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

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It's a money and time away from work thing. It's also a nagging "I'm a little old for that nonsense" sort of thing. Also if I hold onto one of my clients, that trip I made at the start of June this year would be happening at the same time every year so I'd have to skip that which likely wouldn't make my client thrilled with me even if I prepared a bunch of stuff ahead of time and kept in contact.

226 this morning, and that's a new low. Doctor's appointment at 2pm today. I have a sneaking suspicion what he says to me could wind up in my signature. :D

Played more basketball against the teenagers yesterday. Feel like I'm really starting to move around well. Going to take the rest of the week off from basketball though. Twice in a week is probably one more time than I should be doing it. Might even take today off altogether since I haven't really skipped a workout day in over a week. Sundays are supposed to be my day off, but went mountain hiking on Sunday. Personal training tomorrow morning, so being rested up for that could do me some good.
 
226 is bloody awesome. Almost to that huge goal!!!! Look forward to seeing the new signature, although peak sexy is pretty good :D
 
Haha as soon as you mentioned that what the doc says might be your signature I looked straight down at it and it said 'peak sexy' which I hadn't noticed before. Read some comments further down and realised that would have already been there and it's not what the doc said to you hahaha.

226!!!!! Woohoo!!! Even if you are getting tripped up a little in the diet you are still making progress. Every time you step into a gym, go for a hike, play basketball etc you are getting a bit fitter, a bit stronger, and you're constantly building good habits. I'm sure the diet will catch up again soon!! And hey, you still managed to see a new low weight so you're still doing something right.
 
225.5 this morning.

Keeping the old signature as the doctor wasn't particularly profound with his comments, more stunned than anything ele. "Blown away" was I believe the words he used to describe my progress. Going to have my blood work done, and he wants to look into the DEXA thing first before signing off on it (he's also gonna try and get my insurance to cover it).

Personal training today on Friday the 13th. Hopefully the training won't involve me running from a maniac with a machete wearing a hockey mask.

Have been quite good on the calorie front the last three days which has helped matters. Going to try and keep that up. Only a pound behind the model right now, so it's possible I might catch back up.

My model predicted weight on December 25, 2013?

200.0 pounds.
 
Hello MrVee,
Just wanted to say hello. I've been reading your diary for weeks, I read a couple of pages each day. It inspires me. Thank you :)
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224 this morning, and that's now 151 pounds lost. Milestone reached. Next milestone will be one that's not a round number, but according to doctors an extremely important one. At 211.5 I will be a sub 30 BMI (I'm measuring myself at 5'10.5"). That's the cutoff between being simply overweight and obese. Of course BMI is something of a crock but it makes for a nice milestone anyway.

Personal training again this morning in about an hour.

Got a new pair of cross trainers in and they look nice (space age looking stuff) and are quite comfortable.
 
:party: Way to smash the 150 milestone! :party:

I imagine that if you could have the DEXA today that you are already out of the obese range based on body fat %. With all of the work you've done I guarantee you have more muscle mass than what is assumed for BMI calculations. Regardless it is a good milestone. You're running out of them. What an awesome problem to have.
 
224 again this morning.

Get to have my yearly blood tests tomorrow. Which means I have to fast starting at around 9 pm tonight. My appointment is for 9 am tomorrow morning, and hopefully I won't have to wait too long from there. Breakfast gonna taste good after.
 
225 this morning.

The fasting is over, and breakfast has been consumed.

No personal training today, so I'll have to figure out what kind of cardio I want to do. Basketball maybe.
 
One of my cholesterols was a little on the elevated side last time, but I've lost 100 pounds since then, so I'm hoping all will be pretty well. Have the results from last time and will compare.

Doctor ordered the tests just as a yearly thing, I really didn't have anything to do with it. I got my heart rate up to 173 playing basketball against the teenagers last week with no ill effects, so if there's a heart problem somewhere, it's hiding very well.
 
223.5 this morning, a new low.

Had about a three hour workout yesterday. A half hour on the treadmill, and then two and a half hours of basketball. Handled the basketball like a champ physically, I just didn't shoot very well.

Going to have a double personal training session tonight, and then I'm going to the ball game. Might be the last baseball game of the season for me, but I may try and get out one more time.

I'm hopinh the extended workout yesterday doesn't cause me too many problems. If so I'll just try and make it through today and take it easy on Wednesday. We'll see.

To be honest, I was having those "I'm ready to be 185 pounds now" thoughts yesterday. Those thoughts are a hell of a motivator as they keep you from letting up, but they also do a number on your self-image. To look in the mirror and still see a bunch of weight problems after all this time, exercise, and pounds lost is a little frustrating.
 
You can do it! You are doing so well and are getting so close to that goal weight. Compared to where you started and how much you have lost, this last bit is nothing.

Keep up the awesome exercising, you are doing great with that!
 
Hi Vee, Congrats on the new 3 hr workout & the new low! It is wonderful how you have really stuck to this & get more energetic & determined as you go.

"To look in the mirror and still see a bunch of weight problems after all this time, exercise, and pounds lost is a little frustrating." That comment hit a raw nerve with me. It is absolutely normal to just want to get to the end (185lbs), preferably in a hurry. I was so tempted not to continue to my goal. You just get so sick of it! By doing this slowly, but surely, you will have set these new habits in stone. (no pun intended) Go back & look at your before photos Mr Vee and stand and look at yourself in the mirror & SMILE! You are looking pretty damned good! Cheers, Cate
 
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