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Well, the last two weeks I haven’t done very well at all. I gained a couple of pounds each week but I am hoping my next weigh-in in the next day or 2 will be good news. I have been out of town and got sick which are two things that often trigger weight gain for me. I haven’t been running and hope I can continue back on week 3 of the “Couch to 5K” plan, which is where I left off. I worked out a couple of days ago and it went well with good weight lifting and 15 minutes on the elliptical machine, which means I will hopefully not miss a beat this week. I am still getting over the flu, but I hope I will be better in a couple of days.
Starting Weight (May 25, 2009): 285 lbs.
Starting BMI: 39.7
Weight Last Weigh in: (July 13, 2009) 276 lbs.
Weight Today (July 20, 2009): 278 lbs.
Current BMI: 38.8
Weight Change This Week: +2 lbs.
Total Weight Lost: 7 pounds
Loss Streak: 0 weeks in a row
Longest Streak: 6 weeks in a row
NEXT GOAL: 260 lbs. (18 lbs. to go)

Last week marked my first week back in the gym after a my vacation. My two weeks off were followed by a week where I had a pretty nasty sinus infection, so not much time was spent sweating out the calories or eating anything particularly healthy. You know how it is — you feel like crap, and oddly enough eating comfort (sometimes crap) food is what makes you feel better… a bit better, that is.

So, just in time for a weekend training session with Seb, my sinuses cleared and I was ready to get back into my routine. I was feeling a bit anxious because I had been away from it for so long. In fact, looking back on it now, I was probably feeling a little depressed — not only because I was sick, but also because I realized that I didn’t miss working out as much as I thought I would while I was off. I mean, it was really easy for me to not go to the gym for three weeks. It was really easy for me to dig into a decadent cheesy pizza instead of my daily dose of raw broccoli. In other words, getting back to my ‘old ways’ was really easy… and I didn’t think I would revert that quickly, or even that willingly. I was feeling a bit disappointed with myself — not necessarily for having taken a break from the rigor of daily life… that we know, I needed. I was disappointed that I felt like I was beginning to slip. And when you’ve focused on staying strong for so long, that slipping feeling wasn’t a pleasant one.

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