GOAL!!!!!!!!

I had to post today as my weight has been coming down over the last week finally. I was actually 227.5 this AM which means I have completed my first goal a little ahead of schedule. I am excited to have earned the first coveted check mark on my goals. Problem is I cant figure out how to put the line through it. Anyway I was stoked to have reached my first goal so had to share with my support group :) Thanks for all your support FAT!

Lower Arm Sweat Baby!!!

Kristen this arm sweats for you and all that you do!!! :)... I was doing a round of HIIT and looked down and saw some sweet lower arm sweat and thought "Shoot Kristen would be proud of me!!" HAHA. (I always crack up when I read on your blog about arm sweat).

I was also reflecting on how people have said that exercising puts a positive impact on their children. My son (who just turned 2) was standing at the baby gate saying "Go Daddy!!!". Then when I was done I let him come in and he got up on the treadmill and was fake running and said "I'm like Daddy" with a big grin. It was so cute and I hope he grows up seeing exercise as a good part of living life well. Anyway just had to share.

Week 5 - The Same Old Song and Dance

Starting Weight: 240
Todays Weigh in : 230.5
5 day Average : 231.1
Weight Lost this week: .5
Total Weight lost : 9.5

Well I am starting to get a little frustrated. My weight just doesn't want to come down. Only .5 loss in the last 2 weeks (on my weekly weigh in on Tuesdays). I know my diet hasn't been 100% but it has been way better then I used to live. I am not giving up by any means, just venting. I know you have all been here before, but I imagined it happening much later in the game. I worked out hard last night, ran 3 miles strait without stopping at 5 mph (which I know is slow) but i am trying to build up my endurance. My heart monitor said I burnt a little over 600 calories and my heart rate was in the 155-168 range. The last 4-5 min I pushed it up to 6mph and quickly launched my heart rate into the high 170s. I felt really good about my effort and thought maybe I would be rewarded when I stepped on the scale this morning, but no I am looking at the same stupid numbers. My scale only does pounds in .5 increments so I cant get as detailed as some of you when trying to calc averages. Anyway I hope there is better progress for me next week...

It's 80% Diet....

Even though my blog entry title states "it's 80% diet" I am still having the toughest time with just that. This weekend I was probably fine calorie wise as I didn't eat near often enough but when i did eat it wasn't always the best choice (Thai one night, and pizza the next). I don't drink enough water on the weekends either. While at work its easy for me to fill up my 32 oz bottle and drink water all day (normally drink 3 of those a day). During work week my breakfast and lunches are totally planned and bullet proof. I don't know why I am having such a hard time with diet. I know what needs to be done and I just need to do it. Another thing I am having a hard time passing on is a beer/drink on the weekends. Seems like allot of the bbqs, poker games, camping, etc involve some aspect of social drinking. Everyone is saying "hey would like a beer" etc. I also know that alcohol is worthless filler for your body. Anyway I know to be successful I need to get my diet under control and pass up the majority of the beers/drinks offered on weekends. I guess Rome wasn't built over night so I cant expect that of my body. Then again Rome wasn't built out of mud (beer) and twigs(pizza) either.... Rebecca and Billy's insane amount of weight loss for the first week of the challenge really opened my eyes also (nice work you two). I was all happy with my 1.5lbs loss (considering my diet) until I signed onto the challenge central and saw what others had done. This next week I will step up my game..... I will, I will, I can, I will, It will be done......

Week 4......

Starting Weight: 240
Todays Weigh in : 231
Weight Lost this week: 0
Total Weight lost : 9

So no weight loss for this guy this week. I guess once again I can be thankful that I didn't gain weight as my last weekend was by far not perfect. However I did use muscles I havent used in some time so I am hoping maybe some of it is muscle weight :). I am battling a stinking cold as I type this. It is kind of putting a damper on my workouts a bit. I am still going through the motions they are just not as productive as usual. I cant believe Tomorrow is the 4th of July. Everyone have a wonderful and safe independence day.

................The Dotted Line...................

I was a little bummed to see this.......

While reading a post on Rebecca's/Rob's blog about censoring blogs etc I decided I needed to post this.

Our journeys are about so much more than just loosing weight. I enjoy reading about peoples lives and how it effects their physical journeys to becoming more healthy or obtaining their goals. It helps to show that we are all real people with real issues, that we all think allot of the same things. I agree that the whole "drama thing" got a little out of control but that will happen from time to time when you have real people with real emotions. The people that can not handle/hack reality will not stick in the FAT coalition. In any on-line community you are going to get people who don't behave correctly or fail to understand how to behave correctly. I think the Fab 4 (Rob, Billy, Beck and Kevin) created this to be much more than just a weight loss support group. I know weight loss is the main reason, but without hearing the day to day its so much less. I just recently talked about feeling like I kind of knew you all and how your names have become somewhat known in my household. Without general happenings you all will just be people loosing weight.

Anyway I hope no one thinks any less of me for voicing my opinion. I will continue to post blogs on random happenings in my life as I have previously, cause thats just me. If you don't want to comment on them or read them thats totally cool.

Crashed

I crashed several times dirt bike riding and a few times on my diet. I wasnt up a bunch of weight when I weighed myself Sunday morning when I got home but I know I could have done better. It was one of those "Guys" weekends where you throw in some dough and someone else buys all the meals etc. I was concious of my decisions and tried to use portion control as best as possible. It was a very physical weekend so I am sure I burnt many more calories than my normal day sitting at my computer at work. I re-found several muscles that I had forgot about, cause they are seriously sore. I also picked up a stinking cold and have this nasty cough where you cough so much you get a headache and you feel like you are going to cough up blood. I am going to try and get some cardio in tonight. Was going to post some pictures of my cool bruises I obtained crashing on some rocks but they are on my butt so proably not PC, nor does anyone want to see that :). Anyway hope everyone is staying on track. Watch out for the sneaky snacks on the 4th of July.