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Yesterday was a lonnnnggg day. My wife and I haven't been getting much sleep lately because our children refuse to sleep through the night ;) We have a 3 1/2 year old and a two month old and between them they manage to keep us up for several hours each night. I was so tired yesterday morning, and then had a very busy day at work. We had friends over for dinner.

As our friends were getting ready to leave I went upstairs to put my workout clothes on... but once I got up there I decided to just have a 'rest' day (even though I just had one one Monday) and go to bed when everyone left. Well, I go back downstairs and the guilt starts to set in. So, I put my clothes on and do a 45 minute Tae Bo tape that I haven't done in ages. It definitely got my heart rate going! I felt much better for not skipping out, although my wife was utterly confused as to why I was working out at 10pm in our livingroom :)

I got on the scale this morning and it is re-approaching my Monday weight. Today it was at 194.6. Hopefully by tomorrow it will be back at 193.6 and then start going under on sat and sun. It's weird that it works out that way, but it has ALWAYS done this since I started. My goal for Monday is another 2 pounds (so, 191.6 ish). I can't believe I am near the 180s again!

When I lost the weight last time I had hopes to reach 160. When I got down to 183 I got really comfortable with my weight and stopped trying to lose (although I had a lot of body fat to lose). I stopped weighing myself, stopped killing it in the gym... and started gaining. I saw 183 on the scale one time.

It's weird for me to think that the majority of my life was spent as a thin person. I weighed around 160 pounds in HS and college. Even at that weight I felt heavy because I always have a layer of fat around my midsection. When I get to 160 pounds this time around (which I WILL do) I'm unsure if I will need to continue to lose more weight, just to lower my body fat %. My course of action is to get my BF% as low as possible (currently around 20%-23%) and then start to increase my calories, decrease cardio, and increase weight training. I'm not sure what my FINAL FINAL weight will be, but I want to maintain the low BF%.
 
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So, I am definitely not making it to the gym today. My wife is going out for a much deserved girl's night. I am staying home with the kids. I AM getting up early in the morning to do an hour on the treadmill. (I just needed to put that in writing :) )

Goodnight all
 
Just a quick update to let everyone know that I DID make it to the gym this morning! I did an hour on the treadmill with HR=130BPM. My weight was at 194.4, so down a little from yesterday but still up from Monday. Hopefully the weekend will be good to me so that I can see 191.6 on Monday morning!!!!
 
The weekend is going well so far. I went for a run today and made it over 3 miles without stopping (with lots of hills!) and walked for an additional 20 minutes. After my run the scale said 192.6, whooo hooo! I can't believe I am getting so close to the 180s. I can't wait until I see (and pass) 183... that is where I made it to last time and stopped.

I am starting to see some major differences in the way I look, I will post pictures soon :)
 
Well I officially busted my ASS all weekend in the exercise department. I did 4 miles on Saturday (ran the first 41 minutes, lots of hills) and 1 1/2 hours of cardio yesterday. I was really hoping to see 191 on the scale, but ended up with 192.8 (which is actually .2 higher than saturday, wtf). I must admit that I was kind-a peeved at first... I really worked out HARD - but then I looked at the big picture and remembered that I lost 5 pounds last week. The fact that I was able to maintain that number AND reduce it further is really wonderful. Therefore, I vow to be happy with 192.8... but I really want to see 189.8 next Monday. It's 3 pounds, so definitely a stretch... but not impossible. One of my original goals was to conquer the 190's in March, the 180's in April, the 170's in May, and the 160's in June. That will give me a beach bod for the summer :) So far so good, I just need to get to that 189.8 mark by next monday to stay on track.

I can do it!!!!
 
Congrats on the weight loss so far! I just read through your posts and I see a lot of the same things I have trouble with. That darn scale... I keep it at the foot of my bed and I have to weigh before bed and in the morning. Also I did the same thing with my calories by cutting them to low for my height and weight... then you throw in how much exercise I am doing and I might as well have not been eating.

Thanks for posting, its nice to have others to share with that you relate to.
 
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Wow, it looks like you've made some awesome progress in a few short months as well! Keep up the great work, I haven't been able to read your entire journal yet, but this is based on reading your first posting!

Keep up the awesome work and let us know how you do with your 5K! I too did the C25K training and never registered for the race.. then kinda slid back into old ways and such.. gained weight. blah blah.. but I'm hoping to lose a little for now and get back into things when I'm all healed up!
 
P.S. I wouldn't weigh so often. .. when the numbers in the short term don't go the way you want, it seems to make us upset and sometimes lose focus.. maybe try just weekly.. don't be a slave of the scale.. go by how you feel and look for those in between days. :)
 
Hey dwwise83! I did my read up on the last couple of days and it's so crazy how fast you can drop weight! I'm so jealous! I finally get to work out tonight and I want to start dropping too! By the way, how tall are you and how old?
 
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Congrats on the weight loss so far! I just read through your posts and I see a lot of the same things I have trouble with. That darn scale... I keep it at the foot of my bed and I have to weight before bed and in the morning. Also I did the same thing with my calories by cutting them to low for my height and weight... then you throw in how much exercise I am doing and I might as well have not been eating.

Thanks for posting, its nice to have others to share with that you relate to.
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Thanks solty! I also love when I run across someone on the forum that had/has similar experiences as me. It's very nice to see they made it through... and that I can too!

photocrazed said:
P.S. I wouldn't weigh so often. .. when the numbers in the short term don't go the way you want, it seems to make us upset and sometimes lose focus.. maybe try just weekly.. don't be a slave of the scale.. go by how you feel and look for those in between days. :)
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I really try not to weigh, but it's something that I always wonder about and drives me crazy until I find out. I guess I won't really stop until I change my mindset, which is proving to be very hard for me. I have successfully stopped weighing in at night - whoo hoo. THANK YOU for stopping by my journal :)

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Hey dwwise83! I did my read up on the last couple of days and it's so crazy how fast you can drop weight! I'm so jealous! I finally get to work out tonight and I want to start dropping too! By the way, how tall are you and how old?
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It will come off!!!! The thing about dropping the weight so fast is that the scale will fluctuate back up in a minute, which can be kinda discouraging. I am 26 years old, 5' 7.5" tall... right now my BF% is somewhere around 24% as far as I can tell.

Well, yesterday I had my weekly cheat meal. It was okay... I was so hungry by the time we ate that I completely ripped through every bite, but the food was just okay. I use to love my cheat meals, but now they make me feel kinda gross afterwards, ya know? It didn't help that the scale said 195.4 this morning (I really didn't eat THAT much, just a quesadilla with chips and queso). I am blaming the high salt intake and how late I ate (8:30pm which is really late for me... I usually eat no later than 6 or 6:30). I also gorged myself on water because the salt made my mouth feel so dry!

I am working from home this week so that I can watch my kids before they start back to daycare (my wife has been on maternity leave). I find it very had to stick to my calories when I am at home; and not in the way you think. I always come in way under! Between work, watching the kids, keeping the house straight, I can't find time to eat! When I am in the office I have set times that I go to the breakroom and get food. At home I'm lucky if I even look at the clock, much less have time to go to the kitchen and get food.

That reminds me... I need breakfast!
 
It's 3:00pm here and I have yet to each lunch. I was on a teleconference from 1130 - 1. Baby cried from 1-2. Teleconference from 2-3. see what I mean - I just can't fit the food in!

ugh... Let me go heat up this Chili now. Hopefully I won't wake the baby up in the process... :)
 
way to go!

heya,
just read your whole journal, pretty amazing stuff! i think your doing a really great job and i think your really disciplined with everything...oh except the weighing scale part hehe :p . at the moment i'm only weighing myself in the mornings, it's only a matter of time before i start checking my weight twice, then thrice then after every meal etc...lol! so for now i'm safe.

i totally loved how you coined the phrase "OMGISS - OH MY GOD I'M SO SORE!"....i think it's brilliant! i had no idea other people felt the same way. every evening when i get back from the gym i usually have aches and pains all over which i absolutely hate but on the other hand totally makes me feel and know that i gave my 100% and always keeps me guilt-free. there are some days when i get back and i'm feeling fine and i'm left thinking, oh no, i didn't do enough...lol!

anyway, thanks for checking in on my diary! oh, and all the best in the super awesome mega challenge....we can do this!
 
Bwahahahah... I brought another victim over to my journal. Thanks for stopping by Cherry! I haven't done weights in quite a while (I've been focused cardio to break that plateau) and I miss being sore. Like you said, you KNOW you gave it your all - and that's a great feeling... even if it's... not ...a great... feeling. Wow, losing weight makes us all a little crazy :p

I really need to workout tonight... but I'm trying to talk myself out of it. Usually I have a rest day on Monday, but yesterday I went Kayaking for an hour and a half. It wasn't really HARD exercise, so I know I shouldn't count it. I think I am going to work out, but maybe only 45 minutes, that will be a 15 minute break :)

I think I am going to invest in a digital scale to weigh my food. I saw a video Steve posted on the forum about over measuring with measuring cups and spoons - kinda scared me, what if I'm doing that!? I don't think I am... but who knows?
 
if you don't go and workout tonite *shakes fists* I will come through this computer and kick your ass :D

Oh btw...hiii! I just happened to wander in here to lurk around some!
 
heheh, thanks paperairplanes... that was actually very effective. I am definitley going to workout. I'm going over at 8 so that I can watch the biggest loser while I tackle the treadmill.
 
dwwise83 said:
heheh, thanks paperairplanes... that was actually very effective. I am definitley going to workout. I'm going over at 8 so that I can watch the biggest loser while I tackle the treadmill.
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cool..internet violence actually works!

Oh lordy...the biggest loser makes me sleepy...all that exercise ALL DAY LONG?! ugh..I'd curl up and sleep half way through..prolly growl at a few folks...yanno the whole fat girl/sleeping bear theory...someone would poke me, prolly eat them.

Well now..not that, that shows my insanity or anything....
 
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cool..internet violence actually works!

Oh lordy...the biggest loser makes me sleepy...all that exercise ALL DAY LONG?! ugh..I'd curl up and sleep half way through..prolly growl at a few folks...yanno the whole fat girl/sleeping bear theory...someone would poke me, prolly eat them.

Well now..not that, that shows my insanity or anything....
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lol. I like it because I see people that are doing impossible things... like running half marathons. Not only are they doing these things, but many of them are heavier than me. I watch and think, "if they can do this, so can I. I can run on this treadmill for just as long as the next person."

I always feel so sad when the contestants gain the weight back though. Just goes to show that SLOW and STEADY wins the race ;)
 
my heart goes out to you with the whole plateau thing...sounds like pure evil!

now that you mention your off to watch the biggest loser...would you believe today is actually the first time i'm watching it? i got a hold of the australian couples version, and only got to watch about 2 episodes so far. they've just done the weigh in and it's sooo weird because i CRIED and cried when they were doing the weigh in....because they each were being asked how they felt about their size and how it had gotten out of hand...and all they're responses were just so emotional. i guess it was all just so close to home you know?

for me i'm still at the beginning of my journey and some of the questions i had to get out of the way when i found out my weight is 'how did this happen?' and 'why have i done this to myself?'. But that's all in the past now because i'm happy with the positive change i've made in my life and that's all that matters.

anyway, let me stop blabbering on about nothing...it's been a long day and i'm all achy and painy and just want to go sleeeeep.
 
cherrygarcia said:
my heart goes out to you with the whole plateau thing...sounds like pure evil!

now that you mention your off to watch the biggest loser...would you believe today is actually the first time i'm watching it? i got a hold of the australian couples version, and only got to watch about 2 episodes so far. they've just done the weigh in and it's sooo weird because i CRIED and cried when they were doing the weigh in....because they each were being asked how they felt about their size and how it had gotten out of hand...and all they're responses were just so emotional. i guess it was all just so close to home you know?

for me i'm still at the beginning of my journey and some of the questions i had to get out of the way when i found out my weight is 'how did this happen?' and 'why have i done this to myself?'. But that's all in the past now because i'm happy with the positive change i've made in my life and that's all that matters.

anyway, let me stop blabbering on about nothing...it's been a long day and i'm all achy and painy and just want to go sleeeeep.
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I feel the same way Cherry! The show can be very inspirational, for sure. I get a little choked up too because I see the same sadness in these people that I have in myself... something I thought only I felt. Last week all of the players here in America teamed up against the strongest competitor in the challenge. Despite the extra weight she had to carry (nearly 300 extra pounds) she managed to pull ahead and win the race. I nearly cried because I was so happy that she succeeded... maybe that means I can succeed too when people go against me.

I wish I could lose weight as fast as they do... but I do not envy their training schedule! 6-8 hours a day of exercise. Shoot me now :p
 
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