Now my over all update. I am now 207 pounds and maintain the 17% body fat I reached 3 weeks ago. Everything seems to be holding steady, which is good considering I have not done any exercise in 2 weeks!!
I seem to have lost my drive and it is in more than just this part of my life. Time to charge my batteries. Just don't know what I am going to do yet.
Last Friday was the official weigh in for the biggest looser program at work.
I loss 9 pounds and around 4% of my body weight. That was not good enough to win this time. The winner loss 12 pounds which was about 5% of his body weight.
Over the course of the 3 rounds, I have lost 44 pounds and I am now hovering around 17% body fat.
I continue to try and improve my eating and exercise habits. I am not on a true diet, but view this as a life style change. I do have to keep reminding myself that it is not as much what I do or don't do in a day but the sum of what I do most days.
I hear the words of a blind Chinese monk from the old TV series Kung Fu "Patience Grasshopper"
I am now down to 207 pounds. The good news is my body fat is down to 18%.
I probably will not make the 200 pound goal, but as long as I am losing body fat I don't care.
So I am setting a body fat goal. I plan to make 16% BF by August 3rd. This is the end of the 3rd round of the biggest loser contest at work.
I am still going to am toward the 200 pound mark, but it will be extremely hard at this point. Anything less than 205 will be satisfying at this point.
The important part is the body fat is still coming off!!
Science seems to be supporting what I already believed.
The BIG WEIGHT LOSS SECRET IS ...... control your eating and get plenty of exercise. You can't go on a diet (because diets end). You have to change your habits and life style.
I am now down to 208 and 20% body fat!!!!
I am a little behind in my goal of 200 by 7/31, but I can still make it.
Exercise continues to be my saving grace in this venture. My diet has not been as good as it should. My exercise is consistent but not at the level it should be. In other words I am not doing a full 40 plus minutes a day. If I get that straighten out and clean my diet back up I should my this goal or even surpass it.
I am now down to 210 pounds!!!
I eat more calories now than I did at the beginning of the diet.
Exercise for me is the key. It keeps my weight loss going, pushes me threw plateaus, helps my outlook, keeps me focused and relaxes me.
