Weekly Weigh-In July 24

I've made progress toward re-establishing my exercise routine.  I've gotten my morning cycling back into consistency.  I haven't done as well running or walking every night, so that's my main goal for this week.  I've  done half of my C25K review so far.  That puts me behind where I want to be but I am seeing an increase in my speed and stamina.  I'll finish my review of weeks 3 and 4 and hopefully start week 5 this week.

I also learned that my dog is an even worse jogging partner than my sister's dog.  He was actually slowing down my running at points and he got tired before I did.  At one point when I was running, he came to a dead stop in the middle of the track.  That isn't including his attempts to stop and mark or to greet the other walkers and joggers.  I have to take him with me for the rest of the week so hopefully he has a learning curve.

Yesterday, I took my first ballet class in about 10 years.  It felt really good.  I was surprised by how much of the muscle memory is still there though my balance needs some work.  I'm a bit sore today and I'm taking that as a sign that I should go back next week.  I think this will be a nice addition to my regular swing dancing routine.  Plus a class is definitely going to be more consistent exercise than social dancing.

I started tracking my calorie intake using MyFitnessPal.com.  My first resolution is to never eat at the Burger King next to work ever again.  Good thing Subway is only a little bit farther.  I've never really done calorie counting before since I've preferred to change how I eat and skip tracking food.  This seems to be pretty doable since the calorie counts for foods are listed in a database.  I am at the very least going to give it a try.


Statistics:

Current Weight: 227.6 pounds
Last Week:   228.2 pounds

Weight Loss/Gain: 0.6 pounds lost

Starting Weight: 225.2 pounds
Highest Point: 228.2 pounds
Lowest Point: 224.8 pounds

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Weekly Weigh In July 3

It's been an interesting week but luckily things are getting back to normal around here.  I did a couple of C25K workouts with my sister's dog as my running buddy.  He wasn't impressed by my jogging pace and got bored partway through each workout and tried to play with me like he would another dog.  I was not amused.  Maybe I'll try again when I've got some more pace to my running.

However, I've gained a human running buddy!  I'll have to repeat week 4 to give her a chance to build up endurance but that will probably work out just fine for me too.  I think that running with her is going to help me increase my speed a bit since she runs quite a bit faster than I do, albeit currently in short bursts.

The stretching that I've been doing before and after workouts has almost got me back to my old flexibility.  However, I'm getting to the point where belly fat is impeding further improvement.  Something to work on.

I did notice (or possibly imagine) that according to my mirror my figure is beginning to improve.  It is worth considering that I might not be seeing as much weight loss as hoped for because I am adding muscle weight.  I will have to keep going to find out.  I'll have a better idea of what is going on when I do my once a month measurements of waist, hips, thighs, etc in a couple of weeks.


Statistics:

Current Weight: 225.4 pounds
Last Week:  227.4  pounds

Weight Loss/Gain: 2.0 pounds lost

Starting Weight: 225.2 pounds
Highest Point: 227.4 pounds
Lowest Point: 224.8 pounds