2011-01-21 197.8 Pounds

Got rid of the old scale.  I haven't posted for about 18 months.  You can see I've continued to lose weight slowly.  I'm training for a full Marathon on April 16th, 2011 in Wenatchee, WA.  I hope to be under 190 by then- partly because less weight means less strain on the body.  I suspect I won't have a fully developed six-pack until the end of this year, assuming I keep up my consistent workouts and strength-training exercise.

2009-06-05 Oscar 218.0

26.5% Fat, 53% Water. Yesterday I worked out on the exercise bike for about an hour, burning 625 calories. I didn't have time to make a lunch, so I ended up just buying food at work, which is expensive garbage and in no way helps with weight loss. Fortunately my leg is hurting less and less. I plan on just doing the bicycle for a while until my leg doesn't hurt at all to walk, then I'll begin adding walking to the plan, then jogging, and at some point running. As the numbers show, not being able to run has really put a bit of a kink into my plan. I still think I can make it to 200 before we go to Hawaii (although secretly I want to reach 190 before so I can eat all the pizza I want on the cruise and come back at 200 or less).

2009-06-04 Oscar 218.0

26% Fat, 53% Water. Monday and Tuesday I didn't do any cardio, and only a bit of weight lifting. Yesterday I decided My leg didn't hurt enough anymore to keep me from working out. I just did bicycle work for 80 minutes, but felt like I could go forever. Part of what I did was hold my breath for 30 seconds, then continue for 4 minutes. Later, I cut it to 25 Seconds holding my breath followed by 3 minutes, 20 seconds + 2 minutes, 15 sec + 1 min. I will probably do bicycle today, but no holding my breath.

2009-06-01 Oscar 218.0

26.5% Fat 53% Water. Yesterday I didn't do any working out since it was Sunday. Despite not working, my leg still hurt, as it does this morning, but not as much as yesterday. I intend on doing some working out today, but I don't know what I can do other than arm workout and crunch-type exercises.

2009-05-31 Oscar 218.0

26% Fat, 53.5% Water. Yesterday I didn't do any working out. I did walk to and from work, which made my right leg hurt enormously. I don't understand that the less I work out (walk), the more the leg hurts. I woke up at 4:45 this morning, used the bathroom and tossed and turned because of my leg for an hour. I have to figure out what the problem is because rest doesn't seem to be helping any, and stretching makes it worse. I hope it's not something that can calcify and become harder to make flexible again (like a broken finger that heals wrong). If it doesn't start feeling a bit better tomorrow, I think I will visit a doctor on one of my days off to diagnose it.

2009-05-30 Oscar 218.0

26% Fat, 53.5% Water. Yesterday I jogged for 3.5 miles on the treadmill, staying at a 2.5% or greater incline. I burned 625 Calories total. The distance was actually quite difficult and I'm not sure why. I don't think I've given myself enough rest. My right leg (thigh) continues to hurt and I'm starting to think it's because of my stretching rather than my working out. I may try going to work early and just doing the rowing machine for an hour (as today is a weight training day).

2009-05-29 Oscar 217.0

26% Fat, 53.5 % Water. This is great! Yesterday I had to be at work by 10:00am, so I only spent 20 minutes working out. Just weight lifting. Then I walked to work. At work I did 10 minutes on the Rowing machine during lunch. Over-all, yesterday I figure I burned about 500 calories. I also only ate around 1900 calories yesterday. Today I will spend a while doing light cardio while my right leg recovers a bit. Hopefully it won't be long before I can do some running again. I just want to make sure I don't hurt myself.