Weekly weigh-in #19: Seeing red!

I’ll just start off by saying that I ate way too much on Mother’s Day this past weekend. We had everyone over to our house for an outdoor barbecue, and I’ll just say that my wife doesn’t under-do anything We had tons of great food, and I ate far too much of it – and I’ve been paying for it all week. In fact, I even made my first dip into the red this week as my body was recovering from the weekend debauchery:

It just goes to show, that even with how far I’ve come, I still haven’t completely rid myself of my old eating habits. Luckily, my dip into the red was just a brief flirtation as my body was getting over the weekend. The rest of the week my eating was great (even without counting calories) and I still managed to pull off at least a reasonable loss for the week:

• Weight: 224.7 lbs
• Pounds lost this week: 1.5
• Pounds lost so far: 55.3
• BMI: 28.85
• Pounds to goal #1 of “overweight” BMI: 0.0 Goal met 4/9/10!
• Pounds to goal #2 of “normal” BMI: 30.7

It’s been a very busy week for me, so I’ve fallen behind on my blog comments – both commenting on everyone else’s blogs, and replying to comments on my own. But I just want to give a BIG thank you to everyone who left me comments on my first vlog, and on my first set of progress photos. I was very self-conscious about both of these posts, and very nervous about posting them, but the wonderful comments that people left made me feel much better about the whole thing. Oh, and for those that asked, I’m 6’2″, so that height does stretch out my weight a bit, although I’ve definitely still got more I’d like to lose!

Links of the week

Some more interesting health/fitness articles this week outside my “normal” reading list of blogs:

• How (And When) to Motivate Yourself – An interesting look at how motivation works. The bottom line – getting started is the hardest part. If you can motivate yourself to get up and take those first steps out the door, you’re more likely to go for that run, or whatever the activity might be.
• Carbs against Cardio – More evidence that refined carbohydrates, not fats, threaten the heart.
• Daily Weigh-In May Help Dieters Lose – A study from 2005 found that daily-weighers lost twice the weight of those who only weighed weekly, or even less often.
• Sitting straight bad for backs – It turns out that sitting straight up in a chair is actually worse for your back than the ideal 135° lean back.

The “Bee Thing” in my Kitchen

I got several comments on my progress photos about the “bee thing” in my kitchen, so I thought I’d post a closer photo to clarify: it’s actually a pirate kitchen timer

Guest Posts

I’m going to be heading to New Orleans for a week for work at the start of June, and I’m hoping to keep things busy here with some guest posts. I’ve already got a few lined up, but I can always use a couple more! Even if I get more than I can use for that week, I’ll just run them later and save me the work of writing a post Let me know if you’re interested!

C25K Week 4

Week 4 of Couch to 5K has been going really well. The step up to 5 minute running intervals hasn’t been too bad, and my ankles have continued to be pain free.

My first run of the week on Tuesday night was somewhat unique – at least for me. My wife had a bunch of work she needed to get done, so the only way I was going to get my run in was if I brought the kids with me. Luckily, we actually do have a jogging stroller, although this was the first time it was used for that purpose! Trying to run while pushing the stroller was definitely a bit awkward at first, but once I got moving, I actually ended up having a pretty good run.

I’m excited to take on week 5 and its’ infamous 20 minute run!

Everyone have a great weekend