Once a Fat Man......but NEVER again.

ahoy.

Stressed this week. work is getting to me, life is getting to me. All is ok in general but still a pain in the ass.
My wife found a job but it is lower paying, by a wide margin, then what she was getting last year. This is ok overall but she is still looking which just adds to the stress. But the majority of this is coming from work. I have a new project starting 8/25 in Baltimore that is either not going to be too bad or be a bitch- and i will not know this until Tuesday of next week. Plus they are adding things on as i type that is making it even more of a pain in the ass. So I am stressed overall.

That being said my re-dedication to weight loss is going well. Once I had the 10k this last weekend I told myself that I am not not training for anything and can continue with the weight loss. I had gained a few pounds in the last few weeks so I am in the process of dropping those to get back to my baseline of 215 and drop from there. I am not worried about the weight but weight is one of the metrics I use for progress and I would like it to go down again.
Strength is progressing again also. After reintroducing heavy weights 2 weeks ago I have been making progress again so all is pretty good there. I am starting to feel strong and that I belong in the gym rather than weak and an outsider. It is a good feeling.
Doctor's appointment today for the baby. Need to see that all is going well. Erin is starting to show pretty obviously so all is well with that. :D
Ultrasound Friday when hopefully they can determine the sex!
So all in all very stressful but not a bad time overall.
But I really wish the stress of this would stall a bit- work and home together is getting to be a lot.
 
Hey, Brian, I was talking with my wife last night about going to Baltimore some time the end of that week. I don't know if we are going, but are you going to be around then? We were talking the 29th
 
Trops said:
Hey, Brian, I was talking with my wife last night about going to Baltimore some time the end of that week. I don't know if we are going, but are you going to be around then? We were talking the 29th
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I am going to be in the area 8/25-8/28. right now i have a flight out at 630 on the 28th....

If you are around i owuld love to see you- that would be cool!
 
I don't know. I have off the morning of the 27th to the afternoon of the 31st. We were thinking of visiting my sister in law in Baltimore and taking a trip to Hershey Park, which is about 90 min from Balt. Nothing planned yet, but if we are there when you are I'll let you know.
 
Trops said:
I don't know. I have off the morning of the 27th to the afternoon of the 31st. We were thinking of visiting my sister in law in Baltimore and taking a trip to Hershey Park, which is about 90 min from Balt. Nothing planned yet, but if we are there when you are I'll let you know.
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That would be sweet.
I really have nothing going on for Thursday. Mind you, I certainly may depending how the kick off of this project is but I really wont know that until Wed or so.

Look me up though.
 
Ok.

So- weighed in this morning. Not going to post the actual weight here but suffice to say it is slightly higher than my ticker but not alarmingly so. I have some work to do to get down to it and it may or may not happen this week.

I am remembering how much herder I have to work now that I am in a caloric deficit. Geez- everything is harder. Strength wise I am still there but the muscle endurance is what I really need to concentrate on. I am still able to get the reps in but I really need to concentrate more it seems. Cardio is harder in a deficit also. I am not doing anything crazy either- my BMR is around 3000 and I am eating around 2500. I just forgot how hard working out can be while reducing cals.
I am good though- overall.
Doctor's appt yesterday- all is well.
Ultrasound tomorrow hopefully find out the sex! It is an hour long ultrasound since Erin is classified as level 2 because the pregnancy was not natural so there has to be some time that the kid will not be crossing his legs- I say his until I am proven wrong!.
Anyway- running today, no weights- probably around 5 miles at a 830 pace or so. Nothing crazy just something to get the heart rate up.
 
Hi all.
Well- I have been away for a while. Life has gotten in the way a little bit but I an still going relatively strong.
I am still at 215 or thereabouts but stress and other work related things have caused me to eat more or workout less. I really have only gotten a few good workouts in the last 3 weeks. But all in all I am good. I am happy with where I am and should be able to get back into the swing of things this week. This new project should begin to run smooth soon- like this week soon- and I should be able to allow more time for myself.

That being said- I am having a BOY! This was confirmed a few weeks ago. I am so happy that we found out. Honestly it did not matter to me one way or the other but I just wanted to know. Everything is good and Erin is feeling good.
Stress level is manageable and I have learned that few things handle stress like a good workout.
I will try to be around here with regularity again.

Hi to all who read this. :D
 
Hey, Brian. Since it is a boy, what about Trops as a name? I've been offering it to everyone I know, but no takers yet. You can be the first, or at least the first in 40 years. :sifone:
 
Trops said:
It would make a better middle name. Trops is a good first name.
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While both are fine names overall I do feel that any name that requires an explanation is too much work.

:D
we decided to name the baby after the grandfathers. Erin's father is deceased so his is the first name.
John Scott.
:D
 
Bigguy said:
While both are fine names overall I do feel that any name that requires an explanation is too much work.

:D
we decided to name the baby after the grandfathers. Erin's father is deceased so his is the first name.
John Scott.
:D
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Oh, where's the fun in that.

Fine, name your own kid.:toetap05:
 
Trops said:
Fine, name your own kid.:toetap05:
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:D
Thanks.

Actually i agonized over this for a bit. What if I gave my kid a bad name? I have an unusual last name so I really do need to be conscious of the first name. I also am very big on the initials and did not want it to spell out anything- god knows how creul kids can be.
 
All kids will be teased no mater what name they have. I was teased for my last name and not because of the fact that I'm named Trops. Go figure.
 
Trops said:
All kids will be teased no mater what name they have. I was teased for my last name and not because of the fact that I'm named Trops. Go figure.
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I was killed for my last name.
if you knew it you would readily see why.
but i didnt want to set my kid up for anything more than what he is gonna get.
mind you being fat and a whole host of other issues didnt help either though....
 
OK.
While I have not fallen off the wagon in any real way I have been very lax with what I am doing.
I have gained some weight back and am adjusting my ticker to reflect that so that i realize what I have done. I am starting to count calories again and need to refocus a bit here. I did not come all this way to gain it all back.

My big issue is portion sizes so I know what i need to do and know that counting calories is the way to go. So here I go back into it. Nutrition is so important and I need to start paying more attention to it.

sigh- I hate this struggle but it was inevitable I guess.

Thanks for any and all support you all want to give me.
 
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