Weight Loss

The last 10 pounds ...is the toughest to lose!!!! I started at 235 on my 39th birthday on Jan 15th. Not my heaviest (that's about 243) and gave myself a goal of getting to 199 by this summer, a weight I haven't been in over 15 years! The first 20 lbs went quickly and I got to 215 by March 15th. On March 26th I got below 210 at 209.8. Since then I got to the lowest at 207.4 but have been fluctuating between 208 and 211. I started running (for the first time in my life) in February to help shed the lbs and get out about 3 times a week. Stamina is up and I have been feeling good. My wife and I even did a 5 mile hike in an hour and 20 minutes on Saturday. The hard part is watching our weight stay on this plateau. So I'm trying to mix things up a little. I'm taking in more calories but trying to keep my net within 100 below and 200 above my budget. I have been focusing on nutrition, trying to get my fiber up, eat more and more fruits and veges and trying to get my sodium down (seems impossible).

Now, I'm also a big craft beer fan and in a Mug Club at a local brewpub. I however considerably cut down on my beer intake since January. The past two weeks however I have been having the occasional weeknight beer and 2 or 3 on Friday and Saturday. Even had two yesterday to finish off a growler before it went bad. The funny thing is that I went from the 211 level down to 206 since increasing my beer intake. Luckily I am not a soda fan and the only other things I drink are coffee and a small glass of oj in the morning and the rest is water and some diet iced tea at night.

Thinking of now starting an ab workout since working out is getting easier for me. Hopefully that will kick start me more toward my goal. With that and more calories I hope it works. 199 before June would be wonderful but still I am thrilled with the more energy and can't wait to get back to softball season! And, if I can get to 199 then maybe then I can get back to my peak athletic weight of 185 by my 40th birthday. 

I just logged into my RunKeeper account to look at something and noticed that with yesterday's run I have eclipsed the 10,000 calories burned mark! That's 30 activities of running and walking since February! LOVE IT!!! That's equivalent to approximately 55 pints of beer!!! Here's to the next 10,000!