lose 15 pounds

Still a long way from doing this. I’ve averaged 181lbs since Oct 5th, but I started trending down in the past week and have been under 180lbs the past few days. Lack of exercise doesn’t help.

I’ve gotten no where, but I’ve really been ignoring this and just trying to work out more and eat better. I’m up to 3 hours of strength training and 2.5 hours of spin classes per week, following Mark Rippetoe’s “Starting Strength” program and doing a spin class after each strength workout. According to the fancy body composition machine at the gym, on May 21st I weighed 177.1lbs, 23.1% bodyfat, and my BMI was 26. All I need to do is sort out my diet, which really just means, after eating all the healthy nutrient dense foods that I already eat, I need to stop eating crap on top of that.

Started having some knee problems, and I’ve completely fallen off the wagon. Doing some physio and light running, but for the most part my exercise routine and diet are in the gutter. Still eating plenty of healthy choices, but supplementing with lots of crap. Poor quality food as well as huge calories I cannot afford since my activity level is way down. A borked knee is a serious downer!

Holding steady at 168lbs-ish. That is about 10lbs down from when I started this goal. Working off those last 5lbs is going to take a couple weeks of eating discipline. And I need to be doing more than just running three times a week. Need to get my resistance workouts going again.

For the first time since 2005, I am officially on the south side of 170lbs. :) This morning’s weigh-in was 169. That puts me down 8 – 9 lbs since I started working on this. Target is 162 – 163lbs by the end of April.

Holding steady at 170lbs, despite a serious binge-fest at the Miami Marathon this weekend. Back on the wagon this week, and looking to hit 165 by the end of April, in time for my next race.

Down 7-8 pounds, and holding steady. Succumbed to a bag of candied pralines … mmmmmmm good. Well, and then there was dinner and drinks with the team. I suppose the Chicken Parmesan wasn’t too bad. But the side of pasta swimming in cream-sauce, the garlic bread and the associated pints of Heineken were probably less than ideal. :) Anyway, back on the wagon. Hoping to hit 168lbs in time for my race.

Down about 7 – 8 lbs right now. My upcoming race got me off my dietary ass so I’ve been gorging on mountains of fresh veggies, some fruits and lean proteins, mostly whitefish. Hard to stay away from the cheesies, but I’m making gains (losses). Dinner with the crew from work was a major set back, but I should be able to recover from that in a day or two.

I’m done ~5lbs. But I’ve been down ~5lbs for months. This just isn’t the priority I thought it would be. Still, I’ve started to increase my exercise volume beyond just my running program. Looking to shed a few more pounds before my next race.

Sticking to my training program, but sabotaging myself with lots of bad carbs. I’m eating lots of great whole foods. But I’m putting lots of junk on top of that. So I am consuming way to many calories right now.