There are some who call me … Tim

Current Fat Status
Goal Weight: 190
Actual Weight: 191

More Lame Excuses

• So, I’m only off by a pound, which isn’t bad.
• I was sick last week, so I missed working out.
• Still, only a pound off my goal after 10 weeks ain’t bad at all!
• I have a middle school overnight coming up on Saturday, so I need to get ahead while I can or watch the guys eat pizza while I have carrots and celeray…

Current Fat Status
Goal Weight: 192
Actual Weight: 193

Lame excuses

• So, I am off by a pound.
• Mom’s in town and I had to impress her with my fine culinary skills. (We made some amazing meatballs Saturday night and I made chili Sunday.)
• The Garcia’s came in to surprise mom and it’s Carly’s birthday, so we just had to get a Coldstone Cake. (Cookies n’ Cream with ganache frosting!) mmmm…
• You didn’t seriously expect me to not have a piece of coldstone cake???

Current Fat Status
Goal Weight: 194
Actual Weight: 193.5

Excuses and things

• Well, I am still under my goal weight, but I only lost half a pound from last week.
• Friday night, my buds took me out and I honored them by fully partaking in BW’s and snacks! The only problem was, it was a surprise and I had eaten a good bit during the day and only left about 500 calories for dinner. but, it was so worth it!
• I also fell a bit on Wednesday as I had lunch out (general tso’s chicken) and we had Hungry Howie’s (pepperoni with ranch crust.. the best!) for dinner prior to Wednesday night.
• But, I was good on Saturday and very good on Sunday and am eating right today as well.

Current Fat Status:
Goal weight = 196
Actual Weight = 194

Thoughts and ponderings…

• One ladel of my chili is a bit under 300 calories… mmmm… chili…
• If things start to slow down, I may have to limit myself to 1800 calories. But I think I’ll be fine at 2000 as long as I don’t cheat. (I had a night a BW’s with some folks this week…)
• I am going to eat some serious somethings (no sure what) to celebrate 190 and then when I hit 180.

Current Fat Status:
Goal weight = 198
Actual Weight = 195.5

Observations and things…

• I was actually down to 135.5 a couple days ago, but went a little bit over the last couple of days. I’ll be back down in a couple days as I get super strict at the start of the week. I’ve noticed that if I am a little over one day my system holds on to it, so it takes a couple days and then I lose like 2 pounds.
• I’m loving lifting weights again!
• One Krispy Kreme donut has 200 calories…

Update: I meant to say “Down to 193.5″ in the top bullet there… thanks to Marko for reading and noticing!

Current Fat Status:
Goal weight = 200
Actual Weight = 198

Observations and things…

• I was down a couple more pounds earlier in the week, but had a stressful weekend and may have cheated a bit. (but not much!)
• Heather made some rally yummy cookies the other day. 3 and a small glas of milk is like 500 calories.
• I have an electronic scale that measures body fat ratio, but it’s not working. I kinda wish it did. I’ld love to know how much fat I’ve lost as I lose weight and work out.
• A medium thin crust pizza wth pepperoni and mushrooms and light on cheese is less than 1000 calories… nice!

Current Fat Status:
Goal weight = 202
Actual Weight = 198

• Not bad, considering I had a Middle School Summit thingy and our Fall Retreat this week!
• I slowed down for a bit last week for some reason (didn’t overeat too bad or anything…) but I seem to be back on track.
• I did eat Hardee’s on Friday… mmmm….

Current Fat Status:
Goal weight = 206
Actual = 201.5

Latest thoughts…

• Since its going so well now, I’m changing my goals to 2 pounds lost per week until I hit 180. (That means I would now hit 180 in mid-December!)
• How many calories a day was I eating before???

So I learned a few things this first week in my campaign to lose weight and get in shape and am making a few changes to my plan because of them. (I’m not wimping out, I’m actually getting more agressive.)

What I learned or thoughted…

• 2000 calories a day is plenty of food!
• I needed to lsoe 30 pounds, not 26…
• If I want to see what impact being 180 has on my cholestoral, I need to live at that weight for a while

So, I am making a few changes to my plan…

The plan is to lose 2 pounds a week until I break 200, then a pound a week until I break 190. That puts me in the middle of December and I’ll stay under 190, but not push ahead until January. (So I can enjoy the holidays a bit more… but any day the scale tops 190, I’ll be good!)

Then, starting in January, I’ll work on 1 pound a week until I hit 180. which should be middle of March…

Current Fat Status:
Goal weight = 208
Actual = 206.5

So, I know the fat day of the week is usually Tuesday, but it my life it’s going to Mondays!

I need to lose 26 pounds by my birthday. (For cholesterol and life expectancy!) So, I created a simple system (I need simple!) where I have a goal weight for the week. My new goal weight starts on Monday. (Hence… Fat Monday!) If I am under my goal, then I can relax and have a burger, if I am over it’s grilled chicken and broccoli!

I also know how much I like food and didn’t want to create some system I wouldn’t stick with after 2 weeks…

I’m starting out with a goal of losing 1 pound a week for 6 weeks, then half a pound a week. I’m limiting my calories to about 2000 a day and started working out at a sweet new place near my house. I think I’ll get ahead pretty easy, which will be good as I imagine it’ll only get harder as I get closer to July.

Did you know that 1 pound of fat is about 3500 calories? So, If you eat 500 less calories each day, you’ll lose a pound a week… In the end (I read a lot last night on it!) weight loss or gain usually boils down to calories in and calories burned!

wish me luck.