Today's weigh in: 214.6 (NEW LOW!!!)
So I'm at work last night and my cell phone starts to vibrate, only don't tell my boss, because I'm not supposed to have it in the building. It's a text message from my wife saying,"Call me 911" Freaking great feeling right? So I call her, and it seems that my mother in law has fallen and broken her leg, and needs to go to the hospital. It seems that babies are not the greatest of companions in these situations, so they need me to come home and take care of my daughter. Makes sense to me, but I'm half an hour away, and I'm the only supervisor on the floor. So, I had to find an assistant supervisor to stay late and close on a Friday night, then go to my mother in law's house where my wife and baby were. I got my daughter, brought her home, and put her to bed, and now I'm off work today because I have to look after Riley while wifey and her mother are trying to figure out whether there's going to be any surgery required.
This sucks on so many levels that I can't even begin to describe them, so I'll just shut up with my whining and get on with the blog.
Things have been going pretty well on the weight loss front. I had a big weight spike for reasons I don't completely understand, going from 216.0 to 219.0 in like two days. It sucked, but I'm back down the last couple of days, so maybe I was just retaining water or something. It seems to be gone now.
As far as today, I haven't eaten anything yet. That's not really all that surprising because I'm not usually up this early in the morning, except on Saturdays, and really the only reason I got up early today is that I had to call work and tell them that I wasn't coming. Exercise has been non-existent today too, for pretty much the same reason. Oh well, I'll try to get something in later. I don't know how much, mall walking is pretty much not going to happen on a Saturday in December, but maybe I'll figure something out. Enjoy your weekends all, I'll talk to you soon.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
It's cold out
Today's Weigh In: 216.0 (NEW LOW!!!!)
Q: What's the best thing about going up and down a ladder all day?
A: Anal sex with trees.
I can't stand getting branches stuck up my ass.
I cleaned the gutters today. Bad timing. It snowed last night, and it's above freezing today, so the water that was held up by the leaves filled the gutters. My hands were freezing. But, it needed to be done, so I did it. It sucked though. Wifey actually shoveled the snow though, so at least my soaking wet ass didn't have to do that.
Eating today could have been better health wise, but at least I think that I've kept the calories down up to a normal level, at least up to this point. We went to a pizza brunch with Santa today at the Cloverleaf on Gratiot, for those that are familiar. It was a buffet. But Tuck once told me that it was about 300 calories for a slice of pizza, and I had one and a half to go with two breadsticks, and a small salad with vinegar and oil dressing. I had another salad a little later on, this one with fat free Italian. I haven't eaten dinner yet, but it's only 3:30, so it's all good. Exercise today has been limited to going up and down a ladder.
In other news, my Aunt Janice lost her battle with cancer yesterday, and tomorrow is the funeral/memorial service. It's about three hours away in Mt. Pleasant, so there's a good chance you won't hear from me tomorrow, and I'm not sure when I'll be in the mood to be back on, but rest assured, I'll hold the eating together, and I won't stop walking. Hell, I did two miles in the blistering cold yesterday trying to get my head together after it happened while Riley was with my wife. I'm not sure how much it helped, but I didn't want to sit and mope because it's just not my style. I'll be back in touch soon, I'm not sure if it will be tomorrow or Tuesday, or next week, but stay strong, and don't go near the Christmas cookies.
Q: What's the best thing about going up and down a ladder all day?
A: Anal sex with trees.
I can't stand getting branches stuck up my ass.
I cleaned the gutters today. Bad timing. It snowed last night, and it's above freezing today, so the water that was held up by the leaves filled the gutters. My hands were freezing. But, it needed to be done, so I did it. It sucked though. Wifey actually shoveled the snow though, so at least my soaking wet ass didn't have to do that.
Eating today could have been better health wise, but at least I think that I've kept the calories down up to a normal level, at least up to this point. We went to a pizza brunch with Santa today at the Cloverleaf on Gratiot, for those that are familiar. It was a buffet. But Tuck once told me that it was about 300 calories for a slice of pizza, and I had one and a half to go with two breadsticks, and a small salad with vinegar and oil dressing. I had another salad a little later on, this one with fat free Italian. I haven't eaten dinner yet, but it's only 3:30, so it's all good. Exercise today has been limited to going up and down a ladder.
In other news, my Aunt Janice lost her battle with cancer yesterday, and tomorrow is the funeral/memorial service. It's about three hours away in Mt. Pleasant, so there's a good chance you won't hear from me tomorrow, and I'm not sure when I'll be in the mood to be back on, but rest assured, I'll hold the eating together, and I won't stop walking. Hell, I did two miles in the blistering cold yesterday trying to get my head together after it happened while Riley was with my wife. I'm not sure how much it helped, but I didn't want to sit and mope because it's just not my style. I'll be back in touch soon, I'm not sure if it will be tomorrow or Tuesday, or next week, but stay strong, and don't go near the Christmas cookies.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Rolling Along
Today's Weigh In: 217.4 (NEW LOW!!!)
That's the result of a two pound drop last night, and probably won't last, but hey, I'll take it while it's here. It feels pretty good too, like I've still got a good chance at my goal for Christmas. I haven't missed a weight loss goal yet, and I'm not looking to start now. So, it's T-minus twenty six days and counting before my next victory celebration.
Speaking of victory celbrations, tomorrow makes it two months since the three day. That shouldn't matter, but it does, because the main reason that I joined FAT was because I was concerned about losing my motivation afterward. The fact that it's two months later and I haven't quit feels good to me. Sixty days and I'm still doing SOMETHING even if it's not as much as I was before hand. Then again, walking in circles for six miles sucks, and it's not like I can train outdoors with my daughter given the weather.
Today though, I didn't do much. My wife came home from work sick, and I stayed home to make sure she was ok. Eating was ok though. I had fruit for breakfast, a chicken roll and a salad for lunch, and dinner was some flank steak with green beans and a potato. The lack of exercise annoys me, but at least I ate right, and I'll get right back at as soon as I can.
That's the result of a two pound drop last night, and probably won't last, but hey, I'll take it while it's here. It feels pretty good too, like I've still got a good chance at my goal for Christmas. I haven't missed a weight loss goal yet, and I'm not looking to start now. So, it's T-minus twenty six days and counting before my next victory celebration.
Speaking of victory celbrations, tomorrow makes it two months since the three day. That shouldn't matter, but it does, because the main reason that I joined FAT was because I was concerned about losing my motivation afterward. The fact that it's two months later and I haven't quit feels good to me. Sixty days and I'm still doing SOMETHING even if it's not as much as I was before hand. Then again, walking in circles for six miles sucks, and it's not like I can train outdoors with my daughter given the weather.
Today though, I didn't do much. My wife came home from work sick, and I stayed home to make sure she was ok. Eating was ok though. I had fruit for breakfast, a chicken roll and a salad for lunch, and dinner was some flank steak with green beans and a potato. The lack of exercise annoys me, but at least I ate right, and I'll get right back at as soon as I can.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Weekend 1, Jimbo 0
Today's Weigh In 220.6
So I totally thought that my weight would drop after my Saturday weigh-in, but it was the same on Sunday, although it came down a bit this morning, and I'm not sure why it was up at all. Worse things have happened I guess, and I'll just have to get over it, but that's definitely not the way I wanted to get headed toward my Christmas goal. Oh well, I'll still get there, but there's no reason to make things any harder on myself than I have to. It still sucks that the weekend beat me though, and I wasn't a bad little boy or anything. I'll just have to do better next weekend.
Today was a decent day. I did my three miles at the mall, it was fun. Riley actually acted like a good girl today and didn't cry constantly, so things went pretty well. Eating was OK. Breakfast was an orange since we're out of bananas, grapes and raisins. Lunch was two turkey sandwiches and a salad. Dinner was chicken fajitas, but I didn't use a lot of cheese, and I skipped the sour cream and guacamole entirely, so it should all come out OK, because that really just leaves chicken, veggies and two of the tortillas. I had like two forkfuls of the rice too, but not much because I don't really like it. It was takeout too, so no chips.
Yesterday was a pretty bad day on a personal level in Jimboland, and if you really want to know about it, you can read all about it in my comments to Melissa since I don't really feel like typing it all again. The good news is that when I get depressed I don't binge. The bad news is that I don't eat at all when I get depressed, and it's pretty scary. I lost twenty-five pounds in a month when my dad died, and I wasn't even trying to. I'll get through this mess though, and there's no point in worrying about it now, because the worst hasn't happened yet. But I'm being maudlin.
Tuck brought up an interesting point on his blog. Yes, it is holiday time, and yes, it's going to be hard to monitor yourself though the next month or so, but keep this in mind: You can undo several months of work in the next few weeks if you let yourself. It's not even hard to do. I understand the need to enjoy yourself, but we all (and I include myself here) need to keep our heads and do what we know is right. I'm not saying you can never slip outside your bounds, but you have to watch what you're doing and regulate it. This month is the home of the 3500 calorie MEAL. That's a pound all by itself. Be careful folks, because by the time this time of year is over, you could be really pissed at yourself.
So I totally thought that my weight would drop after my Saturday weigh-in, but it was the same on Sunday, although it came down a bit this morning, and I'm not sure why it was up at all. Worse things have happened I guess, and I'll just have to get over it, but that's definitely not the way I wanted to get headed toward my Christmas goal. Oh well, I'll still get there, but there's no reason to make things any harder on myself than I have to. It still sucks that the weekend beat me though, and I wasn't a bad little boy or anything. I'll just have to do better next weekend.
Today was a decent day. I did my three miles at the mall, it was fun. Riley actually acted like a good girl today and didn't cry constantly, so things went pretty well. Eating was OK. Breakfast was an orange since we're out of bananas, grapes and raisins. Lunch was two turkey sandwiches and a salad. Dinner was chicken fajitas, but I didn't use a lot of cheese, and I skipped the sour cream and guacamole entirely, so it should all come out OK, because that really just leaves chicken, veggies and two of the tortillas. I had like two forkfuls of the rice too, but not much because I don't really like it. It was takeout too, so no chips.
Yesterday was a pretty bad day on a personal level in Jimboland, and if you really want to know about it, you can read all about it in my comments to Melissa since I don't really feel like typing it all again. The good news is that when I get depressed I don't binge. The bad news is that I don't eat at all when I get depressed, and it's pretty scary. I lost twenty-five pounds in a month when my dad died, and I wasn't even trying to. I'll get through this mess though, and there's no point in worrying about it now, because the worst hasn't happened yet. But I'm being maudlin.
Tuck brought up an interesting point on his blog. Yes, it is holiday time, and yes, it's going to be hard to monitor yourself though the next month or so, but keep this in mind: You can undo several months of work in the next few weeks if you let yourself. It's not even hard to do. I understand the need to enjoy yourself, but we all (and I include myself here) need to keep our heads and do what we know is right. I'm not saying you can never slip outside your bounds, but you have to watch what you're doing and regulate it. This month is the home of the 3500 calorie MEAL. That's a pound all by itself. Be careful folks, because by the time this time of year is over, you could be really pissed at yourself.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Up early on a Saturday
Today's weigh in: 221.4
I'm not all that concerned about today's weigh in, because I did it three hours earlier than normal, and it's always high when I do that. Unfortunately though, I have to be at work on Saturday at eight and I don't do my weigh in on weekdays until nine. So, it looks high, but it should come back down tomorrow, because it always does. Lord knows it sucked when I first started working early on Saturdays, but I'm used to it now so it doesn't bother me. Now, if it doesn't come down tomorrow, I'll lose my mind, but there's no reason to panic yet.
Otherwise, things are going pretty well. I'm still off school for another month and a half, and walking looks like it should be pretty easy at my local mall because of how slow it was yesterday and I'm kind of happy about that, although it doesn't bode well for the local economy, which has been in recession since the day our governor took office almost five years ago. I won't go there, though.
I'm planning on doing something exercise wise when I get home, even if it's just some pushups and crunches or maybe some calesthenics to build up wind for my next five k. My legs were fine thoughout the Turkey Trot, but I was sucking wind to hard to run for part of it. I am going to find a way to get a running stroller, but even then it's going to be a few months before I can run outside, and I don't have access to an indoor track, so it looks like it's jumping jacks and downhill skiers until it warms up again in March or April, although I may get the odd sixty plus degree day over the winter. You never know, it was like spring last year on Christmas so it COULD happen, but it's nothing I'll be counting on to get my training done.
Eating so far today has been average for me. I had a banana and some grapes for breakfast, and lunch was two turkey sandwiches and a salad. My wife bought me this thing that's made just for taking salads out of the house to eat, it's got a bowl with a lid and an icepack, and a little container on the top that holds your salad dressing so that it doesn't sit on your lettuce for hours and make it all nasty. So I got to have a salad at work to help fill me up so that I didn't eat too much. It was good to be able to have a normal lunch on Saturday and not end up eating what amounts to two dinners instead. Dinner tonight will be whatever my wife and her mother decide they want, since I'm at work, and won't get home until dinner is at least cooking, and maybe done. That's ok though, they won't try to kill me. So it's Jimbo 0.5 weekend nothing, with tonight looking like I can complete the first full day. This weekend warrior is looking for victory, and it looks like I just might get one.
I'm not all that concerned about today's weigh in, because I did it three hours earlier than normal, and it's always high when I do that. Unfortunately though, I have to be at work on Saturday at eight and I don't do my weigh in on weekdays until nine. So, it looks high, but it should come back down tomorrow, because it always does. Lord knows it sucked when I first started working early on Saturdays, but I'm used to it now so it doesn't bother me. Now, if it doesn't come down tomorrow, I'll lose my mind, but there's no reason to panic yet.
Otherwise, things are going pretty well. I'm still off school for another month and a half, and walking looks like it should be pretty easy at my local mall because of how slow it was yesterday and I'm kind of happy about that, although it doesn't bode well for the local economy, which has been in recession since the day our governor took office almost five years ago. I won't go there, though.
I'm planning on doing something exercise wise when I get home, even if it's just some pushups and crunches or maybe some calesthenics to build up wind for my next five k. My legs were fine thoughout the Turkey Trot, but I was sucking wind to hard to run for part of it. I am going to find a way to get a running stroller, but even then it's going to be a few months before I can run outside, and I don't have access to an indoor track, so it looks like it's jumping jacks and downhill skiers until it warms up again in March or April, although I may get the odd sixty plus degree day over the winter. You never know, it was like spring last year on Christmas so it COULD happen, but it's nothing I'll be counting on to get my training done.
Eating so far today has been average for me. I had a banana and some grapes for breakfast, and lunch was two turkey sandwiches and a salad. My wife bought me this thing that's made just for taking salads out of the house to eat, it's got a bowl with a lid and an icepack, and a little container on the top that holds your salad dressing so that it doesn't sit on your lettuce for hours and make it all nasty. So I got to have a salad at work to help fill me up so that I didn't eat too much. It was good to be able to have a normal lunch on Saturday and not end up eating what amounts to two dinners instead. Dinner tonight will be whatever my wife and her mother decide they want, since I'm at work, and won't get home until dinner is at least cooking, and maybe done. That's ok though, they won't try to kill me. So it's Jimbo 0.5 weekend nothing, with tonight looking like I can complete the first full day. This weekend warrior is looking for victory, and it looks like I just might get one.
Friday, November 23, 2007
38:06 OH SO CLOSE!
Today's Weigh-In: 220.2
Good lord. I set a goal of thirty-eight minutes, and I come THIS FREAKING CLOSE to it. If I had missed it by like a minute it wouldn't bother me so bad, but missing the damn thing by six seconds has me thinking that I could have found just a teeny-tiny bit more and gotten there. I walked for parts of it, and if I could have just run for a little bit longer, I could have made it. I should shut up though, because my previous five k time was 43:23 and at 38:06 I still cut over five minutes off of the thing, so I guess I'll take it. Also, as predicted right here on this blog page, I finished last in the FAT division of the Detroit Turkey Trot. Good job to all of you who beat me, but watch your back, because from this moment on, I'm on the search for an affordable athletic stroller, and if I find one, I'm gonna smoke you all next year. Anybody selling one cheap?
Thanksgiving eating wasn't that bad. Granted, I had a pretty big dinner, but I had only eaten about four hundred calories up to that point, so it wasn't all bad. Today's weigh in is up 0.4 pounds since yesterday, but that's not all that bad, because it could just be fluid levels or something, who knows.
Today was a pretty decent day. After telling myself that I wouldn't be walking today because the mall was closed, I went out shopping for a couple of things, found out that the mall near my house wasn't that busy and walked two miles anyway. Breakfast was a banana and some raisins. Lunch was two turkey sandwiches and a salad. Dinner was some more turkey, a small serving of stuffing, some peas and carrots and a little asparagus. It sounds like a lot, but the portions were small, so I think I'm ok. Alright, so the portion of peas and carrots was pretty big, but they're peas and carrots.
Doing the Turket Trot yesterday was really cool, and meeting Kristen was awesome. She's got more energy than any three people over the age of twelve that I've ever met. Seeing Melissa was awesome too, I hadn't seen her since the Three Day. It was a great time, and we should really do it more often, maybe with our significant others or something. While we were there, Tuck, Kristen and I (we couldn't find Melissa at the time, there were ten thousand people there) did a quick tally, and realized that we had lost a Tuck. In other words, if you add up the amount of weight that all of us combined lost, it comes out to about what Tuck (that's Rob if you missed it) weighs. So together, we've lost a person, and if that's just three members of the FAT coalition, imagine what we've all done together!
*******************EDIT!*******************
I forgot to mention this in my blog, but I had a very cool thing happen yesterday. I went over my Mom and Stepdad's house for a little bit, and they started dogging me because my pants were too loose. Apparently, they didn't look so good. My stepdad has been losing weight too, and he had some old pants that don't fit him anymore because he got too small, but the fit me great! Oh, and they're thirty-sixes, and that's new small size for me. So I'm freaking ecstatic. Just thought that I'd mention it.
Good lord. I set a goal of thirty-eight minutes, and I come THIS FREAKING CLOSE to it. If I had missed it by like a minute it wouldn't bother me so bad, but missing the damn thing by six seconds has me thinking that I could have found just a teeny-tiny bit more and gotten there. I walked for parts of it, and if I could have just run for a little bit longer, I could have made it. I should shut up though, because my previous five k time was 43:23 and at 38:06 I still cut over five minutes off of the thing, so I guess I'll take it. Also, as predicted right here on this blog page, I finished last in the FAT division of the Detroit Turkey Trot. Good job to all of you who beat me, but watch your back, because from this moment on, I'm on the search for an affordable athletic stroller, and if I find one, I'm gonna smoke you all next year. Anybody selling one cheap?
Thanksgiving eating wasn't that bad. Granted, I had a pretty big dinner, but I had only eaten about four hundred calories up to that point, so it wasn't all bad. Today's weigh in is up 0.4 pounds since yesterday, but that's not all that bad, because it could just be fluid levels or something, who knows.
Today was a pretty decent day. After telling myself that I wouldn't be walking today because the mall was closed, I went out shopping for a couple of things, found out that the mall near my house wasn't that busy and walked two miles anyway. Breakfast was a banana and some raisins. Lunch was two turkey sandwiches and a salad. Dinner was some more turkey, a small serving of stuffing, some peas and carrots and a little asparagus. It sounds like a lot, but the portions were small, so I think I'm ok. Alright, so the portion of peas and carrots was pretty big, but they're peas and carrots.
Doing the Turket Trot yesterday was really cool, and meeting Kristen was awesome. She's got more energy than any three people over the age of twelve that I've ever met. Seeing Melissa was awesome too, I hadn't seen her since the Three Day. It was a great time, and we should really do it more often, maybe with our significant others or something. While we were there, Tuck, Kristen and I (we couldn't find Melissa at the time, there were ten thousand people there) did a quick tally, and realized that we had lost a Tuck. In other words, if you add up the amount of weight that all of us combined lost, it comes out to about what Tuck (that's Rob if you missed it) weighs. So together, we've lost a person, and if that's just three members of the FAT coalition, imagine what we've all done together!
*******************EDIT!*******************
I forgot to mention this in my blog, but I had a very cool thing happen yesterday. I went over my Mom and Stepdad's house for a little bit, and they started dogging me because my pants were too loose. Apparently, they didn't look so good. My stepdad has been losing weight too, and he had some old pants that don't fit him anymore because he got too small, but the fit me great! Oh, and they're thirty-sixes, and that's new small size for me. So I'm freaking ecstatic. Just thought that I'd mention it.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Almost time to trot!
Today's weigh in: 219.8
So it's almost eleven o clock and I'm at work. I'm also meeting Tuck in Hazel Park at 6 AM tomorrow. Life sucks. Here's the good news: Today could have been worse.
I had my usual breakfast of fruit, followed by my usual lunch of tuna sandwiches and salad followed by a dinner of homemade chicken marsala broccoli and wild rice. I only walked one mile today because of severe laziness which lead to time constraints, and I also had a hundred calorie pack of little cookie wafer things, but it WAS a hundred calorie pack.
So tomorrow is the Turkey Trot, and I'm going to have to set a goal right? So here it is: 5k in less than thirty eight minutes. I freely admit that all of the other FAT members will blow me away, and two of them are women. Life goes on, though. I'm doing something. I'll take that. Combine that with a sensible eating day, and Thanksgiving won't turn into a disaster for me. I'll take that right now. I'm also pretty happy because my Thanksgiving goal was 220, and I'm there. I may not have much room to spare, but at this point, I'll take that, too. This leaves me with a bit over a month for my Christmas goal of 210. I can do it. I just have to not act like an idiot at the family Christmas party, and be careful tomorrow.
So have a great holiday everyone, think with your head, and not with your gut, and you'll be ok. The weekend starts early for most this week, so weekend warriors, ROCK ON!!!!!!
So it's almost eleven o clock and I'm at work. I'm also meeting Tuck in Hazel Park at 6 AM tomorrow. Life sucks. Here's the good news: Today could have been worse.
I had my usual breakfast of fruit, followed by my usual lunch of tuna sandwiches and salad followed by a dinner of homemade chicken marsala broccoli and wild rice. I only walked one mile today because of severe laziness which lead to time constraints, and I also had a hundred calorie pack of little cookie wafer things, but it WAS a hundred calorie pack.
So tomorrow is the Turkey Trot, and I'm going to have to set a goal right? So here it is: 5k in less than thirty eight minutes. I freely admit that all of the other FAT members will blow me away, and two of them are women. Life goes on, though. I'm doing something. I'll take that. Combine that with a sensible eating day, and Thanksgiving won't turn into a disaster for me. I'll take that right now. I'm also pretty happy because my Thanksgiving goal was 220, and I'm there. I may not have much room to spare, but at this point, I'll take that, too. This leaves me with a bit over a month for my Christmas goal of 210. I can do it. I just have to not act like an idiot at the family Christmas party, and be careful tomorrow.
So have a great holiday everyone, think with your head, and not with your gut, and you'll be ok. The weekend starts early for most this week, so weekend warriors, ROCK ON!!!!!!
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