Archive for April, 2008

End of month update

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

I’ve updated my progression page with new pictures from today. Something I noticed, my cloths are getting extremely large on me. They look super baggy. Going to have to break out some older clothing soon it looks like. That’s a good thing though, it means I’m moving ahead.

I’m not sure what I did to my ankle last week. Its kinda irritating though. Its not my normal ankle pain, I get a kind of pain in the back of it and it feels kinda like its grinding when I move it. Like something is moving up and down. Hopefully it gets better quickly, I think its improved some, but its stopping me from walking and jogging because I’m afraid I’ll hurt it more. Instead I’ve been doing my cardio on the exercise bike. Which is now down with all the other equipment since we straightened up our basement.

Now lets see how I did on my goals for this month.

April Goals

Get a job – I put in at least 2 applications every week. Nothing much came of it, although I do have an interview today. If I get hired, then I’ll update and call this one successful.

Get to under 300 lbs — I got to 310 lbs. I did not achieve this goal, but I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to begin with. Having my plateau and my few slip up days in the middle of the month are what did it I think.

Get up to 2.5 miles in an hour on the treadmill — I can do this, and started jogging some as well.

Continue to weight train and work out – I weight trained 3 days a week, and worked out every day except for my one day of failure.

Continue to stay smoke and soda free – I did not touch a cigarette or soda all month long

On to this months goals

May Goals

Get to 295 lbs, losing my 2nd 10% of my body weight

Be able to jog 1 mile

Incorporate some stretching/yoga into my weekly routine

Do more body weight training

Stay smoke and soda free

Vitality Compass

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Go here http://www.bluezones.com/compass/compass.

My ratings :

Biological Age : 26.6

Life Expectancy : 81.4

Healthy Life Expectancy : 64.1

Blue Zone Years : 4

 

Maybe I’ll take the test in again in a few months and see how much I change.

 

An update

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I know I’ve mentioned before that I have a bad ankle. Its kinda frustrating, when I walk for a time it tightens up and starts to get sore. I work through it, and I don’t want to use it as an excuse. I have avoided trying to jog much in fear that my ankle wouldn’t handle it. Until today. I decided it was time to at least attempt to jog a small portion of what I have been walking.

I was concerned I wouldn’t be able to do it much at all. It hurt like hell at first, but amazingly, my ankle loosened up after a bit while doing it. It was weird really. I jogged till I was fairly winded (which didn’t take too long, heh), but I did it. Its given me some hope for the possibility of reaching my goal of a 7 minute mile. In addition to being able to do HIIT and sprints in the future.

I’m also pretty happy to say I hit the 50 lbs. lost mark yesterday. I’m trying to really push for my goal this month, I may not make it due to hitting a plateau for a week and a half, but I’m definitely trying. I would really like to be able to say I did it, despite the issues.

Fairly close actually

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

My Personality

Neuroticism
48
Extraversion
46
Openness to Experience
35
Agreeableness
28
Conscientiousness
59


You do not experience strong, irresistible cravings and consequently do not find yourself tempted to overindulge, however you feel enraged when things do not go your way. You are sensitive about being treated fairly and feel resentful and bitter if you think you are being cheated. You get overwhelmed by too much noise and commotion and do not like thrill-seeking activities. You tend not to express your emotions openly and are sometimes not even aware of your own feelings. You will help others if they are in need. If people ask for too much of your time you feel that they are imposing on you, however you feel superior to those around you and sometimes tend to be seen as arrogant by other people. You have a strong sense of duty and obligation, and feel a moral obligation to do the right thing.

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So much water

Friday, April 11th, 2008

I’m sick of water. So I spent all of Wed night keeping the basement from flooding. Sucking up water with a shop vac and then emptying it into the sink down there. Stupid sump pump. It was fixed by 7 AM, but I had a joyful 6 hours lifting 2 full vacs full of water every 15 minutes. Each weighing about 80 lbs.

So I didn’t really “work out” on Thursday. I figure all the lifting and so forth was more then enough. I also didn’t do any weight training today.

On top of it, we had to move a bunch of stuff around, so I don’t currently have access to the treadmill. I didn’t want to skip two days of my cardio, so I went for a walk. It was raining when I left, though it did stop and the sun even came out for a short bit.

I walked about 3.25 miles. I’m not sure exactly how long it took me. That wasn’t my concern. I just knew I wanted to get some cardio of some kind in. I’m sore, but it felt good to get out. I think I’ll make a habit of walking outside a bit more instead of being cooped up in the basement.

I also think I’m going to have to start eating a bit less during my dinner meal. I know I’m not going over on calories, but I’ll eat, and I feel very full for hours. Like I ate a bit too much. Maybe I’ll just try to eat slower so I feel more full quicker. I eat pretty fast, habit from when I worked in fast food (wanted to get done super fast to have time to smoke a couple cigs during my break). Either way, I don’t like feeling like I’m stuffed. Will have to work more on not letting that happen.