Workout Buddy
One of my co-workers has volunteered to be a workout buddy. This gives us both accountability since he wants to get back into a regimen just like I want to start one. However, I have a feeling that I’ll be completely wasted by the end of next week.
We’ll be starting Monday at lunch with a 1.5 mile walk/jog, then 20-30 minutes weight training at the fitness room in his building (I work in the executive offices where there is no fitness center), then I walk/jog/crawl back to my building. He works in the other building so he’ll start off by jogging over to my building where I join him for the trip back. He gets in the full 3 miles before weight-training whereas I only have to do half. I’m sure I won’t get anywhere near a jog on the trip back.
Now he plans for us to do this Monday through Thursday. He’s already given me a list of specific stretches to do before he gets to my building. He also has given me homework of 30 situps every night until we start (he says this will help with any back issues I may have starting out).
I just completed 27 situps (my abdominal muscles then called for a revolt so I quit). I followed up with 10 pushups (on my knees, I’ve never been able to do full body pushups). I’m now gonna crash for the night.
If I don’t post Tuesday night, it will be because I couldn’t even move my mouse I’ll be so tired.
Weigh-In: Week 85
One more step forward in spite of the previous week I’ve had. Yes, I’m over my spite at losing the job opportunity. Yes, I’ll try to work on my personal development. Yes, I’ll try not to have pizza two days in a row over a weekend (but it was SO good).
In all, I had one of those weeks where I should have gained a ton just because of my anger, depression and poor choices. But mixed in there was a lot of good choices. In fact, had I not done most of the bad, imagine the good I could have accomplished. So I know I have to focus more on the good. I only had soda one day in the last week. Though I ate out a few times, almost all of the choices were healthy (love me a tuna sub-of-the-day at Subway on Fridays with no mayo or cheese and lots of veggies).
I’ve got someone at work who now wants to be my workout buddy. He can help me with a workout regimen (he used to be in the military) and it’ll keep him on a schedule since he’s now accountable to me. I can’t tell you how much it means to have someone you are accountable to.
At least I won’t suffer the temptations this Sunday that most people will since I don’t watch any sports. So my wife and I can get some housework done and other errands without having to sit in front of a television munching down on more calories than any single athlete will be burning on that field (just think about that).
Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 285.6 lb
Current weight: 284.8 lb
Current loss/gain: -0.8 lb
Total loss/gain: -34.2 lb
Distance to 50: 15.8 lb
Distance to WW Goal: 34.8 lb
Cross-posted to WebCudgel.com
Another Competition
I’ve been reticent to post until I knew more, but I’m not sure that time will ever come, so here it goes…
I attended an interesting meeting last night at my gym to get a number of us on the same page for a competition that will be both a means to help 6 (3 guys, 3 girls) people get on the road to health and fitness and a publicity ’stunt’ for the gym and the local paper. Beginning with the Sunday edition (Superbowl Sunday no less) I, along with 5 other people will be featured as we personal train, diet and blog ourselves through 12-weeks, February – April. Next week, I meet with a personal trainer to get measured in every possible way as well as have a new routine done. I believe that I will be meeting with her 2x/week for the duration. There is also a meeting with the hospital dietitian, I am curious there due to my success with the Weight Watchers plan.
Cut back 2 weeks to when Neal asked me to be a part of this. He wanted me to think about it because of the newspaper/blog aspect. I told him that I had been blogging my journey for over a year. He thought that was great, The Wife asked, “Yeah, but how many people that you actually know look at your blogs?” She had a good point. There is a BIG difference between you and the people I see at my daughters’ basketball games or at the grocery store. The ones that will see my picture in the paper with my progress stats printed there in black and white. This is, after all, a small town.
Yes, and the blog itself, I will be adding a 3d blog to my life. There will be one on the EO website where all of the competiters and trainers will be posting. I’ll post a direct link there, once one is set up.
Stay tuned…
fat is the movement 2008.2
starting 2008 weight: 364
this week’s weigh-in: 358.8
total weight loss this week: 2.8 pounds
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