Holding Pattern

WI:197.4

Well as you can see not much has changed weight wise. To me that's a good thing and a bad thing. I am happy to be holding sub 200 but I am no where near where I want to be yet. The house hunt has really heated up and if all the stars align we should be in a new place the weekend of July 10th. We have a buyer for our place and a accepted offer on our new place. There is just a ton of calendar juggling that has to happen in the next few weeks. I am trying to continue to workout 4-5 times a week and do my best with my diet given the circumstances at hand....

Publicly (and for accountability) I am going to give a promise to myself.... I still have my goal of hitting the 180s range by my 35th birthday (mid September) and I intend to hit it. I know this means I need to get busy now and not later.

To all my blog buddies keep inspiring me by getting it done.

Fat Flounder

WI:198.2

Well as you can see my weight is sneaking up a bit on me. I have still been exercising about 5 times a week but the diet has definitely slid or I guess continued to slide. As I figured the house hunt and all leading up to it is taking its toll. I spent about 7 hours in the garage yesterday just going through stuff and boxing stuff up. Had a great father's day, spent some time with my boys and some time with my dad.

I know I need to get things turned around diet wise and I also need to start blogging more frequently. We put in another bid on a house and we should know something this week so hopefully this one will come through. I am ready to be back at a somewhat normal schedule again.

Quick Hit

WI: 196.4

Its coming back down.... I missed my workout as I forecasted. We did see a house that we really like but its a little over our budget. We are going to try to put in a low offer and see what happens (its a buyers market). It's in fates hands now. If it works out then great, if it doesn't it wasn't meant to be. I just hope it does cause both my wife and I really like the place.

Tonight we are taking my parents out to dinner as a thanks for watching our little ones while we were in Vegas. We are going to one of my favorite restaurants so I know its not gonna be a good diet night. One of those times I am choosing to cheat (since I hardly ever go to this place). I am really looking forward to it. With that said I am still planning on getting in a workout tonight even if its late. Yes, I still have a goal and I haven't got there yet ;)

TGIMF (thank god its my Friday).

Mixed

WI: 197.6

Last night I did my usual 4 mile run and kept my diet pretty clean (including packing my lunch). I did eat to many carbs (rice two times yesterday and a hazelnut latte). I need to get back to cycling my carbs like did a month ago. It seemed to work well and I didn't feel all that deprived. I have realized that its pretty easy for me to maintain a weight but really hard to loose it and somewhat easy to gain (fat). If I maintain a reasonable exercise regiment and semi good eating my body just seems to lock into what ever area I am currently at. I have not reached my goals yet so its not time to give up. I want to loose another 15-20lbs and in the scheme of things that doesn't sound like much. I have started to notice a trend for me. I loose 7-10 pounds then sit stagnate for like 2 months before loosing more weight. I just want to finish the cut and get to where I want to be weight wise so I can maintain.

Tonight we are lined up to look at a few houses after work. So its going to be hard to fit in a workout (truthfully I don't think its gonna happen). Looks like salad for lunch and something smaller for dinner to offset the missed workout. Thanks for all your support and comments lately, it does help.

Well I kind of feel like I am just rambling on about not much so I will cut this short.

Struggling and Whatnot

WI:??? 196.4 (on Saturday morn).

Well as the title says I am struggling a little with staying focused like I said I was going too. I missed two cardio workouts last week and the diet has been not so great. We have been eating out way too much and the house search/sale is taking more of a toll than I expected. Luckily our home inspection went pretty well so now we have shifted gears to trying to find the new place. We are finding that what we want vs our budget is not totally in line. Its doable but it's a stretch. It's looking like we are going to have to find a temporary other place to live while trying to find the right match. That means moving stuff twice and turning our life upside down. Anyway I will quit whining about it as I know we are fortunate to have what we have. My diet has been allot of not eating much early to allow for eating more and crap later. There has been too much beer and sweets filtering in. The number one strike against me is I have been buying lunch and not making it like I usually do. Anyway, I know I need to right this ship before I get too far off course. I also need to continue to make more posts to my blog here, it does help.

Not To Bad

WI: 195.8

Well considering the Vegas 4-5 days and following weekend of not so great eating I am not to unhappy. I should be back in my low range by the end of the week pretty easily. I did CoreSyn last night which marks the start of week 9 on the p90x program. I almost skipped it but didn't really want to loose momentum, glad I did it. Tonight is CardioX and a healthy diet (eating a cliff builder bar as I type this).

Things are going well in the personal life too. My youngest son (14 months) took his first 5-6 unassisted steps this last weekend. We also got a offer on our house which we accepted. Now starts the crazy search for a new bigger place. Life is going to be moving quick the next couple months. I need to keep diet and exercise in the big picture. There is no way I want to have to regain lost ground.

Sun, Fun, and Back to the Real

Well I am back from Vegas and ready to get back to normal eating and exercise. I did workout 2 of the days we were on vacation but I ate/drank pretty much what ever I wanted. Fitness and diet was however in the back of my head allot of the time. I still choose diet pops as mixers when available etc and tried to keep my calories lower by not eating as much when possible. Not a good way to live or loose weight but it was a good way to minimalize damage while on vacation. I am going to take a couple days away from the scale to normalize my weight before stepping on it to see where I am. Tonight I am planning a run and of course eating well is on the agenda.

While in Vegas we spent allot of time by the pool (Mandalay Bay). I still don't have the body I would like to have but I have to say I probably felt the most comfortable in my own skin that I ever have with my shirt off in public. I was still the soft guy in comparison to the friends I went with but that's ok. I am getting there and that's what counts. Both my body and mind are are healing because of the time and effort I have put into loosing weight, that alone is motivation enough to keep me moving forward.