Sunday yet again and time for my weekly weigh-in.
This week was a tricky one for eating smart. As most of you probably know, and the rest of you are probably among the ranks of the undead, Thanksgiving was this week. Due to both sides of my family being in town, that meant not one but two large and delicious meals in honor of said day. I did my best to limit myself to reasonable portion sizes, and I feel like I did a decent job, though we'll see what the scale has to say about that later on.
Last week I mentioned that I was done talking about the diet part of my plan for a bit and that I'd be filling this space with something else this week, and going forward, and so here it is, let me know what you think in the comments.
Diet is only really one part of the equation when your goal is more about being in better shape than merely losing weight. As such I moved a while back from a plan based almost exclusively on diet to one that includes at least a reasonable amount of exercise as well. Those who have known me a while know that I have never been one for dedicated exercise, or really much at all, in past years. When I was younger, as is probably the case with most of you, I was much more active than I am now. I played sports when I was young, and then again in high school for a little while, and for a while I even did martial arts. I enjoyed all these things when I did them. But for some reason I got it into my head that I didn't like exercise and thus I didn't do it.
Recently I've been bitten by the bug, and my interest has been piqued. As a result I've started running. 3 times a week, 30 minutes or so at a time. I'm using a training plan I'll talk about more in a coming installment. It's been really great for me I think. I tend to do my runs in the morning before breakfast or work, so that it wakes me up and leaves me energized most of the day. I'm much more awake than I was before on less sleep than I was getting. All in all I am really glad I started doing this because I feel better, and combined with the weight I've been working on I look better too. I was never really that big on what I looked like so it's nothing like that, but I'm much more comfortable in my skin now than I used to be, and I like it. I feel great and I hope to continue along the path to feeling even better. I've got some designs on how I'm going to get there as well.
That's about all I've got for now, so time to get to the numbers. What does the scale have to say about my thanksgiving week? 215.0, down 2.8 pounds since last week. So it would seem that I'm doing alright for myself. Let's hope I can keep it up. See you all next week.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Weekly Weigh-in (Week 44)
Sunday morning yet again and time for the weekly weigh-in.
Been a hectic week for me, as this weekend was the opening of the biggest movie so far since the end of summer. That said, I've been pretty good about my food this week. Kept myself to reasonably sized meals, and often only 2 of those a day. Sporadic cravings for salad have been helping keep me feeling nice and healthy about my choices too, mental victories if nothing else.
Now, last week I mentioned that I was using some statistics magic to help me track my weight, and I thought I should give a little credit to where I got the idea for that. A few weeks ago I found a book online called the Hacker's Diet. It was written by a computer programmer who had struggled with weight problems for years and had finally beaten them and decided to share what he had learned in that time. While much of the book was things I already knew, the reading was quick and included a few things I either didn't know or hadn't realized before.
Losing weight is easily, and at least mostly accurately, abstracted by looking at simply the amount of calories in compared to the number of calories out, if you are putting out more calories than you consume you will most likely lose weight at a rate related to that imbalance. That combined with the fact that fat contains about 3500 calories per pound can help you estimate how much of a defecit you need to run to lose a given amount of weight. That won't really hold up perfectly in all cases due to varying body composition and what types of exercise you are doing etc. but it works well enough for now. By tracking your calorie intake and your weight you can estimate your calorie burn more accurately than the values you can look up on a table, but those are a good starting point for figuring out how many calories a day to start with.
Tracking weight is an important subject as well. If you just look at the readings from a scale every day they fluctuate a lot. You can reduce that fluctuation somewhat by taking your measurements at the same time of day, wearing the same amount of clothing, or various other means, but no matter how hard you try it will fluctuate, sometimes wildly. Why is that? Water. The human body is composed of about 75% water by volume. The amount of water you have in your system at any given time causes your weight to fluctuate, and factors like having eaten a salty snack before bed can cause your body to have more of it in the morning than if you skipped the snack and went straight to bed. So some way to account for the randomness becomes a handy tool to have for tracking weight. For that I have come to use an exponentially smoothed moving average. Which is a fancy way of saying that I take each days reading, combined with the previous result, and apply a small amount of math to it to help make sure that random fluctuation doesn't throw off the average wildly, and that things which happened more than a week ago are less relevant to the average than things which happened yesterday. All in all, it smooths out the graph and helps me see what my weight is a little more accurately than I did before. If my weight is above the line that day the average goes up, if it's below, it goes down. Pretty simple.
So, feeling good this week, got the tools and the knowledge to monitor what goes on with my weight and my diet, what do I have to show for it? Well the scale tells me that today I'm 217.8, same as last week. No progress, but nothing gained either so I'll take what I can get. This is probably going to be the last post focusing on the diet and measurement part of my weight loss for a while, though I will still be posting my weekly weight change each week. Stay tuned for what will fill the middle of the posts in the future.
Been a hectic week for me, as this weekend was the opening of the biggest movie so far since the end of summer. That said, I've been pretty good about my food this week. Kept myself to reasonably sized meals, and often only 2 of those a day. Sporadic cravings for salad have been helping keep me feeling nice and healthy about my choices too, mental victories if nothing else.
Now, last week I mentioned that I was using some statistics magic to help me track my weight, and I thought I should give a little credit to where I got the idea for that. A few weeks ago I found a book online called the Hacker's Diet. It was written by a computer programmer who had struggled with weight problems for years and had finally beaten them and decided to share what he had learned in that time. While much of the book was things I already knew, the reading was quick and included a few things I either didn't know or hadn't realized before.
Losing weight is easily, and at least mostly accurately, abstracted by looking at simply the amount of calories in compared to the number of calories out, if you are putting out more calories than you consume you will most likely lose weight at a rate related to that imbalance. That combined with the fact that fat contains about 3500 calories per pound can help you estimate how much of a defecit you need to run to lose a given amount of weight. That won't really hold up perfectly in all cases due to varying body composition and what types of exercise you are doing etc. but it works well enough for now. By tracking your calorie intake and your weight you can estimate your calorie burn more accurately than the values you can look up on a table, but those are a good starting point for figuring out how many calories a day to start with.
Tracking weight is an important subject as well. If you just look at the readings from a scale every day they fluctuate a lot. You can reduce that fluctuation somewhat by taking your measurements at the same time of day, wearing the same amount of clothing, or various other means, but no matter how hard you try it will fluctuate, sometimes wildly. Why is that? Water. The human body is composed of about 75% water by volume. The amount of water you have in your system at any given time causes your weight to fluctuate, and factors like having eaten a salty snack before bed can cause your body to have more of it in the morning than if you skipped the snack and went straight to bed. So some way to account for the randomness becomes a handy tool to have for tracking weight. For that I have come to use an exponentially smoothed moving average. Which is a fancy way of saying that I take each days reading, combined with the previous result, and apply a small amount of math to it to help make sure that random fluctuation doesn't throw off the average wildly, and that things which happened more than a week ago are less relevant to the average than things which happened yesterday. All in all, it smooths out the graph and helps me see what my weight is a little more accurately than I did before. If my weight is above the line that day the average goes up, if it's below, it goes down. Pretty simple.
So, feeling good this week, got the tools and the knowledge to monitor what goes on with my weight and my diet, what do I have to show for it? Well the scale tells me that today I'm 217.8, same as last week. No progress, but nothing gained either so I'll take what I can get. This is probably going to be the last post focusing on the diet and measurement part of my weight loss for a while, though I will still be posting my weekly weight change each week. Stay tuned for what will fill the middle of the posts in the future.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Weekly Weigh-in (Week 43)
Sunday morning again and time for my weekly weigh-in.
This weekend I'm having a change of scenery and visiting some good friends down in Tucson. With good friends come good times, and with that food that while good may not be good for me. But, I'm not worried. I've learned a lot about watching what I eat of late that I feel confident will keep me from any serious pitfalls. This week saw a bit of a plateau in my daily weight that was a tad worrisome to me. Now, I knew there wasn't a real reason to be worried, I've moved past focusing on the daily weight and toward a focus on the more long-term trends in my weight . To help smooth out the randomness that gets introduced by the human bodies fluctuating water levels I use a little bit of stats magic and daily weigh-ins to help give me a better picture of my weight over time. That has been steadily downward, though at varying speeds.
So, with that knowledge giving me the surety that this was if anything a temporary setback I decided that I'd try and see what I could do about it anyway, as 3 days of the same weight felt like good enough reason to try something. So, by accident more than anything, Wednesday and Thursday both ended up including a fairly harsh calorie restriction by the name of intermittent fasting. In neither case did I really feel much hungrier than on a normal day so nothing to worry about there, but I feel like it's helped me power through that plateau from early in the week and might help me see some good results. If so it's likely that the intermittent fast may become a part of my regular regimen for dealing with such annoying weight stability, and if not I may still do it if only because it actually felt rather nice at the time.
So, did my trickery yield results or did my trip to Tucson have more of an impact on my weight than I thought? That is to the scale to decide. 217.8, up 0.4 since last week. So it looks as though my efforts balanced out my weekend at least. Have to see what I can do to power through this flat spot next week.
This weekend I'm having a change of scenery and visiting some good friends down in Tucson. With good friends come good times, and with that food that while good may not be good for me. But, I'm not worried. I've learned a lot about watching what I eat of late that I feel confident will keep me from any serious pitfalls. This week saw a bit of a plateau in my daily weight that was a tad worrisome to me. Now, I knew there wasn't a real reason to be worried, I've moved past focusing on the daily weight and toward a focus on the more long-term trends in my weight . To help smooth out the randomness that gets introduced by the human bodies fluctuating water levels I use a little bit of stats magic and daily weigh-ins to help give me a better picture of my weight over time. That has been steadily downward, though at varying speeds.
So, with that knowledge giving me the surety that this was if anything a temporary setback I decided that I'd try and see what I could do about it anyway, as 3 days of the same weight felt like good enough reason to try something. So, by accident more than anything, Wednesday and Thursday both ended up including a fairly harsh calorie restriction by the name of intermittent fasting. In neither case did I really feel much hungrier than on a normal day so nothing to worry about there, but I feel like it's helped me power through that plateau from early in the week and might help me see some good results. If so it's likely that the intermittent fast may become a part of my regular regimen for dealing with such annoying weight stability, and if not I may still do it if only because it actually felt rather nice at the time.
So, did my trickery yield results or did my trip to Tucson have more of an impact on my weight than I thought? That is to the scale to decide. 217.8, up 0.4 since last week. So it looks as though my efforts balanced out my weekend at least. Have to see what I can do to power through this flat spot next week.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Weekly Weigh-in (Week 42)
Sunday yet again and time for my weekly weigh-in.
Been feeling the urge for salad the past couple days, an urge I make a point of sating whenever it comes up for two reasons, if my I'm getting a craving for something I generally consider there to be only a couple reasons, my body is trying to tell me I need that, or that it thinks it needs it. Since I fail to see myself as a salad addict, I'm going with a legitimate need. Secondly, I actually like salad.
I've been doing falling down a bit on my fruits and veggies of late, which probably accounts somewhat for the salad craving, but I've been doing better with my calories most of the time. Now, last week I hinted that there was a reason I put all the calorie information for various dishes that went into my pocket index into excel, and this week I'd like to share that reason. An iPhone app called Meal Diary. Meal Diary has been deprecated in favor of another app, but I prefer Meal Diary for a few reasons I'll detail below.
The reason I put together the excel chart is because using that I was able to have the system calculate an average and standard deviation, which I used as the Small, Medium, and Large sizes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack on Meal Diary. I like the way it handles calorie entry for meals because I can either enter an exact number if I know it, or just pick if it's Small, Medium, or Large if I don't know the exact number. Once it's entered in the app takes care of charting the data, and provides charts for the past couple weeks for calories in. It also can track calories burned from exercise and etc. so that helps keep my calorie counts that much more accurate.
It also allows you to enter in weight measurements which it tracks and graphs much like the calorie measurements. I like Meal Diary better than it's replacement because of the calorie entry method, it is much simpler than a slider which I cannot easily get to the right number, or having to look up each individual food item to add to my meal. The thing I really like about Meal Diary is how simple it is to track my calorie intake on the go. I can quickly and easily enter in a decent approximation of what I'm eating, and that works well enough for my needs right now. Tracking my calories is my current plan for helping manage my weight, if I can balance my calories in with my calories out, and manage the in appropriately, it should help with my weight. I'm aware that it's slightly less simple than just calories in vs calories out, but the subtleties there are something I'll save for a later date.
So let's look at the scale for this week. 217.4, down 3.8 pounds since last week, 65 since I started. Only about 10 pounds away from my next big milestone. I've come a long way, and my life has been made all the better for it. Even still, I've got a ways to go before I'm at a place I'm really happy with, so I'll see you all next week with an update.
Been feeling the urge for salad the past couple days, an urge I make a point of sating whenever it comes up for two reasons, if my I'm getting a craving for something I generally consider there to be only a couple reasons, my body is trying to tell me I need that, or that it thinks it needs it. Since I fail to see myself as a salad addict, I'm going with a legitimate need. Secondly, I actually like salad.
I've been doing falling down a bit on my fruits and veggies of late, which probably accounts somewhat for the salad craving, but I've been doing better with my calories most of the time. Now, last week I hinted that there was a reason I put all the calorie information for various dishes that went into my pocket index into excel, and this week I'd like to share that reason. An iPhone app called Meal Diary. Meal Diary has been deprecated in favor of another app, but I prefer Meal Diary for a few reasons I'll detail below.
The reason I put together the excel chart is because using that I was able to have the system calculate an average and standard deviation, which I used as the Small, Medium, and Large sizes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack on Meal Diary. I like the way it handles calorie entry for meals because I can either enter an exact number if I know it, or just pick if it's Small, Medium, or Large if I don't know the exact number. Once it's entered in the app takes care of charting the data, and provides charts for the past couple weeks for calories in. It also can track calories burned from exercise and etc. so that helps keep my calorie counts that much more accurate.
It also allows you to enter in weight measurements which it tracks and graphs much like the calorie measurements. I like Meal Diary better than it's replacement because of the calorie entry method, it is much simpler than a slider which I cannot easily get to the right number, or having to look up each individual food item to add to my meal. The thing I really like about Meal Diary is how simple it is to track my calorie intake on the go. I can quickly and easily enter in a decent approximation of what I'm eating, and that works well enough for my needs right now. Tracking my calories is my current plan for helping manage my weight, if I can balance my calories in with my calories out, and manage the in appropriately, it should help with my weight. I'm aware that it's slightly less simple than just calories in vs calories out, but the subtleties there are something I'll save for a later date.
So let's look at the scale for this week. 217.4, down 3.8 pounds since last week, 65 since I started. Only about 10 pounds away from my next big milestone. I've come a long way, and my life has been made all the better for it. Even still, I've got a ways to go before I'm at a place I'm really happy with, so I'll see you all next week with an update.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
A Life without Flash
A rare midweek post from me today.
It's struck me recently, in part due to a post from Daring Fireball in turn from Ars Technica, that Flash is a huge resource hog. I've known this for quite some time, hell I've got not one but 2 programs running on my system at all times whose only purpose is to keep Flash from running away with my system resources. But today I finally asked myself a question. Why? Why do I still have flash installed if I go to the trouble of blocking it from loading on the majority of all webpages? Why do I want to have something that requires to programs simply to keep it from eating my system? Why would I have something that decreases battery time by as much as a third when left unchecked, and that's just browsing normal websites, imagine what that would be like if you were on flash intensive sites. Why not simplify everything and just get rid of it? So I did. I uninstalled Flash Player, and will be browsing the web without it for the foreseeable future. At the very least for the next week I will not be installing Flash, hopefully ever again. I'll try and remember to post updates on this but I'm not going to promise anything.
It's struck me recently, in part due to a post from Daring Fireball in turn from Ars Technica, that Flash is a huge resource hog. I've known this for quite some time, hell I've got not one but 2 programs running on my system at all times whose only purpose is to keep Flash from running away with my system resources. But today I finally asked myself a question. Why? Why do I still have flash installed if I go to the trouble of blocking it from loading on the majority of all webpages? Why do I want to have something that requires to programs simply to keep it from eating my system? Why would I have something that decreases battery time by as much as a third when left unchecked, and that's just browsing normal websites, imagine what that would be like if you were on flash intensive sites. Why not simplify everything and just get rid of it? So I did. I uninstalled Flash Player, and will be browsing the web without it for the foreseeable future. At the very least for the next week I will not be installing Flash, hopefully ever again. I'll try and remember to post updates on this but I'm not going to promise anything.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Weekly Weigh-in (Week 41)
Sunday morning yet again, and time for my weekly weigh-in.
This week I feel has been one of my better weeks for my weight. I've been eating a bit less fruit, but there are lots of worse things one can do than not eat quite enough fruit. Life is full of stressful events, luckily I've been learning of late much better how to just let the stress flow around me without having much lasting impact. The reason I mention that here is that I know for many, myself included, stress can be a factor in over eating. Another over eating trigger I've been less good about controlling recently is big changes in my schedule. A party comes up or etc. and you end up eating more than you should, or something else out of the ordinary happens and throws off your calorie intake. It's a hard thing to work with, but I'm hopeful that I can manage it, and if not 1 bad meal doesn't remove all the benefit from the other 20 good meals that week, just lessens them somewhat.
Now, the first in what will turn out to be a string of segments in this post about the things I've been doing to help manage my weight. For the first installment, I'm going to talk about what I've been doing the longest for this, diet. I don't really like to call what I do a diet, because the word seems to imply to me something that ends rather than being the lifestyle change that eating right needs to be. When asked what diet I'm on though my usual answer is "The Don't Be a Fatass Diet." It works something like this, don't eat like a fatass and you won't be a fatass. Now, for reference, before I started on my weightloss trend my average meals were running close to 1500 calories in many cases. That's not a good thing at all. So I decided to sit down and figure out what I should be eating at the places I went to the most.
Most restaurants have their nutrition information posted on their websites, and those that don't can usually be found through sites like dailyplate.com. I went through and set myself a per meal cap for lunch and dinner, at the time the two meals I actually ate, and codified what I would eat at each place that was in that calorie range. I put all that together into an excel sheet that calculated an average and a standard deviation for said figures, for reasons I'll explain in a future update, and then printed it off on a sheet I carry around in my wallet. That way when I go out to eat to a place on my list, I can look up what I should order and know that I'm being smarter about my calories than I was before.
This has been a large part of the secret to my success I feel. Just eating reasonable portion sizes cut my calorie intake per day massively and has helped me burn off a lot of fat. In the past week or so I've decided to up the ante and start trying to count calories pretty extensively in an effort to help further manage my intake and thus my weight, we'll see how that works out as the weeks go by.
Well, what does the scale have to say? 221.2, up .6 from last week. Up a little this time around, but not much, especially considering how much I overate on a couple occasions this week. I'm going to be trying to do better next week, but even still, I'm in much better shape than I was this time last year, or even a few months ago, and that's something I'm proud of. I'll see you all next week, probably with the explanation for why I had excel doing math on my food list.
This week I feel has been one of my better weeks for my weight. I've been eating a bit less fruit, but there are lots of worse things one can do than not eat quite enough fruit. Life is full of stressful events, luckily I've been learning of late much better how to just let the stress flow around me without having much lasting impact. The reason I mention that here is that I know for many, myself included, stress can be a factor in over eating. Another over eating trigger I've been less good about controlling recently is big changes in my schedule. A party comes up or etc. and you end up eating more than you should, or something else out of the ordinary happens and throws off your calorie intake. It's a hard thing to work with, but I'm hopeful that I can manage it, and if not 1 bad meal doesn't remove all the benefit from the other 20 good meals that week, just lessens them somewhat.
Now, the first in what will turn out to be a string of segments in this post about the things I've been doing to help manage my weight. For the first installment, I'm going to talk about what I've been doing the longest for this, diet. I don't really like to call what I do a diet, because the word seems to imply to me something that ends rather than being the lifestyle change that eating right needs to be. When asked what diet I'm on though my usual answer is "The Don't Be a Fatass Diet." It works something like this, don't eat like a fatass and you won't be a fatass. Now, for reference, before I started on my weightloss trend my average meals were running close to 1500 calories in many cases. That's not a good thing at all. So I decided to sit down and figure out what I should be eating at the places I went to the most.
Most restaurants have their nutrition information posted on their websites, and those that don't can usually be found through sites like dailyplate.com. I went through and set myself a per meal cap for lunch and dinner, at the time the two meals I actually ate, and codified what I would eat at each place that was in that calorie range. I put all that together into an excel sheet that calculated an average and a standard deviation for said figures, for reasons I'll explain in a future update, and then printed it off on a sheet I carry around in my wallet. That way when I go out to eat to a place on my list, I can look up what I should order and know that I'm being smarter about my calories than I was before.
This has been a large part of the secret to my success I feel. Just eating reasonable portion sizes cut my calorie intake per day massively and has helped me burn off a lot of fat. In the past week or so I've decided to up the ante and start trying to count calories pretty extensively in an effort to help further manage my intake and thus my weight, we'll see how that works out as the weeks go by.
Well, what does the scale have to say? 221.2, up .6 from last week. Up a little this time around, but not much, especially considering how much I overate on a couple occasions this week. I'm going to be trying to do better next week, but even still, I'm in much better shape than I was this time last year, or even a few months ago, and that's something I'm proud of. I'll see you all next week, probably with the explanation for why I had excel doing math on my food list.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Weekly Weigh-in (Week 40)
Sunday yet again and time for another installment of my weekly weigh-in.
This week makes 40 since I started trying to manage my weight through progressive lifestyle change. That's a somewhat complicated statement so let me break it down a little bit. Firstly, I say manage my weight rather than lose weight, because at this time I feel that is a more accurate representation of what I've done. Though it started out as me trying to lose weight, that was honestly short-sighted of me. Losing weight is only a good goal if you are overweight, and if you are doing it right that will stop being true eventually. While that's great, it means you have suddenly run out of goal to achieve. Rebounding after a "diet" or the like is a big problem for many and as such I have made a conscious decision to try and avoid that and move forward now that I'm approaching my original target weight. As such, I'm out to manage my weight not lose it, to get to a weight I'm comfortable with and then work on not just staying there, but cutting fat and getting into better shape.
Then there is that second part, progressive lifestyle change. That's something I've been big on since I started this, I am not on a diet. Diets are something that generally people do until they are done with them and then stop. After that, where are you? You're back to where you started, having not really learned much about eating better than you were before you started and this is a big reason people tend to regain weight when they have reached their goal. I'm not on a diet, I'm actively changing my lifestyle to suit my goals for my life. Eating better is a lifelong change that I am making. And it doesn't happen all at once. It's been a process of learning what I should and shouldn't be eating, managing my portion size, what brings results that last and what brings only short-term benefit. It's a process that I'm not yet finished with, but am eager to see where it takes me.
There have been a lot of changes going on this past week that I'll be discussing in future installments of this blog, but this week I felt moved to explain what I did above instead.
So what does the scale have to say about my convictions and my recent changes? 220.6 pounds, down 3.2 from last week. Leaves me down 62.5 since I started in January, which is a great place to be right now.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Weekly Weigh-in (Week 39)
Tis Sunday yet again and time for another installment of the weekly weigh-in.
Feeling really good right now. Ate a lot of fruit this week and I think that helped. I've really been feeling great these past few weeks, lots of energy and really just feeling better all around than I have been. Made it out for a run this week, only the one sadly but it felt good and I am hoping to get in two or three this week. Once I'm actually keeping to it a little more I'll talk a bit about what I'm doing in terms of my workouts, but for now I'm not steady enough with anything to consider it a plan.
Got a new phone this week, shiny iPhone 4, and have a couple apps on it for tracking calories. I'm going to give them a try and see if they help keep me on track or not.
So, what does the scale have to say? 223.8 this week. Down 3.8 from last week. That puts me down nearly 60 pounds since I started in January. Progress is steady and rewarding, here's hoping I can keep it up.
Feeling really good right now. Ate a lot of fruit this week and I think that helped. I've really been feeling great these past few weeks, lots of energy and really just feeling better all around than I have been. Made it out for a run this week, only the one sadly but it felt good and I am hoping to get in two or three this week. Once I'm actually keeping to it a little more I'll talk a bit about what I'm doing in terms of my workouts, but for now I'm not steady enough with anything to consider it a plan.
Got a new phone this week, shiny iPhone 4, and have a couple apps on it for tracking calories. I'm going to give them a try and see if they help keep me on track or not.
So, what does the scale have to say? 223.8 this week. Down 3.8 from last week. That puts me down nearly 60 pounds since I started in January. Progress is steady and rewarding, here's hoping I can keep it up.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Weekly Weigh-in (Week 38)
It's Sunday again and time for my weekly weigh-in.
Going to be a short post this week as I have work coming up in a little while.
In terms of eating I think I've been doing really well recently, making more food at home, eating a whole lot more fruit. I'm feeling really great both physically and mentally. This week will be the first full week of Lara's job waking me up early in the morning. Some would say that's an annoying thing and a problem, I see it as an opportunity to be up early to go for a good run, so tomorrow I'm going out for a run. I'll be sure to let you all know how that goes.
So, what does the scale have to say about me this week? 227.6, same as last week. Down 55.5 pounds so far since January, and only about 20 pounds from my current goal. I'm hoping the running can help me keep going on the push toward that goal, but only time will tell.
Going to be a short post this week as I have work coming up in a little while.
In terms of eating I think I've been doing really well recently, making more food at home, eating a whole lot more fruit. I'm feeling really great both physically and mentally. This week will be the first full week of Lara's job waking me up early in the morning. Some would say that's an annoying thing and a problem, I see it as an opportunity to be up early to go for a good run, so tomorrow I'm going out for a run. I'll be sure to let you all know how that goes.
So, what does the scale have to say about me this week? 227.6, same as last week. Down 55.5 pounds so far since January, and only about 20 pounds from my current goal. I'm hoping the running can help me keep going on the push toward that goal, but only time will tell.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Weekly Weigh-in (Week 37)
It's Sunday again and time for the weekly weigh-in.
Feeling really good this week. Work has settled down into a slightly more predictable schedule, Lara looks like she's found not one but two jobs, and it's almost starting to cool off in Phoenix. My fruit intake has been on the rise, and I made food for dinner on Monday and Thursday. All in all, things are looking up.
So, where do I still need to go? I'd like to be cooking more and so far am making good progress on that but could always do better. For reasons both of finance and of health I'm going to start trying to take my lunches with me to work more, though we'll see how well that works out in practice. And hopefully with the weather becoming more cooperative some running will be able to take place in the next few weeks as well.
So, what does the scale have to say about my recent progress? 227.6, down 3 pounds from last week. Keeping up a much better pace than I expected I'd be able to at this point. Hoping it holds but only time will tell. For now, I'm well on my way to the best shape of my life and doing what I can to keep myself there, and that's not bad.
Feeling really good this week. Work has settled down into a slightly more predictable schedule, Lara looks like she's found not one but two jobs, and it's almost starting to cool off in Phoenix. My fruit intake has been on the rise, and I made food for dinner on Monday and Thursday. All in all, things are looking up.
So, where do I still need to go? I'd like to be cooking more and so far am making good progress on that but could always do better. For reasons both of finance and of health I'm going to start trying to take my lunches with me to work more, though we'll see how well that works out in practice. And hopefully with the weather becoming more cooperative some running will be able to take place in the next few weeks as well.
So, what does the scale have to say about my recent progress? 227.6, down 3 pounds from last week. Keeping up a much better pace than I expected I'd be able to at this point. Hoping it holds but only time will tell. For now, I'm well on my way to the best shape of my life and doing what I can to keep myself there, and that's not bad.
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