Pants on the ground, the sequel

Before we get to the pants, it’s that time of the week again … the assault of the scale. I’m coming off a few weeks of 3 pounds losses and heading into today @ 315.6 lbs. I’m hoping to continue the trend but mentally also preparing in case I hit a plateau soon.

I had a good week, I’d put my exercise workouts at a 9/10 and my food at a 7/10. The reason the food isn’t higher is because my weekend lunches and dinners still aren’t firing on all cylinders. I always find myself eating something I regret or know I shouldn’t like a baguette from Panera. I know I don’t need or want the calories but damn if they aren’t tasty dipped into their soup.

Anyhow, I digress … on to the numbers. Today I weighed in at 311.4 lbs. That means I’m now down 4.2 lbs for the week and 78.6 (138.6) lbs to date. Nice, much better than I had thought!

Another 11.4 lbs and I hit a pretty huge personal milestone, 300 lbs baby! It’s been something like 15 – 16 years since I weighed that much. I can’t even imagine what it’s going to feel like but I’m extremely excited to be getting closer to it.

Pants on the ground

I was forced, against my will I might add, out of my house this weekend to purchase a new outfit. I usually wear jeans (or sweats) on the weekend since I can’t during the week, damn day job. Anyhow, my wife had finally had enough of my pants falling off me. Despite my belt they were just too big on me, nothing I could do.

So she kicked me out of the house and go buy some new pants, said I had earned them. Off to the Big & Tall store I traipsed in search of a new outfit. What I found upon arriving was surprising and very exciting.

I somehow fit into 44″ pants. Now don’t get me wrong, that’s still big but you have to realize I started out in 58″ pants. You also have to realize that Big & Tall stores start around 44″ and go up from there.

I then realized that the next time I buy clothes it’s highly likely I’ll be able to buy from a mainstream department store like Macys or *gasp* Banana Republic. I haven’t shopped at a normal store in so long I can’t imagine the label not saying “Big & Tall” somewhere on it.

Weekend Warrior Challenge

I figured this would be a good time to announce my participation in Weekend Warrior Challenge by Brandon (@solongfatass). The goal of the challenge is to help us all make it through the weekend without regretting the decisions we made. The weekend is a period of great temptation and relaxation that has killed oh so many weight-loss and fitness dreams.

My goals for this challenge are:

• Lose Weight — Any amount of weight, I’m not picky. It’s important to realize that Friday evening is usually when I partake in my free meal for the week. It’s important that I make healthy decisions the rest of the weekend so that meals doesn’t cascade into the next few.
• Run 2.5 Miles — I’ve been trying to run more but sometimes my body stops me, damn shins. Anyhow, I want to get in at least one running session where I run further than last week which was 2.0 miles @ 5 mph.

I’m excited for the challenge and can’t wait to see how everyone else does. Look for an update next week on how we all did.

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• What Not To Do When Working Out
• Do Warriors Get Blisters?
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