Week 9: A not so good week

My mama always said if ya can't say nothing nice don't say anything at all, so I'm gonna keep this one brief. Well I didn't get to the gym Monday to do the weigh, stupid gym with stupid holiday hours, so I had to wait until Tuesday to see what the damage of the long weekend was on the number. Well there was good news and bad news, the good news was that I lost 4 pounds between Sunday's work out and Tuesday's weigh in. The bad news was that my long weekend in AC then OCMD had me gaining 5 pounds. The number for the week was 290, which is a 1 pound gain. For those of you that are the "half full" types, this can be looked at as an accomplishment. Only gaining one pound over a 4 day weekend isnt all that bad. Since I'm more of a "half empty" guy right now, I see it as a failing. Just because it was a 4 day weekend doesn't make it ok to use it as an excuse to gain weight. Plus I let myself down by drinking over the weekend which I'm doing my best to not beat myself up about. I have my reasons for quitting and 12 weeks should not have been so difficult of a goal to reach, but I let party atmosphere of the shore win Saturday night.

So its back on the horse, umm or the wagon to refocus the effort. Next stupid holiday isnt until Thanksgiving so there are no excuses for awhile. Yeah I know Halloween's in there but I never was a big candy guy so I'll be alright with that one.

Two months in and still rocking...

Here I am at the 8 week mark and things are still going real well with Project Downsize Duff! I was a little worried about stepping on the scale today to be truthful. The second half of last week was a mess for the program. I had to miss Thursday's gym routine (fantasy football draft), Friday I had planned to go mt. biking but Mom Nature screwed that up so I made it my cheat day, I had good french fries for the first time in six weeks. I did get to go mt. biking Saturday, but missed Sunday's workout cuz I had to work and the gym has dumb hours on Sunday.

So with low expectations I hopped on the scale tonight and was blown away to see 289! A big 5 pound week and I didn't workout 3 outta 4 days, sometimes I don't understand weight loss, but I'm not arguing with it. The to-date total is now at 33 pounds which is 1/3 of the way to the ultimate goal. I'm averaging 4 pounds a week to this point which has me ahead of the pace I need to make by my birthday. I know that it has to slow down sooner or later, but it is good to get ahead now. We now have the 290's in the past and begin the run at the 270's today!!


The Successful Mountain Bike Trip:
I busted my butt to get all my work down Thursday so that I could go upto Jim Thorpe to ride a trail suggested to me by Doc Jones, the chiropractor, after I needed adjusting from the first mt bike attempt. Of course Mom Nature provided us with the all day rain Friday, so plans got scrapped. Got up Saturday checked the weather and decided to go up at the last minute. I am so glad I did. Doc was right, it was 24 miles of flat track that followed Lehigh river through some amazingly scenic scenery. It was a super easy ride, if you can pedal for 2.5 hrs, well until the last two miles that were on blacktop back to the parking lot. After 20+ miles of constantly pedaling, two miles uphill sucked! It was an amazingly peaceful ride and I felt so much better that night. I will be repeating no doubt.

A momentous day

It's official I have no more pants that fit! I am now able to take off all my pants and shorts without undoing a zipper or button. HAHA everything I own can go on and off like sweat pants.

Now the dilemma is go buy something that fits a little tight or wait it out and keep sinching the belt tighter?