Weekly Weight (9/22)

259.4
Tired. But still getting to the gym.  I passed my certification exam (ISC2 CAP), was sick one day and had to travel this weekend for the Army again (and the coming weekend... I am tired).

• Day 0
• 260.9
• Month 0 (May)
• 257.8 - 263.1
• Month 1 (June)
• 262.5 - 261.8
• Month 2 (July)
• 259.4-261.7
• Month 3 (August)
• 257-264.
• Month 4 - Week 2
• 261.2
• Month 4 - Week 3 (now)
• 259.4

Weekly Weight (9/15)

261.2
Whoops. Took a little break from blogging (that pesky real life thing). I had a bunch of Army stuff going on, a vacation to Orlando (me and the kiddos on the plane... that was an experience) and was also prepping to take a Certification exam (ISC2 CAP).

• Day 0
• 260.9
• Month 0 (May)
• 257.8 - 263.1
• Month 1 (June)
• 262.5 - 261.8
• Month 2 (July)
• 259.4-261.7
• Month 3 (August)
• 257-264. Gotta love those big swings...
• Month 4 - Week 2 (now)
• 261.2

Now that most of that is past me and I start to prep for one of my favorite races (the Army Ten Miler) we shall see if I can make some new progress) as well as my annual APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test).

Weekly Weight (8/18)

259.3
I didn't get to the gym as much as I hoped. But I am recommitting now and getting my training on for the Army Ten Miler in October as well as the annual APFT (probably in November for OER reasons).

• Day 0
• 260.9
• Month 0 (May)
• 257.8 - 263.1
• Month 1 (June)
• 262.5 - 261.8
• Month 2 (July)
• 259.4-261.7
• Month 3 - Week 1
• 259.2
• Month 3 - Week 2 (now)
• 259.3

Steps:

• Last week 
• 119k
• First week August
• 173k
• July
• 124k-90k
• June
• 123k-93k

Weekly Weight (8/11)

259.2
Considering that I just got back from 10 days in Las Vegas (for Black Hat and DEFCON) I consider this an accomplishment. It helped that I was getting around 30k steps (15 or so miles) on most of the days out there. I even went to 3 buffets while I was out there (Wicked Spoon in the Cosmopolitan was the nicest of the batch) and ate (and drank) well. Back to reality now (and back to a better gym, I definitely took a hit in my strength during this trip)

• Day 0
• 260.9
• Month 0 (May)
• 257.8 - 263.1
• Month 1 (June)
• 262.5 - 261.8
• Month 2 (July)
• 259.4-261.7
• Month 3 - Week 1 (now)
• 259.2

Steps:

• Last week 
• 173k
• July
• 124k-90k
• June
• 123k-93k

Weekly Weight (7/21)

259.4

A pretty good week from exercise and activity. Even with all the heat and the PF still going, it was a solid week.

• Day 0
• 260.9
• Month 0 (May)
• 257.8 - 263.1
• Month 1 (June)
• 262.5 - 261.8
• Month 2 - Week 1
• 261.7
• Month 2 - Week 2 
• 259.9
• Month 2 - Week 3 (now)
• 259.4

Steps:

• Last week 
• 105.5k
• Last week -1
• 90786
• Last Month (weeks)
• 123k-93k

Weekly Weight (7/7)

261.7 (Lucky 7 was not with me.)

It was the 4th of July weekend, the weekend of booze and bbq, so not too horrible. Been feeling off this past week, which kept me away from the table (and sadly between that and a reappearance of planar fasciitis, not really been to the gym much this week)

• Day 0
• 260.9
• Month 0 (May)
• 257.8 - 263.1
• Month 1 (June)
• 262.5 - 261.8
• Month 2 - Week 1 (now)
• 261.7

Weekly Weight (5/26)

260.0

Course correcting back to the right direction. Stepping up the workouts as well as the steps (18919 a day from Sunday to Wednesday).

• Week 0
• 260.9
• Week 1-2
• 257.8-260.1
• Week 3 
• 263.1
• Week 4 (now)
• 260.0

Things are going to get weird (and I will skip two weeks in June as I will be off for my yearly military service obligation) for the next two couple of weeks.

Weekly Weight (5/20)

263.1

A little bit of concern but it has been a weird week (Drill this past weekend, where I passed my annual PT test (18:07 2 mile run, 60 push-ups in 2 minutes, 55 sit-ups in 2 minutes) and height and weight, then off to Florida to "vacation" with the kids/wife/parents (I had all the intentions of running every day, hitting the gym, etc. but those plans did not survive the enemy, I only got one run in and no other workouts, other than a lot of walking). With a 2 week trend I am a little annoyed (but I am doing a partial fast day today to set me back on the right course).

• Week 0
• 260.9
• Week 1
• 257.8
• Week 2 
• 260.1
• Week 3 (now)
• 263.1

I got a new Fitbit HR (to replace my Dead Basis Peak) so I am getting used to that again.

Weekly Weight (5/12)

260.1

Some may freak out (ZOMG, the scale must always be lower than the previous one). But as a trend line it is still going down and I feel comfortable with my general fitness (still getting stronger, Deadlift (3 sets x 6 for all of these) 270, Squat 235, Bench Press 250 and faster on my runs).

• Week 0
• 260.9
• Week 1
• 257.8
• Week 2 (now)
• 260.1

Next week may be bad (and a day late) as I have Drill this weekend and then a quick family trip until Thursday (so I also don't really see a fast day until maybe Friday of next week). But the trick is to eat as right as possible and get as much physical activity as possible.

Weekly Weight (5/5)

For transparency, and to keep me motivated, I am going to toss in a weekly weight report. Thursday is a good day to do it since I probably have been eating fairly clean (before heading into the weekend that offers more temptations).

So thanks to some fast days (Tuesday and Thursdays... they are more partial fast days since it simply means that I pretty much have nothing but coffee (with some cream) and some fish oil, though I will toss in some protein shakes if I am working out (with a little BCAA )) I am happy to see the lowest weight in 4 years (basically since I got back from Afghanistan in January 2012 I was 245lb, and by May 2012 I was 265 with a long upward climb until my embarrassment point of April 2015 where I tipped the scales at 287.5).

Last week (we will call that week 0) :

• 260.9

Thursday : (week 1)

• 257.8

Constant struggle

I am a big guy. Lately I have been having some success (over the past 6 months I have managed to shed 20+ pounds)...

So the picture on the left is depressing to me. I came back from Afghanistan nice and lean (245lbs, which is a good weight for me). Made for some pretty good wedding pictures, though even by that time I was inching back up.  But now through a combination of renewed commitment to working out, cutting back my soda consumption (and replacing it with coffee, which finally is palatable to me) less eating out (side effect of the budgets post) and a few things I have been trying (adding MSM to my diet, fish oil, less carbs, occasional (once or twice a week) fast (or partial fast) days, vinegar in water before every meal)) I have been able to slowly drag my ass back down to a more acceptable level. 

I like it and now if there are any trendable upticks (since the app I use, Withings, which is tied to my electronic scale will normalize the data set) I take strong action to get it back to normal. I am looking forward to start flirting with the 250 zone shortly (it shows up occasionally after a really good workout).

This post was somewhat inspired by buddy F, who has been tracking his efforts (our battles of the bulges) on his blog at: www.ahealthylife.me  I don't know about the 700 calorie a day thing though that he was doing for a while, that is crazy to me, but it did have some good effects on him.