Woohoo!

I'm happy to say that two weeks after my delicious birthday meal, and less than a week after visiting the Puyallup Fair unencumbered with children, I am back on a downward trend. At 253.2, I weigh less than my previous low of 254 on my birthday. This makes me quite glad, as I was just speaking with my friend earlier today about running some baselines on the basketball court next summer. At least I'll have plenty of time to look for shoes. Hahaha!

30 pounds in 3 months!

On a whim, I weighed myself this morning, and it read 254.  I was heartened by it, but I hadn't put it all together yet, as I had other things on my mind.  I knew it was somewhere about thirty pounds, but I let it pass.  while I showered and took the garbage out before departing for work.

I just went back and looked at the spreadsheet (Thanks Google Docs!), and there it was, clear as day.  My first weigh-in was June 3rd, and I was 284 pounds.  Today, September 3rd (Happy Birthday, kEnny!), I am 30 pounds lighter.  I am truly surprised and pleased at how much progress has been made.  I have another 14 until I reach my first goal of 240.

As the continuous streak of good weather is quickly fading from view, I'm looking forward to revisiting some of the places we went walking when we first started this.  I think we'll have a lot more fun at some of those extremely steep-hilled parks.

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Woohoo!!

I gotta do a little dance about now.  I'm down to 260.5 today.  Only twenty more to my first target of 240.  I'm wearing clothes that haven't fit since Allison and I were married.  Speaking of which, she's doing great, too!!  I'm proud of us both.  Time for another walk?

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Checking my "Health" at work, and being rewarded for it!

I just finished the first part of my "Health For Life" health check, where my height, weight, and blood pressure were measured, and then my blood was drawn for testing.  I'm 6'3", and weighed in at 264 pounds (with clothes, and less than I measured on Saturday).  My blood pressure was 128/70, and my body fat was measured at 32%.  Blood pressure is a little high, but I'm happy to see that I'm officially in the "Healthy" category for body fat.  One percent more and I would be "Overfat," which I probably was before.

I was presented with an AmEx gift card for $25, and will get another after I meet with the local health coach.  I won't get to do that for a few days, though.  After my blood test results are done, I'll answer some survey questions, then I get to meet the health coach.  This is kinda fun!

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Still dropping!

According to the faulty scale of terror, I was four pounds less last night before dinner, which almost makes sense because I ate a lot and drank a lot, but haven't gotten rid of a lot in the mean time.  Oh well.  I'll take my 273.7 and run with it.

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Quick updates

No weigh-in today, as I was at work before the sun was thinking about showing up.  I did weigh myself last night after dinner, and came in at 277.4.  I don't consider that too bad since I ate a lot of food.  Hahaha!

I have officially dropped Map My Hike/Run/Walk/Spasm/Sloth from my regimen for now, as Nokia Sports Tracker is doing a great job for me.  I keep reading that there used to be a variety of sidebar widgets that either didn't work, or are no longer available for some other reason.  This may indicate a problem on the horizon, but while I can still upload the information, I'll keep using it.  I am looking forward to further use of it.

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Another check in the red column!

Yes, that means I'm posting a loss.  This morning's scale reading was 277.1.  Very nice.

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The funny thing about losing weight

You know how the most useful thing for tracking your weight is something to accurately weigh yourself?  Guess what:  Our scale is proving itself quite variable in performance.  I weighed myself this morning and logged the results, then Allison told me that it weighed her about five pounds heavier than her visit to the clinic.

We gave it the old 5 gallons of water test (a gallon weighs about 8.35 lbs.), to see how well it did, and it measured 43.7, which leaves almost 2 pounds for the container.  I took a gallon out and it measured 35.3, which is pretty much in line, considering the assumed 1/10th pound of accuracy.  I also weighed myself 5 more times, putting my weight on different parts of the scale, and measured between 278.5 and 281.9.  I'm still logging my original 281.5, just to be consistent.

Until we can find something to buy that we can trust, I'll be continuing to use our "Weight Watchers" branded scale.

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