Late Post

Not sure what happened yesterday.  I am pretty sure I did a post.  So although I technically posted this Aug 13th.  This is a weigh in for Aug 12.

Anyway, I worked out yesterday morning in the office rather near home because it was raining.  So my weigh in was before my workout.

Weight: 277.8

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Taking a break

I’m more than a little burned out and I need some rest.  The previous night I only had 2 hours of sleep and I know it is affecting my work.

Its also raining.

Starting to sound like I am coming up with excuses, but once again life happens.  Also I am still going to the gym after work.

Weight: 276.8

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Survived another weekend

Not sure if this is a trend and I will have to look back at the history.  But it sure does seem like I gain weight on the weekends.

It could be that Friday’s is a triple workout and the scale is skewed a bit.

Anyway, I am still running below 280.

Let’s see what happens during the course of the week.

Weight: 277.8

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Celebrated last night

I am not too surprised at the weight today.  I did run a 1+3 today and will walk another mile or 2 tonight.

Last night my son came home with some awesome food from Hawaii so I had to take advantage of that.

Well, I knew I was going to pay for it on the scale.  It is a late weigh in.  Here it is

Weight:  277.8

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Just messing around when I came across this gem

So I was doing some housecleaning (IT housecleaning not house housecleaning) when I came accross a simple text document dated 9/7/2007 called Weight.txt.  It is an old notepad document Pre Blog for me where I did keep a track of my weight. 

Boy was it interesting and it kind of hits me in the gut because it puts some of my weight gain in the past couple years into perspective. 

I can only assume that the first entry is Oct 20, 2005.  I weighed in at 275, which is what I am today.  So based on this time timeable, I can lose another 25 pounds in about 2 more months, that will land me early October.  Hopefully I can trim another 25 lbs by Christmas which will put me at my goal of 225 before end of year.

Couple intersting things that this data has shown…

  • Things happen that affects my schedule… sickness, birth, camping, and classes.
  • The next bogeyman is 250.  This chart never shows me breaking 250.
  • I’ve shown I can keep a record for at least 7 months.  This blog does have a lifespan of about a year.
  • Two months in I flatten out and stay flat for a month, then it starts creeping up.
  • Finally, this small text file tells a huge story but no details.   I think this blog is the way to go.

Here it is:

Weight
Oct 20 275
Oct 27 271.5
Nov 3  270
Nov 11 268.5
Nov 17 262.5 Was Sick
Nov 24 261.5 Post-workout Pre-dinner (Thanksgiving)
Dec 1  256.5 After unusually hard work out (5 miles)
Dec 8  251 On new scale
Dec 15 250 Getting Harder to loose.  Looks like plateau.
Dec 22 250 Yup hit plateau, need to revise workout and diet now.  This was week of netbackup classes
Dec 29 250 Close, needed a really hard workout to hit 250.
2006
Jan 5  252 Gained weight but am lifting now need protein and will grow
Jan 12 254 Gout filled week.  Workouts weak
Jan 19 250 Kind of Suprised, foot still hurts
Jan 26 254 Sick, Back sore, really toned down workout
Feb 2  251 Not too bad.  Slowly building out workout
Feb 9  253 Ugh gaining weight again
Feb 16 258 This is my weight after eating so it is high
Feb 23 257 OK GOod sign going back down again
Mar 2  259 Changed workout time to AM
Mar 9  259 At least I haven’t broken 260
Mar 16 260 Yaaaa even after my workout OK time to get serious again
Mar 23 259 Some promise of going down
Mar 30 259 Stable
Apr 6  260 Hmm Back up a little Its OK Marcus was born so been busy
Apr 13 260 Stable
Apr 20 259 Finally starting to lose
Apr 27 261 Uh oh
May  4 265 Oh no!!
May 11 265 Damnn Harder to lose weight
May 18 272 Hmm
May 25 275 this is an estimate
2007
Aug  1 273
Aug  8 271
Aug 15 270
Aug 22 275 Weird Scale was moved though
Aug 29 273 Going down
Sep  5 275 Gained some during camping

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Two New Records

First off I ran a 1+3, but of course this time it is mostly run.  I think of the 4 miles I walked less than half.

My time for the run was a record.  My fastest time before today was 59 minutes.  Today I checked my BB before my run and it said 8:33, elso note that I did hit a bunch of stop lights and a hat to stop to tighten my shorts.  But when I was done, I checked my BB and it was 9:28, so 55 minutes is the new record.  Woohoo.

Also remember this post

http://www.lazyplayer.com/blog/?p=80

It’s about me hitting some goals before he comes back and he comes back today.  I said I wanted to be under 280 before he got back, I did that last week before I went to Canada.  I also said it would be nice if I was 275.  So without me sweat drenched shirt I was 274.2 (which is unofficial).  Check it out….

Weight: 275.2

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Shaved my head

Last night my wife reluctantly shaved my head. 

Why did I have this done?  Couple reasons:

  1. More aerodynamic when I run
  2. Sweat evaporates better
  3. Less time to get ready in the morning
  4. Most important – It’s freaking hot.

Anyway, tried my new doo this mornings run.   Head felt lighter.

Weight: 279.2

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Another 2 mile run

This is good, I am actually running 2 miles in the morning.  Not only does this sound better, “I ran two miles this morning”, but it really gives me more time in the morning to get ready.

Instead of planning an hour and a half, I can cut everything down to an hour.

Weight: 279.2

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Another Milestones Reached

Today I was feeling a little bit better, maybe because I had some sleep and did not feel bloated.

This is the first time in a long time that I ran my regular route (around the school near here) twice.  I believe that is 2 miles.  I’ve run two miles before but that was on the 1+3 route.

Anyway, a lot of the bloat I felt has gotten out of my system.  Today’s weigh feel’s like my correct weight.

Weight: 278.2

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Assessing Damage from Canada Trip

Wow this trip was more damaging than I expected.

  1. My lifeboat server that was setup as a temporary server for my machines crashed before my trip.  Causing email to backup.  In total about 20000 emails worth.
  2. Fisher had a power outage and I was not here to help out.
  3. When I got back one of the aquarium filters failed killing a bunch of my fish.
  4. See below.

But on the bright side

  1. No data loss and I identified a bad drive.
  2. Fisher came up OK
  3. We can consolidate two aquariums.  Still this one hurts.
  4. I feel bloated so all that weight may come out over the next few days.

Anyway here’s the official

Weight 282.2

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