I told you I wasn’t going to lose any weight this week.

So for the time being I guess the blog is going to be called 268.8andfalling.  Another setback in the overall goal, sure, but I had a great weekend and I wasn’t really expecting anything to happen, so it’s all good.  I’m a little confused as to why my body fat percentage dropped .01%, but I know with digital monitors you have to make sure the conditions are identical when you measure so I think I will consider this an approximate.

There was some slacking though workout-wise.  My goals from last week kind of went to the wayside. 

But still, I’m not worried.  It’s a new month, a new season (for all practical purposes) and no more Buffalo Wing Festivals in sight.

I want to focus on some steady weight loss.  A shocking huge number would be nice, in all honesty, but I think if I focus on slow and steady I will have a better shot at keeping it off this time around.

I am once again going to attempt calorie counting, I hope to stick with it, but we will see how that goes.  Between sites like Sparkpeople or Dailyburn, or even just making a note on my phone, I think I can pull it off.

The things I am most excited about it are trying to get back into running, and trying the workouts that Steve has laid out in his new Rebel Fitness Guide.

I got it last week and I’m hoping I can use it to help with the diet, as far as getting into a more focused Strength Training program (instead of just going in the gym and doing whatever).  It’s a great guide with a lot of great information, so if you haven’t checked it out already, then you should.

And…that’s all I got.  There will be no more wings for a while, time to get back on track (again…for the millionth time…).

Don’t give up on me, yet!

Can I tell you how frustrating it is to try to get back into the game, and to only see gains for the weeks that follow?

Frustrating at hell!

I thought I did okay.  I have been at the gym almost every day, and the days I wasn’t at the gym I was doing something at least.

I did okay at the party, not as good as I could have done, but it certainly wasn’t horrible.

I thought I did okay foodwise, but you can still eat bad without considering it gorging, so I have some work there, I guess.

Anywho, here is a rundown of my goals for the past week:

Okay, we’re in another week now, so here is a new set of goals:

• Run/walk/jog at least 20 miles.
• Four rounds of strength training.
• Work 10 hours of overtime.
• Lose SOMETHING!
• Watch the diet. No unnecessary crap.

In other news, I got my digital body fat monitor in the mail.  Still waiting on the calipers so I can compare readings, but I’ll be including a body fat count in the weekly status reports from here on out.  Weight itself isn’t everything.  I have to get both of those numbers down.

That’s all I got.  Hope you have a good day!

Another week, another gain.  Big ol’ shocker.

I’ve been losing and gaining the same few pounds for a bit now, but I thought I did better this past week.  I don’t think I ate an extra 3lbs worth of food, but I know some of the crap I did eat was of the salty crap variety.

I’m not sweating it, because I WILL post a loss next week, dammit.  Even with my Moms “End of Summer” Party over the weekend.  I will do better.

I’m also going to go and bring back some of the weekly goals that I used to do.  Hopefully they will provide some help with keeping me on track.

• Run/walk/jog at least 20 miles this week.  This goes in line somewhat with my marathon training, which is something I’ve been sucking at.  My legs have felt like lead, and running has been extremely difficult.  I need to do it though, so do it I will.
• Two more rounds of #awesomeworkoutchallenge.  As per the challenge, I have two more 152 minutes I need to do.  These may be used for my walk/runs, or something else, I’m not sure yet.
• Three rounds of strength training.  Pretty straightforward.
• Work at least 10 hours of overtime.  Not weight loss related, but something that needs to be done.

How is everyone else doing with their weight goals?

Progress Report: July 6th, 2010
Weight: 254.8lbs
BMI: 37.1
Weight loss so far: 10.2 lbs lost total

So there it is.  I knew it was going to be bad, and I won’t express shock as to how bad it is, because it could have been worse.  Thankfully I didn’t manage to get back up into the 260s…but the 250s is still pretty bad.  But I have resolved to fix it, so I will, so booyah!

In other news, the fact that I am running a marathon in October hasn’t completely escaped my mind, and while I’ve done some running, I have been in almost no way, shape or form actually training for this thing (boo!).  Thankfully that will be changing though.  David H. from Running Because I Can (who you might remember from his guest post) has helped me out and provided me a little training routine to get me started:

• Week 1: 3-3-2-8 for 16 total miles
• Week 2: 3-3-2-9 for 17 miles
• Week 3: 3-3-3-10 for 19 miles
• Week 4: 3-3-3-11 for 20 miles
• Week 5: 3-3-4-6 for 16 miles
• Week 6: 3-3-4-12 for 22 miles
• Week 7: 3-4-4-14 for 25 miles

I kicked off Week 1 yesterday with a 3.7 mile run (yeah, I went a little over, but that is my usual neighborhood run).  With whats laid out right there that will get me near the end of August, which is a great start.

On top of that, I really want to put a little more effort into the whole strength training thing, which I have been very much half assing since the beginning.  I think I am going to go about this by doing some weights in the gym, but also maybe a bit of P90X.  I’ve owned the program for almost a year now, but when I first bought it I could barely do any of the workouts, so it was shelved after about a week, and since then I have loaned it out to a friend.  I do however, still have the P90X+ dvds, which is a more intense version of the already intense original program.  I popped in the Total Body Plus DVD last night and I think its safe to say my ass was officially kicked.  Granted, I couldn’t do ALL of the exercises, but I did what I could and I think I did alright, and I made it through the full 45 minutes in one piece.  So I may play around with those DVDs a bit, and then in time maybe attempt the actual full P90X program again.  We’ll see how that goes

AND ON TOP OF THAT…I am back to work from my vacation, and I need to pull in some major overtime to make up for the crazy spending I did on vacation, and a new school semester starts this month.  I won’t stress though (too much), but I think this month is going to be a GREAT exercise in time management.

That’s all I got for now.  How was everyones holiday weekend?  Anything fun and exciting going down?

I wish I could say something insightful like I’m not weighing myself because I don’t want to be controlled by a number.  While that is true to an extent, it’s really only because I’m housesitting for my aunt for the next couple weeks, so I am without scale access.  Insightfulness FAIL

I still plan on losing weight though!  This isn’t an excuse to go all crazy with the food again.  So the next scale reading will be on the 22nd, so we’ll see how that goes.

I have my fitness goals though, but unfortunately I didn’t too well with them last week.

I don’t want to say it was all laziness, because I was actually kind of busy this past week.  I’ve been trying to get overtime in for my trip coming up, and I have schoolwork.  So while that kept me busy somewhat, there was still some laziness involved.  Boo!

It’s going to be more of the same work and school stuff this week, but I still want to push for some fitness goals.

• Run/walk 20 miles. There are alot of suburban neighborhoods in this area, which I think would be good to run in.
• Three strength training workouts. My aunt and uncle have a weight set, which means I have no excuse

So there’s that.  Gotta let the dogs out now

Have a great day, everyone!