If you look at my weight history from the last blog, from June 20, 2009 to November 20, 2009 I went from 295lbs to 251lbs.\u00a0 Yesterday I weighed in at 250.6, granted that is usually at the high end these days so I would say I hover around 248.<\/p>\n
My point is that is one pretty long plateau.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is this my weight forever?\u00a0 Maybe… but lets take a look.<\/p>\n
In early December of 2009, for those of you that have been following along, I got a pretty bad case of gout.\u00a0 It lasted not for days or even weeks, but 3 long months.\u00a0 I’ve tried several things to try and get active, but the only way to keep my weight down was through nutrition.<\/p>\n
For the most part I kept it up.\u00a0 In spring time I finally started getting back to form.\u00a0\u00a0 Still the same weight though.\u00a0 I look back and this is when I started more weight workouts.\u00a0 This is where I hit the weights hard.\u00a0 I took in whey to keep up my muscles.\u00a0 So although I was not losing weight, I was getting skinny.\u00a0 Weird huh.\u00a0 I accept that as a good thing.<\/p>\n
But here is the bigger reason… my body is just used to the strenuous workout.\u00a0 Four miles is not a big deal anymore.\u00a0 So I may be eating the same 2000 calories, but my body is lighter, and a mile used to burn 250 calories, now it burns 200 calories.\u00a0 If you look at the past few months, the weight loss has been happening, albeit a slower pace.<\/p>\n
My goals have changed too, I want to curl and bench more, the weight is in the back of my mind, but here is the real measure for me… as long as I can fit my 38 jeans comfortably, I am OK.\u00a0 I will shoot for 36, maybe even 34, but in order to do that, I need to reduce my fat consumption… I eat OK and workout enough… yeah I can push more run more, but in my lifestyle, that is not sustainable, I cannot put aside 20 hours of working out a week.<\/p>\n
Here is what I already do<\/p>\n
That is 10.5 hours (hope my math is right).\u00a0 That is a lot, and to be honest that is a conservative estimate and does not include preparation, travel, and cleanup time.<\/p>\n
At least the good news is like I said, I am not really on a plateau… its now a gradual decline.<\/p>\n
Ran a 5k today. I am pretty sure I would have been under 35 if I was not blocked by a student driver, my mp3 player didn’t fail and a lady and her dog did not take the entire sidewalk almost tripping me.<\/p>\n
Time:\u00a0 35:12<\/p>\n
My weight is OK… part of the reason why I posted on this subject.<\/p>\n
Weight: 248.6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you look at my weight history from the last blog, from June 20, 2009 to November 20, 2009 I went from 295lbs to 251lbs.\u00a0 Yesterday I weighed in at 250.6, granted that is usually at the high end these … Continue reading