Weekly Weigh-In #27
2008/09/23 at 7:26 am | Posted in Discipline, Exercise, Health, Life, lifestyle change, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight watchers, wii fit | 2 CommentsTags: diets don't work, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit
Originally posted on September 23, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
A week fighting off an illness definitely kept me from where I’d rather be right now, which is…
- Weekly Weigh-In #27: 203.5 lbs.
- Last week’s Weigh-In: 202.5 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: +1.0 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 1.8 lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 93.6 lbs.
As stated yesterday, it was a bad week on just about every level: sick, not exercising, eating to gain some of my energy back. In short, it was not a lot of fun and concentrating on my weight loss was the furthest thing from my mind.
Here’s a breakdown of activities from last week:
- Monday: Worked half-day; no walk
- Tuesday: Called in sick, no walk
- Wednesday: Worked but only walked 1 mile since I was still sick
- Thursday: See Wednesday
- Friday: Went to lunch with co-workers; no walk
- Only did one night of Wii Fit during that week
So as you can see, gaining only one pound this week might have been a good thing as I could have probably gained more. But unlike Weekly Weigh-In #12 when I asked for a do-over because of a battle with gastroenteritis, I’m going to take this one and run with it.
Moving on. Even with those results, my current weight of 203.5 lbs. might as well be 235 lbs. I’ve been stuck in the 200s for about six weeks now and it’s getting difficult to shake them, even when not ill, so I’ve decided to make a change.
See Traineo my ticker on the right? In case you hadn’t noticed I changed my goal weight, therefore my “To Go” numbers got bumped up a little. I have altered my goal weight to be 190 lbs. instead of 200 lbs. for a reason: those last few pounds were taunting me to hell! No seriously, they were! Now that I’m so close to my goal, I find myself slipping a little bit now and then, making it seem absolutely unachievable. That says nothing of the weight I’ve lost since starting because, well, losing that much seemed easy compared to these last 2 or 3 pounds.
I decided that they were going to be the death of me so rather than carefully try to meet them, I decided to aggressively rip right through them. It’s kind of like that theory I’ve heard about breaking boards in karate: imagine yourself trying to hit through the board behind the board.
I’m no karate expert, so who knows if I’m even right on that, but it seems like a logical way to get past these few pounds: work beyond them.
Gotta go. See you later!
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Weekly Weigh-In #26
2008/09/16 at 6:38 am | Posted in Discipline, Exercise, Health, Inspiration, Life, lifestyle change, Motivation, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight watchers | 1 CommentTags: diets don't work, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers
Originally posted on September 16, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
I’m home today with a sick child so I’ll keep it brief:
- Weekly Weigh-In #26: 202.5 lbs.
- Last week’s Weigh-In: 204.1 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -1.6 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 1.9lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 94.6 lbs.
More later if I have the time but for now, that’s all I’ve got. I’m this much closer to my cheeseburger 
See you later!
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Weekly Weigh-In #25
2008/09/09 at 6:48 am | Posted in Discipline, Exercise, Health, Life, lifestyle change, Milestone, Motivation, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight watchers, wii fit, wii fit progress | 2 CommentsTags: diets don't work, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit, wii fit progress
Originally posted on September 9, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
I’ve got a little time before I have to get to work so here are the numbers. More stats and stuff later!
- Weekly Weigh-In #25: 204.1 lbs.
- Last week’s Weigh-In: 205.6 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -1.5 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.0 lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 93.0 lbs.
UPDATED 12:20 p.m. or so
So alright, it looks like this week’s loss makes up for last week’s rather lame 0.9 lbs. lost. This puts me back into my doctor-recommended goal of 1.5 lbs. to 2 lbs. per week, so despite the lame sentiments of a particular commentator, I’d say I’m doing just fine.
By the way, what was the point of that comment? Was it supposed to bring me down or something? FAIL!
And I reached yet another milestone: 93 lbs. lost! WOO HOO! Yeah, it’s not exactly 95 lbs. but at this point, any round number is worthy of celebration.
Oh, and I posted a little sticky at the top of the page for Yahoo! Shine readers that visit my blog. I have noticed a steady increase in traffic from my single post there and thought I’d let them know that there probably won’t be any more posts over there as it’s just too much work. I used to do it with my personal blog and MySpace before realizing that it usually requires more than a simple cut-and-paste command. I prefer to post everything here and know it will work rather than post it elsewhere and have to tweak it umpteen times before it’s the way I want it.
So if you’re here from Yahoo! Shine, welcome and thanks for visiting. I’m glad to have you here. I’d recommend, however, that you bookmark this blog or subscribe to my RSS feed via Google Reader or reader of choice.
Finally, here are some Wii Fit progress photos. As usual, keep in mind that Wii Fit–30 minutes a night of various workouts–is only part of my plan that also includes walking nearly 2 miles a day (about 30 minutes) and proper diet. Also take note that as I’ve said in the past, Wii Fit’s scale isn’t all that accurate.
And I can’t stress this enough: visit your doctor before starting any weight loss plan. I did; you should, too.
Click on images to embiggen:
- BMI at start: 33.11
- Current BMI: 29.19
Still high, I know. But I’m getting there. Now here’s the weight chart:
Wii Fit weight:
- Start (May 25, 2008): 230.3 lbs.
- Current: 203.9 lbs.
My real weight:
- Start (May 25, 2008): 231.0 lbs.
- Current: 204.1 lbs.
So as you can see, there are slight discrepancies between the two but sometimes they are even larger than that. Please don’t put 100% reliance into the Wii Fit “scale” as it’s nothing more than a tool. Buy a nice glass bottom scale for more accurate readings.
I think that’s all for now. Thank you to all who continue to visit and leave kind words. Those keep me going when things get tough, and I hope that my progress motivates you into losing weight the right way.
The journey is almost over–thanks for being a part of it!
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Weekly Weigh-In #24
2008/09/02 at 7:13 am | Posted in Discipline, Exercise, Health, Life, lifestyle change, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight watchers | 2 CommentsTags: diets don't work, target clearance', Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers
Originally posted on September 2, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
This week’s stats:
- Weekly Weigh-In #24: 205.6 lbs.
- Last week’s Weigh-In: 206.5 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -0.9 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.0 lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 91.4 lbs.
Labor Day, the summer’s last big holiday, is now a distant memory and I’m happy about that. It means that as far as excessive food consumption goes, it’s smooth sailing pretty much until Thanksgiving which is almost three months away. Of course Christmas is just a month after that so it’s time I get my act together!
With the holiday, this week’s results come as no surprise. I’m just glad to have lost what I did and not be on the plus side of things. I did weigh in nearly a pound lighter before the holiday but hey, my loss still keeps me at my recommended weekly average.
Speaking of which, my total loss for August was 6.4 lbs. which is slightly over the recommendation. That’s cool.
The buying of new clothes continues! Some of my size 40s are getting huge so I had to head to Target and hit the clearance racks. Unfortunately, their choice was pretty minimal but I did manage to find a few pairs of jeans for $6.24. Levi Strauss, too. They also had some Mossimo jeans on the rack for $24(!), but why anybody would buy Mossimo jeans for $24 instead of Levis for $6 is beyond me.
Speaking of clothes, I’m sad to say that my favorite Low Rider shirt (note: I was 218 lbs. in that picture) is getting too big as well. This was the shirt Ann had bought me years ago that I swore to her I would fit into one day. At the time of purchase I could only fasten two buttons on this size Large shirt. Today, the shirt is so baggy that it’s almost falling off of me, so I guess I needs to (reluctantly) replace it.
But I’m sure that since I’m now fitting into smaller sizes, I’ll easily be able find something not so fat-guyish.
See you later
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Weekly Weigh-In #23
2008/08/26 at 6:44 am | Posted in Discipline, Exercise, Health, Life, lifestyle change, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight watchers | Comments OffTags: diets don't work, Ilands hamburgers, lucille's bbq, red robin, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit, yellow basket carson california
Originally posted on August 26, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
Week #23 is here!
- Weekly Weigh-In #23: 206.5 lbs.
- Last week’s Weigh-In: 208.7 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -2.2 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.0 lbs.
- Weight loss for August: 6.4 lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 90.6 lbs.
Well, it looks like I held up at 206.5 which is good enough for me this week. That’s a little over 2 lbs. lost so I’m happy about that.
UPDATED 12:27 p.m.: Ah, you gotta love scales, don’t you? Okay, maybe you don’t.
At the doctor’s office yesterday I weighed in at 204 lbs. but my bathroom scale measured me at 206.5 lbs. And don’t even get me started on the accuracy of the Wii Fit “scale,” although sometimes I wish it were correct as it has me at around 200 lbs. No biggie; I’m getting there.
Speaking of Wii Fit, I haven’t gotten near it for at least three days and it’s not because its novelty has worn off. I just haven’t had time to do it. I know, I know, I’m always preaching that there are no excuses for not exercising but I had my reasons for not working Wii Fit into a few days:
- Saturday: Entertained a visiting friend and played Yahtzee until God-knows-when
- Sunday: Played with the kid all night
- Monday: Rode my bike 8+ miles before my physical
See? Legitimate reasons, one and all. But tonight I will return to it.
I’m starting to come up with a list of possible restaurants that I will want to eat at once I hit 200 lbs. Most of them are local burger joints (Yellow Basket in Carson–I’m looking at you!); some more well-known in the states. I’ve decided to weed out the more expensive/fancy places (Lucille’s BBQ, Islands, Red Robin*) because I want my first “bad” meal to have its roots in how I got to nearly 300 lbs. in the first place–by fast food. It’s my way of enjoying a rare greasy meal and giving a giant FU to it at the same time. But who really knows for sure where we’ll end up eating.
So there you have it. Plans are in the works. 6.5 lbs. to go. WOO HOO!
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*My plans may change should managers at any of these restaurants find it in their hearts to spot my family and friends a celebratory meal
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