Friday, June 3, 2011
Loss of Motivation
I've been losing motivation to run lately. I don't want to but it has happened and I need to find a way to break through it. I haven't been running nearly enough since I ran the 11 miler. Between going on dates with my new gal or just making up excuses to do other things, it hasn't been getting done. I need to find a way to get this motivation back and get my butt back out there. I'm considering switching things up for a little while. The switch would involve running less but lifting weights. I want to build some muscle to help in the weight loss. I don't mean I will cut out running at all. I just mean instead of 4-5 milers maybe just doing 2-3 and lifting for 45 mins. Something has got to change because as happy as I am to have lost 40 lbs I don't want to stop losing anytime soon.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
100 Push Up Challenge
BTW, Last Week I started the 100 Push Up challenge and now am on to Week 2 Day 2 tomorrow. I felt I was losing some muscle and wanted to regained any lost upper body strength. I'm hoping to transition this into a strength training program by August or September. Right now I'm doing the lightweight version because I've always had a sensitive shoulder and quite honestly push ups at 283 pounds is still lifting a lot of weight. Once I'm done with the lightweight version, I will either do the regular heavy weight version or a modified heavy weight version and by modified I mean starting at the week 3 of the heavy weight and creating my own additional weeks to push myself beyond to keep adding strength. I know I don't have many followers but Who is with me? It's really not all that difficult and takes like 10 mins to do so why not.
It's been a long tough month
Just like the title says, its been a long and difficult month of May. My weight loss slowed down significantly and I kind of started slacking in my running, not in being active just running. One problem with summer and the nice weather is there are so many other things to do between yardwork, Twins games, walks around the lakes, etc. However, it looks like I had a pretty good break through weight wise this week and lost 2.2 lbs which is the biggest loss I've had in a while and I'm happy to cross over the 40 lbs lost mark and set sights on 45 lbs. My clothes are getting much baggier and my work slacks are almost to the point I can't wear them.
When entering in my weight today I realized it was my 20th week on here and started to think back on the journey so far. I'm happy to be where I am now, if you would have told me I would do this well back in January, I would take it 10 out of 10 times but I'm not satisfied with the end result. I don't plan on just being happy where I am and settling in here. I've got another 58.8 pounds to go to be where I really want to be. The biggest things this journey has taught me is patience. I don't have to get to that weight immediately but as long as I keep going in the right direction, I will get there eventually. If it takes me a full year or more I'm fine with that. Would I like to be further along, sure but I know I've been my own worst enemy from that standpoint. I've made steps in the right direction that aren't drastic or impossible to maintain. I can keep going forward on my journey because really its just the way I'm living now and hopefully the weight loss just keeps up. If not I will makes changes but for now I like the way this is going.
When entering in my weight today I realized it was my 20th week on here and started to think back on the journey so far. I'm happy to be where I am now, if you would have told me I would do this well back in January, I would take it 10 out of 10 times but I'm not satisfied with the end result. I don't plan on just being happy where I am and settling in here. I've got another 58.8 pounds to go to be where I really want to be. The biggest things this journey has taught me is patience. I don't have to get to that weight immediately but as long as I keep going in the right direction, I will get there eventually. If it takes me a full year or more I'm fine with that. Would I like to be further along, sure but I know I've been my own worst enemy from that standpoint. I've made steps in the right direction that aren't drastic or impossible to maintain. I can keep going forward on my journey because really its just the way I'm living now and hopefully the weight loss just keeps up. If not I will makes changes but for now I like the way this is going.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Measuring Up
Well I haven't posted a picture in a while but I did take some measurements yesterday so I thought I would share them.
Neck: 17.5" (18.5")
Chest: 47.5" (50")
Shoulders: 56"
Waist: 45" (49")
Hips: 46" (49.5")
Thighs: 27.5" (28.5")
Arms: 16" (17.5")
Almost all of these are drops except thighs and neck since the last time I measured, but from the start they are all big drops. My original numbers are next the the new ones. Total I've lost 16" (counting each thigh and arm loss). Also this morning my weight was down to 282.4 which always has me wanting to move my weigh in's to Tuesday because they are typically the lowest but oh well. I'm getting close to the 270's and haven't been this low since late 2005. I'm more confident about myself and happier. Also an ex-gf of mine who is a really good friend now will be in town this weekend and she hasn't seen me since last November where I was either right around 325 or maybe even a little higher. I'm excited to show off a little. I also talked to a good friend of mine yesterday who wants me to be an usher in his wedding and I'm looking forward to where I will be at the time of his wedding and how I'll look in a tux. Yesterday's run was good, 5.5 miles up some pretty terrible hills. I wore the HR monitor for the first time in a long time and had some interesting results. I'm not sure why but its seems that the HR monitor was reading much higher than it should. I wouldn't expect it to be too high without proper skin contact more too low. I check it to another HR monitor before I left and it was right but its says I was in the highest zone for 37 mins, the next highest zone for 13 mins and the last few for the rest. My average HR was 169 so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if I just have an extremely high HR while running.
Neck: 17.5" (18.5")
Chest: 47.5" (50")
Shoulders: 56"
Waist: 45" (49")
Hips: 46" (49.5")
Thighs: 27.5" (28.5")
Arms: 16" (17.5")
Almost all of these are drops except thighs and neck since the last time I measured, but from the start they are all big drops. My original numbers are next the the new ones. Total I've lost 16" (counting each thigh and arm loss). Also this morning my weight was down to 282.4 which always has me wanting to move my weigh in's to Tuesday because they are typically the lowest but oh well. I'm getting close to the 270's and haven't been this low since late 2005. I'm more confident about myself and happier. Also an ex-gf of mine who is a really good friend now will be in town this weekend and she hasn't seen me since last November where I was either right around 325 or maybe even a little higher. I'm excited to show off a little. I also talked to a good friend of mine yesterday who wants me to be an usher in his wedding and I'm looking forward to where I will be at the time of his wedding and how I'll look in a tux. Yesterday's run was good, 5.5 miles up some pretty terrible hills. I wore the HR monitor for the first time in a long time and had some interesting results. I'm not sure why but its seems that the HR monitor was reading much higher than it should. I wouldn't expect it to be too high without proper skin contact more too low. I check it to another HR monitor before I left and it was right but its says I was in the highest zone for 37 mins, the next highest zone for 13 mins and the last few for the rest. My average HR was 169 so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if I just have an extremely high HR while running.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Guilty Weekend
So running and working out did not happen at all this weekend. But I'm still down weight for the week and I'm very happy about that. I know I will get there eventually and there are times I wish it was faster but I had a great weekend so I'm not too concerned right now. First Friday night was a great night on a brewery tour of a smaller brewery that my friend and I all love. It was fun to listen to the owner talk so passionately about the business and about how they go about making their beer. He was willing to answer every question with enthusiam as well. I stayed out that night with friends and had a great time. The running was really shut down this weekend by the crazy storms around the area. There were major thunderstorms all day Saturday and Sunday including hail and tornados that destroy some areas of minneapolis. Even where I work there are trees that are easily 50+ years old pull right out of the ground. So needless to say I wasn't going to run in that. I could have gone to the gym and maybe should have but didn't. Instead I spent most of my weekend with someone I just met and really enjoy. And so I decided to take advantage of the fact that at 40 lbs down, a better look, and a new sense of confidence, I could get back in the dating scene and try to find someone to be happy with. It's only been 3 dates so far but I like where things are headed. Getting back at it today.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
A difference in thinking
Well the last few days have involved zero running. This is probably not good considering I'm planning to run 12 miles this weekend and most likely a half marathon in 2 weeks. However, Tuesday involved some pretty heavy yardwork for about 3.5 hours so there was plenty of sweating and exercise involved. Today I have to drive my friend to the airport and immediately go to my softball game so it looks like I may miss today as well. And yesterday I had a date which felt good and it went really well. It's been over a month since my last relationship ended which I didn't say much about, but I'm back out there and hopefully it won't interfere too much with the running schedule. (Thankfully this one is a runner so maybe I can make that into a date sometime. 5k around the lake sounds nice to me)
The best part about this whole thing is that in the past I would have easily drifted away from my program or been worried that I might not get it started again. This time I'm not even worried. I've felt bad about missing a few running days but I know I'll get right out there as soon as I have time. Also on Tuesday I know last summer I would have been dead after about 1 hour of the work I did and I went 3.5 hours and really wasn't that tired, the sun was just going down so I ended because trust me I still have plenty of repairs still to do.
The best part about this whole thing is that in the past I would have easily drifted away from my program or been worried that I might not get it started again. This time I'm not even worried. I've felt bad about missing a few running days but I know I'll get right out there as soon as I have time. Also on Tuesday I know last summer I would have been dead after about 1 hour of the work I did and I went 3.5 hours and really wasn't that tired, the sun was just going down so I ended because trust me I still have plenty of repairs still to do.
Monday, May 16, 2011
New to IKEA
Well my weight loss wasn't quite where I wanted it to be this week, but it's still down and I'm happy about that. It may drop some more today as on Saturday I was out having a good time with friends, aka drinks, and usually after a day or two my weight drops off from the gain of all the liquid so it may just need some leveling.
Yesterday was a pretty quiet day but it was beautiful outside. Really a great day when you can just open all the windows and let the crisp air in; very refreshing. I also learned about IKEA this weekend. Yes, I knew what it was and had looked online at it before, but had never actually been there before. I've been missing out. That place is fantastic and I was able to find a new bed frame and nightstand to really class up the bedroom and it only cost $300 and my other options at the typical furniture store was upwards of $800-900. It's not as nice of material but for what I'm trying to get out of it, IKEA had exactly what I needed. Looking forward to adding some additional furniture to my house from there in the future.
Yesterday was a pretty quiet day but it was beautiful outside. Really a great day when you can just open all the windows and let the crisp air in; very refreshing. I also learned about IKEA this weekend. Yes, I knew what it was and had looked online at it before, but had never actually been there before. I've been missing out. That place is fantastic and I was able to find a new bed frame and nightstand to really class up the bedroom and it only cost $300 and my other options at the typical furniture store was upwards of $800-900. It's not as nice of material but for what I'm trying to get out of it, IKEA had exactly what I needed. Looking forward to adding some additional furniture to my house from there in the future.
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