Monday, August 29, 2011

John's Attempt To Get Less Fat, update 8

Ok, sorry for the brevity lately of these but there just isn't much news.

Weighed in Saturday morning at 320, which is exactly where we were two weeks ago. I think I gained five pounds and then lost it with the shake diet so we stand pat.

I am serious about getting back to the gym but it just hasn't happened yet. Not going today but weather permitting I might go for a walk in the park.

Did hit the gym Saturday. Did a weight lifting session to see how far my muscles regressed being ignored while I did cardio. Not too bad.

So today's workout: Walk maybe, who knows.
Current weight: Remains at 320.

Also, I'm setting a couple of goals.

First goal, weigh in at 299.
It will be a nice moment to step on a scale at less than 300 pounds.

Second goal, weigh in at 275.
It will also be nice to weigh in under the heaviest weight class for high school wrestling (at least what it was back when I did it.)

Realistic final goal, weigh in and stay at 250.
While 250 is a good chunk about a healthy weight for someone my height, I don't know how realistic it is to shoot for what I really want. Nonetheless...

Unrealistic final goal, weight in at 199 or below and stay there.
Hey, a man can dream can't he? A man can dream.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

John's Attempt To Get Less Fat, update 7

Really don't have an update.

Did a little walking last week, a little swimming. Going for a walk today.

Haven't got on a scale but I did get some more weight loss shakes from my dad who by the way gets a kudos for having lost 88 pounds now.

Anywho, had a good weekend. Here's to a good rest of the week.

Weight update: ???
Today's workout: Walk in the park with the wife.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Delay

Fat update will come tomorrow.

Went to concert in Cincinnati and got back to Lexington at 2 a.m.

I'm using lunch to go take a nap in the car.

Good day.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

John's Attempt To Get Less Fat, update 6

Ok folks, sorry I didn't post this yesterday, I'd say I got busy but really I was just reading the sequel to A Game of Thrones, called A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin. Good stuff.

So we're back on the workout wagon.

Last Friday I went for a ping pong session with Todd (I won 4 games to 3) and I was pretty sore after but a weekend of recovery helped. We played Friday since I was out sick Tuesday.

The best part of the last few weeks Kelli and I took off to heal is that when I got on the scale Friday, expecting the worst, I'd still lost two pounds. Score one for better food choices, even though there were some diet busters in there.

So for you keeping score at home, I started at 336, now I weigh 320.

We're easing back into 5k prep so yesterday we went for a mile walk outside with hills and such. No pain today, so that's good.

Tomorrow's plan is to walk 1.5 miles minimum and 2 miles if possible. I'm going to work up to walking a 5k before I can run one. I got too ambitious, greedy if you will, last time out.

I think though that I COULD walk a 5k now, it would just take a long while. But a week or two of walking is the plan before getting back to the Couch to 5k running program. Slow and steady finishes the race eh?

As for now, there is no schedule 5k for us but I hold out hope that if we build up well, we could do that Cyclones thing in October. I'd really like to do one before the year is out and weather becomes a concern eventually.

Kelli though may have tossed in the running towel. My lovely wife is in better condition than I but her body seems to be a little less forgiving at times. She's still training to at least improve walk time.

Alright. Looking forward to the weekend btw. Heading to Cincinnati for Kelli's mom's 60th bday party and Sunday's Blink 182 concert. Kudos to my youngest sister Mary for scoring tickets.

That's all for today. Come on back now ya'hear?

Today's Workout: Ping pong with Todd (and maybe a couple others) at the YMCA
Last Weigh in: 320 lbs

Monday, August 8, 2011

John's Attempt To Get Less Fat, update 5

So the bad times continue on this front.

The overtraining injuries Kelli and I sustained kept us away from the YMCA all week with the exception of my Tuesday ping pong battle with my co-worker Todd.

For the record, we're getting scary good at the game and that's a helluva workout to play at an intense high level for more than an hour.

Otherwise, we took to the pool at the apartment on Monday and twice this weekend just to keep working out in some regard.

Everytime I think my legs feel better (for example on Friday I choose to walk up stairs instead of taking the elevator) they just start to hurt again.

Best case scenario, we hit the treadmills again on Friday and we're going to push back to the week one workout. It should be easier this time around since I still think we're in better shape than we were in when we started.

Rough food choices last week too. Being away from the Y, I dunno what that did to the weight but I've got a plan.

Kelli made my grandma's recipe vegetable soup and that's all I'm eating for lunch this week, along with some celery sticks for snacks (well with the exception of the fact that another co-worker owes me applebees one day this week). Whenever I get to Cincinnati next, my dad might have more of those diet shakes for me so I plan on doing another week of that too.

I don't mind doing a different diet each week, so long as the downward weight trend continues.

So with the crushing delay in our training schedule, I'm throwing in the towel on running the Harvest Home 5k. I might still walk it, but that's up in the air too. There is some 5K in October that is related to the Cincinnati Cyclones and that one may be what we shoot for. November is probably the last shot to do this before winter and I'd really really like to pull that off.

The reason I'm blogging at 7:39 a.m. today is that I don't feel so hot (woke up like 10 times last night) and I'm hoping if it's not to busy to go home around lunch time and take a half day.

That's all I got. Good day folks.

Monday, August 1, 2011

John's Attempt To Get Less Fat, update 4

Well, thing's don't always go as planned and despite a conservative running schedule, it seems both Kelli and I have sustained some over training injuries.

I don't know if it's shin splints, muscle fatigue or what but we called off our last two training runs last week and we're not going to the gym today. Just sitting or lying down seems to be causing leg pain for both of us, but I think it's healing slowly.

With running/walking off the table, we're hitting the pool at our apartment today. I figure swimming til I can't swim any more will at least keep up our cardio and will still help with the weight loss.

With no Friday at the gym I don't have a weight update but a Skyline Chilli day and two days off working out probably didn't help.

It really is a shame we've had to stop. Today's training run was supposed to be the toughest yet, two five minute runs. I had it circled on my calender. The key now, if possible, is to get back on track in a little more than two weeks. The first mile run was scheduled for Aug. 17.

Speaking of that, if we're not close to back on track by then, we may not do the Harvest Home 5k. I don't want to make excuses, but I don't want to embarrass myself. I'm on pace to finish in more than 1 hour as it is, if I can't heal my legs and cut that time down to less than 60 minutes, I'll look for a late Sept. maybe October 5K.

I joined Runner's World online forums and have found good advice and support there.

Next up is to get through this week, swim as hard as I could have run, buy some running shoes and either Friday or next Monday attempt to get back into the training.

Today's workout: Swim as many laps as possible in the apartment pool.


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