- I weighed in on Saturday at 184.5lbs – a big loss of 2.5lbs for the week. Whoo hooo! Only 30-ish pounds left to lose. 15 pounds until my June 12th goal.
- I am currently winning my office Biggest Loser contest! We started on Feb 10th and will continue until May 10th. At the halfway mark, I was the Biggest Loser down 6% since the start of the contest. I must keep this up. I can taste that $200 prize money.
- I never win the weekly contest weigh-ins. I think it is because I am pretty stable on the scale dropping a pound or two every week. Others might gain one week and then lose 3 pounds the next week. This is definitely one case where consistency doesn’t appear to pay off in the short term but pays off in the long haul!
- I had my body fat tested again for Precision Nutrition. I last had it done on Jan 26th and it was 29.45%. This time it was 27.11%. So I lost about 2.5% body fat in 2 months. I was hoping for better results, but I’m happy that the number is trending downwards. I do recognize that these numbers are VERY subjective and subject to a 3-5% margin of error.
- I really wasn’t sure if a 2.5% loss in body fat was a good thing or a bad thing. I found this that states that you can expect to lose between 1-3% of your body fat per month. So I guess 2.5% is OK.
- I was happy to see that I retained a good deal of my muscle mass, so I am losing fat and not the good stuff that I work so hard to build/retain.
- My 10K training is sucking so far. My long run on Sunday was horrible. It was more of a long walk. I set out for a run at 2PM not realizing that it was 80+ degrees outside. I ran one mile and the heat just did me in. It was run/walk/pant/water break/pant/walk/run from then on out. I think it took me 45 minutes to finish the 3.5 miles and that was *after* I completely ran the first mile in 11 minutes and some change.
- Every run is not going to be a great run. What counts is that I did it.
- I don’t deal well with warm temperatures AT ALL. I suppose we have gotten to the time of year where if I can’t make it out by 7 or 8AM then it is treadmill time.
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Today’s Workouts
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Maniac #4586! (Bronze Level) -
Fanatic #769! (Jupiter Level) 2012 Race Calendar
- 01/08 - Atlanta Fat Ass 50K
- 01/22 - Double Top Training Run
- 01/29 - Callaway Gardens Marathon
- 02/05 - Red Top Rumble 11.5M
- 02/12 - GUTS Coosa Training Run
- 02/18 - Berry College Half
- 02/19 - Locomotive Thunder Half
- 03/03 - Double Top 100K
- 03/31 - Operation Endurance 12 Hour
- 04/07 - The Jewel 50K
- 04/21 - SweetH20 50K
- 05/12 - Twisted Ankle Trail Marathon
- 08/04 - Hot To Trot
- 08/11 - H9 HardAss 50M
- 09/01 - Merrill's Mile 12 Hour
- 09/22 - GA Jewel 50M
- 10/14 - Mystery Mountain Marathon
- 11/03 - Pinhoti 100M
Running Wall Of Fame
- 5K - 23:45 (2011)
- 4M - 38:37 (2007)
- 5M - 42:29 (2008)
- 10K - 51:09 (2008)
- 10M - 1:35:24 (2007)
- 15K - 1:25:19 (2011)
- 13.1M - 1:53:53 (2008)
- 26.2M - 4:29:31 (2008)
- 50K - 8:15 (2012)
- 50M - 13:46 (2011)
- 100K - 17:58 (2012)
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If you don’t mind me asking, how tall are you? We are right around the same weight, and we same to have the same goal weight too!
I don’t mind! I’m a shortie. 5ft 3.5. I thought I was a little taller than that but I got measured last week and I must be shrinking! My actual goal weight is probably 10-15 pounds less than 155. I just want to get back to my pre-preggo weight by my son’s first birthday. I was up higher than usual at the time due to marathon training and holiday food LOL.
you are doing better that okay…you are doing A-W-E-S-O-M-E! slow and steady wins the race!
That is great news. You will be down to your pre-preggo size in no time.