If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
- Weight–199.2(-21.8)
- BF%–27 (-3%)
I’m back from a great vacation–rested, relaxed, a little tanned, and no heavier than when I left! I didn’t weigh myself for two weeks, not once. It stressed me out a little bit at first, but I learned to cope with it. Not counting all the walking I did with a 1-year-old (and sometimes a 3-year-old) strapped to my back, I worked out 4 times. I didn’t really watch what I ate, and I consumed more alcohol on the trip than I had in the previous 3 months. Needless to say I was worried about my weight when I got home on Monday morning. The scale said 205.6 and I was mad at myself. Then Tuesday morning it said 202.6 and this morning it said 199.2. Maybe flying makes you retain water or something, but I know I haven’t lost 6 pounds since Monday morning.
Regardless, when I saw that 205.6 on Monday, it didn’t only make me mad, it also motivated me. I’m ready for the 2nd half. I’m going to drop these next 20 pounds, build some muscle, and get a firmer body.
My partner has also motivated me. I was able to read the blog a bit while on vacation, but I didn’t have access to a computer all the time. Every time I was able to check, I was amazed. He’d hit another milestone, set another goal, started to become the person he wants to be. I’m glad he got the ball rolling and I’m excited to see how far it goes. Many thanks to J.D. for keeping the blog going and writing amazing, inspirational posts while I was gone
Before I finish another post about nothing, I wanted to share something that I learned about myself while vacationing in Hawaii–on a beach. In a previous post, I wrote about how I was afraid to take my shirt off at the beach. I don’t know if it’s my age, my 22 pound deficit, or a combination of both, but I’m not as self conscious about it anymore. Instead of checking out the women in bikinis every time I went out, I found myself checking out the guys! No, I wasn’t the thinnest guy on the beach. But you know what? I definitely wasn’t the fattest guy out there either. I actually had fun on the beach with my family…with my shirt off. And no one said, “Hey look at the fat guy!” It was a great feeling.
J.D.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Red // Mar 19, 2008 at 7:31 am
Why must our bodies be so inconsistent.
I suspect fitness would be much easier if my weight corresponded directly with my actions. Eat like crap, gain weight. Exercise, lose weight. etc…
2 J.D. // Mar 19, 2008 at 8:14 am
Amen, Red!
I was just marveling to Kris last night about my current run of lost pounds. For weeks I was stuck at 199.5. On the Monday I began Body for Life, I weighed 200. This morning I weighed in at 196. Did the program really trim four pounds in ten days? Or was that just some accumulated stuff that hadn’t worked itself out of the system? I don’t know, but it has me even more motivated than before.
I started at 207.0 and 33% bodyfat. Today I’m at 196.0 and 30% bodyfat. That’s progress!
Tomorrow: another set of intensity intervals, possibly in the pool. As I told Lauren by e-mail yesterday, the only thing that scares me about these is that one minute at “10″ intensity. I’m serious. That one minute scares me…
3 J.D. // Mar 19, 2008 at 8:15 am
p.s. BFL breakfast: small bowl of oatmeal (with a touch of brown sugar and some golden raisins) and a piece of chicken sausage. YUM! Who needs Lucky Charms?
4 macdaddy // Mar 19, 2008 at 8:57 am
Also, regarding my eating habits while on vacation. I said I didn’t “really watch what I ate.” Nevertheless, I still thought about it a lot and tried to make good choices–I just wasn’t militant about it. That’s a key for me.
5 elisabeth // Mar 19, 2008 at 2:21 pm
quote
And no one said, “Hey look at the fat guy!” It was a great feeling.
end quote
I suspect that other people don’t notice us as much as we think they do — regardless of what we look like (well, maybe if we look like a magazine model…). I have what is called “moderate” lymphedema in one arm that developed after breast cancer surgery. Sometimes people do ask me what happened to my arm, but most of the time the only person who seems conscious of it is me.
Now, self-consciousness might be a good goad toward better health/less weight, but I think it’s more likely to be something that keeps one from participating in life — and using calories.
6 greenman2001 // Mar 20, 2008 at 6:19 pm
“One of my new goals is to string together a full week of great exercise AND eating. I haven’t been able to do both for a while because I’m so darn hungry when I lift weights and run a lot.”
I think I’m going to just let those words echo in the air without comment. They speak for themselves.
Leave a Comment