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MarkFu brings up an interesting point.

I was raised with the philosophy that the phone was there as a service to ME! I never could understand why someone would tear through their house, knocking over furniture and kicking the dog to answer a ringing phone. The same holds true with my cell phone. If the call is important and I can’t make it without endangering myself or my surroundings. The caller is free to leave a message or call back.

Generally, I leave my phone in the car when I’m at the gym. I hear a number of them ringing from inside lockers in the locker room. Just the other day Mr. To-Damn-Important had one of those beetle looking devices hanging from his ear. I was plugged into my iPod, minding my own business of sweating and he was on the elliptical next to mine. Suddenly I was hearing a blow-by-blow account of the previous nights Dancing with the Stars. I was approaching a rolling boil, so I moved. But who the hell did this guy think he was?

Have you had any bizarre cell phone experiences at the gym (or anywhere else for that matter)?

So I started doing Herbalife again. I’ve been taking it and selling it off and on since I was in college. I have lost between 10 and twenty pounds with it several times before giving it up. My hip is acting up so I’m holding off on the couch to 5k stuff until I can get it adjusted or until it stops hurting. I have been going to the gym this week and lifting weights. I went to the allergy doctor today and my weight was very bad news, but I was holding things and had other things in my pocket so I hope that’s part of the problem. I will weigh in tomorrow or Saturday for the offical weight. I also took a “before picture” so hopefully that is additional motivation! I am wondering how the calories work with Herbalife. I am drinking 2 super healthy shakes a day and eating one meal. It seems like my body could go into starvation mode this way, but since it is getting tons of nutrients, it doesn’t seem to happen. We shall see I guess!

Sit back.

Put your feet up.

Get yourself a refreshing beverage.

I have a story.

The year, 1990.

Back then Levi 501’s weren’t the trendy jeans that they are now. I was living in Corvallis, Oregon and I could go to the Farm Supply Store in Albany to buy 501’s for about $15. I knew the ‘formula’ (I don’t right now). As 501’s were shrink to fit, the formula was to buy jeans that were a certain number of inches BIGGER in the waist and inseam. When you washed them, they would shrink up to the approximate size you need.

I had just got paid, it was the only time of the month that I had any money. So I purchased 2 pair of 501’s. I took them home, washed them… and they SHRANK TOO MUCH!

I don’t know exactly how much I weighed in 1990, as I was King of Denial! I thought, that I would ‘lose a few pounds’ and the jeans would be just fine. I couldn’t take them back because they had been washed. I never understood that. Because ANYONE who bought these jeans would HAVE to wash them. Right?

So I kept the jeans. FOR 18 YEARS!

They have rode in boxes and trunks and shelves at the top of closets… In Washington, Oregon and Wyoming! The Wife asked MANY times why I kept the jeans. I guess after a few years, I kept them as a matter of principal.

I pulled the jeans out a couple months ago and gave them their SECOND wash. I folded them an set them on a shelf next to the dresser…. to taunt me. I think that I posted a couple weeks ago that I tried them on, I could button the top button, but it was tight.

This morning… as I was getting dressed at 6 am, I grabbed a pair and pulled them on.

GUYS! I’M WEARING THOSE PANTS!

I’M REALLY ENJOYING MY PANTS TODAY!

I really like saying… PANTS, PANTS, PANTS!

During this week (Sunday-Saturday), our congregation is observing the Days of Unleavens (yeah, old testament torah stuff; we observed Passover back on Friday night). During this time, we do not consume anything made with leavening products, primarily yeast, baking soda and baking powder.

The reason this concerns me is that most unleavened breads (which we are required to consume daily as the Israelites did as they left Egypt) are higher in fat and calories (especially since they’re not fluffy, they just take up space the amount of the dough). So naturally I expect the scale to show a significant increase during this time period.

I couldn’t be further from the truth. Though I missed a workout yesterday, I still got in three since the last weigh-in. I also changed it up today and replaced the 20 minutes of Elliptical machine with 20 minutes of 5 laps around our Call Center building (about 1.25 miles total) running one full lap and then about 70% of the rest running.

Though we had a Passover dinner Friday night (not a Jewish Seder, but roasted lamb, bitter herb salad, and unleavened bread), normal after-church small meal on Saturday and then a potluck on Sunday (the first Day of Unleavens), I still tried to limit my sweets intake, increase my veggie intake, and just have unsweet tea and water to drink.

All of this still resulted in me losing 3.2 pounds this week! This put me at a new record low since I started and only about 7.4 pounds away from my goal of 50 pounds lost. I just hope I can keep this up for next week’s weigh-in after these days are over.

Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 279.6 lb
Current weight: 276.4 lb
Current loss/gain: -3.2 lb
Total loss/gain: -42.6 lb
Distance to 50: 7.2 lb
Distance to WW Goal: 26.4 lb

Cross-posted to WebCudgel.com

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Not a good week. This was supposed to be a week to get things back on track. A transition week before I start my Triathlon training next week. Some how that didn’t happen. I’m not sure what happened this week.

I thought I was doing ok, but when I got on the scale on Wed. I was up 2 pounds and then everything spiraled out of control from there. I had to skip two days of work outs for work and ate out for lunch three times this week…then for some reason I compounded the problem by hitting the snack drawer at work.

So I am writting this week off and charging head long into the future without looking back.

I have set a new goal for myself. I am going to have a loss of 1 pound or more for the next three weeks. I need to get back on routine and I am hoping this simple goal will help.

I will be starting my triathlon training next week. Hopefully the change in work out routine will bring some new life back into my willingness to live well.

Have a great weekend everybody.

Tony
04/16: 220.2 lbs
NEW GOAL: 208
12.2 lbs. to go

Cross-published on I Reject Your Reality…

Excuses are like… (you know)
And they all stink!

It wasn’t until I stopped lying to myself and filling my life with excuses that I started moving toward the goal of living a healthier lifestyle. Tonight, at the Weightwatchers meeting we talked about REACHING for the goal.

Recognizing an excuse
Ease into activity at your own pace
Ask for help
Change negative thoughts
Have fun

Generally every failed attempt to lose weight and transform your life has been a failure in one or more of these areas. I know, I’ve done it. Blowing into a gym and killing yourself on the equipment, trying to go it alone, telling yourself that you are a big fat loser, and punishing yourself with rice cakes and other forms of deprivation… sound familiar?

Get out there live your life, have fun and take a friend along with you on the journey. Set up some form of accountability. It doesn’t have to be a Weight Watchers meeting.

Slow and steady wins the race….

Anton, A drum roll please…

Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.
Starting BMI: 51.7
Weight Last Week (April 8, 2008): 301.2 lbs.
Weight Today (April 15, 2008): 302 lbs.
Current BMI: 39.8

Weight Change This Week: +.8 lbs.
Total Weight Lost: -90 lbs.
NEXT GOAL: 100 LBS LOST! (10 lbs. to go)

Do… or Do Not… there is no TRY. –Master Yoda

Okay, so I did push myself harder on the exercise and my food choices. I still did some sliding on the weekend and with desserts in the evenings, BUT I didn’t do anything nearly as bad as last week and I feel better about myself for it. I can do better and I will do better.

It has been encouraging to keep getting compliments for how much better I look. Even though the scale didn’t show much, I really didn’t need it when I kept hearing comments from co-workers and family and church members.

I’m just keeping on the course… I may be on the shoulder of the road, but I’m not parked with the hood up wondering what the heck just blew.  Be sure to notice my “Personal Success” on Thursday below because that was also something I felt good about this week.

Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 280.0 lb
Current weight: 279.6 lb
Current loss/gain: -0.4 lb
Total loss/gain: -39.4 lb
Distance to 50: 10.6 lb
Distance to WW Goal: 29.6 lb

Cross-posted to WebCudgel.com

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So my finger is finally all better and I got back into the gym last night! I feel like Weight Watchers is a waste of time and money for me right now. Part of my weight problem is that I don’t have time to eat well and work out. By putting meetings into my schedule, it gives me even less time, plus the stuff we talk about rarely applies to someone like me with a lifestyle like mine. I need to start a Punk rock Weight watchers or something. So I am going to just eat well and work out and I think I am gonna be fine. I rarely write down my points anyway and I just feel like a failure paying money to stand on a scale and being bored for an hour. I’m planning on hitting the gym in a little bit, and I’ve been eating pretty well today. I have thought about counting calories instead of points… so I might do that. Things are good, the finger thing set me back way more than it should have!

217.6!!! That’s what it said on the scale this morning. A loss of 4.4 pounds!!

I am amazed at this loss. This weeks standoff was not very successful…well obviously it was successful but it wasn’t a true standoff. Part of it was some weak willed moments on my part and some of it was life getting in the way.

I had to skip my workout and have lunch out yesterday. Then, due to an incredibly inconvenient power outage, we were forced to take the girls out for dinner last night. I thought for sure that this messed up Thursday was going to completly throw off my week. Amazingly I lost an extra .2 pounds from yesterday morning to today. I am sure the calories will catch up with me in a day or two…. but right now I feel like celebrating.

The celebration ends on Monday though. Next week will be a real standoff week…complete with an iron will and 5 days of hardcore gym time. Unless life gets in the way again.

Have a great weekend everybody. If you are in the upper midwest, cuddle up with someone you love and do your best to survive this one last cruel burst of winter. Next week spring starts. Fingers crossed!

Tony
04/10: 217.6 lbs
NEW GOAL: 208
9.6 lbs. to go