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Current Weight: 229
Mar 15th
Well, I’m back! 60 emails and tonnes of backlog to process after a week and a bit away, but it feels so good to be baaaaack!
Weighed in this morning for the first time since I left at a cool 229. Certainly not my lowest weight, but also not bad at all considering the travel I just went through.
In Vegas I did really well on breakfasts (yogurt & granola & banana muffin & OJ), okay on lunches (deli sandwiches), took Jason’s tip and ate protein bars when snacky and did alright at suppers. I felt pretty good.
Likewise, at SXSW in Austin, I did fairly good on the food. Drank too much at nights so probably went over calories there, but yeah.
Sadly, I didn’t really exercise besides walking for an hour a day. I was hoping to get in 30 minutes 3 times per week, but really just couldn’t get up early after being up until 2-3am, and there was no time during the day. Not really an excuse, but at least it’s a reason.
Now that I’m back I’m settling back into my diet again, and will be restarting my exercise program. Either way, I’m happy that I didn’t gain weight while gone, because I hate playing catch-up.
Speaking of which, time to tackle email!
Current Weight: 231
Mar 6th
FECK!
Yeah, I know that weight’s cyclical, but I’ve been doing surprisingly well the last 4 days or so. Hit the gym hard yesterday, ate reasonably well. Plus, I’m totally noticing the changes in my body. Not sure it’s enough that Aaron’ll notice when we hook up later this week at SXSW, but yeah.
Anyways, I’m still on the wagon, it’s just amazingly frustrating to make 90% good choices and to still have the scales mock you. Well, I’ll tell you what, I’m gonna show those damned scales! ;-)
Fatblogging: 228.5lbs – DDR – Joined Gym
Mar 1st
Phew! It’s been a week since I started seriously looking at losing weight. In brief, here’s where I’m at:
- When I started this I was sick. So, while I got down to a low of 230, it was my “sick low”. When I got better, I ended up adding a few pounds. It was hard, but it’s great now that I’m back down.
- I’ve been doing short daily walks (10-15 minutes) just to get into the habit of it.
- I’ve been generally keeping my calories down to about 1800 (sometimes lower, sometimes – like Tuesday where I went to McDonald’s – higher). This is from my previous average of 2500-2800. Considering a pound of fat is 3500 calories, this is a great start as long as I can keep it up (food is hardest for me).
- Dance Dance Revolution (see here for info on how folk use DDR to lose weight) for the Xbox 360 was finally released yesterday. Picked it up and played (sadly… wanted to go to a friend’s wedding, but couldn’t find a babysitter anywhere… moving to a new city sucks, especially when you find an agency called “In A Pinch” and they need 24 hours notice). First hour on DDR was fantastic. It’s a lot of fun, challenging, and is obviously a great workout. Plus, it tracks calories burned, which rocks ;-)
- Went to the gym for the first time today. I’ll be going Monday/Wednesday/Friday at 8:30am. Anyone who knows me knows the idea of getting up at 7:30 is … challenging ;-) I’ll be doing each workout with a trainer for the first 1-2 months, then slowly dropping that to weekly sessions with the trainer as I get into the habit. My biggest challenge with working out will be doing it while travelling (like my upcoming 2 week trip to NewComm/SXSW).
- Traineo rocks!
Anyways, overall things are going well. New low in my weight, I can actually see my cheekbones, I’m down 10 pounds from my last trip, starting to get into the habit of making better choices in my eating.
Building the habits is the next big step. If you’re interested in losing weight, there’s an entire community of fatbloggers (centered around Jason). Lots of great info, lessons, etc. One of these days I’ll create a FeedBurner network for them so anyone can read all the great posts :)
