Melting Fat

I have 3 websites that I’m cross working on now, so things will be out of control for a while for those few people that do view this blog and thanks for viewing it.

Down to .5 lbs, my waist is still at 40, I guess because my thighs are getting smaller and my neck went down .25. I’ll be glad when the shrinking fairy decide to graze through my waist and take some of it down. Otherwise, I’m going to have chicken legs and a beer belly!
Today’s weigh in: 259.
Waist: 40
Hips: 53

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Yay!, also from everything I’ve read about taking hip measurements, I’ve been doing mine in the wrong place and I thought I was but I couldn’t ever find any GOOD picture examples of where it should be done. Now that I know where to measure, my hip measurement is 56 and my waist is 41/42ish. So, either way, it puts me as being a pear shaped girlie and that apple business was bothering me, so I’m ultra happy now! I’m still really large but I’m on my way to slimming down, I think I’m going to start measuring once a month - probably the 3rd of each month or the first Monday of each month.

I didn’t hardly work out at all last week but it looks like it helped to take a break. I was going to go to the gym today but honey had to stay over at work today and help fix the Co-Manager’s screw up. The store manager has never liked freight being left on the floor after 7:30 AM at the latest. ( I use to work there. ) So, anyway, his co-manager came up with the grand idea of leaving it on the floor - needless to say the store manager didn’t think it was cool and flipped her lid. Rightly so I believe, I can’t believe I’m saying that, I dislike that woman intensely. Anyway, there seems to be lack of communication there I believe.

So, I’m picky and don’t really like going out in heavy traffic too much, so I opted for a mile walk and some strength training for today, I’ll hit up the gym tomorrow.

My original goals at SparkPeople are as followed:
07/08/08 - 263
(met - 04/14/08 )
10/08/08 - 250
01/08/09 - 238
05/08/09 - 214
10/08/09 - 194
01/08/10 - 180
07/08/10 - 160

As you can see, I’ve already met the 263 mark and a lot sooner than I suspected or guess but I was definitely basing things more on a lb per week and my next goal is 250 for my birthday or at least this is what I have listed. I am thinking I may have to lower that number to 230 or maybe even 225 but I’m not going to change them to reflect what seems to be the trend for my weight loss right now because we all know - something could cause it to change or I could hit a wall and plateau for 3 weeks. (crosses fingers that doesn’t happen anytime soon.)

I stretched them out because of water retaining for T.O.M (time of month) and for other varying factors and I could possibly hit all of them before the dates stated but at least these are the goals I’m in the grand scheme of things trying to hit by those dates but as of right now, I really want to hit 240 by my birthday because most likely that would mean, I’m out of size 20 pants for sure and into 18’s.

My new scale tipped the numbers at 287.5, so that would be 21.5 lbs down.
An automobile tire and a dozen of Krispy Kreme Glazed Donuts but I prefer saying the guinea pig. lol.

However, losing a dozen of donuts isn’t bad, imagine how much you’d gain if you wouldn’t have lost them!
Wow, for those of you have have lost 235 lbs, you lost the GOVERNOR of California!

1 pound = a Guinea Pig
1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = a human’s skin
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year
11 pounds = an average house-cat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
16 pounds = a sperm whale’s brain
20 pounds = an automobile tire
23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
33 pounds = a cinder block
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 pounds = an elephant’s heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephant’s penis (yep, weights more than his heart!)
66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year
70 pounds = an Irish Setter
77 pounds = a gold brick
80 pounds = the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 pounds = a newborn calf
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football lineman
400 pounds = a Welsh pony”

But that’s alright, this is only the second gain since I started this and then the following week of that first one, I lost 5 lbs; so it’s a possibility it might happen again and that would put me under my Tax Goal for a challenge on spark people.

Today’s measurements were:
Weight: 266 lbs.
Waist: 40 in. ( not entirely sure, I forgot to measure before I ate, so I estimated might be a bit bigger)
Hips:45
Right Calif: 18.5
Right Thigh: 30
Left Calf: 18.75
Right Thigh: 30
Right Arm: 16.5
Left Arm: 16.5
First Roll: 44
Second Roll: 54.5

I will say from March 23rd till now, I’ve lost two inches off each of my rolls so it seems it may have decided to take from there as opposed to other parts of my body. That seems to be the case with me, certain areas lose a lot of inches in a week to two weeks and others lose barely anything, then it switches.

I have my calorie cycling set up as:
Today: 1600 Calories
Tuesday: 1600  Calories
Wednesday: 1900 Calories
Thursday: 1600 Calories
Friday: 1700 Calories
Saturday: 1300 Calories
Sunday: 2000 Calories

So, I shall see if I can pull that off and if so, cool, I may try to go longer in doing that.
Today, I’m going to go to the gym to use the elliptical for my cardio and then I’m  really going to hit up the ab work. I  want my flab to start holding in better at least, I’d rather have the pregnant looking flab than the hanging down flab.

as stated I did a bit more, I rode my bicycle for 20 minutes and I walked/jogged for 16 minutes . And from using a method of bmr using either one, I’m in the clear for calories. Using the Weightx10, I would have needed to ate 734 more calories and using the 655 + (9.6 x weight) + (1.7 x height) -  (4.7 x age ), I would have needed over a 1000 kcal for the day. ( with exercise calories burnt included with the bmr. )

So in the morning will the tell the truth and I hope I’m at least a half a lb under what I was the week before but if not, that’s okay, I’ll just be more strict this week.

I’m going to try this for a week and see how it goes, if I can survive by it then I may do it for longer. I’m going for 1500 calories today and the rest of the week varies between 1600 and 2000 depending on exercise schedule for that day, Saturday is 1300 I know that. Eventually once I’m out of this challenge I’m in on Sparkpeople, I’ll be using Wednesdays for my 1300 calorie days since that will be my permanent rest day.

In other news; a pair of pants that I bought like 4 years ago won’t go above my hips; back then I could button and zip them. SHEESH, I was a lot smaller back then and didn’t see it and now I’m a lot bigger and that pisses me off! The 4 year old pants are 18 jrs. that I intend on fitting in before this year is out, that’s a guarantee!

Tomorrow is weigh in day, I’m worried since I had that slip up and the scale read 266 this morning or was it 267? I don’t remember but I’m hoping it evens out by tomorrow morning but if not, I know why.

I did my two miles on the bicycle today, the toughest part is going up the “slight” hill and I’m pretty sure that has to do with the fact that I have a Wal-Mart cheap-o for a bicycle.

I would really like one that I saw on the website of a local bike shop’s website but it’s 1500 dollars, as much as it’s going to cost me to get a divorce or unless he’s dies in prison first. Even though it’s rude of me to say this but I’d really prefer he dies first before I have to shell out anything on getting a divorce from him.

Anyhow, I’ll probably go back out on the bicycle later today for a bit more exercise and hopefully to work off more of that screw up I had last night.