Middle-Aged Man

Weight Loss First Month

Weight – Month

Ok, here is my weight loss numbers…  I started on September 7th at 210 lbs and 30 days later I am 203.2. That is 6.8lbs in one month. You can see some stumbling but, it evened out. Charted, this is how it looks.

Weight Loss First Month

Rode this morning for 21 miles

I recieved a couple of weeks ago a new jersey and shorts. Dan Dunn from work, designed them. They are retro Northrop Grumman. Way cool. So, I was encouraged to get back on the bike. I have rode a little here and there in the last couple of weeks. About riding once a week. I will start up soon riding to and from work at least a couple of time during the work week.

This morning, I got and rode from my house to 110th west and back for a total of 21 miles with an average speed of 16 MPH. The wind was low in the beginning, but picked up. Also, I have using my GPS Garmin Forerunner 305. I usually upload the data to Motionbase. However, Garmin has been updating a new site connect.garmin.com to replace motionbase. Well, they finally moved my data to Connect. This is the first upload from my device to Connect. Check it out here.

Back on Track

When I turned 50th (June 29th). I finally recommitted to be back on to lose weight and gain fitness. I started on my birthday at 210 lbs. The lowest prior was 185.5 lb. That is about 25 pound gain. Ouch!

Ok, here is the numbers from June 29th to the last weight date. So in 10 days, I have lost five pounds.

date kilograms pounds
6/29/2009 95.3 210
7/1/2009 94.3 207.8
7/6/2009 94.3 208
7/7/2009 93.2 205.5
7/8/2009 93 205

New Fitness Goal for 2009

For the last three months or so, I have been working so much overtime, that I let my fitness slip. Doing so, has allowed me to add so much weight back on. I only weigh in at work, (my official scale), and since I have some time off from work, I do not know my actual weight. I will tomorrow. I expect that I am near 200 pounds again. So, my new goal is to lose weight.

On June 29th, I will be turning 50! yes, that is a big number. I want to drop my weight down to 175 pounds by my birthday. I do not like the weight that I gained, but I love food. So, I need to reduce my eating and get back on a fitness program. I most likely will continue to walk, run, swim and cycle. When it gets warmer, hiking.

I will keep you updated on my plans and progress.

Twelve Days of Fitness (Day 1)

I am back after my cold, it was almost two weeks. It is nice not to be a mucus farm. It was 42 degrees outside and I went for a run. I bundled up with two layers, gloves and a knit ear-muff thing. The ear-muff thing is to keep my ear buds in. It was cold running north, and a bit warm running south, due to the wind. Today’s tunes for the run was to a band called, The Chemical Brother’s. It is techno and upbeat.

My run was short, only two miles. I knew I wanted to run slow, but I did not think I was going that slow. My pace was 10:21 per mile. My left knee and chin were a big ache. My lungs did well, I was surprised.

Here is the motionbased data.