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It�s been a tough week, as I posted here.

So I guess� it could have been worse.

This week, on the journey to become half the man I used to be, we find ourselves right here in my own backyard� literally.Oregon State Route 335 runs a whopping 9.79 miles from the town of Helix, Oregon to its junction with State Highway 11 which runs between Pendleton and the Washington border just south of Walla Walla.

Now, the tale of the scale.

Anton, a drum roll please�

Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.
Starting BMI: 51.7
Weight Today (August 9, 2007): 335.8 lbs.
Current BMI: 44.3

Weight Change This Week: +2.6 lbs.
Total Loss: -56.2 lbs.
NEXT Goal: Lose 25 lbs. by Labor Day (5.8 lbs to go!)

Cross-Published on Rejected Reality

I am not having that great of a week.

Work has been a very efficient stress factory this week. The Residential Treatment Home I work at began a $30,000 plumbing project this week. This meant that we had to have the residents out of the house while the demolition and reconstruction hours. This creates its own stress for people who would rather spend 90% of their day locked in their room and generally decline to go on outings into the community. We thought we had every contingency planned, but there has been a significant kink every day so far, which creates a demand for leadership from me as our Administrator is out on vacation this week. Because we are out of the house for most of the day, dinners have been planned to be simple… which means Papa Murphy’s here. I should mention that they are estimating that this is going to be a three week project.

And finally, my schedule changed from 4×10 to 3×12. I had every intention of going to the gym after work, but after a 12 hour day that stretched into 13.5, 14 and 15 hours each day so far this week, I only accomplished a cardio� session on the “easy” 13.5 hour day. Plus, ask anyone who knows me… pizza is my weakness.

I did a full cardio/weights workout this morning and I’m leaning towards a cardio session before the Weight Watchers� meeting tomorrow morning. I have tracked my weight on a couple graphing programs since I begun this journey last December. I have noticed that I have an uptick every six weeks, I am afraid that I am going to have one tomorrow… after only four weeks!

I just thought I should visit the confessional before I go in for the tale of the scale.

There was a really great show on ABC tonight called, Fat March. Twelve fat folks (6 guys, 6 gals) set out on a journey to walk 570 miles from Boston to Washington with team competitions along the way. The cool thing about this ‘competition’ is that the goal is not to eliminate each other, but to encourage each other. The incentive is that every time someone drops out of the group of 12, $10,000 is taken from the “pot”. In the end, if all complete the journey, they each get $100,000!

The trainers, Steve and Bonnie Pfiester, are two good looking young people who are married and are there to encourage and cheer on the group. I like this premise, and I like the competitors, so far.

08/08/07 Update - It turns out that there is a ‘voting off the island’ procedure. At the end of the show, they can vote off the competitor that was the biggest detriment to the group. This week, an ambulance was called in to care for one of the guys. The competitors were informed that they could vote off another contestant but when they do, tier prize money is decreased by $10,000. Even with that knowledge, they ‘voted off’ Shane the 500 lb. contestant that had to be cared for by the ambulance.

From Steve’s MySpace blog...

The 12 marchers grow so close so fast because all of them were ripped out of their safe homely environments and thrown into this new experience trying to reinvent their every thought. They learned to depend on each other for encouragement, and learned to trust each other to the point of being completely vulnerable to each other. These circumstances bring people together very fast and to a very deep level. As the tablets were turned over with Shane’s name, all of the marchers explained their reasoning for voting Shane out. The intense words echoed in my head even tonight as I recollect the day. The marchers felt like Shane was unable to continue. They felt as though they had to stop him from permanently injuring his feet. The exclaimed that money had nothing to do with their decision nor did the thought of having to re-walk all of his uncompleted miles. Everyone felt like this is what was best for Shane. I lay down tonight not blaming any of the team. I know they did what they felt was right for Shane and the team. I hate to lose anyone that has the will to continue. But maybe it is what is best so he can return home to heal and start his own Fat March. Perhaps Shane didn’t need us as much as we needed him.

250.2! That’s what it said on the scale this morning. A loss of 1.6lbs.

Missed it by that much! I was really hoping to get under 250 this week.

The celebration will have to be postponed until next week.

Tony
8/3: 250.2 lbs.
Goal: 220 lbs.
30.2 lbs. to go

p.s. If you are looking for a good recipe for dinner this weekend consider trying Diet Pepsi Pot Roast. We tried it last night and it is really tender.

Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.
Starting BMI: 51.7
Weight Today (August 2, 2007): 333.2 lbs.
Current BMI: 43.9

Weight Change This Week: -3.8 lbs.
Total Loss: -58.8 lbs.
NEXT Goal: Lose 25 lbs. by Labor Day (3.2 lbs to go!)

Cross-Published on I Reject Your Reality

Well, my excuse for not posting and not keeping a close eye on my Weight Watchers is just about up.  I’ve moved to a different town, I’m just about settled in, and I now have the Internet in my home again. 

It’s not that I have abandoned my weight loss; it’s quite the opposite, in fact.  For the past week and a half or so I’ve been working without a net, just choosing what foods I should have and what I shouldn’t, but not really keeping track of it officially on the Weight Watchers site.  I also made a couple of trips to Seattle in the time, a distance of about 300 miles one way for me.  Eating on the road is tough–John, I don’t know how you managed your trip to Montana. 

So, starting today, I’m getting my food recorded again.  I’m under my points so far for today.  And at some point in the next week or so, I’m going to be paying a visit to a local WW meeting and posting my results on here.  I may be up a little, I may be down.  The main thing is that I’m staying accountable for all of it, and that’s the reason I started this blog in the first place.  Technically, I’m on maintenance, and I have six weeks from my last weigh-in (July 3) to be at 247 or less.  Hmmm…that was a month ago, so I’ve just got a couple of weeks to go.  Looks like I need to get on the stick. 

One thing about my new hometown:  It’s relatively flat, and there are bike paths all over the place.  I’ve been utilizing them quite a bit the last few days.  Plus, there is a biking club that meets Tuesdays and Thursdays for road trips. 

Glad to be back, folks.  It doesn’t get much better than this.

I have read many different postings on the recent study that fat spreads amongst social networks. I think I may have a reasonable explanation for this.� That doesn’t use alot of scientific and sociological mumbo-jumbo.

Fat people hang out together… or grow fat together because of what they enjoy doing together. Back in the day, I had a friend and our favorite place to socialize was Izzy’s. For those of you not from Oregon, Izzy’s is a phenomenally yummy pizza buffet restaurant. Their jo-jo’s are so heavenly, it is the one thing that my wife craved when she was pregnant with the twins.� My friend and I would ‘compete’ in the number of plates we filled and emptied. Disgusting, right?

On the other hand, healthy, studly people do things like; climb rock walls, go on nature hikes, play basketball and lift heavy objects together down at the gym before going to Abercrombie & Fitch to buy clothes that enhance their studly physiques.

They could have saved a lot a time and money on this study if they had just asked me for the correlation.� What are you thoughts? Does your fitness/health match the company you keep?