It's kind of weird. When I'm home all day with the kids (as I was this week for spring break), I have a hard time motivating myself to exercise. It's much easier to get motivated at work, it seems. I have no problem with the diet, just the exercise.
Nevertheless, it was a pretty good week. I've been on a pretty steady trajectory for a few months now. Slow and steady, about 2 lbs a week. Here are the measurables:
198 lbs, 2 lbs lost this week, 23 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of overall weight loss: 27 lbs!
The hair: it's getting a little unmanageable. I'm going to have to make the jump to a mullet soon. It's very difficult because so many people are begging me not to do it. Co-workers, family, friends. The last couple of times I've had it trimmed, I got a "near mullet", leaving the top and sides long (if not trimmed). Maybe this week I'll go ahead with it. Might be worth a half a pound, anyway!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Weigh In Number 11
Yipee!
I hit the milestone I've been working so hard to reach! 200! Actually, the very first time I weighed it came up 198.5! But went to get my camera to post a picture at Shoot The Moose, and from then on it came up 200 even. And ther's no camera on eath that weight 1 1/2 lbs. I even tried without the camera. I have a rule that if I have to weigh multiple times, the weight that comes up the most consistently wins. So there you have it.
Measurables:
200 lbs, 2.5 lbs lost this week, 21 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of overall weight loss 25 lbs!
Why get excited about still being 25 lbs overweight? For me, the number '200' is a big emotional thing. Its a dividing line between the wheezing, blubbery old man I had become and the all-around in shape dude I want to be. Getting there makes me want to try all that much harder.
My hair is also starting to look good (only a mini-mullet right now). I was actually mistaken for a woman TWICE last week!
I hit the milestone I've been working so hard to reach! 200! Actually, the very first time I weighed it came up 198.5! But went to get my camera to post a picture at Shoot The Moose, and from then on it came up 200 even. And ther's no camera on eath that weight 1 1/2 lbs. I even tried without the camera. I have a rule that if I have to weigh multiple times, the weight that comes up the most consistently wins. So there you have it.
Measurables:
200 lbs, 2.5 lbs lost this week, 21 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of overall weight loss 25 lbs!
Why get excited about still being 25 lbs overweight? For me, the number '200' is a big emotional thing. Its a dividing line between the wheezing, blubbery old man I had become and the all-around in shape dude I want to be. Getting there makes me want to try all that much harder.
My hair is also starting to look good (only a mini-mullet right now). I was actually mistaken for a woman TWICE last week!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Weigh In Number 10
At least the news this week is a little better. Didn't quite reach 200 like I was hoping, but it's now firmly in sight:
202.5 lbs, 2 lbs lost this week, 18.5 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of overall weigh loss 22.5 lbs .
Gotta bear down this week. I want 200 so bad, I can taste it.
It's not like I'm going to slack off or anything once I reach it; to the contrary, it SHOULD inspire me to try a little harder. After all, I'm not even halfway to where I want to be. Stay tuned.
202.5 lbs, 2 lbs lost this week, 18.5 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of overall weigh loss 22.5 lbs .
Gotta bear down this week. I want 200 so bad, I can taste it.
It's not like I'm going to slack off or anything once I reach it; to the contrary, it SHOULD inspire me to try a little harder. After all, I'm not even halfway to where I want to be. Stay tuned.
Weigh in Number 9
I didn't post this last week because I was so danged mad at myself I couldn;t see straight. It was one os those weeks where I thought I did everything right. In fact, I ratcheted everything up a notch, trying to get to that elusive 200 lbs. It was so close, I could smell it.
The result? I gained half a pound. Bleh.
204.5 lbs, 16 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of overall loss - 20 lbs.
Yuck.
The result? I gained half a pound. Bleh.
204.5 lbs, 16 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of overall loss - 20 lbs.
Yuck.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Weigh In Number 8
First, the measurables for this week. It's getting to be old news, but this week was pretty good again:
204 lbs, 16.5 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess since Jan 1st: 20.5 lbs.
I'm somewhere between 1 and 3 weeks away from breaking 200. Like I've said before, that number is very important to me (although it really just marks the halfway point for my weight loss). Somewhere around 200 lbs, I'll hit a "wall", where the things I've been doing will no longer be enough to sustain weight loss. I'm not about to lower my calorie intake (I'm near the bottom that's acceptible for men), it'll be time to get serious about exercise.
Right now, I'm still just doing the minimum (treadmill, situps, pushups). When "the wall" hits, I'll have to pick up the weights. At that time, I'll have to do something counter-intuitive. I'll have to raise my calorie intake by 200 to 300 calories per day. Most of it protein. If not, I won't have the strength to properly workout.
I've done this several times before, so I can tell you I know what I'm doing :) .
The only bad news, Thursday, I met up with my brothers to go to a hockey game. They didn't notice anything. You'd think losing 15 lbs would show up in my appearance enough to be noticeable. I'm beginning to wonder if having longer hair in counterproductive. I've always thought it thinned a person's face - but maybe not.
Dang, that last paragraph looks like it could have been written by a woman. I'm a weird dude.
204 lbs, 16.5 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess since Jan 1st: 20.5 lbs.
I'm somewhere between 1 and 3 weeks away from breaking 200. Like I've said before, that number is very important to me (although it really just marks the halfway point for my weight loss). Somewhere around 200 lbs, I'll hit a "wall", where the things I've been doing will no longer be enough to sustain weight loss. I'm not about to lower my calorie intake (I'm near the bottom that's acceptible for men), it'll be time to get serious about exercise.
Right now, I'm still just doing the minimum (treadmill, situps, pushups). When "the wall" hits, I'll have to pick up the weights. At that time, I'll have to do something counter-intuitive. I'll have to raise my calorie intake by 200 to 300 calories per day. Most of it protein. If not, I won't have the strength to properly workout.
I've done this several times before, so I can tell you I know what I'm doing :) .
The only bad news, Thursday, I met up with my brothers to go to a hockey game. They didn't notice anything. You'd think losing 15 lbs would show up in my appearance enough to be noticeable. I'm beginning to wonder if having longer hair in counterproductive. I've always thought it thinned a person's face - but maybe not.
Dang, that last paragraph looks like it could have been written by a woman. I'm a weird dude.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Weigh In Number 7
I debated which number I should post this week. You see, the very first weigh-in was so unbelievable, I weighed again. Sure 'nuff, it was then 1 lb higher. I weighed two more times, all at the 1 lb higher weight. So, I've decided to go with that for two reasons: a) It's probably the correct weight and b) It'll make my weight loss next week look better :) .
So, here are this week's measurables:
207 lbs (first weigh-in was 206!), 3 lbs lost this week, 13.5 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of total weigh loss: 17.5 lbs .
200 is in sight! Probably two or three more weeks at the rate I'm going. I've said before how important that is to me.
I still haven't cut my hair. I'm finding that after 40, it doesn't want to cooperate. The back just isn't growing very quickly. I DO have a mop on top of my head, though. I should break down and form my pre-mullet now.
So, here are this week's measurables:
207 lbs (first weigh-in was 206!), 3 lbs lost this week, 13.5 lbs lost since first weigh in, best guess of total weigh loss: 17.5 lbs .
200 is in sight! Probably two or three more weeks at the rate I'm going. I've said before how important that is to me.
I still haven't cut my hair. I'm finding that after 40, it doesn't want to cooperate. The back just isn't growing very quickly. I DO have a mop on top of my head, though. I should break down and form my pre-mullet now.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Weigh In Number 6
This is the first time in 3 weeks I've been able to log into Blogger to post here at Follow the Mullet. To recap: at last weigh in on Feb 2nd I, had lost 3 more lbs. I weighed in at 211.5 .
So, here are this week's measureables:
210 lbs ; 1.5 lbs lost this week; 10.5 lbs lost since first weigh in; Since Jan 1 guess: 14.5 lbs lost.
I can live with that. The week started out horribly with an emotional-eating Taco-Bell run on Saturday night, followed by Super Bowl Sunday. I was then sick on Monday. I didn't get myself back on track until Tuesday.
So, 1.5 lbs ? I'm happy!
Now I'm wondering why my scale actually showed an "even" weight - it has ALWAYS tacked on the ".5" at the end of the measurement.
Anyway, this should (hopefully) be a good week - I'll get under 210 ! When I break 200, there will be a big celebration. 200 is a very important number for me, psychologically. Above it, I am various degrees of "fat". Below it, I am various degrees of "in shape" . It's just a number, I know, but it means a lot to me.
So, here are this week's measureables:
210 lbs ; 1.5 lbs lost this week; 10.5 lbs lost since first weigh in; Since Jan 1 guess: 14.5 lbs lost.
I can live with that. The week started out horribly with an emotional-eating Taco-Bell run on Saturday night, followed by Super Bowl Sunday. I was then sick on Monday. I didn't get myself back on track until Tuesday.
So, 1.5 lbs ? I'm happy!
Now I'm wondering why my scale actually showed an "even" weight - it has ALWAYS tacked on the ".5" at the end of the measurement.
Anyway, this should (hopefully) be a good week - I'll get under 210 ! When I break 200, there will be a big celebration. 200 is a very important number for me, psychologically. Above it, I am various degrees of "fat". Below it, I am various degrees of "in shape" . It's just a number, I know, but it means a lot to me.
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