Keep on chugging

I am starting to get into the groove of running again. I went today and Thursday. Neither were good times but I improved today from Thursday. The scale was slightly under 293 yesterday so there was some improvement there as well.  I am doing some interval training for my 2 mile runs. 1 min slow 2 min steady 1 min slow 30 sec fast then repeat for the entire run.  It is helping me get my wind back. Things are going good!

Midweek Update:

The scale hasn't moved at all this week but it hasn't moved up so that is good. I just completed 197 push ups in my work to doing 100 consecutive push ups, 197 are in sets of 15 - 18.  I should be doing my test for 100 consecutive on Wednesday next week. I have not been doing good on my running though. I have been lazy on Tuesday / Thursday and I need to get back into the habit of my morning run.  We are finally getting to consistent 50 degree weather in the morning which will make it more inviting to do.

I have 3 days to be good so my number on Friday has a shot at being a good value!

Week ends on a positive note

1 week down in my reboot and so far so good.  The scale was at 293 this morning which means I am down 5 over the course of this initial week. I get an extra day of exercise tomorrow when the youth group goes paintballing and I get to either run for my life or run on the attack...we'll see which will be true.

How did I fall off the wagon so easily?

I love the quote from the remake of batman that Thomas Wayne tells a young Bruce, "And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up."  I thought of that quote as I did not come anywhere close to my goal of 280 by Easter. It might have even been an epic failure that I have not experienced in quite some time.

On easter morning i actually weighed 298 pounds.  Yes, I was 2 pounds away from 3 bills again and I cannot have that. So that sobering fact has made me just a little more motivated then I have been in a long time.  Specifically with my eating habits.  I have been largely ignoring my fitness pal and have been eating more then necessary in the evening.  So I have broadened my timeline and I am back to the basics.  My new, new goal is to be at 260 by mid august.  Again it is a pretty aggressive goal but that is OK I want to get this done and over with for good.

This morning I weighed in at 294 so at least my body knows which direction to go. Now my mind has to keep it going in that direction.

This lent was not all bad. I started my push-up routine at doing 37 push-ups to doing 155 this mornings. And I started my sit-up(crunch) routine at 92 and I completed 203 this morning. So there has definitely been some strength gain over the last 5 weeks.

It isn't a total reboot of my weight loss program but I am treating it like it is.  My current weight was 298 and I want to get to 260. Which means I have 38 pounds to go and the spring / summer seasons to do it in.