My New Diary

A little lower today, but after a run I expect a few pounds less. Still a bit discouraging. I know, however, weight is not my ultimate goal. I was still at 46" on my waist, which is my lowest and 16 on my visceral fat, which is still low for me, so I am not discouraged. This mornings run, however, was discouraging because I felt exhausted. After 15 minutes I had to take a break. I am usually good for at least 25 minutes, and I have been running 30+. I know I was trying to push myself a little harder this morning and get my speed up, so I guess I can chalk it up to have, but it really wasn't THAT much harder. After the 5 minute walk I did run until I hit 2 miles. Again this is low for me, I have been doing 2.5 miles. I have a 5K coming up on Friday evening, guess I need to carb-load to make sure I have the energy to make it through.

6/18
Sugar: 41
Fiber: 29
Today's weight: 258.0
 
It's frustrating watching my weight fluctuate, but I know that if I run, I will typically be down about 2-3 lbs more. So if I look at my weight today knowing I didn't run this morning, I should actually be down. I have a 5K today so I am holding back until that time to do any running. I also need to start running every morning, or maybe at least 5 times a week to pick up the pace. If I want to get faster I need to run more.

6/19
Sugar: 38
Fiber: 26
Today's Weight: 258.7
 
Maybe you should weigh in once a week!!! I find that the weight fluctuation is very annoying and can be my undoing....I picked a day and weight in every week...once i get closer I may start doing it every two week....The scale obsession is not good.
 
I learned the hard way the last time I was in hard training to lose weight.
You can't weigh your self every day...
Don't be tied to the scale. Put that thing away and only weigh in about every 2 weeks. at the most 1 week.
It use to kill me seeing the scale fluctuate everyday.
 
Oh I am a little too obsessed to not weight myself daily. I keep records like crazy and I love to look back and see the weight drop over all. There are always to fluctuations, I try not to beat myself up over it. I know that it is still heading in the right direction. I just want it to be more steady. I always want to have the lowest weight yet everyday, but I know that just isn't going to happen. I also know that I am weighing more than just fat, and there is a lot of other stuff going on. Over all, it is still going down, and I am okay with it. I do believe, though, if I got away from weighing myself daily, I wouldn't focus on my eating as much and it could actually be more counter productive. The obsession has kept me going! I got to put that $250 scales I bought to good use! I need to see if I can post a pic of my graph to show you all.

6/20
Sugar: 47
Fiber: 26
6/21
Weight: 258.8
Sugar: 57
Fiber: 25
6/22
Weight: 257.7
Sugar: 76 (This is higher than I would like, but it was all fruit!)
Fiber: 25
6/23
Weight: 257

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Oh yeah, here are some other really impressive things, I mean impressive for me, but I like to gab about them. First off, big news, I finally was able to run an entire 5K last Friday night! Best time, of course, of 36:46. I even sprinted that last 100 meters or so. My body fat dropped below 30% for the first time, hitting 29.3%. My Visceral fat rating hit 14, for one day at least. But that is the lowest I have seen. Also I saw my resting heart rate get down to 58 last night. That is the lowest I have seen yet. My waist at the largest point has been consistently about 46 inches for the past 2 weeks, so I am still seeing a decrease there. My size 42 shorts are already starting to feel big on me. My 46 & 44 pants are already bunching up cause the are too big. For reference, I use to wear 52 at my largest and they were getting tight.
 
Awesome job C.
Keep up the good work and congrats on the run.

Now for the big question..... Where the hell are you?? Haven't seen or hear from you in a while.. Time to post up buddy
 
Hey Grey! I have been on vacation, and as part of it, staying off the computer as much as possible. I got back last weekend but have been busy and just not gotten around to jumping back on here.

The vacation was kind of impromptu. We were just going to have a staycation and hang out at home but at the last minute we decided to go visit my father in law in Alabama and the next morning we were on our way. We also got to visit the Gulf of Mexico where I got some nice sun burn.

I didn't track what I ate but after 9 days of that, I only gained 2 pounds, I was fairly impressed with that. But I stayed away from that sugar except for a some ice cream.

Now that I am back home and keeping track, I have already loss 4 pounds and am back at my lowest yet. I just love watching those pounds drop off. Can't complain about that.

I have been dealing with a few issues over the past few weeks. One is that I have been having neck pains. That has been going on for a while. I think it has to due with my medication but I called my doctors office and they don't think they are linked. However I am visiting them next week to discuss. Also with that I have been having near faint spells, and they do think that could be caused by my blood pressure meds. I hope they take me off them! I am not one of those people that wants to take a magic pill to fix my issues. I want off it all!

The other issues is my lower back. A little history here, I had a herniated disk back in 2001. Ever since then, when I hurt my back, I could take it easy for a few days and everything would be great. After this last 5K I have been dealing with some pain and it hasn't gone away. I saw the Chiropractor today and I think he has things back to normal. Just going to keep nursing it for a while. It has kept me from running and walking.

So there is my update. I haven't loss the weight I normally do over the past few weeks, but a lot has changed too. I am just glad I am not up!

7/8/2014
Weight: 257.2
Fiber: 36
Sugar: 74
7/9/2014
Weight: 255.9
 
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