From alpha testing to the QUERCUS 200

Thank you Cate!
Thanks V! I'd forgotten about the waist measure matching up well. I need to do that.

Thanks Mystic!

I'm still struggling, but I think I will do my best the rest of this week and make up my mind what to do with the long 4th weekend coming up.
 
You'll struggle through this patch Q & come through the other side re-invigorated & determined. This I'm sure of. I have every faith in you xo Cate
 
Okay I have made a plan.

1. No more alcohol ever. It's poison and I don't want it in my body.

2. Enjoy the July 4th long weekend and eat however you want.

3. Monday July 6th is the first day of the rest of this weightloss journey. I will weigh in every day, exercise every day, and be mindful of everything I eat until I reach 198 or a revised weight goal should BF% and other factors warrant it.

It has been too long since I felt like running. Drinking and overeating has killed my progress and my motivation. I have hung on and today is 219 days in a row of running. If I don't fix things soon I will either find an excuse or make myself have to stop the streak. I know the streak will end at some point, but I will do everything I can to make it last until my goal is reached.

One other positive is that I have started resistance training with just doing a little something after the run on the days that we run at the gym. I have stuck with upper body and just varied what lifts I do each time. I'm not tracking it or approaching it methodically at this point. I'm just forming that habit. I can tell a bit of difference in my upper body all ready which is nice. Honestly, I can keep at it in this piecemeal way indefinitely and the lifts would just get heavier and I'd keep making gains. I'm well suited for lifting and the strength will increase for a while even on calorie deficit. I just need the tendonitis in my right elbow to cooperate and it will be fine.

So there it is. I will also make an effort to post here daily. The overeating this weekend will give me a nice buffer from drinking before I have to hit that adaption phase when I'm hungry and feeling crummy for a couple days. I'm hoping to be feeling great by next weekend.

I have no idea what my weight is going to be, but it won't be good after the weekend, but I will start a steady march in the right direction from wherever the start point is.

Have a great Independence day Americans! Have a lovely weekend rest of the planet!
 
Good on you Q or as Ockers say "Goodonya!" Enjoy your Independence day festivities & come on Monday xo Cate
 
Thanks Cate!

Thanks Mystic!

Day 1 261.4 25.3% BF

I had a great run yesterday. 28:37 5K. I haven't felt that good during a run in a long time.

I am not happy with the weight, but I earned it. I worked outside today and I have eaten 1250 calories so far with dinner left.
 
These little adjustments are necessary from time to time.

The good news is that your body fat number is about three percentage points lower than mine was at about 40 pounds less than you currently weigh. I know you're taller, but still that's a good sign you have plenty of strength. I don't want to arm wrestle you, that's for sure.
 
Thanks Vee! I'm glad to hear that. My jeans that fit are all 34 and 33 now. Knowing that my bf is pretty low for my weight makes the pant size make more sense. I still have big gobs of fat that need to go away, but I am hopeful that I might not be quite as far off from goal as the scale number suggests. When I hit a number on the handheld that would be satisfactory maybe I'll spring for a DEXA scan. I will get the waist measure done soon to see if that supports the reading.
 
Great job on the run! The scale can definitely tell lies! I know due to how muscly I am naturally for a girl that my BMI will be higher than a less muscly girl.
 
Ended up at 2200 for the day yesterday. I ran 1.25 miles in 10:43 at the gym.

Went to bed with stomach problems and woke up heavy.

263 and 27.2% this morning. I'm sure it's related to the stomach issues.
 
Thank you Cate!

Run
1 mile 8:23

I did not overeat at dinner, but my stomach still doesn't feel great. We had leftovers so it may be that I am having trouble with one of the foods. I felt fine after breakfast and lunch which weren't leftovers. I don't need this. I don't have much left to eat. Hopefully it passes quickly. It doesn't feel as intense as last night, but I just ate.
 
My tummy's been a bit troublesome too ( had to be a little... clenched... during my run today for fear of...an accident haha).

Hope it feels better!
 
Fortunately it hasn't bothered me in that way. I'm having trouble with something that we made. It's either my BBQ sauce or the soy curls. Soy hasn't bothered me otherwise so it may be the sauce. I felt better after taking allergy medicine last night, but that could be coincidental.

261.2 lbs 26.6% BF this morning
I'm stuck with a can of beans for lunch to avoid the leftovers.
 
Oh dear. I don't have any allergy problems, I can't imagine living with them! Especially like those people who seem to be allergic to everything! Hope it feels better!
 
Growing up I had a friend named Eric who seemed to be allergic to everything (milk was the big one I remember).

Ultimately when you get sick, job one is just to get well because it's near impossible to get your body to co-operate well on the exercise front when you're sick. So get well, big Q. It may not seem like it since the last few weeks have been a bit of a stall, but you've put a lot of mileage (both figuratively and literally) between the current you and the old you.

Food poisoning and allergies are all sorts of no fun. Haven't really had the latter, but I've had some doozies with the former.
 
Thanks guys! I suspect that I have some sort of stomach bug as everything is making me feel bad now. That's actually preferable to another food allergy, but it is not much fun at the moment.

263 and 26.3% this morning.
 
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