My Weight Loss

So yesterday’s (actually today’s) late post got me thinking of my workout schedule.

1. Monday – Gym run on Treadmill 4 miles in 1 hour.  Add another 2 mile walk.  Bus walk suffices.
2. Tuesday – 2 mile morning run + Gym chest workout w/ 2 mile walk either outside or on Treadmill
3. Wednesday – Gym run on Treadmill 4 miles in 1 hour.  Add another 2 mile walk.  Bus walk suffices.
4. Thursday – Low workout day. 1 mile run 1 mile walk.
5. Friday – Heavy workout day, 4+ AM run, Gym arms workout w/ 2 mile walk.
6. Saturday – 4+
7. Sunday – 4+

Yesterday’s workout was incredible, I think that is the most I ever sweat. 

Weight: 268.4

Yesterday I worked late and I was really hungry when I got home.  Plus there were these awesome little fried fish that I couldn’t stop munching on.  I am pretty sure they were bad for me. 

Late Dinner + Good Food + Hungry = Bad

It looks like it is getting much harder to lose weight.  A lot of things are getting in the way of a good workout.  Working late, fixing the house, kids school, daylight hours diminishing.  How do I compensate?  Maybe switch to the gym?

I did hit the gym yesterday.  But I kept looking at the time because I knew I had some work that evening.

Anyway my run was poor today as well, my time for 2 laps was 28:33.75

Tomorrow’s weigh in fills me with fear.  I need to get under 266, I do have a heavy gym workout and a 4+ to run tomorrow.  It is highly possible.

At least I can clearly say I am under 270.

Weight: 268.4

Yesterday, as the day went on, it became clear I needed to rest.  As noted, I skipped my morning workout, but in the evening, I did not go to the gym.  I just did not feel well.  Instead I went home a little early from work, took an hour nap and ran a mile and walked a mile.

Also I setup gallery photo on my internal server.  I looked at some past pics and to be honest I cannot tell if I am losing.   Based on my weigh in’s, and when the photo’s were taken, I been losing 7 lbs a month.  Which is realistic, but won’t get me to my 250 goal by October 20th.   Worse is it translates to only 84 lbs in 1 year, putting me at about 211 lbs for summer next year, missing my goal by 20 lbs.

More interesting is that usually your rate of weight loss will deccelarate as your weight drops.

So is all hope of making weight lost? 

Not really, I got couple things going for me.  The big one is that I am lifting weights and adding a protein shake to my diet.  That does add weight and I’ve never done it on a regular basis before.  It is possible that I will start to lose more fat, which is the real goal not weight, as time moves on.

Another one is that my weigh with my photo’s are not the lowest weight point of the week.

Finally, I am evolving, both mentally and physically.  I am learning what to do and my body is getting better at it.

Weight: 267.4

Today is Sunday, so as usual it is a late workout.  But its cool because I ran a 1+3, ran it in exactly 57.0 minutes.  I will start to time my runs now.  First I will see what I normally run it in then I will start setting goals.

I felt like I got have run a little faster than 57 minutes.  I did encounter  a couple longer stop lights and weather was certainly poor.  There was a light rain.  But I think the thing that slowed me down the most was sharing those 3 bottles of mine with my brother in law Rick. 

Yesterday my wife surprised me.  She said that I do not snore as loud anymore.  That is truly noteworthy.  It did not occur to me that I would stop snoring.

I am behind schedule, I hope I can make it to 260 in 2 weeks.  There is leeway, but I need to push hard.  Today is not so bad.  It is a late weigh in.

Weight: 267.8