Jim's Progress Thread
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I can't wait to go watch this Jim!
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You talked with a lot of poise! I think you did very well. I actually think your pretty descent at speaking.0
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Monthly Weight (ave of last 7 days of the month)
August....184.2
Sept........178.8
Oct.........176.7
Nov........176
Dec........173.2
Jan.........172.4
Feb........171.6
Mar........173.6
Odd that after mid month hitting my absolute lowest weight of my adult life, that I ended up rebounding a bit towards the end of the month to post a little gain. On the 11th and 12th I weighed in at 169 and change. Not sure why there was so much up and down this month but not too worried about it either.
It has been exactly 6 months for me in maintenance and on a carnivore diet.
It's also six months exactly since I ran my first 5K race, so yesterday I ran another 5K as a way to evaluate my progress over the winter.
On October 1st I ran it in 29m 36 sec.
Yesterday I ran it in 26m 52 sec
An improvement of 2 min 44 seconds and I am simply over the moon about that. It's practically 1 minute faster on my mile pace.
If you want to hear more details I put up a vlog regarding the race yesterday and which also looks at other details about my last six months.
https://youtu.be/YDYAimpbdow
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AMAZING, Jim!!!! Shaving off that much time is awesome!
Maybe the gain is from inflammation from training?0 -
Thanks Britt.
I don't think it's due to training inflammation because I really haven't been doing anything out of the ordinary in terms of training.
However I should add something to the story. Today I weighed in at 170.4, so that whole gain I spoke about has been wiped out in the last six days.
And I realized that there is one thing I changed six days ago, and that is I once again have started having some ACV at my meal. I did that for a long time while I was in weight loss mode, but had eliminated it about 3 months ago. And if I look at my weight chart 3 months ago was when my weight really kind of flatlined, not going up or down.
I'm definitely going to do some further testing to confirm whether or not it could be something so simple. All the while I was taking ACV I wasn't entirely sure of it's benefit, it's was just part of my routine. But this past week has made me very curious, perhaps I had underestimated it's impact?0 -
How interesting! I have been drinking ACV for years, and I definitely noticed a difference almost immediately in terms of bathroom habits. I wonder if it helps with fluid retention?0
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Jim you're doing so awesome in maintenance 0
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Great video!0
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Way to go on the 5k Jim. That is a great improvement. What is your running schedule? What type of workouts are you doing? I'm running one this Thursday so wish me luck!0
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Thanks Bob.Way to go on the 5k Jim. That is a great improvement. What is your running schedule? What type of workouts are you doing? I'm running one this Thursday so wish me luck!
The funny thing is before I had the idea to run this 5K I had no racing schedule in mind. I was just waiting for warmer weather to decide what I might want to do.
But after last Saturday now I've got the bug. I'm thinking about what's next. It was a lot of fun so I'll probably start looking for other events, maybe once per month. We'll see. I think I'll stick to shorter distances in the beginning to work on my speed.
I've been doing treadmill workouts, usually 4-5 miles, some with intervals some with steady pace increase throughout. Been a handful of days warm enough to run outside too, same distance.
I've been trying to do a little longer run once per week (8-10 miles) but on the treadmill I find it terribly monotonous to do so.
Good luck on your race. I thought you were sidelined from the gout, did that clear up?
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Thanks Bob.Way to go on the 5k Jim. That is a great improvement. What is your running schedule? What type of workouts are you doing? I'm running one this Thursday so wish me luck!
The funny thing is before I had the idea to run this 5K I had no racing schedule in mind. I was just waiting for warmer weather to decide what I might want to do.
But after last Saturday now I've got the bug. I'm thinking about what's next. It was a lot of fun so I'll probably start looking for other events, maybe once per month. We'll see. I think I'll stick to shorter distances in the beginning to work on my speed.
I've been doing treadmill workouts, usually 4-5 miles, some with intervals some with steady pace increase throughout. Been a handful of days warm enough to run outside too, same distance.
I've been trying to do a little longer run once per week (8-10 miles) but on the treadmill I find it terribly monotonous to do so.
Good luck on your race. I thought you were sidelined from the gout, did that clear up?
I run 3xweek and in the last two weeks I went on runs of 1,2,3,4, and 4.5-miles. Before that I missed about 1 1/2 weeks where I only got in about 3-miles total. So I'm about where I was when I left off (5.5-miles). I would like to work up to at least 6 and maybe even 8. I'm adding about 1/2 a week now. Thanks. How many days/week are you running? About how many miles/week?0 -
I'm running min 4 days per week, sometimes 5.
I'm not tracking mileage but I'd estimate it at around 20 miles per week.0 -
I decided I'm going to do another 5K on Saturday.
I've got the bug now.
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Change of plans.
I decided I'm going to do another 5K on Saturday.
I've got the bug now.
It's supposed to be 21 degrees tomorrow morning around race time, so I'm going to wait for warmer weather.
It's April for crying out loud!
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I don't blame you, this weather is crazy, we are getting snow right now
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They are calling for snow tomorrow here in PA0
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Wow. It's 80 degrees here.0
