1/29

5 Day Average Weight: 166.2
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 28
Weight lost since 1/1: 10.4

2 days left...

1/28

5 Day Average Weight: 166.7
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 27
Weight lost since 1/1: 9.9

Billy is charging from behind, I hope I can hold him off...

1/26

5 Day Average Weight: 167.4
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 25
Weight lost since 1/1: 9.2

I know my brother will be outraged with the 9.2, so I'm posting the last 2 weeks for his (and your review).

Date Weight AVG Lost Total Lost
1/12/2009 171 171.6 -0.4 5.0
1/13/2009 171.6 171.5 -0.1 5.1
1/14/2009 170.8 171.4 -0.1 5.2
1/15/2009 170.4 171.1 -0.3 5.5
1/16/2009 170.8 170.9 -0.2 5.7
1/17/2009 170.6 170.8 -0.1 5.8
1/18/2009 170.2 170.6 -0.3 6.0
1/19/2009 170.6 170.5 0.0 6.1
1/20/2009 169.8 170.4 -0.1 6.2
1/21/2009 169 170.0 -0.4 6.6
1/22/2009 168.4 169.6 -0.4 7.0
1/23/2009 166.8 168.9 -0.7 7.7
1/24/2009 167.2 168.2 -0.7 8.4
1/25/2009 167.6 167.8 -0.4 8.8
1/26/2009 166.8 167.4 -0.4 9.2

1/24

5 Day Average Weight: 168.2
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 23
Weight lost since 1/1: 8.4

I'm back in the game...

1/23: Excellence

5 Day Average Weight: 168.9
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 22
Weight lost since 1/1: 7.7

Last 5 days weigh ins: 170.6 169.8 169 168.4 166.8

Excellence!

1/22

5 Day Average Weight: 169.6
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 21
Weight lost since 1/1: 7.0

Just an update, all is well here in frigid PA.

1/15

5 Day Average Weight: 171.1
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 14
Weight lost since 1/1: 5.5

Saw one of the winners of the show "Biggest Loser", who lost 214 pounds (went from 404 to about 195) has gained about half the weight back (he's back up to 310). Scary stuff. I'm coming to the conclusion that people like us need to behave like recovering addicts. During maintenance, you almost have to be as focused on your eating/exercising as you are during weight loss. You have to be vigilant about maintaining, you can't start to think "Hey, I'm thin, screw it" and eat whatever you want. You can certainly allow more indulgences than during weight loss, but you can never take your eye off the scale and the reprecussions of your actions.

1/12

5 Day Average Weight: 171.6
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 11
Weight lost since 1/1: 5.0

Not sure where my brother is.........

1/9

5 Day Average Weight: 172.6
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 8
Weight lost since 1/1: 4.0

1/8

5 Day Average Weight: 173.0
Number of consecutive days clean eating: 7
Weight lost since 1/1: 3.6

Well, I seem to be in a good groove. I haven't lifted my legs, just my upper body b/c of a back problem. But I added running to my workouts, which seems to do the trick for me in terms of losing pounds...

Still trailing Billy, who should go out this weekend and enjoy himself, maybe stop by Geno's on your way home...

1/7

5 Day Average Weight: 173.6
Number of days clean eating: 6
Weight lost since 1/1: 3.0

Progress...

1/6

5 Day Average Weight: 174.2
Number of days clean eating: 5
Weight lost since 1/1: 2.4

Weight went from 172.6 to 174 today, just because I ate a little something before bed...

1/5

5 Day Average Weight: 174.8
Number of days clean eating: 4
Weight lost since 1/1: 1.8

Good weigh in today. Managed to get through the travel yesterday without a blow up. Now I can settle into a schedule over the next few weeks. Silence from my brother since his big weigh in...

1/4

Weight: 173.2

Number of days clean eating: 3

Weight lost since 1/1: 3.4

One more tough day (traveling to friends for the day), and I can start a good routine...

1/3

Weight: 175.2
Number of days clean eating: 2
Weight lost since 1/1: 1.4

Good weigh in today. I have some obsticles coming up. Today, going to the in-laws for dinner, then I have a poker game, then tomorrow we are visiting friends all day. But I have a plan, just need to stick to it.

Hopefully Billy doesn't lose another 4 pounds today...

1/2

Weight: 176.2
Number of days clean eating: 1
Weight lost since 1/1: .4

Eating less is not any fun.

Back for more (or less?)

Weight: 176.6 (appalling)
Number of days clean eating: 0
Weight lost since 1/1: 0

So here I am. I've gained back about 10 pounds since June. Many factors/excuses, but the past is the past. Billy and I have started another challenge, basically, whoever loses the most weight in January wins some cold hard cash. My goal is to eat clean every day in January. No booze, no sweets, no cheat meals.

Tricked You!!! (Memorial Day Update)

So, you see that I haven't posted since March. What do you assume? Oh, he fell off the bandwagon, couldn't keep it up, blah blah blah.

Wrong.

Truth is, I just got so busy that I never found time to blog. Sorry.

Before I get to this milestone update, I'd like to thank Billy, who was my inspiration and mentor through this process. He showed me the way to health.

So, I had some goals set for Memorial Day. How did I do? I'd give myself a B. I weigh 165, which is not the 160 that was my goal. Lots of stuff happened in April and May that derailed that last five pounds:

1. My body REALLY did not want to lose that 5 pounds.

2. My mind got tired of going to bed hungry.

3. I got busy at work, and I was sent to LA for a week.

4. I hurt my back, so I had to stop lifting. I began a running program, but the results were not the same.

So my plan is to maintain 165 and my current measurements until October. Then I'll start a program to lose more fat and gain more muscle.

OVERALL PROGRESS

Starting Weight: 208

Ending Weight: 165

Total Weight Lost: 43 lbs

Measurements

NECK

Start: 16.125"

End: 14.125"

Lost: 2"

CHEST

Start: 43"
End: 37"
Lost: 6"

BICEP

Start: 15.75"

End: 12.5"

Lost: 3.25"

GUT

Start: 42"
End: 31.5"
Lost: 10.5" (!!!!)

WAIST

Start: 40.5"
End: 32.5"
Lost: 8" (!!!!)

THIGH

Start: 24"
End: 22"
Lost: 2"

Monthly Update: February

Yes, I know March is almost over, but I forgot to post my progress in February. March update will be next week.

Things that went well

Started lifting again, doing the TT Intermediate workout, which was a good workout, I can see the results.

Things to improve

Well, I didn't lose a whole lot of weight in February, less than 5 pounds. I think it was a combination of my body having less weight to lose, plus me relaxing a bit and going out to dinner a few times. I had one week where I didn't lose any weight, and that threw the numbers off.

More veggies are needed.


OVERALL PROGRESS

Weight as of 3/3: 169.6
Total Weight Lost: 37.16 lbs (4.56 this month)

Total reduction in measurements as of 3/3

Neck: 1.75 inches
Chest: 5 inches
Bicep: 3.125 inches
Gut: 9.125 inches
Waist: 6.750 inches
Thigh: 1.5 inches

Monday morning update

OK, so I've been gone for a while. Both Billy and I are alive and well, I assure you.

3/10 Report:

So back on 3/6, I went on vacation to Tampa on a golf trip. I think I did very well in balancing the "Hey I'm on a diet!" with the "Hey, I'm on vacation!". We had a suite with a kitchen, so we made breakfast every morning, so I basically at the same breakfast that I do at home (Eggs, Turkey Sausage, Kashi Cereal). I packed a Tuna wrap every day for lunch while we played golf, plus a protein bar. We went out to dinner every night, which is where I relaxed a little. I had a big nasty steak every night, except for one night where I had Ahi Tuna, another favorite. But I always made sure to order veggies instead of the potato side, and no dessert.

So here are the 3/10 stats:

Weight Average: 168.6- loss of 1.04 pounds this week (38.2 lbs total)

Measurements (Losses/Gains are for the week, not total)

Neck 14.25-No Change
Chest 37.75- Gain of 1/4"
R. Bicep 12.625- Gain of 1/4"
Gut 32.375 - Gain of 1/4"
Waist 33.625 - Gain of 3/8"
Thigh 22.5- No Change

Even though it says I lost 1 pound, that's more a function of the averages. I weighed in at 167 on the day I left and weighed 171.2 when I got back.

3/17 Update:

So I get home on 3/10, and then on 3/11 I had to get on a plane to go to Madison WI for 3 days for work! So I was good there as well, I did most of the same things that I did the last time I was there (I posted about that trip in January).

When I got back, I was at 169.8, instead of 171.2 when I got back from Tampa, so that was a relief.

Weight Average: 169.28- Gain of .68 pounds this week (37.5 lbs total)

Measurements (Losses/Gains are for the week, not total)

Neck 14.25-No Change
Chest 37.625- Loss of 1/8"
R. Bicep 12.375- Loss of 1/4"
Gut 32.500 - Gain of 1/8"
Waist 33.375 - Loss of 1/4"
Thigh 22.5- No Change

So the rise in the average is once again due to the high weights early in the week, so this is the vacation/business trip coming home to roost.

3/24 Update:

So you would think that now that I am back home and things are back to routine, that this would be a good week. But something happened this week that really got my attention: Easter. Now, we aren't very religious, so Easter is no big deal to our family. So I didn't focus on having a plan or being ready to fight the temptations that were going to be present.

Friday: We went out to dinner at a restaurant called The Melting Pot (fondue). Almost impossible to eat healthy there, as the first course is dipping stuff in melted cheese (I did mostly veggies, not much bread), the second course is salad, the third course is meat cooked in veggie broth, and the fourth course was melted chocolate fondue. Now, I usually don't eat dessert, but if you put a hot pot of melted chocolate and a plate full of stuff to dip it in front of me, I can't resist. At least I dipped mostly fruit (strawberries/bananas).

Saturday: We had a pot luck dinner at my Grandfather's house, where there was Ham and something called baked macaronis, which is macaroni, butter, cheese, bread crumbs and tomatoes. I had 3 helpings. Out of control.

Sunday: Easter Brunch. Huge buffet with anything you want. I managed to control myself here, but the damage was done.

Weight Average: 168.40- Loss of .88 pounds this week (38.4 lbs total)

Measurements (Losses/Gains are for the week, not total)

Neck 14.125-Loss of 1/4"
Chest 37.375- Loss of 1/4"
R. Bicep 12.500- Gain of 1/8"
Gut 32.00 - Loss of 1/2"
Waist 33.125 - Loss of 1/4"
Thigh 22.125- Loss of 3/8" (Huh?)

I'm falling behind my weight goals (I should be 1.5 lbs lighter), so I'm really focused this week on eating properly.