Monday Mornings are my official weigh in days. Yesterday was my final Monday weigh in before I leave on holidays this Thursday. I had two goals. The first was to lose half of my goal weight by now, which was 25lbs. I met this one a few weeks ago. I had a second personal twist on this, which was to lose 30lbs before holidays. If I was to meet the second goal, I would reward myself by taking some beer on my fishing trip, and let lose a little bit. Well I'm happy to report that both goals were met.
The big challenge for me now will to keep my activities in moderation, and not over-indulge. Despite my best efforts, I think the rich foods, a couple beers, and sedentary holidays could lead to me gaining a few pounds, but I'll be able to re-double my efforts and get back to it. My next goal is to drop the final 20lbs by Christmas!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Almost There...
It's been a while since I've posted, but the work has continued. Tomorrow is my big "pre-holiday" weigh in. Basically, I stopped drinking booze at the end of March to cut the calories. I have a challenge with my brother that I wanted to loose 1/2 my goal weight by holidays, but if I could drop an extra 5lbs, then I'd allow myself some beer and snacks as part of the holidays as well. So I've passed the halfway mark, but I'm still a bit short of the bonus. I'd have to weight 230lbs (total loss of 30lbs) to make it work. I've been under 230lbs a couple times this week, but I tend to hit lower numbers mid week. So the question is...what will I weigh tomorrow morning. To be honest, if I'm not there, I'll give myself until I leave on Thursday :).
I continue to lift weights 3 x week, and run 15-18km or so. The diet continues with few...indulgences, such as last nights pizza, but overall it's going well. I still have 20bls to go, and I can tell you as the guy who see's myself in the mirror, there really is 20lbs to go :).
But, I expect to gain a few on holidays, and I'll be OK with that, and just come home and go at it again!
I continue to lift weights 3 x week, and run 15-18km or so. The diet continues with few...indulgences, such as last nights pizza, but overall it's going well. I still have 20bls to go, and I can tell you as the guy who see's myself in the mirror, there really is 20lbs to go :).
But, I expect to gain a few on holidays, and I'll be OK with that, and just come home and go at it again!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Almost at the Half Way Point
I hope you are all enjoying the Civic Holiday, it's always a nice treat to get a day off! I'm just having a coffee, watching Hannah build with foam blocks, and Jacob playing with pots. He'll be off to be soon.
Thought I'd give an update at where I'm at. I've still be running 3 x week, getting up to 5 km each run now, which is where I'll likely level off. I'm still lifting weights 3 x week as well, but getting much stronger (though far below where I was in you early 30s).
As a review, I started at 260lbs, with a doctor imposed goal (of which I agreed) to get down to 210lbs. As of today I'm down to 236lbs, so a drop of 24lbs, and that's almost half way! I was actually down to 235lbs a few times in the week, but I....indulged last night and I suspect it hasn't cleared my system yet.
Now, I actually had 3 goals. 1 was to get down to 210, with no real time frame for that, perhaps in a total of one year, secretly hoping for success before the end of 2010. The second was 25lbs before my holidays begin on the 21st of August (feeling pretty good about that). The 3rd was a very selfish one. I stopped drinking at the end of March, and my holidays are a fly in fishing trip. I'd really like to be able to have a few beers on the trip, but since my health is kinda important, I don't want to take any huge steps back. So I set a 3rd goal of saying that if I could get down to 230lbs by the time I left for holidays, I'd allow myself some MODERATE alcohol consumption. So it's getting down to the wire. I have less than 3 weeks to drop 6lbs, and throwing up and laxatives are not allowed...
So wish my luck that my metabolism ramps ups for the holidays!
Thought I'd give an update at where I'm at. I've still be running 3 x week, getting up to 5 km each run now, which is where I'll likely level off. I'm still lifting weights 3 x week as well, but getting much stronger (though far below where I was in you early 30s).
As a review, I started at 260lbs, with a doctor imposed goal (of which I agreed) to get down to 210lbs. As of today I'm down to 236lbs, so a drop of 24lbs, and that's almost half way! I was actually down to 235lbs a few times in the week, but I....indulged last night and I suspect it hasn't cleared my system yet.
Now, I actually had 3 goals. 1 was to get down to 210, with no real time frame for that, perhaps in a total of one year, secretly hoping for success before the end of 2010. The second was 25lbs before my holidays begin on the 21st of August (feeling pretty good about that). The 3rd was a very selfish one. I stopped drinking at the end of March, and my holidays are a fly in fishing trip. I'd really like to be able to have a few beers on the trip, but since my health is kinda important, I don't want to take any huge steps back. So I set a 3rd goal of saying that if I could get down to 230lbs by the time I left for holidays, I'd allow myself some MODERATE alcohol consumption. So it's getting down to the wire. I have less than 3 weeks to drop 6lbs, and throwing up and laxatives are not allowed...
So wish my luck that my metabolism ramps ups for the holidays!
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