Week Twenty One

Down two lbs, I don't know if that's normal fluctuation or actual loss.  I won't really know until I string together 4 or 5 consistent weeks in a row.  I worked out 3 times last week, my goal this week is to lift 3 days and do the stationary bike 3 to 4 days also.  I'm continuing to do great through lunch, then do not as well at dinner.  I'm not going off the rails, but I'm not staying strict either.  I'm finding it hard to be gung-ho about it like I was the first 4 months.  Part of me wishes I'd never taken a break.   I've decided that even though my overall goal is 185, I'm resetting my October goal to 200.  Here is my new progress chart with the new goal of 1.52 lbs a week instead of 2 lbs per week.  I have a little catching up to do but this is a lot more achievable.

2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve
5-18  231 lbs week thirteen

5-22  229 lbs week fourteen

5-31  230 lbs week fifteen

6-7   226 lbs week sixteen

6-14  --------------------

6-23  227 lbs week eighteen 

6-29  --------------------

7-6   229 lbs week twenty

7-12  227 lbs week Twenty One

Week Twenty

I've been floundering.  For the last month I've only half way been watching my diet, and I've been inconsistent with my exercise.  I't's pretty easy too look at the numbers below and see the effect of trying to half ass the weight loss.  I've lost a full month.  The lesson I've learned with this are 1, it's a waste of time to do this half way, and 2, anything less than full commitment leads to me slacking off a LOT.  It's Monday morning.  I started my morning with a protein shake.  I'm going in the next hour to get a salad for lunch.  I'm working out tonight and pre making my lunches for the rest of the week.

It's time to get serious again.  It's time to do it for long enough that it becomes a habit again and not a struggle.  I was doing so well that I thought I could ease off.
I'm down more than 20 lbs, but I still have almost 50 to go.  I saw this picture of myself from this weekend and was shocked at how fat I look.  I shouldn't be shocked.  several times I've started weight loss programs while I was way below my current weight.  I'm also going to start posting on my blog twice a week.  I'll only do weight updates once a week, but I need to keep myself thinking about what I'm doing so I'm also going to do mid week updates.









2-15  252 lbs Starting Weight

2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve
5-18  231 lbs week thirteen

5-22  229 lbs week fourteen

5-31  230 lbs week fifteen

6-7   226 lbs week sixteen

6-14  --------------------

6-23  227 lbs week eighteen 

6-29  --------------------

7-6   229 lbs week twenty

My workouts are working

When I lift my arms my man boobs are gone now.  Another few week and they'll be gone when my arms are down too.  After that, the gut...

I love it

Tonight Infiknit Girl joined me at Goldman's Gym.  She's giving my StrongLifts 5x5 program a 2 week trial to see if she likes it.  I LOVED having her join me.  I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I married the perfect woman!

Week Eighteen

So I'm back after almost 2 weeks off.  I indulged some, I ignored some, but I didn't go totally nuts.  I'm back now, tracking my food, and last night was my first workout in 2 weeks.  It felt great.  It's so strange and foreign to me to enjoy exercising.  I'm hoping that my break in dieting and working out helps me break this plateau.  I'm ready to start dropping again.  If it doesn't happen in a quantifiable way in the next 2 weeks then I'm going to have to change up something.  

2-15  252 lbs Starting Weight

2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve
5-18  231 lbs week thirteen

5-22  229 lbs week fourteen

5-31  230 lbs week fifteen

6-7   226 lbs week sixteen

6-14  --------------------

6-23  227 lbs week eighteen 

I'm back bitches!

There was no post for week 17, I was out of town and lax on the diet.  I gained two or three lbs.  This week I suspended the diet.  There was a death in the family and I Infiknit Girl and I said screw it.  I gained another few lbs.  I was on a plateau for a few weeks any way.  I needed this and it will help me get serious again.  Tomorrow I'm sleeping in but when I get up I'm not eating any of the poptarts and donuts I got for the kids (3 of the kids cousins are sleeping over), I'm making a few eggs, and I'm back to eating clean.  I'm also going back to my lifting.  I've missed it in the last week.  Time to add another 25 lbs to the 25 lbs I've lost so far.

Motivation

Sometimes I go a week or two without losing any weight even though I'm kicking ass with my diet and my workouts.  Those weeks I also seem to notice my clothes fitting better.  Next time that happens I'll just remember this.

Week Sixteen

Down four lbs.  I've lost more than 10% of my starting weight now.  This totally makes up for last week, and helps motivate me to push through stagnate weeks.  I feel guilty for missing a workout this weekend While camping.  I don't know why, it's insane.  I worked my butt off this weekend including mowing most of the lot with waist high weeds and saplings in 90 degree heat.  I'll get back to my regular work outs tonight.  I feel like at this point my food is pretty much on autopilot.  I still track everything most days but 4 months in I know what I can eat and what I can't if I want to stay on track. I also have a pretty good grasp on how to have a small splurge without going overboard and falling into a shame spiral of eating.  I'm working on focusing on small goals and not looking at the big picture.  41 lbs left to go is pretty daunting.  Instead I'm looking forward to losing 4 more lbs to take my 30 lb progress pic. The next goal after that is the half way point overall.  This weeks Thin-spiration is

2-15  252 lbs Starting Weight

2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve
5-18  231 lbs week thirteen

5-22  229 lbs week fourteen

5-31  230 lbs week fifteen

6-7   226 lbs week sixteen

This week's Thin-spiration is my smoking hot wife Infiknitgirl. She's doing great at getting healthy too.  I'm so thankful that we are doing this together.  It makes all the difference.  

I'm loving my weightlifting program

Now that I've gone from unorganized weightlifting to following the Stronglifts 5x5 program I'm seeing a HUGE difference.  I've never worked out this hard in my life and I'm actually enjoying it.   I don't think I'll ever get into running but I think I can relate to the runner's high now.  I'm working on maintaining good form, this program has me ramping up the weight of my lifts pretty aggressively and I'm worried I'll injure myself if I let my form falter.

I've also started to hit the wall on recovery.  I'm lifting ever other day and I'm sore enough that I'm starting to consistently walk funny.  Today I ordered a post work out amino acid supplement to help recover faster. Danger has decided he wants to get strong like daddy.  Most nights when I work out he comes down with me.  He lifts his own weights, helps me count reps, and makes fun of me for sweating and grunting.

Ok, that's all I'm going to say about weightlifting for a while, I don't want to be like those Vegan Crossfitters that can't talk about anything else.

Week Fifteen

A small gain, or maybe I'm just flat this week.  I was 230 today, I fluctuated between 228 and 231 during the week.  I was a little lax on food this week, but I expect a short term gain for a few weeks or to remain flat.  I've started a new work out routine.  Instead of randomly lifting weights when I feel like it and with no structure to what exercises I do and on what days, I started a real program.  I'm doing the Stronglifts 5x5 plan.

The difference was huge and immediate.  I've done 3 workouts with it.  It's an every other day program, with half the workouts being arms, back, and core, and the other half being chest and core.  It also increases the weight of each lift by 5 lbs each workout.  It's working.  I can really tell the changes after only 3 workouts.  I expect this to slow my weight loss down for a few weeks but to accelerate it in the long run.  It will also help me with my longer term goal of getting stronger, leaner.  I want my dadbod to be solid.



2-15  252 lbs Starting Weight

2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve
5-18  231 lbs week thirteen

5-22  229 lbs week fourteen

5-31  230 lbs week fifteen  

Week Fourteen

This is definitely a a short week.  My last update was a day late, and because we'll be camping for the  holiday weekend, this update is 2 days early.  The good new is although it's only been 4 days, I'm down 2 lbs.  That mean's I've finally passed into the 220's, 10 more lbs to the half way point.  Just barely but that's fine with me.  Infiknitgirl and I have gotten good at finding healthy food to make at home.  I've gotten good at finding healthy food for lunch at work.  Now our next challenge is to find healthy food to eat when we're camping at the lake.  On the plus side, I spend most of my time down there down there either building stuff with The Asshole Carpenter, or swimming in the lake, so I'll be burning a lot more calories than I would sitting around the house.

2-15  252 lbs Starting Weight
2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve
5-18  231 lbs week thirteen

5-22  229 lbs week fourteen

Week Thirteen

I hate stagnant weeks.  My motivation is closely tied to my progress.  It seems twice as hard to stay on plan when I'm not seeing the scale drop.  That being said I seem to notice body changes more right after a week or two when the scale doesn't drop than I do after a week or two of steady loss.  Hoping I don't stay flat much longer, I really want to see that scale say two twenty something!  Today was my 8th day in a row of working out, I'm shooting for 14 in a row.  I'd like to think I'm putting on muscle at exactly the same rate I'm burning fat but I doubt that's true.  I also hit 90 consecutive days of logging on MyFitnessPal.

2-15  252 lbs Starting Weight
2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve
5 17  231 lbs week thirteen

With a little help from my friends

The goal I set monday was to lift weights 3 times and ride the stationary bike 3 times this week.  Today is Thursday and I've lifted 3 times and I rode the bike twice already.  Every time I was going to take the night off I would get a message from the asshole carpenter that he's working out and it would motivate me.  After talking to him tonight we both decided to for for 14 days in a row of working out in one way or another.  Luckily I'm working from home next week, Infiknitgirl will be traveling for work.  Hopefully I won't have to be working out at 9 pm like it did tonight.  Also hopefully I won't push myself so hard that I get injured like I did when I went too far doing flights of stairs to work out.

Week Twelve

I'm getting tired of talking about diet and weight loss.  I'm not losing my motivation to get healthy, I'm just sick of talking about it and blogging about it.  I had a plan.  I was just going to post my numbers. No more thinking of what to say and finding a thin-spiration, I was excited.  Over the course of the week Infiknitgirl and I have had multiple people tell us either they've started getting healthier, or gotten more serious about their diet because they've been inspired by our blogs.  I have no idea how many people I know read my blog but it looks like I'm getting a few hundred page hits per months.  I'll keep blogging for now, I don't really feel like I have anything important to say, but it seems to be helping folks.

Down 2 lbs this week. I'm still on track pretty well for my overall goal.  I've been lazy this week.  I didn't hit my steps goal any day this week and I only worked out one day.  Luckily I did well enough on my eating to still lose 2 lbs this week.  This week my goal is to lift weights 3 nights, and do the stationary bike 3 times.  I've got a lot more weights to lose and I'm a long way from being as strong and I want to be.  I'm not going to get to either goal without consistency in my work outs.  

I took progress pics this weekend I'm trying to do them every 10 lbs.  You can really see the difference that 20 lbs makes, but I still have a long way to go.  

2-15  252 lbs Starting Weight
2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven
5-10  231 lbs week twelve

This weeks thin-spiration is my bestie "The Asshole Carpenter."  He's starting his own weight loss journey this week in an attempt to lose enough wight to alleviate his knee pain that he gets when he runs.  It's humbling to know that his starting weight is the same as my ending weight.   I hope my ending picture is as thin as his starting picture is!

This week Infiknitgirl and I were watching a movie with Jennifer Aniston and we were both realy impressed with how amazing she looks for her age.  She asked me to find some picture from the movie to post as her thin-spiration.  I found them and sent them to her and she said that she's not going to post them on her blog.  Instead she asked that I post them on my blog as her thin-spiration.  I don't really understand, but here you go baby.  Here's Jennifer Aniston looking super fit at the age of 42.

My next goal

When I hit 220, I'll officially go from obese to over weight!  As of today 11 lbs to go!

Week Eleven

Another week gone, another 2 lbs lost.  I'm so close to the 220's I can taste it.  I was hoping to hit them today but that was unrealistic.  When I lose another lb or two I'll do another set of progress pics and measurements.  I'm trying to do them every 10 lbs.  My Jawbone broke and I'm trying to decide what to get to replace it.  I like the jawbone companion app better than the apps that come with the other trackers but there's not a tracker out there that I love.  I'm pretty happy with the food I'm eating and the calories I get per day, but I'm getting kind of bored / tired of the grind of calorie counting and dieting.  I'm not going to quit or fall off the wagon, but I feel like I have to stay on track constantly and totally to keep up to be close to my aggressive 2 lb per week goal that I've set for myself.  I'm not sure if I'm going to make an adjustment or just press through.  I'll sure be happy when I'm in maintenance mode and still eating clean, but get another 800 or so calories a day.

2-15  252 lbs Starting Weight
2-22  248 lbs Week one
3-1   244 lbs Week two
3-8   243 lbs Week three
3-15  244 lbs Week four
3-22  241 lbs Week five
3-29  239 lbs Week six
4-5   244 lbs Week seven
4-13  237 lbs Week eight
4-19  237 lbs Week nine
4-26  235 lbs Week ten
5-5   233 lbs Week eleven

This week's thin-spiration is Hugh Jackman.  I don't care for how super muscular he looks when he's shooting a Wolverine movie, but I'd love to end up as lean and toned as he is the rest of the time.  I'm sure I'll live a lot longer if my body is more like this and less like John Goodman.  

Moderation

I need to have a slice or two of pizza before I lose self control and eat a pizza or two.

Week 10

Another week down, another two pounds lost.  Other than a late night pig out on pizza and cookies last night, I've done great on food this week.  Old me would have called it quits after last night.  Oh well. Time for the shame spiral of eating.  I blew it.  I might as well go back to eating crap.  I know that's nonsense.  One night of splurging now just means yesterday was a bad food day.  It has no impact on today.  It's not an excuse to give up.  If anything it's motivation to work out harder today.  I did shoulders and back while Infiknitgirl and Danger napped and I'm going to make boneless skinless chicken breasts for lunch.  My favorite quick easy protein treat.  Now I need to get someone to help me move the stationary bike back up to the main floor.

I also have been having fun working out with my lovely wife.  We've been doing weights together a few nights down in Goldman's Gym.  I hung up some posters with various strength exercises, and hooked up my turntable.  Good tunes, good equipment, and a hottie for a work out partner, I'm a lucky man!  I'm definitely seeing more body changes, my arms and shoulders are growing and getting deffinition, my legs are slimming down, my stomach and sides are getting smaller.  I will do measurements and progress pictures again in 3 lbs.  I'm trying to do them after each 10 lbs lost.

2-15   252 lbs   Starting Weight

2-22   248 lbs   Week one

3-1     244 lbs   Week two

3-8     243 lbs   Week three

3-15   244 lbs   Week four

3-22   241 lbs   Week five

3-29   239 lbs   Week six

4-5     244 lbs   Week seven

4-13   237 lbs   Week eight

4-19   237 lbs   Week nine

4-26   235 lbs   Week ten

This week's thin-spiration is Chris Pratt.  I've loved him as a goof ball smart ass comedian for years.  Hollywood was shocked when it was announced that this pudgy  b-list actor would be the next Marvel movie leading man.  In six months he dropped 60 pounds while also getting ripped, and Guardian of the Galaxy with him as Star Lord was the highest grossing movie of the year.  Not bad!

MIlestone

This morning I hit a milestone I've been watching for.  I only officially count my weigh ins on Sunday, so I'm not changing my numbers on the side-bar of the blog.  However this morning I was 235.1.  That puts me at 16.9 lbs down, and just past 25% of my overall goal!  I mentioned Sunday that I wasn't seeing any body changes lately and that's now changed.  I noticed last night a pretty big change in my stomach.  This morning I put on a freshly washed pair of jeans and instead of needing to stretch them a bit, there were a few inches of extra material at the waist.  Time to take some measurements!  Infiknitgirl is rocking it too.  I'm so grateful that we're doing this together.  It really has made a huge difference having a partner to encourage, motivate and support each other, My next goal is 218.5, that should be roughly half way and I hope to be there by mid July.

Week 9

Starting again?

I wasn't happy weighing in this morning and seeing that I'm exactly where I was a week ago.  I've been lifting weights.  I did 3 workouts this week with them.  I really enjoy it and I'm going to continue, but I'ts not moving me closer to my goal.  I stopped the walking at work and exercise bike when I hurt my foot.  I'm out of the rigid boot this week, but my foot was still hurting a lot until I got new shoes half way through this week.  I think it's good enough now to start adding more steps and light impact exercise.  I'm going to keep an eye on it so that I don't end up back where I was.  I'm disappointed that I'm 3 lbs behind overall on my 2 lbs a week goal but I need to just look forward.  If my goal date gets here in October and I'm 192 instead of 185, I'll still be pretty damn proud of myself.  This week I'm going to be examining everything to see where I can be eating healthier, snacking more often so that I crash less, and trying to find ways to get more movement in every day.  It has been 3 or 4 weeks since I've noticed any changes in my body, or clothes fitting looser.  I want to get back to that point.  It really helps to motivate me to work hard and keeps me going.

2-15  252 lbs  Starting Weight
2-22  248 lbs  Week one
3-1    244 lbs  Week two
3-8    243 lbs  Week three
3-15  244 lbs  Week four
3-22  241 lbs  Week five
3-29  239 lbs  Week six
4-5    244 lbs  Week seven
4-13  237 lbs  Week eight

4-14  237 lbs  Week nine

This weeks thin-spiration is Adam Richman, the former host of Man Vs Food.  After the show he lost 70 lbs.  When I went to get a picture of him for this post I came across an article that said "Former Man Versus Food host's new show pulled after he told critics to 'eat a bag of s***' when he was criticized for using term 'thinspiration' to describe his weight loss.  Apparently thinspiration is a term used to describe online posts which encourage eating disorders, and have been banned on sites like Facebook and Yahoo.  I had no idea that it was a trigger word.  I agree with Adam.  I like the word, I need inspiration to get healthier.  I'm taking the word back.  

Not A Real Post

I just thought this was inspiring

Week 8

I'm almost back on my goal pace.  I don't know what caused that big fluctuation but I'm down to 237 today.  The motivation came back with it. It was really hard continuing to keep my calories down and working out when I was seeing the scale go up every day.  It would be so much easier if I dropped a consistent amount every week but that's not how it works, and this is a lifestyle change and not a crash diet.  I though I'd post an updated graph.  If anyone has a bad week or a stall on their loss I hope this helps them stay on track through it.  

2-15  252 lbs  Starting Weight

2-22  248 lbs  Week one
3-1    244 lbs  Week two
3-8    243 lbs  Week three
3-15  244 lbs  Week four
3-22  241 lbs  Week five
3-29  239 lbs  Week six
4-5    244 lbs  Week seven

413   237 lbs  Week eight

This weeks thin-spiration is a repeat, big congratulations to my friend Skinny Bitch.  After lots of training she completed the Go! St Louis half marathon this weekend.  I'm proud of you and yes, seeing your runs posted on Facebook motivate me to work out lots of days I don't want to!

Mid Week Update

Two days since I posted last, I'm not going to update the sidebar, or my official weight, but I'm down 2.6 lbs.  And that's even with taking a anti inflammatory steroid (that can cause a 4 to 6 lb gain) for my foot injury.  I'm lifting every day but with the steroid I'm not sore at all within an hour!  Hopefully I'll be close to back at my running goal within a week or two.  I also noticed today that the awesome salad I've been having is a damn lie.  It came up at 200 calories in MyFitnessPal when I scanned it and that's what I've been going with.  I noticed today that that's for 3 oz, The package doesn't have calories listed but it's 3.5 times more weight so it's really 700 calories.  That means last week I ate 1500 calories more that I thought I did.  It also means I had to find a good filling low calorie dinner tonight.  Hooray for chicken on the foreman grill

Week 7

Well this sucks!  Did great last week, I was at 239.  Two days later I was at 238.  I was excited.  only 1 more pound and half a week to go, I was on track.  I often fluctuate up a pound or two during the week and settle down by my weigh in on Sunday.  This week however I gained a lb or two every damn day.  I also was limping more and more each day.  My foot went from a little sore where it felt like the tongue of my shoe was twisted, to hurting so bad I was afraid I had a stress fracture in a bone in my foot.  As of Monday, I've ballooned up to 245.

I went to the Dr today and got an x-ray.  No broken bones but I have a bad case of tendonitis.     I have to wear this awesome boot for the next 1 to 2 weeks and take steroids.   If it's not better after that then I'll have to go to physical therapy.  I was told I ramped up my exercise too fast and I'm to old and too fat to be doing flights of stairs in my exercise routine.  especially 30 to 40 flights in a day.  He also recommended I get better tennis shoes.

I still think this much weight gain is a strange fluctuation.  I'll post later this week to say if I've had another drop or if I'm still gaining.  In the mean time I can't really walk, can't do my stationary bike, but I can lift weights.  I'd love to say my weight gain in from pumping iron, but I doubt it.  I lifted 4 times in the last 2 weeks and although I did 4 really good workouts, I didn't build 5 lbs of muscle.




2-15  252 lbs  Starting Weight
2-22  248 lbs  Week one
3-1    244 lbs  Week two
3-8    243 lbs  Week three
3-15  244 lbs  Week four
3-22  241 lbs  Week five
3-29  239 lbs  Week six
4-5    244 lbs  Week seven

This week's thin-spiration is Infiknitgirl.  She won second place in a weight loss contest at her gym.  She's kicking ass and looks awesome.  Right now she's at a double exercise class and looking so tasty in her yoga pants and fishnet workout shirt.  Baby got a body make me wanna get naughty!    I'm very proud of her and how much work she's put into getting healthier.

Week 6

This morning was a bit of a shock.  I weigh myself every day and put it into MyFitnessPal, but I only really count my Sunday weigh in as it's my official weigh in day.  For some reason it's also almost always my lightest day of the week.  This morning for the first time in a long time I crossed into the 230's!  I was so excited I called InfiknitGirl in to see it.  Food continues to be going well.  Steps are down this week with an average of 6100 a day.  This is mostly because my exercise this week has mostly been doing demolition work, lifting weights, and riding a stationary bike.  This results in a lot less steps than walking and climbing stairs like I was doing in the beginning.
I've also changed my end goal.  I started wanting to get thin so that I can go into 40 trimmer than I was at any point in my 30's.  As I've lost weight I've noticed that my body is building a lot more muscle than I expected.  I'm so much stronger than I was when I started this.  I'm going to roll with this.  I'm going to lift weights 4 times a week in my basement.  I don't know if this will add bulk and slow the weight loss but I definitely feel better when I'm stronger.  I've also noticed that InfiknitGirl seems to like this plan as well.


2-15  252 lbs  Starting Weight
2-22  248 lbs  Week one
3-1    244 lbs  Week two
3-8    243 lbs  Week three
3-15  244 lbs  Week four
3-22  241 lbs  Week five
3-29  239 lbs  Week six

This weeks thin-spiration is my changed goal from thin to strong and fit.  I thought this picture of Adam Levine was perfect.  If I get to his level I might even get some ink.  Although I'm sure I'd pick a tattoo that's way geekier than anything he has.  

Starting tonight...