I just got back from my weekend camping trip, took Friday off. With the proper planning, I ate just as well as I do at home while gone. Lunch on the way down was in a restaraunt, and lunch away from camp was at one as well.
On Sunday morning I even jogged. The "hiking trail" (just a half-mile loop) was up to the top of a hill and back down, which really got me out of breath. After 5 minutes I had to stop, in the end it was 15 minutes. But on vacation? I think that was pretty good.
Back to reality, I got back to the exercise routine. My computer-generated workout got upped a level the past few weeks, but with the weather being cooler outside (71 degrees at lunch), I went ahead and did the increased workout.
So for the first time yesterday, I jogged 50 minutes! I'm used to 30, and those last 20 were LONG. Nevertheless, I did it, and the rest of the day felt fabulous. Today's jog will only be 20 according to the workout, but I'm still amazed at myself. 50 minutes would have been an eternity a year ago.
The best part in was weigh-in this morning. I've hit 167 pounds, which comes to 60 pounds lost! It should be interesting at my aunt's funeral tomorrow, most of my family hasn't seen me since prior to the loss. I'm VERY happy with it.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
As many of you may remember, I recently moved into my sister-in-law's old house. Along with the house, we inherited a ton of trash and junk that she left behind.
In and among the junk, I found a 1986 Compu$erve booklet. Explore with me.
If you join Compu$erve, you too can have hair that won't move in the wind. Heck, it won't move if you're upside down. The only downside, of course, is all your spreadsheets will print on a 9-pin printer. Just make sure you never pull the sprocket holes.
If you can read the text, these are the computers that are compatible with Compu$erve. Check out the one above the Apple //c, it looks like a VCR. Glad they have a wide range of compatibility.
It's actually interesting how much the office has changed in 20 years. In 1986, the computer would only be referred to occasionally, and was relegated to the credenza in the back. Today, this guy would be buried by the computer. I do have to question the BLACK walls, though.
Ah yes, the plane trip. I wonder what the guy by the window is thinking. "6 hours on a plane with a moron who does nothing but surf porn all day."
Anyway, I thought they were funny and had to share. Cheers. :)
In and among the junk, I found a 1986 Compu$erve booklet. Explore with me.
If you join Compu$erve, you too can have hair that won't move in the wind. Heck, it won't move if you're upside down. The only downside, of course, is all your spreadsheets will print on a 9-pin printer. Just make sure you never pull the sprocket holes.
If you can read the text, these are the computers that are compatible with Compu$erve. Check out the one above the Apple //c, it looks like a VCR. Glad they have a wide range of compatibility.
It's actually interesting how much the office has changed in 20 years. In 1986, the computer would only be referred to occasionally, and was relegated to the credenza in the back. Today, this guy would be buried by the computer. I do have to question the BLACK walls, though.
Ah yes, the plane trip. I wonder what the guy by the window is thinking. "6 hours on a plane with a moron who does nothing but surf porn all day."
Anyway, I thought they were funny and had to share. Cheers. :)
Monday, June 26, 2006
Two months since my last posting? Can I say I've been busy? No? Aw, crap.
Anyway, today marks the beginning of another 6-week weight loss cycle for me. I'm still at 175, the last 6 weeks I lost a paltry 2 pounds. But that doesn't bother me too much, since the trend is still an overall downward slope.
Now for the interesting part. Wednesday will be exactly one year to the date that I started Lean For Life. It's a good time to look back.
6-28-05
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Height: 5' 6.5"
Weight: 227 pounds
Waist: 41" approx. (40" pants were too tight, 42" too big)
Shirt Size: XL/XXL (XL could be pushing it depending on the brand)
Exercise is an interesting thing, I was a tad stubborn out the door. I didn't even begin for another month, on 7-25-06. My goal was to do 10,000 steps a day; walking one mile on 7-25, I had only reached 5500 steps. So the next day I increased it to two miles at lunch, which took me 49 minutes.
6-26-06
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Height: 5' 6.5" (hey I didn't grow or shrink)
Weight: 175 pounds
Waist: 32"
Shirt Size: M
Exercise: haven't done it yet today, but weekdays I jog 30 minutes on the treadmill with 5 minutes cooldown. After the 30, I've jogged 2.5 miles at 5mph, according to the treadmill. Lately I've started lifting weights, although without any real guidance. That's going to change shortly, but for the time being I'm doing 3 sets of 10 reps, 3 different exercises, on the machine here at work. That averages 10 to 15 minutes.
That's it for now. Thanks for caring. ;)
Anyway, today marks the beginning of another 6-week weight loss cycle for me. I'm still at 175, the last 6 weeks I lost a paltry 2 pounds. But that doesn't bother me too much, since the trend is still an overall downward slope.
Now for the interesting part. Wednesday will be exactly one year to the date that I started Lean For Life. It's a good time to look back.
6-28-05
----------
Height: 5' 6.5"
Weight: 227 pounds
Waist: 41" approx. (40" pants were too tight, 42" too big)
Shirt Size: XL/XXL (XL could be pushing it depending on the brand)
Exercise is an interesting thing, I was a tad stubborn out the door. I didn't even begin for another month, on 7-25-06. My goal was to do 10,000 steps a day; walking one mile on 7-25, I had only reached 5500 steps. So the next day I increased it to two miles at lunch, which took me 49 minutes.
6-26-06
----------
Height: 5' 6.5" (hey I didn't grow or shrink)
Weight: 175 pounds
Waist: 32"
Shirt Size: M
Exercise: haven't done it yet today, but weekdays I jog 30 minutes on the treadmill with 5 minutes cooldown. After the 30, I've jogged 2.5 miles at 5mph, according to the treadmill. Lately I've started lifting weights, although without any real guidance. That's going to change shortly, but for the time being I'm doing 3 sets of 10 reps, 3 different exercises, on the machine here at work. That averages 10 to 15 minutes.
That's it for now. Thanks for caring. ;)
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
It's been over a month since my last blog entry! Sorry about that, moving really threw me for a loop.
Yes, we've moved to Olivehurst. Yay! It's not too bad a place, and it's finally becoming ours.
Oh, I've hit 50 pounds lost now. Now for the fun part: I went to my church's Men's Retreat this past weekend.
Now, normally this in itself wouldn't be post-worthy, but they had a lot of activities. These particular ones I hadn't planned on doing, it just sort of happened. I can tell you this: there is no way on earth I would have even tried this a year ago.
You've seen these before, I'm sure. Usually they're used as team-building exercises. This one is the "leap of faith".
This is the ropes course.
Finally, the zipline.
Please ignore the flab that got exposed on the way down. :P
Yes, we've moved to Olivehurst. Yay! It's not too bad a place, and it's finally becoming ours.
Oh, I've hit 50 pounds lost now. Now for the fun part: I went to my church's Men's Retreat this past weekend.
Now, normally this in itself wouldn't be post-worthy, but they had a lot of activities. These particular ones I hadn't planned on doing, it just sort of happened. I can tell you this: there is no way on earth I would have even tried this a year ago.
You've seen these before, I'm sure. Usually they're used as team-building exercises. This one is the "leap of faith".
This is the ropes course.
Finally, the zipline.
Please ignore the flab that got exposed on the way down. :P
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