Sorry for the blurry picture this week. It was particularly gloomy this morning, so I guess the exposure went longer than normal. Next time I’ll try to find a tripod, or at least some surface to place the camera on.
Another slow week this time, probably because I went a little overboard Friday night and ingested entirely too many calories and carbs in the form of delicious beer—a double IPA I brewed a while back, and some Rogue Imperial Pilsner, if you must know. I had hoped that working the cardio more regularly (though admittedly, still not as regularly as I’d like) would counterbalance Friday’s indulgence, but it didn’t work out that way. No big deal, I just need to watch the cheats more closely. It’s all a learning process.
Slow week or not, it is party time! I’ve reached the first major milestone on this journey to skinnyland: Twenty Pounds Down! It won’t be much of a party without food and beer, but it’s a party in my heart. And you’re invited. Watch you don’t knock the (arterial) plaques off the walls. Despite the slow showing on the scale, I was able to count another whole inch of the belly:
Date: 04-11-2007 (Days on program: 28)
Weight: 207 (Total lost: 20 pounds)
BMI: 31.5 (Category: Obese…barely!)
Belly: 41″ (Started: 45″)
Wow, Mean, that is awesome!
wow, 20 pounds in 4 weeks is impressive.
Just imagine if you could right the ship that is your cardio training.
Good job. I will gladly take that extra twenty pounds, if you still have it lying around somewhere.
Keep at it. That beer will kill you though. Semi-easy solution for cardio? Buy an exercise bike and plop it down in front of your video game console of choice. The hours fly by.
‘Keep at it. That beer will kill you though. Semi-easy solution for cardio? Buy an exercise bike and plop it down in front of your video game console of choice. The hours fly by.’
Dude, you are totally right. I bring my PSP to the gym and the ride bike, makes the time go by so much quicker.
Yeah, we bought a spin bike for home. I had already dropped ~67 pounds by that point, but the bike/X-box 360 combination has really helped knock off (and keep off) the last 20 pounds. Additionally, the wife can’t complain when I’m playing video games.
20 pounds in 1 month! That’s my total weight loss, except I needed 6 months for it :) amazing work man!
Beer is a gut killer. I used to weigh about 215, but after moving to Japan I went down to 180 after the first year with no dieting. Just eating Japanese food and walking a hell of a lot. After that I started actually watching what I eat and managed to get down to 170. No matter how much I ran, or lifted, or cut calories, I couldn’t get any visible abs. Then I stopped drinking for about 3 months. Oh, that’s the problem. I hate to say it, but at least in the initial phases of losing weight I think it’s a must to stop drinking. After you get to your goal weight you start to have one here and there.
Congratulations on your discipline and progress. You’re doing great.
I’m curious about something: does the knowledge that you’re posting your progress here impact your motivation to stick with the program?
I really wish I had your ambition…I am 21 and in college in a HUGE drinking town…that’s the only thing that really holds me back. sure…call me an alcoholic, but it is sooo hard to give it up when everyone around you is constantly drinking and it doesnt help that I brew my own beer.
freshman year i weighed 165 lbs…now in my junior year…im up to 200 lbs give or take.
My parents just built a really nice gym in our basement and I love using their treadmill when I go home, but being 3 hours away makes it tough. I know, we have a really nice gym at school here in Platteville, WI but I don’t feel comfortable working out with other people. I would go home more often, but my parents live 3 hours away in Milwaukee…I feel sooo much better after I run like 3 or 4 miles but once I come back to school…all ambition is gone.
Any suggestions?
If you have any dangerous beer left over, I will gladly, uh, “store” it at my house until such a time as you see fit to ask for it back and hear a lame excuse as to why I drank it all. :)
Grats mean! keep up the good work!
Hal asked, “I’m curious about something: does the knowledge that you’re posting your progress here impact your motivation to stick with the program?”
Not really. At least not consciously. The health factor is plenty of motivation, and the fact that this particular diet is so stupidly easy keeps me on track. Weekends are still the hard part for me, but even those are getting easier.