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Weekly Weigh-In, Week 8

Another week has passed. Let’s see where I’m at, and I apologize for not posting this yesterday — I was just flat-out tired.

Weekly Weigh-In for June 5, 2018: 234.6 lbs.
Loss/Gain for the week: -0.2 lbs.
Total lost: 10.2 lbs.
Weekly average loss: 1.3 lbs.

As expected, this week’s numbers are nothing spectacular even if they resulted in a loss. I’m still above my targeted average weekly loss of 1.14 lbs., the number I have to stick to in order to lose those 50 lbs. by my 50th birthday.

After a week of not doing much at all, I finally got back in to the swing of things and woke up early on the weekend to do my walk and ride, which looked something like this.

Walking:

Cycling:

That’s a total of 25.89 miles of activity over the weekend which isn’t too bad considering how I felt the week before. If not for those activities, I can assure you that this week’s results would have been much different. I’m also back to riding during lunch while at work, averaging a modest 3.5 miles each day this week so far. Every little bit counts.

Oh, and this. I promised a picture so here it is.

Yes, I’m wearing black and yes, my arms are folded. But it’s the most current picture of me that I like so it’s what you get. I’ll try to get a better one this week. And I’ll say this much: at least my face is looking a little thinner when compared to this post.

So it looks like things are continuing to slowly go in the direction I want them to and at the pace I anticipated. I’m happy about that but there’s still a lot of work to be done. I’m inching closer to the 220s, someplace I haven’t been in a long time, so it’s time to get my resistance up and avoid any absolutely, completely unnecessary eating or snacking!

That’s all for this week. We’ll see what happens next week! Thanks again for reading.

Weekly Weigh-In, Week 4

Folks, this will be a short post tonight. I’m pretty tired and it’s late so let’s get to it.

Weekly Weigh-In for May 8, 2018: 236.8 lbs.
Loss/Gain for the week: -0.8 lbs.
Total lost:  8.0 lbs.
Weekly average loss: 2.0 lbs.

I’ve reached 8 pounds lost! It sure doesn’t feel like it but I can definitely see the difference in my waist (read: handles are disappearing). And although a loss is still a loss, it looks like I’m slowing down. While the average is still well above the 1.14 lbs. per week I need to achieve in order to reach my goal, it will level off very soon.

I did manage to go running (5 miles) and riding (18 miles) this weekend so that’s a plus. I’m also mixing it up a little at work by walking the last few days instead of riding the bike, which doesn’t burn as many calories but is a nice change. It’s given me the opportunity to carry my camera around town and take pictures, a hobby I enjoy tremendously.

So I think that will do it for tonight. Eight pounds down, 36.8 to go! We’ll see how next week’s weigh-in goes!