into a whole new stratosphere (I reason that if I'm twice the man I used to be, as I tell people, don't I want to become half the man I already am? Chew on that one for a while).
In any event, for the next couple of weeks I won't be posting weigh-in totals. It will take that long for my body to get acclimated to the switch in diets. But when I do start posting again, it will take into consideration the weeks I skipped.
I will also be drawing line - literally - separating Week 37 from Week 38 and below, signalling the start of this new phase of my program.
As much as I hate the idea of the gym, I'm actually excited about this. Talking with John and Vernon - his top trainer - today, I got the feeling I was important to them. That I mattered.
And most importantly that I'm not going to be taken advantage of by either of them.
In the grand scheme of things, you can't ask for any more than that.
I will keep blogging during the next two weeks. So keep reading.
And keeping offering up the comments and emails of support. I need all of them I can get.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
A Little Help From A Friend?
Hadn't intended on posting so infrequently this week.
But the schedule changes due to the fear of bad weather kind of threw everything into a frenzy. Plus my brother and his wife are in town.
And my youngest daughter broke her ankle earlier today at fall softball practice. Got called out of the press box at Clemson for that one. Nothing like spending a college football Saturday in the emergency room.
Thankfully she's okay, and remains in pretty good spirits.
Anyway, I mentioned in a previous post or two that I may have some help on the way. Well, Monday afternoon I meet with a professional trainer to see what we can come up with.
If all goes well, I'll be hitting the gym soon.
God help me.
But the schedule changes due to the fear of bad weather kind of threw everything into a frenzy. Plus my brother and his wife are in town.
And my youngest daughter broke her ankle earlier today at fall softball practice. Got called out of the press box at Clemson for that one. Nothing like spending a college football Saturday in the emergency room.
Thankfully she's okay, and remains in pretty good spirits.
Anyway, I mentioned in a previous post or two that I may have some help on the way. Well, Monday afternoon I meet with a professional trainer to see what we can come up with.
If all goes well, I'll be hitting the gym soon.
God help me.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Better Than Expected
Just got to the office after weighing in this morning.
I was down three pounds this week, after being up four pounds on my bye week. I still have to think that the gain the previous week was due to finally being completely over the stomach virus. At least that's what I'm telling myself.
So anyway, I sit at 61 pounds lost. And maybe - just maybe - I've got some momentum heading in the right direction.
And as I'm writing this. I just got a phone call. Help may be on the way.
One other note. As of today, I'm 15 weeks away from doing this for a full year. Needless to say this is uncharted territory for me.
In any event, here's The Scorecard:
Week One - Lost 9
Week Two - Lost 3
Week Three - Lost 3
Week Four - Lost 0
Week Five - Lost 9
Week Six - Lost 5
Week Seven - GAINED 2
Week Eight - Lost 0
Week Nine - Lost 5
Week 10 - Lost 1
Week 11 - Lost 3
Week 12 - Lost 0
Week 13 - Lost 7
Week 14 - Lost 1
Week 15 - GAINED 3
Week 16 - Lost 5
Week 17 - GAINED 3
Week 18 - Lost 4
Week 19 - Lost 3
Week 20 - Lost 0
Week 21 - Lost 6
Week 22 - No Weigh-In Due To Traveling
Week 23 - Lost 1 (Covers Week 22 as well)
Week 24 - No Weigh-In Due to Schedule Change
Week 25 - Lost 0 (Covers Week 24 as well)
Week 26 - Lost 1
Week 27 - Results thrown out due to scale malfunction
Week 28 - GAINED 1
Week 29 - No Weigh-In Due To Vacation
Week 30 - GAINED 1 (Covers Week 29 as well)
Week 31 - GAINED 2
Week 32 - Lost 6
Week 33 - GAINED 7
Week 34 - Lost 2
Week 35 - Lost 5
Week 36 - GAINED 4
Week 37 - Lost 3
I was down three pounds this week, after being up four pounds on my bye week. I still have to think that the gain the previous week was due to finally being completely over the stomach virus. At least that's what I'm telling myself.
So anyway, I sit at 61 pounds lost. And maybe - just maybe - I've got some momentum heading in the right direction.
And as I'm writing this. I just got a phone call. Help may be on the way.
One other note. As of today, I'm 15 weeks away from doing this for a full year. Needless to say this is uncharted territory for me.
In any event, here's The Scorecard:
Week One - Lost 9
Week Two - Lost 3
Week Three - Lost 3
Week Four - Lost 0
Week Five - Lost 9
Week Six - Lost 5
Week Seven - GAINED 2
Week Eight - Lost 0
Week Nine - Lost 5
Week 10 - Lost 1
Week 11 - Lost 3
Week 12 - Lost 0
Week 13 - Lost 7
Week 14 - Lost 1
Week 15 - GAINED 3
Week 16 - Lost 5
Week 17 - GAINED 3
Week 18 - Lost 4
Week 19 - Lost 3
Week 20 - Lost 0
Week 21 - Lost 6
Week 22 - No Weigh-In Due To Traveling
Week 23 - Lost 1 (Covers Week 22 as well)
Week 24 - No Weigh-In Due to Schedule Change
Week 25 - Lost 0 (Covers Week 24 as well)
Week 26 - Lost 1
Week 27 - Results thrown out due to scale malfunction
Week 28 - GAINED 1
Week 29 - No Weigh-In Due To Vacation
Week 30 - GAINED 1 (Covers Week 29 as well)
Week 31 - GAINED 2
Week 32 - Lost 6
Week 33 - GAINED 7
Week 34 - Lost 2
Week 35 - Lost 5
Week 36 - GAINED 4
Week 37 - Lost 3
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Back In The Saddle
I'm back.
Tomorrow I'll hit the scales again and see where we are. I expect to be up 2-3 pounds, because even though I didn't post a weigh-in last week I did hop on the scales. And I was up a bit, even after what I considered to be a strong week. What I figured was that my body finally bounced all the way back from the stomach virus.
In any event, I would like to tell you that there's been some big revelation this past week. That I found the Holy Grail. That the motivation I've been lacking suddenly came to me in a moment of devine intervention.
I'd like to tell you all that. But the reality is that I'm no more mentally stable than I was last week when I signed off.
And I guess that's to be expected as I try to get over this latest hurdle. I've been bouncing around between 57-62 pounds gone now for about two months, and can't seem to move forward.
The temptations are harder to ignore. The motivation is waning. The fight is getting harder and harder.
So, I've started looking for help. There may be something on the horizon. I'm not sure yet.
But as soon as I know, you will.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Tomorrow I'll hit the scales again and see where we are. I expect to be up 2-3 pounds, because even though I didn't post a weigh-in last week I did hop on the scales. And I was up a bit, even after what I considered to be a strong week. What I figured was that my body finally bounced all the way back from the stomach virus.
In any event, I would like to tell you that there's been some big revelation this past week. That I found the Holy Grail. That the motivation I've been lacking suddenly came to me in a moment of devine intervention.
I'd like to tell you all that. But the reality is that I'm no more mentally stable than I was last week when I signed off.
And I guess that's to be expected as I try to get over this latest hurdle. I've been bouncing around between 57-62 pounds gone now for about two months, and can't seem to move forward.
The temptations are harder to ignore. The motivation is waning. The fight is getting harder and harder.
So, I've started looking for help. There may be something on the horizon. I'm not sure yet.
But as soon as I know, you will.
Keep your fingers crossed.
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