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.