RAWDEADFISH

yeah, yeah, skipped an update. i know. well you didn’t miss much. last week i was up a bit to 233.5 lbs and this week i was travelling over the weekend, so weighed in on friday morning at 232.5 lbs. i guess i can’t complain too much, being the middle of the summer and all. just like everybody else, the summer picnics and late night heat make it real tough to stay away from the icy creamy luciousness of a good sundae! so i am just hanging in there and trying to make it to sept, the final stretch to the end of the year. will I have some significant progress to show? maybe halfway to the ultimate goal? pppttthhh… right. but just maybe. i’ve never felt more fit and motivated to walk and run hard. time will tell!

well it has been a stressful week leading up to my brother’s surgery to hopefully make sure there is no more cancer left in his body, and as a result i am thankful that i have been making the time to exercise every day, otherwise i would be a giant fatso. in the end, i put on 2 lbs, up to 232.5 lbs. next week will be different!

i know that i skipped a week, but i bet everyone survived, didn’t you. i thought so.

i gotta say that i got some surprisingly good news. it surprised even me, and that’s hard to do! so i’ll just spit it out. 230.5 lbs! after all those somores (minus the shmarshmellow and cracker, of course) and camp food and not really behaving once i got back to civilization, and skipping the morning exercize for 2 days, i thought that i would be looking at some serious flub. but nope and i’m glad. let’s hope that i can break into the 220s by his time next week!

skipping the skinny update this week. i was at camp from friday morning till monday night, with no scales in sight. the food was nicely portioned and regimented, so i don’t think i blew the diet portion of my program. i did not workout for 4 days, but i was on my feet all day every day (minus the 3 meals) and my legs saw loads of activity. i guess i am good on the exercize side too! we’ll see next week! later!

i am in the middle of a great 4-day family weekend, so this update will be short and sweet. low sugar intake, high veggie intake, and 4 or 5 mi walks every day has yielded more weight loss. yeah! i am down to 231.0 lbs this week. happy 4th of july holiday all you americans! i’m having a great one!

i can’t say that i was perfectly off sugar for the past week, but i was significantly lower. wednesday was the only weekday that was bad. i didn’t make lunch, i had no time to go buy some, i was stressing over work that was not workin, and there was food hanging around. so a nibble turned into a small feast. but it didn’t hurt the scale at all, because i counter balanced it with a ton of exercizing. a tiny adjustment to the clock radio got me to the gym 15 min early so that i could up my distance to 4 miles @ 3% grade. that burns approx 570 cals in 56 minutes. not to shabby. and even though i did not stay completely away from sugar over the weekend, i got 2 workouts of 5.5 miles each.

on to the scale!! i finally have some good scale news, but i will disclose that i hopped on after the workout. so it read 233.5 lbs. down very nicely from last weeks evil 238 reading. so, i guess this is finally a skinny update again. now i gotta make it 2 in a row! possible? tune in next week to find out.

this week i am up 1/2 to 238 lbs. all of my thanks goes to my buddies from the old job, who went to lunch with me on fri, forced me to eat rice with my panang curry, and then forced me to stom for an ice cream afterwards, and forced me to pay for all of it! i’m dedicating losing 1/2 lb this week to you all!

actually, i freaked on sat morning when the scale read 241.5 before the 4 mi workout. luckily, the workout brought me back into the realm of possibility. i want to thank all of the commeters on the last skinny update for telling me that the workout diff is just water weight. i still have a hard time with it, because i sweat, but i can’t believe that much! but my commeters are a smart bunch and i trust them…

i want to leave you with these parting words, i’m back off sugar!! i have been getting up at 5:30am and intensely working out 6 days/wk, and have nothing to show for it. i am practically the same weight as when i started. so i have to go drastic. tune in next wk for the shocking continuation of my saga: will it be skinny update or flubby blow-out.

who knows of this phenomenon? i weigh myself before and after working out (may i mention that i walked 5 1/4 miles today) and there is a significant difference in my weight. before the workout, the lard stops flubbering at 237.5 lbs. surprisingly, the post exercise flub count is only 233.5 lbs. i’ve noticed on several other occasions, but since it is repeatable, i’m really interested in knowing why. is it that my electrons are shooting around my body and causing perception of weightlessness? or are hot molecules lighter? or do i really just sweat that much… what is the scientific reason?

well, besides the scientific inquery, i’m comforted to be back to heading in the right direction. i truly thought i was going to have to take drastic measures today, but maybe they are only diverted for another week or so. who knows. we’ll see.

how does fat grab ya? yup. i go away for the week and it turns into a poundage-fest. well, technically, since i was in toronto canada, i loaded on the kgs. i think that after 10 wks of this, i have proven that exercise doesn’t do squat for weight loss, unless maybe some great diet practices are followed as well. i didn’t go nuts on junk food, except for the drive there and back, and i wassn’t any sort of pig while there. i even skipped breakfast and lunch one day. i stopped for dq one night after an indian dinner cause you always gotta wash vindaloo down with some soft-serve. but really that was it. my exercise wavered a little, because my shins were bothering me again, but i still exercised 4 outta 5 mornings.

so i ask you, all 7 faithful skinny readers, how am i up to 240.5 lbs????

wait! that was supposed to be retorical. i don’t reall wanna know what you think. it’ll hurt too much. well, ok, tell me. bring it on. I need something to talk about….

ick. 236.5 lbs. it just keeps getting worse. i’ve spent a bit of time with the kids on fri and sat and each day i took them out for ice cream and had some too. this having fridays off thing has got to stop. not to mention the going to the park and then stopping for ice cream thing… yeesh. at least i am still exercising, right, and getting heavier for it.

somehow, i gotta figure out how to manage the cravings for junk, cause i can do ok at the office with wheat toast and fruit for breakfast and just a salad for lunch. it is when i get home at night and go bonkers on the pantry or the freezer . is “no sugar” the right way to go or will the stress of the attempt just kill me…