I think its working

Thursday night, the good wife and I went on a 12 mile mountain bike ride. She's been running 4-6 miles a couple times a week, so that means she is super shape. Me on the other hand...well not so good. I was injured for about 4 weeks, that meant no riding. So when I finally got on the bike, I had a tough time on the trail. Lungs were burning, legs were cramping...and I loved it!

This morning I woke up and weighed myself to see how my weight loss progress was going. I'm happy to report that I've lost 4lbs this week! Not bad for the first 5 days.

I'll officially weight myself on Monday and see what the scale says. But right now I'm pretty encouraged.

I even made some good decisions too. For example, today the office is making Fajitas...since I don't eat meat, I decided to opt out. But I also wanted to contribute, just so I'm not made to be the odd man out. Anyhow, I went to the grocery store to get a dessert. I saw a Pecan pie and thought this was great choice...but I love Pecan Pies...so I piked an Apple Pie instead. That way I know I wouldn't eat since I'm not a huge fan of apples...

Tomorrow is scheduled to have a nice 2-3 hour long bike ride, then a funeral. Let's see how well I do with all that climbing. I'm sure I'll do well since I'm 4lbs lighter!

Last night and this morning.

So last night after church, the good wife suggested we take the kids to McD's for some shakes and hot fudge sundaes.

Though it was a bit of a struggle, I was a good boy. I had a yogurt parfait. I'm sure its just as bad, but mentally I felt like I had a victory.

This morning I made myself iced coffee and a breakfast burrito...mmm

Not as bloated today

Yesterday morning I weighed in at 208lbs and my water was 50%. I knew I was just retaining water from the weekend.

So I made sure I drank plenty of water to flush me out. This morning, I got on the scale, I am down to 206lbs and my water was a bit lower...I can't recall the actual number.

Woke up really late and didn't have enough time to make b-fast, so I grabbed an iced coffee at Coffee Bean and an Nectarine from home. So far I'm not hungry. I'll head home for lunch to eat a tofurkey sammich or something like that.

By the way, I did 130 pushups last night and went on a nice walk with my kids...exercise is not such a bad thing.

Ending the first day

I survived a full day...well almost. For dinner, I made some shrimp with this marinade that is usually used for a popular Pinoy food, Tocino. I had some white rice, I know, brown is better, along with a bunch of home made kim-chi.

But guess what, I went for a walk. Yup I gathered my 2 daughters and our feisty guard dog and took a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood.

So far so good...

Well breakfast didn't go as well as I had hoped. I wanted to get some gets and stuff, but because of time, I only made my iced coffee. But I did have a Nectarine, and 2 small pouches of trail mix. Surprisingly, I was satisfied.

Then for lunch I had 1.5 Tofurky Sandwiches at home and a handful of fresh cherries.

Today's the first day

Good morning,

Today is the first day where I conscientiously make an attempt in losing some weight. I weight myself this morning and I am at 208lbs with 50% of water. Not sure what that meant since this new fancy scale we got takes provides that info....

So what's for breakfast? I'll have some iced coffee made with espresso, half and half and 2 packets of Equal. I'll make 2 eggs and toast. I'll make sure to bring some nuts at work to hold me over until lunch time.

Welcome to My Weight Loss Progress

My name is Chubby Holmes. So what's this blog about? It's about my weight loss progress. I've struggled for years with emotional eating and making poor food decisions. For years my weight has gone up and down, but as of late, its been going up.

In 2009, I started racing downhill mountain bikes. But let be back track, before the race series, I weighed in at 185lbs. I basically let my self go and used the excuse of my weight gain because I was going to enter in the 200 Club (you have to be over 200lbs to enter the category). I did fairly well with racing, I won the championship. But my health suffered because of it.

Now in the summer of 2009, I'm at 205lbs. At one point I did get up to 214lbs...heavy, but I've been heavier in the past, 220lbs. Mind you I'm only 5'7" and that's on a good day.

So where am I going now? I'm hoping that I can consistantly document my weight loss progress, not to show off, but as a form of accountability.

Just last night, I was feeling really frustrated with myself. Things about my career, weight and etc really started to get me down. So I told my wife that I wanted to "reinvent myself." Not really sure which area of my life to go after first...since there's a long list. I decided to tackle on the most obvious area, and that's why we're here.

Anyhow, I'm no licensed what ever, so don't try and immitate my methods for weightloss, I'm merely sharing what works for me.