So, it’s Summer.
I thought maybe I should write something here, since I haven’t been writing much lately. Work is busy, kids are nuts, I’m an idiot, what else is new? Anyway.
Here’s something for me to talk about this summer: I’ve made up my mind to lose 20 pounds by Labor Day. I want to be below 250. I’ve been stuck at my current weight – just at or below 270 – since at least January. I don’t even want to pull up my 2007 chart (yes, chart, shut up) and see how far back my current stagnation goes.
I’ve been running – 183 miles since January. That’s nothing to sneeze at, and I’m proud of the fact that a 270 pound middle aged guy CAN run that much. That is 65 times that I have laced up the shoes and gone out and pounded the pavement. Wow. But in spite of all that, I still weigh the same.
Why? Well, I could list a dozen reason. Like the fact that donuts are sold by the dozen. Or that I happen to love Pop Tarts more than is humanly possible. And that I don’t get enough salad in my life. So that’s why I’m going to go about losing some poundage this summer. It should make running a little easier (imagine being the legs on a 270 pound guy, running. yeah. Ouch.). It might make it less traumatic for the kids when I take them to the swimming pool. Maybe less chest pain. Etc.
20 pounds in three months. I was gonna start on the 1st of June, but hey, the kids wanted McDonalds… 😛 I can do this.
Today: ran 4 miles, 48 minutes and 16 seconds. Weight: 267.4 according to my poor, abused bathroom scale. Cereal with raisins for breakfast, with a yogurt chaser. I’m on my way.
(stop laughing. You know who you are…)
Good luck! Weight loss is so slow… Maybe lifting weights would help? I don’t know and I’m not a good one to ask since I’ve been stuck with the same 2 pounds lost over the last 3 weeks. (Was trying for at least 6.)
I’d challenge you to see who can drop 20 first, but men’s metabolisms are so much more conducive to weight loss than women’s. But, yeah, 20 lbs in 3 months is totally do-able. Now, if only I could do it. Sigh.
I know for me that I’d have to lay off the sushi. Not sure it’s worth it. 🙄
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