Wedding Weight Loss Plans Become Covid-19 Goals

Hello vast empty internet,

I thought I was going to ramble about how I wanted to lose weight for a wedding that my wife was going to be in at the end of May 2020.  Well...things have changed!  The world is now shut down due to coronavirus.  I do not anticipate going to the wedding in May, even though we are two months out.

Now my weight loss is about burning off nervous energy during these days of limited movement.

Going for walks and doing some body weight workouts has already yielded results.  It's also helpful working at home where we don't have sugary treats sitting about like I do at work.

For a long time stuck at 280, but recently I've dropped to 274.5 with the recent changes forced by coronavirus.

My Routine

• Walking - the beauty of walking is that it can be done daily because it's not too strenuous.  What I like to do is go for walks especially after a body weight workout to break up soreness.
• Body Weight Workout - it's simply movements with only your body weight.  There are a variety of movements that you can do without any weights!  Yay!

Squats

Push Ups

Sit Ups

Lunges

I just burn out on each one, then move to the next.  I'll do three or four cycles and then tap out.  I do this every other day or so.

Go get it... while staying safe at your homestead.

Another Thanksgiving of Binge Eating

So I ate a bunch of food over the Thanksgiving weekend.  No restraint.  None whatsoever. 

If it's got corn syrup or gravy on it, then I'm eating that.  Probably 2 or 3 servings of whatever "that" is...

Anywhoo...

Now I decide to weigh myself after a binge eating free fall.  Bad idea, I know this, but I do it anyway.

The damage: 288.2 pounds!

So posting again and thinking I need to workout.

Will this actually happen?

I hope so, because I will be attending a wedding in May.  So this is the push, to slim down for a wedding spectacle.

Flexibility is so elusive

I'm not flexible.

I believe this is causing problems for me.  Phantom injuries that occur over night, no physical activity involved.  I'm just so tightly wound my sinews snap in the night as I re-position.

I really should stretch more often...it's just hard to get into stretching.  I fear that I'll look ridiculous.

And if people ask me what I'm doing at the gym I'll have nothing to say other than, "oh, I'm really getting into stretching.  I need to cut down on my sleeping injuries." 

Which will gather a response something like this...

My only course of action will be to scream, "DON'T JUDGE ME!" and run out of the gym.

I still won't be flexible.  Sleeping injuries continue to occur.  Vicious cycle.

Getting Fat Again...

Upon completion of my last weight loss challenge I reached 288 pounds from 308, which was great.

The problem is I've already ballooned back up to 297 after taking a break from the competition...

The roller coast of weight loss success/failure continues...

Time to get back into the healthy lifestyle of eating healthy and exercise.

Week 7: Weigh In

So I missed a bunch of weeks, but I'm happy to announce to nobody in particular (nobody reads this) that success has been occurring.

Weight - 290 pounds
Total Lost - 18.6 pounds

There's one more week of this work competition.  If success continues I'll break into the 280's!  Time to finish strong.

Week 3: Weigh In

Another week has come and gone...

More mild success to the tune of:

Weight - 300.2 
Body Fat - 36.8%

Trying to be patient with the results, but they are 2 pound baby steps every week.  The truth is I can work out more and with more intensity.

Free Ice Cream

I was just offered free ice cream and I instantly accepted.

I know ice cream won't help me lose weight.

I know that the competition penalizes the consumption of sweets.

Is the momentary sugar rush worth it?

Apparently yes.  Maybe next time I'll say no to free ice cream...