That was a valiant team effort, I must say. 93 minutes on the treadmill and 900 calories burned is a good way to start week 60.
March 10 weight: 212.4 March 3 weight: 214.8 February 24 weight: 215.8 February 17 weight: 218.8
February 10 weight: 208.2
I’ve lost 2.4 pounds in the last week and 132 pounds in 59 weeks. Want previous stats? Check out my entire 59 week weight loss progress.
My physical activity for the last week (and going forward) consists of a 3-4 gym visits, 45 minutes or so a piece, with a mix of treadmill/elliptical and weight lifting. I also have softball practice a couple of hours a week.
My diet has been recorded online for the last week. With the exception of a small surplus over Saturday I was able to maintain around 2,000 calories a day eating a variety of foods. It’s not as balanced as I’d like, but it is low in calories. Yes, I realize I need to eat more fruits and vegetables, I appreciate many of you e-mailing me to let me know this.
What would I do without you guys? Eat whatever I want, that’s what!
We’re almost back down to my lowest recorded weight and I couldn’t be more excited about what the future holds. Not only is the weight going back down again but I’ve also added a little bit of muscle in my legs/arms over the last couple of months — you’ll be able to see this from the next weight loss picture update. And, of course, the future also holds a huge announcement and when I’m told I can announce it, I will.
This is the final workout pledge I’ll do before I reach my goal weight.
The last workout pledge was several months ago and many of the early readers of 344 Pounds have been asking for a new one for quite sometime.
So, what exactly is a workout pledge?
Workout pledges allow you to tell me how long to workout at the gym. Tonight, I will stay on the treadmill at an incline of at least 5.0 and a speed of at least 3.6 for however long you tell me. I picked today to hold the last workout pledge because I want it to really count. I’m looking to post a drop of at least a few pounds at tomorrow’s weigh-in.
I want you to have a part in it. Here’s how:
Post a comment: +15 seconds. Add a comment to this post (click its title) and you’ll add 15 seconds to my workout tonight. It doesn’t matter what kind of comment you leave, just a simple “Good luck!” is fine!
Add me on Facebook or twitter: +30 seconds. For every person that becomes my friend on Facebook or twitter between now and the time the pledge is over I’ll add 30 seconds to my workout tonight.
Subscribe to my e-mail feed: +30 seconds. See the box on the right hand side of every page with the orange SUBMIT button? Put your e-mail address there (or the address of your soon to be upset family/friends!) and you’ll receive my blog posts through e-mail. This would be handy if you traveled a lot and had a phone with e-mail access, for example.
Link to 344Pounds.com: +1 minute. Ah, links, the currency of the internet. Links are just one way to show that you care about what other people have to say by recommending them to your readers. If you have a website or blog I’d be flattered to be linked by you in your blogroll/feed — it’s worth one minute on the treadmill tonight.
If you do add my link to your website/blogroll, please be sure to let me know in the comments below as I’m compiling my own list.
You can do any of the above and add time to my workout until 7 PM Eastern tonight. I’ll tally up the total after that and head to the gym shortly afterword — posting pictures of the event when I get back. It will probably be a long workout, so don’t expect me back until late tonight.
I’m really, really grateful you’re all apart of the blog. I hope you will all take part in this final workout pledge and consider including any friends and family that you think would like to participate as well.
Soon, very soon, I’ll be posting some incredible news. You’re all apart of it.
I’ve always had “more important” reasons for losing weight. At 344 pounds, I wanted to walk to the mailbox and you know, not die at 30.
Those were my reasons for losing weight.
Now that I’ve got my health in check and hopefully avoided an untimely death (weight-related, at least), I’m reevaluating my short-term goals. My long-term goal is to be called Tyler the Tank (muscles!), but short-term I want to continue to lose pounds and reach 199 pounds by April 10th.
Why April 10th? I’m in my little sister’s wedding.
I’m excited about my little sister getting married. I’m also excited about the actual wedding itself. I love weddings for a variety of reasons:
Free (plentiful) food
Good music
Dancing
Rare occasion to dress fancy
See old friends/family
This wedding is acting as a family reunion, a rare gathering of our massive family. We haven’t really seen each other in at least half a decade, at least all in one place anyway. A lot of have things have changed since then.
I’m hoping to change a little more before April 10th.
