Weigh-in: Year 3, Week 11
The order of life has returned somewhat to normal, but I’m tired of being lazy. Lazy about my eating habits, lazy about yard work, lazy about house work, lazy about bible reading, lazy about blogging, lazy with the checking account and bills, etc. I’ve squandered and wasted too much time, energy and money to be as fat as I am in a house that needs so much repair and decluttering with a bank account that should show more than it does.
We went to our meeting tonight and one of the things we need to work on is making an “eating zone” become a “no parking zone” so that we can reach the “end zone” (is football about to start or something?). Amy and I agreed tonight that the TV room would no longer be an eating zone, it is a no parking zone. We mindlessly eat and eat because the meal never ends when we’re watching TV. It’s time to actually use the dining room for more than just Saturday breakfast.
I also spent some time doing a few chores before sitting here right now to post my weekly weigh-in. I’m not doing nearly as much as Amy does around this house, so I need to do much more than I have. Amy suggested that we vacuum the TV room and put away the TV trays we leave out for the next meal. That way, we know we are creating more work for ourselves if we choose the TV room for a meal rather than go to the dining room which is already setup with everything we need.
I tried to do much better this week, especially this weekend. I know I succeeded in most of my choices this weekend, so I managed to wipe out most of the damage from the film festival. I did not completely succeed, but I think I got a good ball rolling for next week’s weigh-in.
Also, once again, I’ve declared war on sugar. I’ve let it creep back into my life too much again. So for one week, no sugar unless it is naturally occurring in fruit or in a food item that is not of itself a sweet treat (i.e. bread).
Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 271.2 lb
Current weight: 271.8 lb
Current loss/gain: +0.6 lb
Total loss/gain: -47.2 lb
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Weigh-in: Year 3, Week 10
I can’t believe I actually completely forgot to post. Usually I’m just too busy or something and it’s hanging out there on the edge of my mental to-do list just begging to be done. Yesterday was just plain crazy. We went to weigh-in and, after dinner, decided we would skip the meeting (we weigh-in about an hour before the meeting which gives us time to eat in the interim). We still had to go back and pick up our farmer’s co-op delivery from one of the other members and then we proceeded home where we spent the next hour or so chopping, shredding, slicing, bagging and freezing our share.
Once we were done, we went to our respective computers (where I proceeded to gloriously waste time surfing instead of posting; forgive me, readers, for I have erred). We had a visit from a friend of Amy’s and after that, we did our nightly ablutions and went to bed. It was only while I was at work today that I realized my mistake.
Now it’s pretty late in the evening after we had gone to the Asian Film Festival and saw Black Belt. It was a great movie (much better than Muay Thai Chaiya on Monday night). Tomorrow night is the final film, Be a Man! Samurai School, and closing night party. After that, our lives return to some semblance of order until our camping trip in October.
I gained, yeah, I noticed. I was hoping I’d let it slip, but I heard a few of you who scrolled down to the bottom of the post to get to the point. Last week was Amy’s birthday and I guess I was still suffering some of the repercussions of that wonderful meal (and the subsequent meals we’ve been having since we’ve gone a few nights to the film festival and didn’t have time to go home and prepare a proper meal). No real excuses, just another week ahead to do better (though stress this week is really crushing my willpower).
I only pray that the semblance of order returns sooner.
Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 270.4 lb
Current weight: 271.2 lb
Current loss/gain: +0.8 lb
Total loss/gain: -47.8 lb
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Weigh-in: Year 3, Week 9
I have to make this short. Yes, it’s a day early this week. That is because my lovely wife will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow and so we must skip our usual meeting to spend the night on the town. Thus, we went to a different meeting to weigh-in.
I had a gain this week. However, it could not erase all of the loss from last week, which meant that about 4 pounds of last week’s loss was real and not a scale fluke. Yahoo! It’s a slight setback to my goal of 55 by Labor Day, but I still feel good. Anyways, I’ll be back on track next week (most likely with another gain unless I’m really good with the birthday celebration and attending the 7th Annual Asian Film Festival of Dallas starting Thursday).
Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 268.2 lb
Current weight: 270.4 lb
Current loss/gain: +2.2 lb
Total loss/gain: -48.6 lb
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Weigh-in: Year 3, Week 8
BAM!
Yeah, picture Emeril saying that if you want, but that’s what I thought I heard when I weighed in tonight and saw my week’s loss and the total loss. I lost an unbelievable 6.2 pounds (disclaimer in following paragraph) and made it to my first LifeGoal, lose 50 pounds. In fact, I just realized that I’ve also completed one of my other LifeGoals recently by leaving the country for the first time and going to Canada back on Memorial Day weekend.
Disclaimer: Based on the events of yesterday, I ended up staying home today because the wrist was really sensitive this morning. When I spend the day at home, if I don’t get bored (and I didn’t), I end up not eating very much at all. Such was the case today, but I hardly believe that what I missed eating would added up to 6.2 pounds (though it might be the case when I only had one glass of water instead of several if I had gone to work). Therefore, we may have a gain next week just based on this, but I plan on working even harder to make this loss stick.
Amy surprised me with a card when we got home. She had set aside a $50 Wal-Mart gift card for me a few months ago because she knew I was gonna hit it any week now. I hated to disappoint her for these past few months, but it finally happened. Any suggestions on what I should buy with it? Post your suggestions in the comments.
Whoo!!!!
Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 274.4 lb
Current weight: 268.2 lb
Current loss/gain: -6.2 lb
Total loss/gain: -50.8 lb
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It’s all in the wrist
Ever wonder just how much you use your wrist on your dominant hand? Here’s my recipe for finding out just how important it is.
- Buy new running shoes (REAL running shoes).
- Put on new shoes for morning run.
- Proceed with run.
- About five minutes into the run, glance about enjoying the feel of the new shoes. Completely miss seeing the 1.5″ raised sidewalk block.
- Catch foot against the miniature roadblock.
- Land on concrete hitting it in 3 critical areas:
- Bang left knee against the concrete making it really hurt (but only slightly skinned).
- Scrape right arm on the concrete just below the elbow (thankfully, not landing on the elbow).
- Crush right wrist between the concrete and your fat self.
- Enjoy.
That being said, I spent about 15 seconds on the pavement, when I decided to get up quickly before someone called 911 seeing me apparently unconscious. I spent about 10 seconds standing there and gathering my sunglasses and towel from the ground. I spent another 10 seconds walking back to the office when the thought struck me (and, no, it didn’t hurt near as much as the concrete).
If this had happened halfway or three-quarters of the way through my run, I’d still have to finish it. So, dagnabbit, I’m gonna finish this thing. I did and still managed to do it in 53 minutes (my fastest is 51 minutes and I was going at a good pace when I decided to hug the pavement).
I’ve spent the rest of the day realizing just how important this wrist is to me. Even as I type this. However, I still feel good because I finished my run in spite of this setback. It was the first time I had seriously injured myself since I started working out in February and started this running in June. I’m sure there will be many more, but I only hope this is the worst one.
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