Biggest loser

So no ice cream consumption going on here, but I wanted to check back in on my January summary and see how it lines up with what I planned.

By joining the Marty's 31 day /31 hours challenge it really got my competitive side flowing, which led me to keep going the last 31 days and try to stay in the top 10. I thought at first it would be a win just to get top 15 but with the "new years resolution club" folks dropping out like flies, and also some people who dont really train indoors, this gave me an opportunity to beat my initial goal. Myself and 2-3 others kept track and motivated each other quite a bit. I definitely didnt think there was a time where 2+ hour Zwift rides would be normal but here we are. I also carved out more time in the morning to get rides in before work a lot of days since every minute counts. While I didn't really do as much non bike activity as I planned aside from walking the dog, smart planning of some recovery type ride days and off days, and my compression boots after long zwift rides really helped manage the fatigue and training stress/soreness very well.

So by the numbers the month looks like this:

Total activity time for the month (rides, walks, workouts, stretching etc...): 45h 13m / 720 miles / 24,941ft elev
Total ride time for the month 40h 20min
- of which 23hrs 45min were virtual
Total Miles for the month 704.7
- of which Virtual Miles were 441.5

Down 7.5 lbs since just after xmas (goal was 5lbs by end Jan)
Finished in 7th place in the challenge (assuming no one else is hiding rides to post until 11:59PM
- 1st place did 62.5 hours and over 1000 miles for the month! doh!

I will take a few days off over the next 7 days to get some more recovery time, and plan to continue to stay on course for my March goal of losing 10lbs. Time to get back to some more balanced activities too like rowing, bodyweight sets etc I think that will help me continue to improve.

Hope you all are doing well on your plans too.
 
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190.7 this morning - which is up about .5lbs.

I'm feeling a little "full" today - maybe too much cheese this week 😉

Clothes are fitting better, and i've been active, but not in a focused, keep the heart rate up for an hour per day, type active.
Gotta start getting that going.
Zipping up hills on an ebike results in a lower HR, and less time climbing, but still working.

Avg resting HR continues to drop.
 
Well I can't bring myself to eat in a surplus anymore so I guess its time to cut after 18.5 weeks of bulking from 156lbs to 176.5lbs. First spartan is end of April time to start my cardio again. I packed on a decent amount of muscle looking forward to see what my final weight will be. I still have all the pictures of what I looked like at this weight on my way down the scale toward the beginning of this thread and wow what a difference in body composition at the same weight.
 
Patrick said:
You put in the work!
Been a great journey.
Best part is the kids being in.
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Thanks 😁 it really has been a crazy journey. Google photos is telling me I built version 1 of the home gym 2 years ago tomorrow. Never thought I would be fighting to gain weight I sure never had a problem doing that In the past .🤣 My kids have already forgotten what I used to look like and are all about being active working out with me having fun In our little obstacle area in the garage and love doing the spartan races.
 
Glad to see everyone is still putting in the work. It’s been a wild few months for me. My son’s wrestling season finally ended so now I can stop stress eating (and drinking). I'm so ready to get back on the horse.

The weight training has been great, hitting the gym 2-3x a week consistently. I had been spending my weekends at tournaments. That really ate up my riding time but I should be good now (pending the incoming snow storm).

Today is day 1 of changing my eating and drinking habits. This is a mental battle. This morning I weighed 216 but that’s post Super Bowl binge. I’m really hovering around 213 lbs.

Glad I’m back. More updates to come…
 
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Glad to see everyone is still putting in the work. It’s been a wild few months for me. My son’s wrestling season finally ended so now I can stop stress eating (and drinking). I'm so ready to get back on the horse.

The weight training has been great, hitting the gym 2-3x a week consistently. I had been spending my weekends at tournaments. That really ate up my riding time but I should be good now (pending the incoming snow storm).

Today is day 1 of changing my eating and drinking habits. This is a mental battle. This morning I weighed 216 but that’s post Super Bowl binge. I’m really hovering around 213 lbs.

Glad I’m back. More updates to come…
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Our Wrestling season ended yesterday just in time for lacrosse and t ball to start up 🤣 nice job in the gym 🏋️‍♂️
 
a.s. said:
Luckily my oldest only likes wrestling. The young one starts baseball practice soon but that doesn’t take up my entire weekend.
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We had wrestling every day of the week this season my son and daughter both wrestled and they were on different nights most of the time and 1 night a week it was both for 3 hours in a row. And like you said tournaments and matches on Weekends. Rough lol
 
Today starts day 8 down 3.7 lbs to 172.8. The first drop was 2.2 lbs of water then the rest has been slowly dropping each day. Eating between 2000 to 2200 calories a day depending on activity. Timing the majority of my carbs around lift sessions.
 
190.0 Last Friday
down almost 1 on the scale for the week.

Forgot to update -
Kinda the same - i'm active most of the day/days, but not doing the hour+ of elevated cardio which I know I need.
Clothes continue to improve their fit (esp around the waist!) - still very limited on the alc, had my first beer since 1/5.
Doing well with food - no snacking, reduced sugar intake.

Hoping to see a little more by this friday.
 
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Last week, for the first time in 3 years, I got up to 195 pounds. I can feel it. Clothes just aren't fitting right. So I decided I needed to start up the calorie counting again. It's been the only thing that allows me to drop weight. I think I have an addiction to food.

Started counting the day after I weighed in at 195, seven days ago. Today I weighed in at 192. Sticking to less than 1900 calories a day for now, will allow a little more on days with a decent amount of exercise.

Haven't had alcohol since the end of November. Exercise has been more consistent over the past few weeks.

Signed up for 5k on the 25th, though I haven't run for a while due to an ankle injury I was letting heal. It felt pretty good on the treadmill today so I'm hoping it's good to go.
Also signed up for the escape the Cape triathlon in June, so I really need to get back in the pool to get ready for the 1 mile swim. I spontaneousness did a 1 mile race in Hawaii while on vacation not that long ago, with no swimming for for months prior, and it was rather exhausting. I'd rather not do that to myself again 🤣. That's it for races so far for this year.

I've been consistently gaining weight since August of 22'. Really need to change that.
 
Mid-February check in.

Not doing the greatest as far as my goal...after my last post, we lost our other cat (kidney issues) - so dealing with vet visits/healing from that, school meetings and tutoring...I missed a lot of my after school workouts.

But as they say, you can't out-exercise a bad diet. With the business of life and lack of motivation, we ate out more than usual.

So I'm almost at where I started at the beginning of the year. It seems this week I'm getting back on track with my CrossFit and lifting...as for riding...well, that may be a while.
 
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