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Today’s Totals - Nov 30th, 2008

Posted November 30, 2008 * Comments(0)

I never did get my lifting in today.  I decided in the interest of familial harmony that I would do some things around the house.  I even helped with the Christmas stuff… outside, in the cold.  Although to be fair I really only did a very little of that.  My mother did pretty much all of it.  Of course, that’s because she’s much more into it than I am.

I finished up the school work I needed to do, and checked my template for tomorrow’s AutoCAD final.  I don’t think I’ll have any trouble with it, although the weather sucks right now so I’m going to get up 30 minutes earlier than I would normally.  It’s a mixture of rain and a little hail/snow mix at the moment so who knows what the morning will bring.  Note to self - check forecast next weekend before bringing in the steak Sunday morning.  It was a nasty night to be barbecuing!

Food for the day:

Total: 2000 (31% fat, 38% carbs, 30% protein)

Breakfast: egg/egg white omelet with cheese, zucchini bread, jam , clementines (558)
AM Snack: none (0)
Lunch: meat sauce with whole wheat pasta, parmesan cheese, ruffles chips (517)
PM Snack: hummus, carrots (178)
Dinner: sirloin steak, corn, butter, salad w/dressing (652)
Late Snack: fruit salad (96)

November Wrap-up

Posted November 30, 2008 * Comments(2)

Well, I weighed in this morning at 253.6, which is 104.6 pounds from where I started this time, and 153.4 from my top known weight. Wow, it’s hard to see the monthly numbers in black and white. I ate more, exercised less, and what a surprise… didn’t lose much weight. Oh well, the past is the past. On to December. I normally post this on the first day of the month, but my Mondays are usually way too busy, so I thought I’d do it tonight.

  • calories per day: 2334, hr monitor: 1987 cals total
  • strength training: 3h 30m
  • walking outside: 30m, treadmill: 1h 0m
  • avg daily exercise: 10 mins (66 cals per day)
  • weight lost: 4.0 pounds

Now I need to think about goals for next month. I don’t set weight lost goals, as I feel I would be disappointed if I didn’t meet them. I try and set goals that will push me, but I can control if they are attainable. Although you can do certain things to help, you can’t force your body to lose weight on a schedule. So, on to the goals for next month.

  • Eat within plan every day (2300 lifting days, 2150 cardio days, 2000 rest days)
  • Drink water every day (18 cups min.)
  • Exercise (60 mins cardio 2 days, ~60 mins strength training 3 days)

I have planned a maintenance week during my final exam week, and will perhaps have two more ‘higher’ days before Christmas. Other than that, the plan is to push the exercise levels back to where they were. The days might shift around during exam week, but here’s the plan.

The plan is to lift Tues(PM), Thurs(AM), Sun(AM). The cardio will be 2 hours between Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat. On the first day of January I’ll take a look at these and see how I’ve done. I’ll definitely be changing days with whatever my new schedule next semester holds. Wish me luck!

Weekly Weigh-in - Nov 30th, 2008

Posted November 30, 2008 * Comments(6)

The Sunday to Sunday loss this week is 2.2lbs. So, I’m slightly lower than my previous low number. The 9-week loss is 14.8lbs (1.64/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So, since I started keeping track this is day 11 on plan with food.

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Not sure I’ll leave them up…

Posted November 30, 2008 * Comments(4)

I was doing progress pictures for another board I post on and thought I might be brave enough to post them here. These are what I would call ‘3 view’ pictures, that are in my opinion, brutally honest. As I don’t want to see them on the main page, I added them to the picture page. You can see them here:

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