Well, I weighed in this morning at 245.0, which is 113.2 pounds from where I started this time, and 162.0 from my top known weight. January was better, but not perfect.  I’ve made a plan to try and deal with the Friday afternoon pub visits at the college, but we’ll see how that goes.

• calories per day: 2106, hr monitor: 8448 cals total
• strength training: 7h 20m, resistance training: 5h 50m
• snow shoveling: 1h 50m, treadmill: 8h 50m
• avg daily exercise: 46 mins (273 cals per day)
• weight lost: 8.4 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 (1900 rest/cardio days / 2200 lifting days, Friday - 2800 max)
• Drink water every day (4L min.)
• Exercise (3 days lifting/2hr cardio per week)

This morning’s weigh-in was 245.0, which is 0.8 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 8.0lbs (0.89/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. At the moment I’m not too impressed with it, but the only thing I can do is go forward. It’s going to take a while to get back to where it was. 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 this is day 2 on plan with food.

That off-plan Friday has me planning on something slightly different for this coming week. I’m going to drop calories by 100/day, and not worry about going a little over on Friday. I don’t plan to use it for an excuse to go over by 600 calories, especially since I’ll likely have to estimate any food. However, it’s an attempt to not have one afternoon derail the whole week. My water was way off at the end of the week as well, which I’m sure didn’t help.

Next week’s plan is:

Sun: rest (long story, but elbow worse today)
Mon: rest
Tue: lifting, 60 mins cardio
Wed: rest
Thu: 60 mins cardio
Fri: lifting
Sat: cardio if needed (making up the week to 120 mins)

Calories: 1900 / 2200 lifting days, 30%+ protein

Well, this morning’s weigh-in was less than stellar. Although I’m down from last week, it’s barely worth mentioning. I’ll see how it goes, but I can probably handle it as long as the lows continue to get lower. If it simply stalls my progress I’ll have to work something out. I know some people find that alcohol affects their progress. I’ve never found that, however, I’ve also rarely taken more than one drink - and it’s always been bourbon. I still need to see at least a pound and a half a week, preferably two. So, I’ll give it a couple of weeks and then look at it again.

Anyway, food from yesterday:

Total: 1885 (24% fat, 46% carbs, 30% protein)

Breakfast: egg/egg white scramble with cheese, whole wheat pita, clementines (541)
AM Snack: none (0)
Lunch: beef/barley/mushroom soup, apple (319)
PM Snack: hummus, carrots, flatbread (236)
Dinner: whole wheat pasta with sausage sauce, broccoli/cauliflower/carrots, butter, salad w/dressing (580)
Late Snack: protein shake (210)

Back later with weekly weigh-in information - breakfast first and maybe start the laundry!