My Weight Loss

So I start off my morning run at a pretty good pace.  I am thinking, woohoo, awesome pace.  I got new shoes, there was a slight drizzle.

Then mother nature says otherwise.  She made me have to go to the bathroom near the end of my 1 mile run.

Don’t you hate it.  Also you have that dilemma, “Should I run to beat the clock or do I need to slow down to prevent an accident?”

Tonight I will work out at the work gym.  Also need to do an “Equalizer”.

Finally, weird double post on the yoga.  I guess it takes wordpress a while to save it to the mysql database.

Weight: 289

After a tough weekend, I am glad to actually go back to work because it brings in a sense of normalcy.

Last night I tried to walk 2 miles.  Couldn’t, mother nature forced me home after the first mile.

I gained some weight after yesterday’s weigh in.  But that is no surprise, that was a 4+ mile run.  Today’s weigh in seems more realistic but you need to look at where I started a little more than 2 weeks ago.  In about 16 days of working out I have lost 8 lbs.  That is unsustainable.  I would say half that (4 lbs in 16 days) is possibly sustainable with incredible effort.  2 1/2 lbs in 16 days, that is realistic.

Weight: 287.2

So its about 11:48 AM, so you could say this is still morning.  But I did sleep in to help my body recover.

Anyway I thought the 4th of July plus the weird schedule I had the past few days would have ruined my progress.  It kind of did in a way, but the damage is minimal.

But I had a huge workout this morning where I finally got to run that mile uphill.  Before the work out I was 289.  But after the workout it is interesting, which is the official weight.  I will be the first to say that a lot of the weight loss is water weight.

Weight: 286.2

I thought I was going to be heavier than what I weighed in today as.  Yesterday I felt like a consumed more than I try to limit myself to.

For Breakfast I went to Starbucks and had a Grande Caramel Frap w/ a slice of Lemon Lbs cake.

I did skip lunch at work, but I did eat when I get home, some pancit and bar b q.  Not much but I don’t know how many calories to tell you it was.

For dinner my wife made me this Fried fish, a huge plate of spaghetti, and halo halo.  This screams of calories, good news is I was able to resist eating everything, I left the dinner table still hungry.  My wife understood why I did not finish my plate.

Finally, I drank tons of water.  I’m pretty sure I had my daily gallon of water.

So it was a delightful surprise when I stepped on the scale.

Weight: 288.8

I got and decided to try an earlier run this morning. That 1st mile is starting to get easier. But this time around, I had to use the bathroom bad. I don’t know if it made me run faster or slowed me down. Made it though.

Slight weight gain, but not unusual at all. Still happy that it is under 290.

Weight: 289.0

I am started to feel the benefits of losing weight.  I notice yesterday that the Seattle hills aren’t as tough anymore.  I am not huffing and puffing so hard climbing them.  When I went running this morning I was concerned I could not run a mile, but I think I ran it faster than yesterday (mind you fast being relative).

What an increadible boost to my morale.  I could not believe it until I jumped on the scale.  In fact I had to weigh myself twice because I thought the scale was wrong.  I understand that I lot of it is the fluctiation of water, but still I will take this moment and smile.

Weight: 288.8