Progress Report: Week 7
Weight: 247.6 lbs
BMI: 35.5
Weight loss so far: 2.2 lbs since last week, 17.4 lbs to date
(in my best Eric Cartman voice) Sssscccchhhhwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttt!
YAY!
This week had alot of bits of awesome, but, admittedly, there are many things could have gone alot better.
The good:
- RUNNING! Not only have I gotten my mile down to 9 minutes and 22 seconds, as of last night, but I’m running longer and faster than I thought possible. Examples of that include one 20 minute stretch of 5.5mph and a 5 minute stretch at 7.0mph. WooT! I think that now I am getting used to/and liking running I’m seeing more and more what I am capable of, which will help me IMMENSELY on October 16th, 2010.
- Working out otherwise! In addition to the running, I have worked out everyday this past week. Some days more than others, but I am at least getting something done and I don’t feel like I am burning out yet.
- Snacking. Yeah, there has been some snacking, but I survived from home on Friday and the snacking otherwise wasn’t AS mindless as usual, and there have been no trips to vending machine in at least a week (I know its been longer, but dunno exactly how long).
And now, the bad:
- Goals. I did not meet or EXCEED any of my goals for this past week. I wanted to burn 10,000 calories in cardio, I burned 6986. Still not bad, but I’ve done 10,000 before, I wanted to do it again. I also only worked 4 hours of overtime (wanted 6 hours) and did maybe an hour of studying (wanted 6 as well). D’oh!
- Calorie counting. I let this slip quite a bit, especially this past weekend. The small meals are easy enough to track, but its when I eat out and it involves going home after the fact and researching. That’s where I failed. I didn’t feel like putting the effort in to find the exact meal at the restaurant I ate at (and I ate out quite a bit), or a comparable meal somewhere else to base the calories off of, and I HATE having to guess. This is something I will work on though.
And now, the ugly. This is Thanksgiving week, which in of itself is bad enough, but I am leaving tomorrow night and not coming back until Sunday. Instead of one really bad day for good food choices, this leaves several days of pretty much eating out every meal, blah! Luckily, the hotel has a gym (although in my previous experiences hotel gyms have always sucked) and there will be alot of walking around, so maybe I can at least hope to stay the same, especially since I made it a goal of mine when I started to not gain anything this week.
Hopefully the weather will be better, I wish I was going somewhere awesome and exotic, but I don’t think Pittsburgh fits that bill. I’m sure it would be an awesome trip and I’ll have alot of fun, but Hawaii it ain’t 
Besides not gaining anything this week, the only goal I want to set is that I want to try and get SOME FORM OF A WORKOUT in everyday, whether it be a full gym experience or some stuff in my hotel room, I am starting to get antsy when I don’t work out, so I want to do something.
I’m playing around w/ the idea of another challenge in my mind, and I will annouce that tomorrow. It won’t start until the holiday weekend, so that way if anyone wants to participate there will be a better chance of that happening.
WooT!
Hope everyone has an awesome day, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVE-EVE!
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