Awesome things come in hundreds!

Mar 262010

Quick post, it’s Friday (WooT) and I’m chillaxin’!

As of about 10 minutes ago, I now have 300 followers on twitter!

WooT!

 

Originally just used as a tool to track my meals (hahaha…that lasted long…), it has since become SO. MUCH. MORE!  It’s a great way to connect with people, get your thoughts out there (when it’s not handy to sit down and write a blog post), get a little (okay, a lot) silly, etc…etc…etc…  I love it!

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

According to dailymile, I also recently reached a benchmark in my year to date running.  100 miles! 

WooT x 2!

 

As in, 90-95 more miles than I have probably EVER run…E V E R !  And it’s only March!  And I plan to run A LOT more this year! WooT!

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Oh, wait, there actually isn’t.  That’s all I got.  I lied.  I’m sorry.  Forgive me?  Please?  You do?  Yay!

:)

Now I just need to finish losing this 100(ish…give or take) pounds and we’ll be good to go!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!

Scales kinda suck.

Mar 242010

Hey ya’ll, remember that time long ago yesterday when I stepped on the scale and weighed 238.8.

Well, I done went and stepped on the scale again today (I can be a bit obsessive like that), and it shot out this little diddy:

That’s a pretty little number right? Not as pretty as it’s been, and it would have been handy a day earlier, but hey, I’ll take it!

Seriously though, there is no way in hell I lost 4.6 pounds of fat in a 24 hour period.  Weight gains do often go alongside with bad choices, but your body can also be very unpredictable.  You can have times when you are being a total shit and still see a loss.  Other times, you can do everything 100% right and see a gain.  Sometimes healthy food choices and exercise are the only way you will see pounds drop on the scale, other times a few trips to the bathroom will do the trick.

When I step on the scale tomorrow what will it say?  It could say 232.3, 236.5 or hell, even 241.3 (boo!) for all I know.

The point is, the scale should not be your ONLY measure of success, because it can (and will) fluctuate so much throughout the week that it will make your head spin.

Do you feel better about yourself?  Are you clothes fitting looser?  Are your manboobs (or otherwise flabby body part) shrinking, and maybe even starting to resemble a muscle?  Can you work out harder without feeling like you want to drop dead?

Did you answer yes to any of the above questions?  If so, then CONGRATULATIONS, you are probably doing something right, even if the scale isn’t telling you what you want to hear.

So go on, have a cookie.  I mean, have a lowcal-high fiber snack bar.  Wait, why are you rewarding yourself with food anyway?!  Get your ass to the gym.

Have a nice day :)

Status Report: Week 24

Mar 232010

Progress Report: Week 24
Weight:  238.8 lbs
BMI: 34.8
Weight loss so far:  3.2 lbs gained since last week,  26.2 lbs lost total

Well, that sucks.

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting a loss.  I’ve still been eating like shit this week (even during Fitbloggin, go figure).  And while the workouts were okay, I didn’t nearly as much as I was aiming for last week.  I do think I’m getting over the funk though, but that doesn’t do alot of good when it happened Sunday into Monday.

The thing I most ashamed about is that I was totally ready and lie about this weigh in.  I had a gain last week, and this weigh in marks 6 months since I’ve began this journey, so I didn’t want to face you all with having another one.  I figured I could lie, and just work really really hard to have a REAL loss next week. 

In the end, I couldn’t do it though.  I’d be doing a disservice to everyone, including myself.  And in the (hopefully unlikely) event that I had another gain next week, then it would just look worse, or cause the cycle of lying to continue.  Also, I hate liars.  I’ve been lied to so many times throughout my life, and I lose almost all respect for someone when I find out they’ve been lying to me (about major stuff, anyway).  I already hate that fact that I’ve let myself do this, why pile on hating myself for being a liar too?

So it is what it is.  I gained weight (again).  I’m not proud of it, but I will fix it.

In other news, here is a rundown of how I did with my workout goals from last week:

  • Run 15 miles – Actually ran 9.82 miles
  • Walk 15 miles – Actually walked 6 miles
  • Spend 4 hours on the ARC Trainer - Actually 90 minutes.  Major boo on that one, damn.
  • Restart 100pushups/200squats/200situps (again…) – Hey, I actually completed one…kinda!  I was supposed to Week 4 of 200 squats, but I had forgotten this until I had already done Week 3 Day 1.  Oops.  I’m going to continue on this week with Week 4 though.
  • Do at least 2 days of strength training otherwise… – Nope :(
  • Climb 200 floors on the stairstepper – Actually only 60 floors

    • And that’s that.  I’m hesitant to make any goals for this week, sort of want to just go and see what happens.  I hope next week I will have better news for you.

    How are you all doing?

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