20 pounds in six months MIGHT be doable...
My triceps are still a bit on fire. We ate too well last night, lots of soda and delivery, which was much needed after the experience at my parents. We needed a chance to reconnect, just us. However, after the carb overload, I passed out on the couch.
I finally weighed myself this morning on my own scale: 220.4 pounds
Well. We did do a backslide. Though part of me wonders how much of that is muscle. I haven't seen a significant tightening of clothing. Between the TRX class, the spin class, and all of the walking we did in St. Augustine (over 2.5 miles!), I'm somewhat okay with the weight "gain."
Our treadmill is definitely dead, so we're looking at other options. I don't see us getting a new treadmill until the end of this month at the earliest, so I'm trying to figure out times where I could go to school and run. We're also trying to figure out monies in order to pay for a new gym pass. I'll have a lot to finally figure out with my little paper calendar to get back on track for weight loss.
There's a 5:30am spin class at the local branch of the gym I joined in Florida. I'm seriously considering if I can wake up early enough to do it tomorrow. Hmmm.
Looking back over the information I had posted at 100pounds2lose, I weighed 215.4 at the start of the challenge. So I gained five pounds over four weeks, coupling with the holidays, being sick, our treadmill breaking, and other horrible things. This could have been much, much worse.
I had to keep showing my ID because of the airport. My ID had me at 250. I don't look like my picture so much anymore. I realized during this flight that my ID will be expiring, so it's time for a new picture. I keep rolling around in my head if I should make a goal by the time my birthday comes around, which is June. I don't want to be too hard on myself, as I'm taking four classes this term and it looks to be particularly harrowing. But I think it'll be manageable.
I know I was focusing on the 208.6 mark, and indeed, I started 2014 as still "obese" instead of "overweight." However, I think that I could be 200 by the time June rolls around. I'll have lost fifty pounds based off my last picture. 200 was my original "happy" weight. While I have further goals, I think 200 would be a good goal to have to start with. At 200 pounds, I would have a BMI of 28.7, which is overweight but not ridiculous. I think it would be awesome to contrast and compare my old ID with my new 50-pounds-less ID.
I didn't make my short term goal, but I can deal with that, so I went ahead and updated my tickers. Doing the math, I think four pounds a month is doable...
... so here's hoping!
I finally weighed myself this morning on my own scale: 220.4 pounds
Well. We did do a backslide. Though part of me wonders how much of that is muscle. I haven't seen a significant tightening of clothing. Between the TRX class, the spin class, and all of the walking we did in St. Augustine (over 2.5 miles!), I'm somewhat okay with the weight "gain."
Our treadmill is definitely dead, so we're looking at other options. I don't see us getting a new treadmill until the end of this month at the earliest, so I'm trying to figure out times where I could go to school and run. We're also trying to figure out monies in order to pay for a new gym pass. I'll have a lot to finally figure out with my little paper calendar to get back on track for weight loss.
There's a 5:30am spin class at the local branch of the gym I joined in Florida. I'm seriously considering if I can wake up early enough to do it tomorrow. Hmmm.
Looking back over the information I had posted at 100pounds2lose, I weighed 215.4 at the start of the challenge. So I gained five pounds over four weeks, coupling with the holidays, being sick, our treadmill breaking, and other horrible things. This could have been much, much worse.
I had to keep showing my ID because of the airport. My ID had me at 250. I don't look like my picture so much anymore. I realized during this flight that my ID will be expiring, so it's time for a new picture. I keep rolling around in my head if I should make a goal by the time my birthday comes around, which is June. I don't want to be too hard on myself, as I'm taking four classes this term and it looks to be particularly harrowing. But I think it'll be manageable.
I know I was focusing on the 208.6 mark, and indeed, I started 2014 as still "obese" instead of "overweight." However, I think that I could be 200 by the time June rolls around. I'll have lost fifty pounds based off my last picture. 200 was my original "happy" weight. While I have further goals, I think 200 would be a good goal to have to start with. At 200 pounds, I would have a BMI of 28.7, which is overweight but not ridiculous. I think it would be awesome to contrast and compare my old ID with my new 50-pounds-less ID.
I didn't make my short term goal, but I can deal with that, so I went ahead and updated my tickers. Doing the math, I think four pounds a month is doable...
... so here's hoping!