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My original goal was to be 180 by this coming weekend...1/27. I spent the weekend coming to terms with the fact that it just isn't gonna happen. But that's ok, I guess. I'd really like to get down to 180 to say I got there...from that point I think I will be able to give myself a break and live somewhere between 180 and 190. That would be good.

OCD Returns
So, the last couple of posts have detailed my inability to really get momentum going after the holidays. I was stuck at 192 and seem to have entered some sort of weight plateau. The down-side of all of this stuff is, that no matter how much I have lost/changed up to this point, it doesn't seem to matter to me if I don't have results on a weekly basis. My OCD wired brain starts to really drive me crazy by mid-week and everything seems to drive toward worrying about the scale. I have talked about this in previous posts (way back to the ediets days), but this is the first time it has returned since the trays of food went away.

Maria suggested that I need to change something up as my body might have been getting used to the patterns I had established. The eating and the work-outs were pretty much the same since I started (with minor tweaks through out). I felt like I couldn't really cut out anymore calories from my diet (with out just going for a full on fast). So, as I said in my last post, I upped the work-out...and continued that level for the whole week. So, what started out as a punishment on Saturday, became my pattern busting change week. And it looks like Maria was right...

Infinite loop no more:
Initial Weight: 220
Week1: 214 [6 pound loss]
Week2: 210 [4 pound loss]
Week3: 206 [4 pound loss]
Week4: 204 [2 pound loss]
Week5: 199 [5 pound loss]
Week6: 196.5 [2.5 lb loss]
Week7: 198 [1.5 lb GAIN] - Boo!
Week8: 195 [3 pound loss]
Week9: 193 [2 pound loss]
Week10: 191 [2 pound loss]
Week11: 191 [0 pound loss] - *Sigh*
Week12: 195 [4 pound gain] - CRAP!
Week13: 192 [3 pound loss]
Week14: 192 [0] - hm.
Week15: 189 [3 pound loss] - OUT OF THE 190's!!!

Mentally, another huge wall has been broken by getting into the 180's. I think my OCD will relax this week. Yay.

This week will be much more relaxing as we are heading south of the border for vacation! I am so ready to take it easy on the beach, in the sun. So, a couple days of working out/eating right, then a few days of pure enjoyment of life...but of course sticking to some of the rules.

Thanks to everyone for the messages this week - it always helps to keep me on task.

Week number fourteen - An Infinite Loop

So, it looks like I am stuck in a infinite weight loop. I am not sure what happened last week, but nothing changed weight-wise for me...and I wasn't very happy about it. It looks like I am going to make a bit of a change in the work out or food consumption...but since I can't really reduce the food too much more, I am going to really alter the structure of my work out. Which I have already started doing...

To punish myself, I freaking went for it on Saturday. I basically worked all of the 'core' and 'stregnth' exercises into a single work out. Usually, the 6 core exercises are split by 2's exercises over 3 work outs and the 7 strength exercises are split 4 and 3 over 2 work outs. On Saturday and again on Monday (took Sunday off), I did 'em all. Here is what the work out looked like:

WARM-UP:
20 minute bike ride
20 paces forward: Walking Med-Ball Rotations
20 paces backward: Walking Med-Ball Rotations
5 lunges forward per leg: Med-Ball Lunge and Reach
5 lunges sideways per leg: Med-Ball Lunge and Reach
5 lunges @ 5'oclock and 7'oclock each: Med-Ball Lunge and Reach
25 paces foward: Band Walk
25 paces backward: Band Walk
25 paces each way shuffle: Band Walk
25 paces: Band Monster Walk (walk while squating)
SPEED/RECOVERY:
10 minute bike intervals - 30 seconds jogging/30 seconds sprint
CORE:
10 reps each way (left and right): Med-Ball Wood Chop
10 reps each way (left and right): Med-Ball Situps
20 reps: Med-Ball Wall Throws - Overhead
20 reps: Med-Ball Wall Throws - ChestPass
6 reps: Med-Ball Wall Throws - b/t legs & overhead
6 reps: Med-Ball Wall Throws - Squat & throw
STRENGTH:
3 sets of 6 reps: Dumbbell high pull
3 sets of 8 reps: Dumbbell squat press
3 sets of 20 reps: Deep Squat
3 sets of 20 reps: Step up
3 sets of 10 reps: Incline Pull up
3 sets of 12 reps: Incline Push up
3 sets of 8 reps: Dumbbell Pull over

I think tonight, I am going to continue the full work out...probably starting to bump up the reps and what not. Can't think of what else to do to get my body back on track with losing the weight.

I think I may start publishing my belly measurement as another way to tell if anything is going on...hm...

Anyhow:
Initial Weight: 220
Week1: 214 [6 pound loss]
Week2: 210 [4 pound loss]
Week3: 206 [4 pound loss]
Week4: 204 [2 pound loss]
Week5: 199 [5 pound loss]
Week6: 196.5 [2.5 lb loss]
Week7: 198 [1.5 lb GAIN] - Boo!
Week8: 195 [3 pound loss]
Week9: 193 [2 pound loss]
Week10: 191 [2 pound loss]
Week11: 191 [0 pound loss] - *Sigh*
Week12: 195 [4 pound gain] - CRAP!
Week13: 192 [3 pound loss]
Week14: 192 [0] - hm.

Don't get me wrong, I am happy with the overall weight loss, I am ust frustrated with getting to 180. Poop.

Later.

Bonus Track

Nothing related to my fatty-fatty-fo-fo-fatty arse...

I just wanted to put out there that my big bro's band, The Mighty Weaklings, are going to be on the boob tube this weekend. Their song "Rocketship" is premiering on Jack's Big Music Show this Saturday, January 13th @ NOON. Check it out, it is all kid-fun and junk.

Wheee!

By the way (couldn't get a way w/o saying something aboot my chunky delights), I hit the gym hard last night and did a bunch of deep squats. Can barely sit on the turlet to do the deed...ouch.

Until Saturday.

1-Three

Righting the ship...

Did some bike riding, stayed inline food-wise, had a few beers, it still worked.

I am glad that the holidays are over and I can get back into the 'normal' swing of things. Welcome back measured out cereal, welcome back salad lunches, welcome back afternoon nut mix snacking, welcome back you wonderful, wonderful gym, ah! normal life is grand...

Now, I can say that there is an additional incentive to getting this body of mine into a viewable status...we have decided to take a little trip to Mexico...ah, beaches, beer, and more beer (or is that playas, cerveza, y más cerveza). Going to use the picture of my bare belly as motivation for gyming-it-up even harder. I mapped out a day-by-day plan for next week's work outs and they look hard...not looking forward to it, but this is what I need to do.

Anyhow, I am back moving in the right direction after the breif, but damaging, holiday tom-foolery. Here is what up:

Initial Weight: 220
Week1: 214 [6 pound loss]
Week2: 210 [4 pound loss]
Week3: 206 [4 pound loss]
Week4: 204 [2 pound loss]
Week5: 199 [5 pound loss]
Week6: 196.5 [2.5 lb loss]
Week7: 198 [1.5 lb GAIN] - Boo!
Week8: 195 [3 pound loss]
Week9: 193 [2 pound loss]
Week10: 191 [2 pound loss]
Week11: 191 [0 pound loss] - *Sigh*
Week12: 195 [4 pound gain] - CRAP!
Week13: 192 [3 pound loss]

So, there you have it...3 pounds...almost back to my lowest...but not quite...the strict rules continue. By the way, based on my "2 pounds a week" goal that started after week 8 I should be 185 and only 5 pounds from the ultimate goal. I have a lot of work to do to get back on track.

One additional nugget...here in NYC the gyms get really full this time of year...most likely due to New Year resolutions. Anyone out there make any? How are you planning to hit them goals? Is there any way I can help - you have all been truly helpful to me and I want to return to love and junk...?