Looking to lose an extra human I apparently picked up along the way

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It's a bummer that what you do is enough to warrant radio and TV interviews and more importantly something you're proud of, but money is tight. Tell your bosses I said to give you a bucket of money.
 
:iagree: "COOEEEE!!!! Mr Vee deserves bucketloads of money!"
 
Bucketloads of money for Vee.

Also, I commend you for trying to cut back on the alcohol. Not an easy thing to do, but so much better for your health. I'm trying to do the same thing right now.
 
Alright, time to get things back on track again (though admittedly nothing too bad has happened weight wise).

173 pounds this morning, natural waist measures 30.5 inches. Perfectly fine and healthy weight and waist, but not really wehre I want to be just yet. Workout in a half hour. It's "push" day: bench press, incline press, military press, pec flys and then some tricep pushdowns on the cable machine.

Work continues to be very busy, but I've made a bunch of progress and am turning in some important stuff today after my workout.
 
Busy can be good, too busy not so good. Glad your weight seems fairly stable. I hope that you are happy with your body one day Vee. You have done so well and should be starting to adjust to the new you soon, xo Cate
 
Thanks Cate!

Okay 171 this morning, 29.8 inches on the waist. Things progressing nicely despite last night being less than perfect. I'm starting to think there's a "time-lag" element to this and that in about two days there will be a little hiccup. Not a major malfunction, probably just maintenance or maybe a touch more.

Replacing an exercise today in my pull routine. Haven't been really satisfied with any variety of lat pulldown I've tried. So today I've decided to replace it with: pull-ups and chin-ups (if possible). They are sort of the ultimate exercise for me. If I want to lose weight while not sacrificing much muscle, the pull-up is sort of the ultimate barometer: more pull-ups = progress. I know I can do at least three at this point , and for my basic compound lifts I want to work in the 4 to 6 rep range anyway. They also make me feel great as they are the sort of thing where even being able to do one correct one means you're in at least halfway decent shape.

Off to workout and then I'll do a long neglected cruise through the diaries.
 
That's a great point on pull-ups. I should start working on my assisted progression again and use an unassisted pull-up as another evaluation point on where I should end up.
 
Was 171.5 this morning, 30.3 inches on the waist.

Yesterday me first set I managed 5 pullups, then 3 on the second set and 2 on the third. Apparently the fatigue on those is greater than other exercises. These were all "dead hang" like you're supposed to in order to get max benefit out of it. In any event I was quite pleased. There really isn't any other feeling on any other exercise compared to when you successfully do a pull up. At least for me anyway: it's like a shock that you're actually able to do it.

Anyhow did cardio today and have push workout tomorrow. Saturday is scheduled to be sunny with a high of 80, so I'm thinking I'll go mountain hiking. It's the very best time of year to live here. The weather tends to be just about perfect.
 
Fantastic work, won't be long and you will be moving on to doing muscle ups or the salmon ladder :D
 
Alright, it's been 19 days and the site even forgot to auto log me in.

173 this morning. The new goal is to get all the way down to 155 by April 1. If I can maintain as much muscle mass as I can, I should be pretty damned shredded at that weight and could actually go outside in swim trunks if I wanted.

In order to achieve this I need to swear off a few things:

1. Alcohol - I just can't do this anymore. Wrecks my diet, wrecks my self-esteem, wrecks my personality and costs way too much money.
2. Women - Other than wrecking my diet, the same as above all applies here as well, and this is the main motivator for why I do the above anyway. And this isn't a criticism of them, it's a criticism of my behavior around them.
3. Cereal - If I have boxes of the stuff in the house, I'll snack on it. So I'm gonna go the oatmeal route.
4. Excessive eating out - Maybe once a month is plenty. I can't afford it and tracking calories is hard.

The exercise has gone well and I'm averaging about five good days a week out of 7 when it comes to the diet, but the problem is that I do enough damage the other two days to sabotage most of my progress. In particular, the Friday nights that involve lots of beers capped off with a self defense burrito from Filiberto's have got to stop. Doing it without the burrito is even worse (which I unfortunately learned the hard way).

Working from home means I pretty much have to go do something on Friday nights or else i'll go stir crazy, so for now that something will be music usually of the cheap variety.
 
I have been thinking of you, but trying not to sound like a nag. I probably shouldn't drink alcohol either as I am way too inclined to say what I think, even after only one glass of wine. It is too much of a dis-inhibitor for me. 155lbs? 70kg? Whoah. That does seem low. Good to have you back Vee, xo Cate
 
You can do it Mr. Vee. I understand the desire to let loose on a Friday or Saturday night. Generally I manage to only have one or two, but occasionally it's much worse than that.

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You're only human Mr V and we tend to have ups and downs on our muddle through life. Don't beat yourself up. You are doing wonderfully well, give yourself little rewards, don't swear off the drink, allow yourself a drink now again. I have one on Friday nights.
Far better to fall off the fitness wagon now and again, admit it and get back on track than set ourselves too a rigid a routine, feel failures and give up.
155lbs seems kinda low.... what does your doctor think?
 
70kg at 181 cm (my height) is a BMI of 21.4, so it's on the lean side of things but not particularly low, particularly when that's the bottom stop and the weight will be going back up soon after (IE, will start to "bulk" again after that to add more muscle).

Was 171.5 this morning with a 15.0% on the bodyfat monitor, which I can now use again since my finger is no longer splinted. Trip to the parents today, worked it so I had most of my calories early in the day at their place and haven't really eaten since then (had a pickle after getting home later). So I think I dodged that bullet this weekend.

Been very productive around the house lately. Trying to get my "self-improvement" mojo back. My natural tendency is of the "self-destruction" variety (e.g. getting up to 375 pounds before doing something about it), so I kind of need to be vigilant when it comes to working on being the person I want to be, rather than the person I too often am.

Thanksgiving week coming up. If I can throw together three perfect calorie days in a row, I suppose I can enter Thursday at least knowing that the day in which the food never ever ends only happens once a year. Plus turkey sandwiches for lunch for a week.

Time for bed...
 
:) ok, now I'm curious about that story! Speaking of which: might dance classes be a good idea? Dancing tends to improve posture and - on an amateur level - body image, plus it's a social thing which doesn't require drinking. Captain Awkward says doing things you aren't good at and needn't get good at are good for us.
 
LaMa beat me to that suggestion. I read most of your posts last night on my phone Vee & was thinking about what you had said this morning & had decided to suggest dance classes. I also was going to give you cheek by saying I hope you busted out into some dance moves when the women say that about you having the body of a dancer. What a compliment hey? I think dance classes would do wonders for your self confidence & you would get to meet lots of women (sober) & have fun learning. (I think I have to get a copy of this Captain Awkward!)
You are back to putting yourself down a lot again & that saddens me a little. Where you are now is where I was back in 2007 when I lost 36kg & got to my LW. I seemed to fall apart at the seams & saw a counsellor for the 1st time in my life. Building your self-esteem must have high priority in your life Vee.
We have got to know the real you I believe & we really like you. I consider you a good friend. You are intelligent, funny, helpful, determined, very witty &, apparently, you have the body of a dancer! It is time you accepted & learn to love yourself. If you need help with that get some help Vee. It's time to stop being so self-deprecating & see yourself as we see you, xoxo Cate
 
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