Nick’s Weight Loss Journal – Days 7 & 8: Walk Hard and Carry a Big Stick

Sorry this post is late. I didn’t get a chance to type one up at work yesterday.

So, let’s start with yesterday, Thursday. I woke up on time and did my workout. I decided to follow the trainer’s recommendation and do the upper body workout. It took me through several of the standard exercises, and then threw in some stuff I hadn’t seen before, like pushups, curls, etc. I’m pathetic at pushups, even ones on my knees. However, those were the only ones that presented a challenge. I barely broke a sweat. I think I’ll need to pick up a few free weights in the near future, but they’re just not in my budget at the moment. All in all, I was pretty disappointed in my workout.

I picked up a cheap pedometer the other day, and took my first walk yesterday. It took me about 25 minutes to walk about a mile and a half. I was tired, but it felt good to be active. I definitely want to continue that trend.

In the morning, I ate an apple, a strawberry yogurt, and a toasted wheat bagel. I think I should have had jam or something on the bagel, something to moisten it. Lunch was Weight Watchers lasagna. Yuck! I only got it because the salad bar wasn’t setup when I bought everything else. For dinner, I tried a Tendergrill sandwich from BK, no fries or soda. I followed that up with home made hamburgers later that evening. I thought I was playing it safe, until I inputted it into SparkPeople. Yes, I realize I made a mistake. No, I’m not doing that again. The sandwich was greatly overpriced anyway.

Thursday Wii Fit Stats

Weight: 289 lbs
BMI: 41.38

Somehow, my weight rebounded. I kinda expected it. No big deal, though, right? You’ll see what I mean in a moment. I suspect that a lot of this up and down is due to water weight, or at least that’s what people tell me. I blame Wii Fit as well. From now on, I’m using an actual scale to measure my weight. All I know is that I don’t think I ingested 7 pounds of food and liquid and retained it all.

So, that brings us to today. I worked in Willimantic, which means an earlier wake up time. Of course, can I get up earlier? No, of course I can’t. You’re a very astute reader. I wake up at 6:30, have to be on the road by 7:00. No time for a workout. And no chance this evening, since I’m not going to be home until late. I did go for a walk, however. I figured I should at least do something active. I forgot my sneakers at home, so I walked in my boots. Not comfortable! There’s a cemetery that neighbors the parking lot, so I spent my lunch walking through it. It was nice and eerily quiet, especially considering there was plenty of traffic just beyond the fence. And when I left, the moment I stepped out, the noise returned. I wish I brought my camera to take some pictures. There were tombstones that were almost 200 years old, and some very verbose epitaphs. I’ll be back here in two weeks, and hopefully the weather will be just as nice. So, I walked a little more than a mile in a little less than half an hour. Some of it was slightly uphill, so my calves are pretty sore. [Mental note: load more podcasts on my mp3 player for my walks.]

Wheat bagel, blueberry light yogurt, and a small handful of grapes for breakfast. Salad with oven roasted turkey and fat free thousand island dressing, and some more grapes for lunch. I had fat free Italian dressing with my salad the other day. It was too strong, and I wound up with terrible heartburn that evening. Any ideas as to what I can use instead? Dinner was a tuna grinder with some tortilla chips. (in lieu of the pizza that everyone else got.)

Friday’s Wii Fit Stats

Weight: 286.8 lbs
BMI: 41.09

Not bad. I reconciled Wii Fit to a scale. The scale said 286.4, so the balance board is pretty accurate. Don’t know if it’s necessary, though. I mean, it’s a cool tracking tool, but I can just as easily keep that in a calendar. In fact, I am. I’m heavily considering not weighing myself every day. (Geddit? Heavily? Weigh? *rim shot* I know, I know, that was bad!) It’s just gotten me frustrated, and anyways, it’s not about the day-to-day weight, it’s about the gradual loss. What do you guys think?

I won't be home the next couple days, but I will try to post while I'm away. Worst case scenario, another post like this one that covers two days. See you all later!