Weigh-in: Week 98

Well, I had expected a gain last week and was surprised… however, my gain this week was a surprise too, but I should have seen it coming. After all, as I said before, this past week requires consumption of foods that are higher in fats sometimes. Now I can refocus since the week is over.

I still had several personal successes including doing a workout without having transportation to the weight-room (I work about a 1/2 mile from the building where I do my workouts). When I was off work Friday, I still did a shortened workout including 1.59 miles running (mostly). Today’s workout included a total of 1.34 miles (in two parts) where I was running the entire time.

I’ve really stepped up my workouts, but I need to get in some variations. I’m glad I took up the running. Maybe some day I’ll being joining in some 5K runs (of course, they’re almost always on Saturdays and I do believe Saturday to be the sabbath, a day of rest). It’ll be a while, but I do want to have some small goals in mind.

As for the gain, if you look at the graph, there seems to be a definite pattern emerging… Big loss, big gain, small loss, repeat.

Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 276.4 lb
Current weight: 279.0 lb
Current loss/gain: +2.6 lb
Total loss/gain: -40.0 lb
Distance to 50: 10.0 lb
Distance to WW Goal: 29.0 lb

Cross-posted to WebCudgel.com

• Breakfast (6:15am): Honey Bunches of Oats cereal w/ fat-free milk, 1 banana nut muffin.
• Midmorning snack:  banana.
• Exercise (11:30am): Running: 5 laps in 19min (80%) for 1.20mi; situps (incline): 75; leg lifts: 75; lat pulldown: 10 reps @ 162lb; arm lifts: 10 reps @ 40lb; shrugs : 10 reps @ 205lb, 10 reps @ 225lb; curls: 10 reps @ 35lb; mid-row: 10 reps @ 158lb; rear deltoid fly: 10 reps @ 40lb.
• Lunch (12:45pm): Tuna salad, 1 unleavened biscuit, triscuit crackers, blueberry fat-free yogurt.
• Afternoon snack:  apple, orange.
• Dinner (6:00pm): beef enchiladas, fat-free refried beans, tortilla chips w/ salsa, 20oz fat-free milk.
• Personal Success:  When we gathered at work to have a cake for the admins, I brought my apple and just before the cutting started, I started eating it.  This gave me a perfectly good reason not to get a slice of cake (though, based on last week’s posting, I couldn’t have the cake this week anyway, but it was nice to have “block” to their offers).

• Breakfast (8:00am):  Corner Bakery Farmer’s scramble w/o bread.
• Midmorning snack:  banana, 13 Skittles.
• Exercise (12:00pm):  Running: 5 laps in 19min (80%) for 1.20mi; situps (incline): 75; leg lifts: 75; bench press: 10 reps @ 135lb, 7 reps @ 145lb; tricep extensions: 10 reps @ 58lb,10 reps @ 58lb; shoulder press:  10 reps @ 101lb, 10 reps @ 101lb; butterfly curls:  10 reps @ 40lb,10 reps @ 40lb; reverse tricep: 10 reps @ 20lb, 10 reps @ 20lb.
• Lunch (1:15pm):  Snickers Marathon protein bar
• Dinner (7:00pm): beef enchiladas, ranch style beans, tortilla chips w/ salsa, 20oz Fuzzy Navel, 1 butterscotch brownie w/ lt vanilla ice cream.
• Personal Success:  I had purchased a package of the new Chocolate Skittles and, instead of opening at home and consuming the entire package, I brought it to work and a few of my friends got to try out the new Skittles as well.  So instead of about 40-50 Skittles, I only had 13 (and the Brownie Batter flavor is my favorite).

• Breakfast (9:30am):  unleavened biscuits w/ peanut butter and white grape jelly, scrambled eggs, 1oz slice of turkey ham pan grilled, 20oz orange juice.
• Lunch (3:00pm):  church potluck (too much to name offhand, but I had plenty of veggies and fruit).
• Late evening snack:  chocolate pop tarts.

• Breakfast (9:30am):  Rise N Dine - corned beef hash w/ sourdough toast (w/ strawberry jelly thinly applied) and scrambled eggs, 1/2 belgian waffle w/ syrup, 12oz chocolate milk.
• Exercise (11:00am):  1 hour yardwork
• Lunch (4:00pm):  Pizza hut thin crust pizza w/ beef, bell peppers and jalapenos (3 slices), 6 spicy boneless chicken wings, 3 cinna sticks, 32oz Dr Pepper (I know, but it was the first soda in weeks).
• Late evening (10pm):  Celtic Crossing on ice.

• Breakfast (6:30am):  Egg/Cheese/Turkey Ham on toasted whole wheat English Muffin, 16oz fat-free milk.
• Midmorning snack:  large banana.
• Exercise (12:00pm):  Running: 6 laps in 23min (90%) for 1.43mi; situps (incline): 75; leg lifts: 75; bench press: 10 reps @ 140lb, 10 reps @ 145lb; tricep extensions: 10 reps @ 58lb,10 reps @ 58lb; shoulder press:  10 reps @ 101lb, 6 reps @ 101lb; butterfly curls:  10 reps @ 40lb. Lunch (12:30pm):  8oz water w/ whey protein mix, 1 cup German Sausage bake, orange.
• Afternoon snack:  1 shortbread cookie w/ date filling.
• Dinner (7:00pm):  Cajun pasta w/ chicken andouille sausage, handful of trisket crackers w/ fat-free sour cream dip, fat-free chocolate pudding w/ cool whip.
• Personal Success:  I ran 3 laps today (0.74 mi) before slowing to a walk for breathers… and they were the shortest breathers I took since I started.  I’d never run more than a single full lap (0.24 mi) before Friday.

• Breakfast (8:00am):  cream of wheat w/ 2 tsp sugar and non-dairy creamer, 1/4 cup granola.
• Midmorning snack:  Snickers Marathon protein bar.
• Exercise (11:45am): Running: 20min (100%) 0.68 to weight-room, 0.66 from; situps (incline): 75; leg lifts: 75; lat pulldown: 10 reps @ 150lb, 10 reps @ 134lb; arm lifts: 10 reps @ 35lb, 10 reps @ 35lb; shrugs : 10 reps @ 225lb, 10 reps @ 225lb; curls: 10 reps @ 35lb, 10 reps @ 35lb; mid-row: 10 reps @ 144lb, 10 reps @ 144lb; rear deltoid fly: 10 reps @ 35lb, 10 reps @ 35lb.
• Lunch (1:00pm):  8oz water w/ whey protein mix.
• Afternoon snack:  1 small clementine orange, 1 very small chocolate.
• Dinner (6:30pm):  Taco Bell chicken grilled stuft burrito, chips w/ queso, unsweet tea, small apple.
• Personal Success:  We are down to one car today and my wife had to take it for an appointment.  Despite having no vehicle, I still did a workout by changing clothes at my office, running to the other office where the weight room is located, do my usual abdominals and weight-training, run back to the office to change clothes again.