176 lbs....

Aug 29, 2007

I decided not to weigh myself for a week or two... I dunno, I figured if I just kept doing what I've been doing, the fat would eventually just burn itself off. Sure enough, I got on the scale this morning and I'm at 176 lbs...

Wow, almost 100 lbs lost in the last 6.5 months... what a fricken trippy thing that is...hahahaha! I'm thinking that I don't really care about my goal weight anymore. I'm pretty satisfied with where I'm at right now. I mean that in College I was @ 165lbs and was feelin/lookin great. I'm probably at the same point in my physical endurance/toning as back then. The extra 10lbs is just the ultra tenacious flab and skin that probably won't go away without plastics.... I'm not heading down that road anytime soon.

I've totally lost momentum on taking my vitamins and supplements. I need to get back into that regimine for sure. Oh yeah, I've not followed up with my surgeon since my 10-day post-op appointment.... oooops. I know, I know... I guess I'll catch $h!t on that one fo sho.... hahahaha

All in all, no complaints and definately the best thing I've done for myself!

180 lbs.....

Aug 13, 2007

So yeah, what they say probably is true... the last 10-20lbs is probably the hardest. Even with the 5mile runs, the weight loss has sloooowwwwed down quite a bit... yeah, yeah, yeah... I know... "..building muscle vs loosing fat..." ya da da da da....

5mi/775cal and 183lbs...

Jul 29, 2007

So I bumped the runs up to 5miles and my lil iPod nano pedometer thingy says that burns +/- 775 calories at my current weight - 183lbs. I figure if I burn 775cal in a workout and another 2500cal just doing my everyday work and whatever, the fat will have no other choice but eventually get itself kicked to the curb. The muscle building/toning is really more noticable now - I really need to do more work on my arms though...

I am VERY pleased with the cardio excercise I'm getting in and the amount of energy I have. The runs are not a big deal anymore; I pretty much go into "auto mode" after the first mile and ignore the physical thingys and the mental stuff. I just kinda trip on the music and the flow of the workout... good stuff!

Broke through the 190's...

Jul 16, 2007

Well, I finally broke the 190's and weighed in at 188 this morning. Feelin great. I ran hard both days this weekend so I did a light 2.5 miles this morning. Its really trippy to type those words. I can't believe that I'm a runner again. I think I'll start participating in the local 5K/10k events... just because I can. I think this was the single biggest bestest thing I've ever done for myself.

Just running along....

Jul 08, 2007

Well, just a quick note to say that I am officially addicted to running again. I've found myself carving out a section of my day to be sure I get the run in. My usual is now +/- 4.25 miles. I'll keep it there for this coming week and then bump it up to 5. 

The weight is still bouncing around the low 190's... but I don't put too much stock into that. I've got those sculpted little dips up near my beltline at the top of my pelvis that tell me I've been pushin the excercise envelope. That last time I had those, I was a Sophmore in college and that feels AWSOME!!

Gotta go... big birthday for my dad-n-brother in law today..... busy... busy.... I'm FRICKEN SO stoked that I got the energy for all this stuff again... hoooo yahhhh.... 

Serial posting...

Jun 29, 2007

Alllright.... I'm now convinced that I DO need to keep posting to keep my eye on the prize. It is so easy to just forget that I am on a MAJOR program here and I need to account for all the excercise and nutrition to be shure that I do not stray....

Can anyone confirm that pomegranate juice is an anti-oxident? I've been putting a splash of that in my ice water and a lime wedge.... I seems healthy... I dunno. Considering that I weighed almost 300 lbs not too long ago, I don't consider myself a nutrition guru......

One more time...

Jun 28, 2007

OK... gonna go for a run down at the beach right now. Got my iPod w/ pedometer all juiced-up and ready to go. My goal is to match the 4 miles today and tomorrow and take Sa/SU off as rest days.... then.... Monday, I'll see if I can bump it up to 4.5 or maybee even 5 miles... silly, I know. I mean, if I can run 4 miles SURELY I can run 5 no problem.... its all in me head......

UPDATE: 4 miles... no problem. Note to self: try to run in the morning before the fog lifts and its nice and cool. I did this last 4-miler in direct sun and I'll take the fog any day..... SummerTime Rolls!!!

Oh, Also..... My lil iPod pedometer thingy says that I burned 627 calories on that run. That should soak up a major portion of the calories I took in today. All I know is that some flab better be hittin the curb...

Runnin around....

Jun 27, 2007

Wow.... two posts in one week.... must be serious. Not really. I just had a good day and I upped my run to 4 miles which left me pretty stoked. Actually, I ran the 4 miles and I still had some gas in the tank. Pretty cool.... feel like I gotz da mojo... hooo yahhhh.....

4.5 months post-op

Jun 25, 2007

Ka-chugga-chugga-CHING!! That means SUMMER IS HERE!! Bam! Back-atcha kiddos! 

Allright... you might be able to tell that I started the day off with some SERIOUS amounts of coffee... you would be right-O if you thought that.... It seems that my coffee addiction will be the last habit that will likely remain from my "old life". Let's see.... no drinky... no smoky... no drugs... no wild binges at the buffet.... but coffee??.... LET'ER RIP I SAY!!!! Hahahahaha... ok... I'll calm down a bit....

So, I've been pretty good these days. I started running down at the beach(one of the prime benefits of living a block from the ocean). Now I'm up to about 3 miles a day, 5 days a week. I dropped into the 190's range on my weight, so my knees and ankles can deal with that activity again. 

I've gone from wearing XXL size shirts to wearing large shirts. As far as my pants size... that one really blows me away. I found one pair of pre-op dress slacks that were size 46's(ewwwww.....). Now I am wearing size 36 or 35. That's almost a foot off my waistline.... geezeeee... what a porker I was... heeheehee... So yeah, I feel GREAT! Summer is here, I am excercising, I am feeling like a new man!

As for my "goal weight"... I have continually revised this and I think I need to chill out a bit. I definately have some loose skin and flab hanging around my middle section... I guess only time will tell if this firms up, or if I need to have some kind of cut-n-paste down there, or.... most likely.... I just blow it off and forget about it.... I mean really.... I'm a guy and I really don't freak out too much about that stuff. I'm a lil self-concious... but I don't know if I'll take it to the extreme....

Right now I am enjoying summer. I'm working like a dog... but whatchagonnado?? My goal is to continue upping my running workouts and build some really lean muscle mass. This is all in preperation for the next Snowboarding season. I REALLY want to crush some mountainous terrain this comming season and stick it deep in the pow when it is dumping in the Sierras. Also, I wouldn't mind a lil European snow excursion either.... yesssss, THAT sounds like FUN!!!

I guess this all means that things are good and the world has opened back up for me. This last few years have seen me shuttered up in my work and cut off from the activities that really make life fun.... Now I want to just GO OUT AND RIP-IT-UP!!! Hooo Yahhhh!! Do ya know what I'm talkin about??!!! Can I get a witness??!!

Alright, no more drinking massive coffee and posting.... I probably not remember this all tonight after I "come-down"..... heheheheheh....

3 month post-op.....

May 06, 2007

I know I've said this a gazillion times but I DO intend to post a bit more... To everyone who has sent me a message - I PROMISE to catch up ASAP.

The great news is that I am half-way to my weight goal at the 3-month mark!! I feel a WHOLE lot better after losing the first half.... I can't imagine how its gonna feel as I drop below 200lbs and close-in on my target weight.

April was a slammin busy month for me and I just did not have the time I needed to dedicate to the excercise. Now, this is not to say that I haven't been walking and all. I just haven't began the REAL excercise regimine that will get me to my REAL goal of being trim, lean and at a reasonable weight. For that, I know that I will need a combo of good cardio and weight/resistance training.

Today is a Sunday and tomorrow morning I'm gonna start a Power 90 session. What is that? you ask.... It's a set of excercise DVD's that ramp you up through a couple of levels of cardio/weight/circuit training. You go through this for 90 days - kinda like a "weight loss/excercise boot camp". The DVD's are from a company called BeachBody. I did the Power 90 session(s) about 3 years ago and lost like 40 lbs.... of course, back then, I just ate my way back up to 270lbs... hahahahahaha

I still feel good restriction and I am eating a fraction of what I used to eat. I know that if I kick the excercise portion of this thang into high gear, I can be at or near my goal weight at the end of Summer... or at least sometime this Fall. Wish me luck.....

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