Weigh-In, First Bowflex Workout and I'm Sick

Weekly weigh-in: 516 lbs.
Loss: -4 lb.
Total loss: 116 lbs.
Emotion: okay

I had a decent weigh in. I didn't exercise a lot last week because of back pain.



Here's a pic from my first Bowflex workout:

 

Yes, our (Andy and I) first workout was carrying the unit up a flight of stairs. ha!

Thank you again Chris and Gary for the Bowflex. We will wear it out! And, I will come see you when I have reached the  200 lb. loss milestone Also, I am gonna get you a souvenir from the Talladega race. Hopefully I can get something autographed for you.

Finally, I just got in from the doc's office. I have had a sore throat for 5-6 days now. I was hoping it would go away on its own, but it started getting worse.

I have strep throat and have been put on strong antibiotics for 10 days. Then, I have to go back for more blood work. I'm thankful that I only have a sore throat and that I don't have a chest cold or sinus crud. 

I will still walk every day, but I will postpone working out. Andy said I shouldn't workout while taking antibiotics. I might call the doc just to confirm because I want to workout dang it.

I hope you have a great week. I know I will. :)

Good Weigh-In

Weekly weigh-in: 520 lbs.
Loss: -6 lb.
Total loss: 112 lbs.
Emotion: pleased






I look forward to this week. All soreness is gone from my workouts and I have a new gym membership. This week I plan on walking and working out everyday.

I'm expecting a double-digit loss next week, but I am very pleased with this week.

I also want to say a big THANK YOU to the folks that made a donation to Make-A-Wish yesterday. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I also reduced my fund raising goal to the requested $1300.00 - I've got enough to stress over right now (walking these 4 races and losing 300 pounds), so I don't want to have to worry about raising $6700. I have big ambitions but sometimes I'm too ambitious.

I'm excited about the upcoming 5k Race for the Cure. I should be in the 400's by then. There's just four more weigh-ins until the race.

Yesterday, I watched the NASCAR race with my buddy Bob and his little cutie Lola. Here's a pic of Lola:

Have a great week!

Weigh In & First Walk with Dream Team

Weekly weigh-in: 526 lbs.
Loss: -10 lb.
Total loss: 106 lbs.
Emotion: happy

Alright, I'm back on track. Last week was a great week!

 

We had our first walk/run group training session yesterday. Coach Danny Haralson told us what we need to be doing everyday. We had a good turnout of aprx 25 people.

Here's what Coach Danny told us:

• Run/Walk at your own pace. Speed is not important. Remember the Tortoise and the Hare.
  
• Keep your eye on your goal (finish the half marathon)
• The 1st week you should walk/run 4-6 days, and you should walk 1/8 mile, then jog 1/8 mile until you have put in one mile. Then walk 1/4 mile to cool down.
• Rest at least one day! Don't run 7 days a week!
  
• Shoes are ultra important. 95% of injuries can be prevented by having the correct shoes. If your shoes are older than three months, get new shoes. Also, get RUNNING shoes. It's best to go to a store like The Track Shak. They will analyze your walk to determine the best shoes for you. Mention Danny's program for a 10% discount at Track Shak.
• It's always good to have a carrot for running. Our carrot was free beer/water. That's our motivation.

Check out Danny Haralson's blog at http://blog.rununiversity.com/ - Danny has run over 50 marathons and he is a certified running coach. He has an excellent program at http://www.rununiversity.com/

As we started the walk for our training, Danny told me that he's gonna time my lap. I walked the entire 1/4 mile lap instead of alternating walking and jogging. I walked the 1/4 mile in 6 minutes, and put in another 6 minute 1/4 mile.

Danny told me to alternate my walking distances every day. For example, day one walk one mile, day two walk half a mile, day three walk 1.4 miles. This way my body won't know what distance I'm gonna walk. It'll be fooled into thinking that every walk's gonna be a long walk. This will burn max calories per walk.

I'll be walking every day and working out every day. (Of course I will have a rest day)

Everyone loves having the beer as the carrot for out group runs. Of course, I drink the water because I've got that big carrot in April next year. Do you have a carrot?

Weigh In Day

Weekly weigh-in: 536 lbs.
Loss: + 4 lb.
Total loss: 96 lbs.
Emotion: relieved

Considering all of the bad sh*t I ate this weekend, a four pound gain was not bad.

I've already got my mile walk in this morning, and I'm about to workout.

Here's to a good week.






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100 lb Loss Milestone

My weight is down to 532 lbs, which is a loss of 4 pounds for the week and a total loss of 100 lbs. It feels good to reach this milestone. Now I'm ready to get out of the 500 club!

First, I want to thank you for reading my blog. Next, a big thank you goes out to everyone following and commenting on the blog. I wouldn't have been able to do this without your help. I have never stayed on a weight loss plan this long, nor have I ever had this much success. I am eternally grateful to all of you.

Even my blogosaurus is throwing a party.

This has made my Monday.

Have a good week!

P.S. Just 200 more to go till Dega!

P.S. #2: Here's some new progress pics (I bought the shirt, tie, and belt just for this pic)

Wow: This week's weigh-in

Weekly weigh-in: 536 lbs.
Loss: 19 lb.
Total loss: 96 lbs.
Emotion: happy

All that work last week paid off. I kept my sodium at 1700 mg per day or less (or I tried to keep it as close to that as I could.)

I'm ready to knock out another good week.

Next week I should be at the 100+ pound loss milestone. I am excited.

Have a great week.



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Small Gain

Weekly weigh-in: 555
Loss: gained 1 lb.
Total loss: 77 lbs.
Emotion: okay

(Jack Sh*t, I liked the way you formatted your weigh-in post, so I copied it. I hope you don't give a sh*t.)

Gained another pound last week, but it was expected. Next week there should be a good loss because I am following my new plan.

I hope you have a killer week!



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Lousy Weigh In

This morning I weighed in at 553 pounds. Which is a gain of a pound from last week. I feel that my food was okay. It could have been better. My one valid excuse is that I signifincantly increased my exercise and workouts. So, maybe I gained some muscle.

Another factor in this might be that I ran out of Thyroid meds. So I ended up skipping one day. Maybe that played a role in this.

I am going to reevaluate what I'm eating, and I may need to really start measuring my food. (count calories, weigh food, measure portions, etc.)

My South Beach Diet book should be in by the end of the week.

Maybe next week, my weight will start to decrease.

As far as the exercise is concerned, I have a whole lot more energy, and when I look in the mirror, I can tell that my neck and chest have gone done more. So maybe the added muscle is why I'm not losing 5-6 pounds a week. It may jump back up to that next week.

Don't worry, I'm not gonna stop exercising or dieting.

It's gonna be a long week. Dammit.

Weigh In

Today, I weighed in at a whopping 553 pounds. A 2 pound loss from last week. Which is fine. I only exercised one day because my legs were sore. This morning I have already been to the gym and had a great work out. I am gonna knock out a fantastic week, this week.

I'm looking forward to the 5k in Feb. I just love staying motivated. To me, it' better than feeling down in the dumps all of the time.

I hope you have a great week.

Weigh In

Alright, alright, I weighed in at 555, an 11 pound loss from last week. This brings my total loss to 77 pounds. There are 42 more weigh ins until the next Dega 500. I will have to lose 5.31 pounds per week to meet goal.

Weigh In

Well, I weighed in at 566, a 6 pound increase from last week.

This week I am increasing my exercise, and making sure that I drink at least 1/2 gallon of water every day. Also, no Chinese food this week and no diet sodas.

We'll see what happens at next weigh in.

Weigh In

560



Down another 6 pounds. At this rate, I'll be at the 100 pound loss milestone in 5 weeks, which will be July 20,2009. Also, I'll be out of the 500 club in 10 weeks, which will be August 24, 2009.

I feel good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weigh In

Today' s weigh in was 566, which is a 6 pound loss from last Monday. WOW!!!!!!!!!

I'm pumped for this week.

Weigh-In

I weighed 572 this morning, which is a one pound loss from my last weigh-in. I'm amazed that I lost something because I had that terrible Memorial Day weekend.

Thank You.

Weigh-In

Today's weigh in was 573, which was a 10 pound loss from last weigh in. I'm on track for my 50 pound challenge. I'm going to call the personal trainer today and try to step it up a notch. The swimming really makes a difference. Have a great week!

Weigh-In

Weigh ins are fun when they go well. My weigh in this morning was at 583, which is a 9 pound loss from my last weigh in 2 weeks ago. Also, this brings the weight loss total to 49 lbs. Tune in 2 weeks from today for my next weigh in.

Thank You.

04/21/09 Weigh In Day

Well, today is the 21st, and if you haven't noticed, I didn't post anything for my Weigh In day yesterday. I had a bad food and health weekend. Friday night I had 10 chicken wings and a regular order of ranch fries. Which, I thought was no big deal, but this meal triggered in me an appetite for other bad crap. Now, the health part. Saturday, I woke up with a terrible sore throat. I tried throat spray and gargling hot salt water. There was no relief. Then Sunday, I still had the sore throat. Monday, the sore throat went away and now my sinuses were stuffed up and I was coughing up nasty stuff. So on Mon. I went to the doc and found out I have a sinus infection. Now I'm on antibiotics and taking it easy at home. Also, my left ear is starting to throb. So I might be getting an ear infection to boot. It's a two for one special.

Now the embarrassing food part: I ate all that I could find to stop the sore throat pain this weekend. Of course non of it worked. I ate a lot of my salty trail mix. Well, when I say a lot, I mean I ate the whole damn bag. There were a few occasions where I consumed a teaspoon of honey to try and relieve the pain. Also, I didn't follow my food schedule, I just ate.

And another thing, I must confess that I weighed last week. I really want to weigh just once a month, but I find it hard. I might switch over to twice a month. This is a compromise between the weekly and monthly thing. I feel ashamed of myself because I have been doing so well, but once I feel better I will start walking and swimming again. I hope to swim again on Friday. This reminds me, I skipped swimming last Friday for no good reason. I felt fine, but my excuse was “I'm tired”.

Tomorrow, I start following my food schedule again.

Now for the weigh in: last Thursday I weighed 582, but on my official weigh in day I weighed 592. Thus, I ballooned up 10 pounds in 2 days. I really believe majority of that weight is fluid. I know I ate some bad stuff, but not enough to gain 10 pounds. Who knows, maybe I'm in denial.

Tomorrow I start my daily posting again with my list of food that I ate. To me, it gets boring, but it produces great results. Once I feel better, I think I will also give that personal trainer a call. See what she can help me out with.

I had some great news at the docs office. My BP was 132/80. I noticed though that they manually checked my BP and I was sitting down. Normally I stand and they use an automated machine. I've heard that it's best to get your BP checked sitting down.

What do you think I could have done to prevent this bad weekend from happening? I want to be disciplined and never stray from my plan.

03/20/09 Weigh-In Day

Alright, here's the number: 599 pounds

Blood Pressure: 131/94

So, that's a 33 pound loss in one month. I'm soooo happy. It feels so good to be out of the 600 club.

Thank you everybody for following and commenting on my blog. You have no idea how much it means to me.

Also, thank you Kevin, you have come up with an easy to follow plan, and thank you for all of your encouragement.

Finally, thank you Andy for introducing me to Kevin.

Weigh-Ins

02/20/09 - 632 lbs
03/20/09 - 599 lbs -33
04/20/09 - 592 lbs -7
05/04/09 - 583 lbs -9
05/18/09 - 573 lbs -10
06/01/09 - 572 lbs -1
06/08/09 - 566 lbs -6
06/15/09 - 560 lbs -6
06/22/09 - 566 lbs +6
06/29/09 - 555 lbs -11
07/06/09 - 553 lbs -2
07/13/09 - 554 lbs +1
07/20/09 - 555 lbs +1
07/27/09 - 536 lbs -19
08/03/09 - 532 lbs -4
08/10/09 - 536 lbs +4
08/17/09 - 542 lbs +6
08/24/09 - 536 lbs -6
08/31/09 - 526 lbs -10
09/07/09 - 520 lbs -6
09/14/09 - 516 lbs -4
09/21/09 - 515 lbs -1
09/28/09 - tba

Total loss to date: 117 pounds