Weigh in, week 6

Andrew and I have developed a little healthy competition. If we're counting, he's way more amazing and lost way more weight. But, we're hovering around the same weight total and trying to get to the same place (thereabouts). So, I've been popping over to his blog and letting him know how great a week I was going to have.

Well... it was a "good" week, but not the great week that I was hoping for. I think Saturday nights are just my night to say "I don't care" and that is ok with me at this point. The only problem is it's the night before my weigh-in every week...

Ok, enough excuses. I had another loss this week. I'm down to 194.8. That's another 1.6 pounds this week. Overall, that's 10.4 pounds since December 27th. Nothing to complain about there.

The "Triathlon" Went Well...

I thought it was going to be much worse than it was. It turns out the toughest part of the whole thing was waking up at 5:00 am. Other than that, it went pretty well. I started it off with a spin class and man those classes kill me. I'm not sure, but it feels like everyone is staring at me the entire time I'm in there. Everybody seems so into biking/spin who goes to those things.

Then, I went swimming on my own... The pool was pretty packed, but I was able to squeeze in and get my laps in. I'm actually getting pretty close to the full distance. I did 250, 100, 250, 100 again and it wasn't that bad (and that is immediately after doing spin). I plan to do 300, 100, 300 the next time I get in the pool. Amazing how quickly this is coming along. I can't wait to start focusing on speed... but, one thing at a time here.

Then, I went on a lunch time run of 4 miles with Justin and Mallory. This kinda sucked, but it's not like we were going slow or something. So... I'm pretty impressed. I made it through the adventure without too much trouble. I'm not saying that I'm going to be fast, but this tri isn't as scary all of a sudden. It's still a number of months away. But, I'm really starting to get excited about it. I hope this energy for it continues!!

Triathlon Tomorrow!!

Ok... not a real triathlon. But, I'm waking up at the butt-crack of dawn to go to my second spinning class (RPM). The class starts at 5:45 and I'm 25 minutes from the gym, you do the math. My plan is to sleep in my clothes and have my car packed for work tonight. That way, I can just wake up and get in my car.

Then, right after I do the spin class, I'm gonna head over to the pool for a swim workout (still undecided on what I'm doing). Then, over lunch, I'm going out for a run of 4 miles with "the crew". So, to say the least, I'm assuming I'm going to be trashed tomorrow. On the bright side, I should be able to eat whatever the heck I want! Sweet...

Pushup Contest, Day Two

Well... I said that I had to catch up 3 pushups... and I didn't do that. I actually lost another pushup. Here are the totals... It doesn't look promising. I'm gonna have to catch up 4 pushups on Friday just to pull off a tie.

Me- 46
Adam- 47
Justin- 37

Swimming Maniac

I'm really getting better at this swimming thing. I've swam a little bit each of the last three days. I swam a shortened (wanted 500 yds) 325 yds on Saturday. Then, before I went on a 6 mile run in Harrisburg on Sunday, I did 500 yds to make up for it. And, since I was still pretty spent from my six miler (I haven't been doing long runs lately), I decided to take a light day today and not run.

So, what did I do? I went swimming! And, boy did I... I swam a total of 700 yds for the first time ever. I did 250 then 100 to bring my heart rate down, 250 again and then 100 to finish. I'm officially at half of the 500 yd sprint tri distance. And, I think I'm really not that far off from doing the full 500. I'm gonna continue to inch towards it. Then, as soon as I can actually do it, I will start working on times (I have no idea how slow I am at this point).

The six miler on Sunday went well too. I ran with a whole host of people... A guy I just met (Mark Rebuck), Justin (my work running buddy), Nate (my old work running buddy and good friend) and Bill (running buddy who I met through Nate). Then, everyone but Justin went and grabbed Indian food afterwards. Nate and Bill call it their Run4Naan. I dig it.

The run itself was really icy and not that pleasant. At times, it wasn't that bad, but here's a picture of the trail that we were running on...

Pushup Contest, Day One

We've come to the end of our contest and all the energy spent will all come out in the wash this week. We will be doing a test on Monday (already done), Wednesday and Friday. The person with the most pushups at the end of three days wins. Here are the results after Monday's test.

Me- 47 pushups
Adam- 50 pushups
Justin- 37 pushups

I'm 3 behind heading into the last 2 tests. I need to find some extra effort or something. Don't want to lose. But, 47 pushups is pretty good. I'm pretty happy with that. Would love a nice even 50 though.

Week 5 Weigh In...

Well, don't ever let me tell you that I learn from my mistakes. Last week, I had a bad day on Saturday night (the night before I weigh in) and it negatively affected my weigh-in. This week, I had another bad night. I spent all day hungry (and eating to try to slow it down), and then went to a friends house for dinner and really didn't pay any attention to what I was eating at all. I knew it would be bad for my weigh in, but I felt like I "deserved" it after 5 weeks of good eating. Yeah, that's the kind of thinking that put me in this mess in the first place.

All that said, there is some positive to take from this week's and last week's Saturday night transgressions... I lost weight still! This morning I weighed in at 196.4. That is another 1.4 pounds lost for a total of 8.6 pounds in five weeks. Nevermind that I started yesterday at 194.2. We'll leave that bit of complaining for another day. Because, in the end, my ultimate goal is 185 and I'm continuing to move toward that goal. Progress....