50extra - My weight loss journey with all the embarrassing details
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This morning was my last official weigh in of this shift. I truly do believe I could have made it to my goal had I been staying here for the extra 4 days. Anyways my weigh in this morning had me down another 2.2lbs. My weight goes up and down like crazy. I'm talking like 7 pounds a day depending on when i weigh in.
Unfortunately it has now been three days since I have worked out and I was over on calories for two of those three. Somehow the weight keeps coming off, I'm not complaining I'm just surprised.
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Well it's been several days since I have checked in. I have been on my business trip to Hannover and am writing this in the lounge as I wait for my trip home to start.
It's been a long month and I am most definitely looking forward to seeing my wife and daughter. I'm not sure if I wrote it on here or not but we are expecting again in September.
These last three days have been full of hotel buffets for breakfast and beer and calorie dense foods at night with the suppliers. Pretty hard to say no when you are getting wined and dined half way around the world. I had big plans to workout while in the hotel but it just didn't happen. I haven't been logging for days now and am already feeling fairly squishy again. I was going to bring my scale home from Russia this trip but it was too big of a hassle as my small suitcase was already jammed full so I am going to be forced to use the one I have at home. It's the nice scale and always tells me I'm light.
Anyways, the goal for this time home is limit any drinking to one night a week and to cook some more home made healthy items for dinner. I will continue where I left off before I broke my back in January with my Stronglifts program. The weights should start getting the point soon where they are really difficult which I am looking forward too. Since I am only 10 or so pounds from what I assume I will use as a maintenance weight I really need to get a body recomp started because I look nothing like I want too.
2017 is my year. 2016 I learned about eating properly and dropped most of the weight I wanted too, 2017 will be me turning my body into something that I am proud of. It will take longer than a year to get there but you have to start somewhere.
I will check back in a couple of days when I hit the land of hmy e civilized.0 -
@50extra Oh another baby! How exciting! Congratulations!
Sounds like a good goal/plan while home, I look forward to your next update! 0 -
Well I made it home safe and sound. Last night we had an easy dinner of chicken fingers and ceasar salad and then went over to a friends house to watch the hockey game and I had three or four beers.
Being jet lagged I was asleep by 1030, I woke up the first time at 230 but forced myself back to bed until 530 or so. I got up went downstairs and hit the assault bike. Ended up going way to hard to fast and could only muster 11 minutes. Then feeling deflated I went on the treadmill to get some steps in and was able to walk and run for 22 minutes. I even did some 10mph sprints so I was pretty happy with that. I haven't ran since April or so last year.
After I showered I walked to the coffee shop and then walked home again, that was good for 3000 steps or so and then to top it off I even went to the arena and played hockey for two hours with a couple of buddies. For the first time I looked at my Fitbit and it actually said "Wow that's a lot of green". I'm at two and a half hours or exercise, 20 some stories, 14k steps and 3400 calories burned and it's only 5pm. The bad news is I bailed and hurt both of my elbows and my thigh because I had something in my pocket. I'm going to have a hard time walking tomorrow but it was all well worth it. I had plans on lifting weights tonight but I can't see that happening because my legs are like jello.
If I can literally do half of what I did today every second day or so my weight loss will be kicked into overdrive. I feel like an old man but I feel great.
I'm going to cut this post off now because my steam unit is nice and hot and I need to loosen off some of my sore muscles.
God it feels good to be home.0 -
So glad you made it home safely!
When will you hear if your business got the deal? Or have you already heard?
Sounds like you had quite the workout and day!
I hope you enjoy your time home!0 -
Congratulation on the new little one - so exciting!!!0
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Thanks for the congrats from both of you. We are pretty excited about it. That being said, just like the first one I kinda wish we got a little more practicing in first!
After I posted last night I pretty much hit the wall. The wife made a super delicious spinach and artichoke chicken with tons of cream cheese and mozzarella. I pretty much ate it and was falling asleep by 7:30. I managed to stay away until about nine and then hit the sack. Was lucky that I didn't wake up the first time until 4am but then went back to sleep until 5:30.
I was changed and down in the basement working out at 6:00 on the dot. I went for a fairly hard 30 minute assault bike workout and then an easy 3.5mph walk on the tread at 3.5incline. I'm limping today like an old man but I have said it before, it feels good to have some sore muscles. It lets me know that I got a good workout yesterday playing hockey. That being said, both of my hands/wrists are killing me, both elbows are cut up and bruised badly from my wipeout and my right thigh feels like I got ran over.
I still managed to muster up the enthusiasm to walk over to the coffee shop for a morning coffee. That is where I am now. I am already at 8000 steps and it's only 8am. It's pretty amazing what you can get done when you don't sleep in.
My Fitbit is having some sort of Monday morning issues. Even though I have already done an hour of cardio plus walked here it's giving me a -678 calorie adjustment. I assume it will straighten itself out over the course of the day but I am confused as to why it's so low. According to Fitbit I've already burned 1300+ calories today and it's telling MFP that I only get to eat 1200 calories today. That number should be more like 2200 and that doesn't include any other exercise I manage today. Oh well, I fully intend on eating over 2k calories and if Fitbit doesn't like it, it can take a hike.
Pretty happy this is thte second day in a row I got up and got moving. Hoping the streak can continue!0 -
Just figured out why my Fitbit and MFP weren't getting along, I forgot to update my time zone profile on MFP. Not sure if it will sort itself out today or not, regardless tomorrow everything will be kosher again.0
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I hope you will keep logging in and updating us now that you are home!0
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Wow sounds like you're having a pretty productive/active day, that's awesome! Ditto on what Tiffany said!0
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Well I was up and at it in good time this morning but have decided not to workout. My body is telling me No! Without whining... both of my feet are cramping, both calves hurt, right thigh and hamstring is all jacked up, groin super tight left and right, both butt cheeks kill, my traps feel like I was doing shrugs all night, triceps/biceps make my arms look T-Rex because I can't straighten them and my hands are so sore I could barely open the snap top lid on a salad dressing bottle.
Those ailments are just the bad ones.
Also today is my grandmas funeral so I didn't exactly jump out of bed full of enthusiasm.
The goal for today is keep my calories at or below 2000. Since I am not going to be exercising that will exceed my daily allotment but will still be well below maintenance calories.0 -
So as mentioned yesterday I didn't do any working out. I wasn't a lazy slob all day but I definitely didn't move as much as I should have. All day long calories were going good and I was on schedule to eat right around 2000 which is what I was hoping for, then I had a little 800 calorie bed snack and ended the day way over.
Good days and bad days.
Fully understanding what went on yesterday, today I got up at 5am with my wife. I took my daughter to the day home at 6 and was back to do some exercise for 7am. I didn't go crazy or anything because I'm still pretty sore from Sunday's activity but I did walk on the treadmill for 60 minutes, 3.5mph @ 3.5 incline. It allowed me to get a little over 7000 steps in first thing in the morning.
I don't know if I am going to do any more working out today but I do know that my legs are almost feeling well enough I start some stronglifts again! I'm looked my forward to that.
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Well since I wrote that last update my day sure changed fitness wise. I found myself watching an episode of extreme weight loss and then I realized it was noon and I was wasting my day sitting on the couch. Rather than continue to be bored I marched my *kitten* to the basement and had my best workout to date. I hopped on the assault bike for 60 straight minutes and burned over 700 calories and then immediately went into the treadmill and started C25K again. It's been almost a year since I stopped it with a bummed knee at week five.
Tomorrow I'm going to feel like I got hit by a truck but I'll ride this high for the rest of today.
We are having tacos tonight and I am going to pig right out!0 -
After my big day of exercise I decided to take yesterday off. I didn't exercise and I didn't log, it was a nice mental break as well as a physical break.
Today I am back at it. I was able to crush another 60 minutes on the assault bike and then moved onto the treadmill for week one day two of C25K. This was all while my daughter napped. Thinking about it as I sit here now writing this, I have sure come a long way from how things used to be. It wasn't hat long ago that I would have put her to bed, had a snack and then napped. Pretty happy I chose to workout for 90 minutes instead.
Tonight we are going downtown for a birthday party. We're heading to some fancy shmancy restaurant that I'm sure will charge two or three hundred dollars for a meal that doesn't even take the edge off of hunger. We are following dinner up with drinks at a pub. Neither of these two places are my kind of scene but it's not party so I don't choose the venue.
Tomorrow we are having people over and am going to take another stab at some home made pasta. Last time it turned out fantastic so I am looking forward to making it again and sharing it with friends.
I hope everyone else has a good weekend!0 -
You're doing great! I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend! (and that the party goes fast because it kinda sounds like the last place you'd rather be. haha)0
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@50extra How are things going? It's been a while since you've checked in!0
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Disconnecting a touch from social media. All of it, MFP, Fb, Instagram, all of it. Trying it out and it feels good for now. Still reading the stories just not posting much. Things are good other than being sick for the last two weeks. Not trying to lose right now, just maintaining.0
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sick sucks, there is a lot of viral activity in my office right now, totally trying to avoid people who appear to have the plague in an effort not to contract it...
Hope you get better soon!!!0 -
I do no internet days about once I week, sometimes two weeks, it's definitely nice to not be glued to a screen. I'm glad to hear things are good apart from you being sick, hope you start to feel better soon! It was nice to hear from you!0
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@50extra How are things going? It's been a while since you've checked in!0
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Hey I'm back for a bit!
It's been a rough go diet and fitness wise these last few months, and the scale sure shows it. I have been having a crazy good time, tons of fun with friends, a couple nice getaways to the States but the result is a nice 20 pound gain since February. I'm not one of the people that says that I don't know how it happened, I know that eating like a king, drinking too much beer and not exercising is the culprit.
My summer holidays start around July 10th and that means boating with no shirt for the majority of the days. Wishing I didn't stop working out and eating healthy over the last few months but what's done is done and at least I had fun doing it.
I am back in Russia for a few more weeks and and am working hard as I can to reverse some of the damage I have caused. I am here until July 3rd so I am hoping to get rid of a few pounds before summer starts.
So here is what I have done so far.
Yesterday I woke up at 5am and went outside for my first run/walk outside in a long time. I managed to get 3.8km done in 30 minutes. I was able to run for about a km before i needed my first walk break. Later that day while watching tv i decided to take a light spin on my bike and lasted almost 40minutes. I am clearly no where near where I was fitness wise but a start is a start.
This morning I woke up and my legs are pretty jacked up. Still I was outside by about 5:45am and made it 4.12km in 32 minutes. I forced myself to run a bit longer today and didn't take my first walk until the one mile mark. Now I am REALLY sore so tomorrow I will get outside and just take a walk instead of running.
I will continue to run the same 4.12km loop. My next running goals will be to run for 2km without stopping, and to complete the loop in under 30 minutes. I imagine running for 2km straight will come first.
I am going to have to try and do two workouts a day for a while to get the weight loss started. My timeline to make some changes is very short. It's also clear that I am no where near ready to move away from MFP and tracking. I was getting pretty cocky because the weight was falling off quickly before, going to have to re-educate myself.
Well, I'm back to daily updates for at least the next three weeks.
Oh yeah, food yesterday was on point too. It's pretty easy to stay within my calorie allotment when fitbit gives me 2700 to eat!0 -
Welcome back !
Great commitment and determination for a first day back - even if your fitness has dropped.
How many pounds per week are you hoping to lose ?0 -
@totaldetermination Hoping to lose 3lbs a week. Shouldn't be too hard the first two weeks because I will be packing around a bunch of water weight right now, but the third week will prove much more difficult. If i can get down around 10lbs by the end of my shift here I would be more than happy. I refuse to do this by cutting calories back so it will have to come from working out enough. I am happy eating 2000 calories a day so I need burn 3500 calories a day to make it work, its easy to say, much more difficult to do.
Doing a workout tonight is going to prove difficult. I am hobbling around pretty good as both the front and back of both legs are suffering pretty bad from DOMS. I would like to get in some steps today while at work but its tough to find the motivation when each step hurts. I might try and go for a walk tonight then do some easy riding on my stationary just to try and loosen up my legs for tomorrow morning. As of right now I can't see any possible way to run in the morning.
Literally as I wrote this the power went off at our base. Looks like I am going home early today so there is absolutely no reason not to at least go for a nice walk tonight. I will check in tomorrow with my progress.1 -
Well yesterday didn't turn out like I was expecting it to. My day was looking like it was going to be a 8 hour work day but after I sent the last message I went outside and helped the mechanics. The work day ended up being 14 hours instead. By the time I got home I was pretty wiped and didn't end up exercising. Between the sore legs and just being plain wiped I couldn't muster up the energy to do much.
According to my fitbit I burned 3131 calories yesterday and ate 1889 giving me a deficit of 1242.
This morning I slept in a little bit. I had a hard time falling asleep last night knowing that I fell a few hundred calories short of where I need to be and ended up sleeping through my 5am alarm. I crawled out of bed at 5:45 and went for a 45 minute walk before I came to work. I didn't track my walk on GPS so I am not to sure how far it was but I am assuming it was right around the 4km mark. My legs are still too sore to run but its always nice to get out and walk before the city starts to wake up.
I am a bit worried about my eating today. Its only 9am and I am already pretty hungry, I fear that I didn't pack enough food and I am worried that I will go over on calories. Will have to wait and see. Hopefully I can muster up the enthusiasm tonight to go for a ride on my stationary because I have a bag of buttery popcorn that started calling my name last night and didn't stop today.
The scale has already starting to drop as I imagined it would. I believe it will go down again today as my body sheds the remaining excess water weight. After that point the hard work starts. I may as well be honest on here. When I got in my scale was showing 232lbs. As of this morning it was down to 228 and I would like to see it in the high teens by the time this shift ends. I need to stress it again, the first few pounds are not a real loss, its strictly water weight.
Just need to stay committed for another few weeks.0 -
you've only got a few weeks - go for it !!!0
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All in all yesterday was a huge success! I managed to keep the eating in check even though I seemed to be extra hungry. I ended up eating 2105 calories and the calorie burn on my fitbit was 3612. That's a 1507 calorie deficit which is exactly what I need to keep up a 3lb a week loss. The large burn was the fact that I hit almost 12000 steps, over half of those were trudging through the sand in coveralls and work boots so I sure it helped get my heart rate up a little bit too. When I got home I started watching netflix and hopped on my bike for an easy 40 minute ride too, it allowed me to have a bed snack of buttery popcorn!
Today is going to look very different than yesterday. I woke up this morning like a good boy at 5:15, got out of bed and looked out the window and it is pouring rain. Now I'm committed to this exercise thing, but I'm not so committed that I was willing to go outside for 45 minutes in the freezing rain without proper gear. I don't have an umbrella and I don't have a rain jacket here. Plus I didn't feel like being cold to the bone that early in the morning. I could have hopped on the bike and went for a ride but my three excuses were my butt is still sore from riding last night, I didn't want to have another shower, and that I must have slept wrong and tweaked something in my neck last night.
Now sitting in my office at work I know my steps are going to be severely lacking if it doesn't stop raining. I have logged in the food that I know I will be eating and I'm already at 1500 calories. I can't see me getting a 1500 calorie deficit today but I will still be shooting for around a 1000.
The scale is trending down still as of this morning. I believe it said I am 226.8. My last official weigh in was on February 13th at 211.6 on this same scale so I am up a touch over 15 pounds.
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@50extra Sounds like you've got the determination to success and meet your goals! Keep it up!0
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It's nice to read how you're doing again. Your process gives me that little spark of friendly competition.0
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Thats good @jilliancreates that's good, use any and all motivation you can find on MFP.
Well good news and bad news to report today.
Yesterday had all of the markings of being a very unsuccessful day. The rain in the morning stopping my walk, rain through the day, and an extremely busy day at work where I literally didn't get off of my computer for many hours. At 4pm yesterday I was only showing 300-400 steps. That was enough for me to walk out of my apartment to the truck, and from the truck to my office. At the end of the work day I was only at 2000 steps.
Luckily when I got home I had enough smarts to immediately put on my shoes and head out for a walk. Initially I was only going for a 20 minute, then a 30 minute, then a 40 minute. At the 45 minute mark I finally turned around and headed home. The total walk time ended up being 89 minutes and 9244 steps. Also I went up to a church and recorded 27 flights of stairs doing it.
In no way can sitting at a desk for 12 hours be healthy, and I know a walk after work doesn't remedy it, but I can take some relief in knowing that I could have went home and laid on the bed doing nothing all night.
My total calorie intake yesterday was 2189 and my fitbit calorie burn was 3289 giving me an even 1100 calorie deficit. I am still off of the 1500 one that I am working towards but I will take the success anyways.
This morning was the first morning that the scale didn't move lower. I am pretty sure that I have gotten rid of the last of the excess water weight I have been carrying around from a poor diet. My shirts are already fitting looser and I am back to the same belt hole that I was using before I put on the 20lbs again.
Also this morning, I went out for a short walk. I was a little tight on time so I just went for 28 minutes. Something is better than nothing though.
I will need to get my steps in today at work somehow because I won't be working out tonight. I believe we are going out for the once a shift beers and dinner so my calories will be blown out of the water and most likely I wont be able to get my *kitten* out of bed tomorrow morning for a workout.
I will check in again tomorrow and see how it all works out.
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Well we didn't end up going out yesterday for dinner and beers, we got caught up at work for a 14 hour shift. Because of this calories were right where I wanted them as I consumed 1943.
Yesterday was another fairly sedentary day at the office and I knew that I needed to get some steps in after work. I decided to get my driver to stop when we got into the city where my apartment is and I walked the final 4.5kms home. Were it not for this I would have fallen short on my calorie burn. Luckily I ended the day with 3244 calories burned giving me a 1301 deficit. I now realize that getting my calories to a 1500 deficit will take more work then I am willing to put in right now but at least it gives me something to strive for. Regardless I will be happy with 1000 deficit and the 2lb a week loss.
When I woke up this morning I stepped on the scale and for the first time this shift it actually went up. I don't know why but I fully expect to see it stabilize and give me a small whoosh in the coming days.
This morning I had a hard time dragging myself out of bed again. Looking at my fitbit I am only averaging 5:45 of sleep each night and working a minimum of 12 hours a day plus trying to walk for well over an hour a day I am starting to get tired. If we don't go out for dinner tonight I will try and get a good night sleep and hopefully be recharged a bit for tomorrow. Its 8:25am now and I am still tired, bring on the coffee! I still have like 19 shifts to go so I have to do something or my exercise is going to start falling off.
Once I finally did get out of bed I went for another short walk, I made it 2.73km in 30 minutes but was pushing it for time so I had to stop then.
I have a ton of computer work to do again today but I will try and get out and about a few times to get some steps in.
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