F#*$ this extra weight

Down to 264, so slowly coming off.

Next week we have a vacation, so I won't be working out but still eating good and a bunch of walking. Hopefully the change will help with some weight loss and and kick start the new program hard on the following Monday.
 
Cameronswmp9 said:
Thank you, and you too!

Any progress is good progress. Everyone asks me why I'm training so hard, and who I'm competing against. I just want to be better than I was yesterday.
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Dropping 10, 20, 30, or more pounds is a huge stress relief on the body. It'll lower the blood pressure, help relieve back pain, ease the stress on joints, make breathing easier, and more.
 
Cameronswmp9 said:
Thank you, and you too!

Any progress is good progress. Everyone asks me why I'm training so hard, and who I'm competing against. I just want to be better than I was yesterday.
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I hear ya on that.
I get asked why I swim so far, if I compete.
Only against myself and my previous distance/pace.

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Just came off vacation, spent a week in the House of Mouse with the kids. The food there is rich in calories, I tried to track but there is no info on their food in MFP.

I did the math, based on my Samsung Health app, we walked 117951 steps and 58.72 miles, from Monday to Sunday.

I hit the gym today, and the week off was rough on getting back into it. The weights were heavy, and I couldnt finish the workout.

I did lose 2 lbs though, so that was good.

Tomorrow, my alarms are back on for ridiculously early to hit the gym normal time.
 
Had a bad call from my brother last night about my aging parents, and got almost exactly ZERO sleep. Rolled out of bed at 5:30 and worked out. Felt like crap all day. Basically no-sleep hangover. Gonna hit the sack soon and get up again. Did kettle bells swings and core today. Tomorrow is more core, chest and arms.
 
CZfool68 said:
Had a bad call from my brother last night about my aging parents, and got almost exactly ZERO sleep. Rolled out of bed at 5:30 and worked out. Felt like crap all day. Basically no-sleep hangover. Gonna hit the sack soon and get up again. Did kettle bells swings and core today. Tomorrow is more core, chest and arms.
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Is everything okay?

I want to add more swings, and can add it up to my core exercises.
 
Missed the gym today, slept right through the alarm.

I'm sore from yesterday, so it's not necessarily a bad thing, but I am trying to get back to the routine.
 
Today was much easier after a decent night sleep. Just did lots of pushups, curls and core work. Tomorrow is going to just be a 40 minute or so walk day in the AM. So a light day. Thursday will be back to kettle bells.

And no when your parents are in their 80's and unhealthy things are never ok. My brother and I are trying to get them out of the house with 2 sets of stairs they need to use all day and into a one story place of some kind. My Dad took a spill down the garage steps and knocked himself out a few weeks ago. Mom tried to wake him and drag him in the house on her own before finally calling 911. Then he refused to go to the hospital and get checked out, bad heart and all. Dad's body is failing and Mom's mind. Not a good combo.
 
CZfool68 said:
Today was much easier after a decent night sleep. Just did lots of pushups, curls and core work. Tomorrow is going to just be a 40 minute or so walk day in the AM. So a light day. Thursday will be back to kettle bells.

And no when your parents are in their 80's and unhealthy things are never ok. My brother and I are trying to get them out of the house with 2 sets of stairs they need to use all day and into a one story place of some kind. My Dad took a spill down the garage steps and knocked himself out a few weeks ago. Mom tried to wake him and drag him in the house on her own before finally calling 911. Then he refused to go to the hospital and get checked out, bad heart and all. Dad's body is failing and Mom's mind. Not a good combo.
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I understand, and I am sorry. My grandfather had a failing mind as well, and grandmother had the failing body. Grandmother passed years ago, and I dont remember as much about her issues (I was much younger then) but I remember my grandfather's mind giving all of us fits.
 
As of today, I am down 40 lbs. Have some more to go, looking at getting down to 225ish, today was 260 lbs.

I feel better, my knees are still hurting but with the squats and other physical activity, its a different kind of hurt. I have a lot more energy, and able to keep up with the kids better.

I am starting to really hit 5/3/1 this coming week, I did it the week before vacation and then week 1 last week, and hitting week 1 again this week. Thinking last week would be a way to catch back up and be able to run it from here.

Im not doing it yet, but I am wanting to add some hill sprints on Wednesday, HIIT Saturdays, and start some longer distance running Sundays. Being in the House of Mouse, my wife wants to do a RunDisney event, and I am not a runner but I think it would be a lot of fun. The couch 2 5K would probably be a good thing to follow, but I dont want to try to run every day on top of lifting, HIIT or hill sprints. It will probably be after Christmas before I start, just to get a cycle of lifting in and some time to find a good hill.
 
I haven't weighed myself at all, but I've got up at 5:30 every day and either done a little work out or walked. Taking the weekend off since I had a ton of chores to do. But I think hauling mulch all morning was a decent bit of exercise. Will have the kettle bells out Monday AM amd keep at it.
 
Staying steady at 260-263 with the normal fluctuations. It's frustrating with all the work, but I am noticing changes in body composition.

My shirts drape off my chest more, not resting on my stomach. I'm noticing that my shoulders are getting bigger, and my chest doesn't look as fatty as it did, and can feel the muscles building up.

I think I need to redo my TDEE to lose more weight. It's what it was at 300 lbs, so dropping 40 will change it a bit, as well as adding the workouts.

I have been trying to put 1.5 miles on the treadmill every morning after the workout on lift days, and 2-2.5 on free days. I have 1 free day scheduled now, either Wednesday or Saturday depending on if I wake up, and spend more time in the gym saturday mornings because of it. Still thinking about adding the HIIT and distance, but wife wants to do the distance thing also so that can't be in the morning.
 
Noticing shoulders are getting bigger, chest is getting flatter but not smaller. Been at 263-265 this week, I've eaten more because holidays and to try to get around any metabolic adaptation.

Still feel like I'm getting smaller and losing fat, just wish it would show up on the scale.
 
Cameronswmp9 said:
Noticing shoulders are getting bigger, chest is getting flatter but not smaller. Been at 263-265 this week, I've eaten more because holidays and to try to get around any metabolic adaptation.

Still feel like I'm getting smaller and losing fat, just wish it would show up on the scale.
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Throw the scale out of the window....or set it up as a target on the range and give it what it deserves. Routine attrition almost always comes to those that watch the scale and I never use it to set up a program. Programs fail when people no longer see "benefit" in their efforts...scales often are the culprit. If you are doing the work(light/medium strength training, cardiovascular work) and eating sensibly, your program will work...period. If you hit a period of "no gain" bump me and I can help with that! There is little more you can do to improve your life than keeping fit so kudos to all that travel this road...keep it up!
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