Weigh In: 291
Right back to where I started. Tom and I have this challenge going on to see who can lose the most weight in a month, and I'm currently at zero. More on that later, though. We've got until Labor Day.
Today is a major day for me. Last Friday I quit my job at the newspaper after 8 years, and today I start the first day of Marching Band Camp with Martin Luther King HS in Detroit. This is the band that went to China to perform at the Olympics. This is the band that is pretty much the face of the city of Detroit. This band is everything that is right with the city of Detroit. HUGE program.
Marching band camp is 8am-6pm Monday-Friday this week. I'll be there at 7:30. I'll be on the field marching and keeping up with these high schoolers all week. I've committed to 100% eating this week. I've been using this week as my reason (read: excuse) for eating poorly lately, that I'll just "start" when I'll be at camp. So here it is.
I'll be takling more about this band as I go - I'm considering creating an entire secondary blog about them. This is what I've been looking forward to doing since literally 1994 when I started my college career. I've taken quite a few steps - some in the right, some in the wrong direction, but I'm finally here.
More later - but I needed to put my numbers out there to keep myself accountable. I'm not proud of myself lately - in fact, I feel a lot today like I did the first time I wrote a blog here - unaccountable, embarrassed, feeling pretty down about myself and my lack of control.. but I know I've pulled myself from the ashes before, and it's time for me to do it again. I need to find pride in myself again, and I think that it starts with being a part of this marching band.
They are, after all, Crusaders. Wish me luck.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Update - I'm alive
Quick update - I gained a pound since I talked last - I have 2 days left on a job I've held for 8 years, my eating has been so-so, not bad, not good, I haven't been to the gym more than twice in the past week, and I'm going to be running one of the largest marching bands in the state of Michigan (the only band in the United States that was invited to perform in China during the Olympics and they just returned yesterday).
Life is insane. I hate that I'm leaving you guys hanging, but it's been absolutely crazy lately. 287.8 was the weigh in.
Starting Monday it's going to be 10 hours of Marching Band camp for a full week and then school starts, where I am responsible for the entire marching band, jazz program and all classes. There will be no time for eating (especially the junk laying around my current work office), and I will be on my feet and marching and running around 10 hours a day.
The weight will get in the right direction.. sorry it's been so light on the blogs/weigh in's lately, but I hardly have time to do anything. I haven't given up, but I totally know it looks like it. Hang in there with me - my world flips on its head Monday morning.
Life is insane. I hate that I'm leaving you guys hanging, but it's been absolutely crazy lately. 287.8 was the weigh in.
Starting Monday it's going to be 10 hours of Marching Band camp for a full week and then school starts, where I am responsible for the entire marching band, jazz program and all classes. There will be no time for eating (especially the junk laying around my current work office), and I will be on my feet and marching and running around 10 hours a day.
The weight will get in the right direction.. sorry it's been so light on the blogs/weigh in's lately, but I hardly have time to do anything. I haven't given up, but I totally know it looks like it. Hang in there with me - my world flips on its head Monday morning.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Stagnant
My schedule's been incredibly crazy lately, so it's been more of a "hold onto the ground you've gained" situation. I keep thinking in the back of my head that I leave the office job and will be running marching band camps and will be on my feet 16 hours a day starting after next week (the last day at the office is the 22nd), so that maybe the weight loss will kick back in.
I've been doing ok, but because my schedule (and honestly, I've been lazy when I actually DO get to rest) I haven't been in the gym much. Maybe 3 times a week? I guess that's good for some, but for me, that's like almost nothing. I'll get back into gear here.
Not much to say today except for that I'm doing "ok" - I could be driving hard, but I could be falling off the wagon, and neither is happening. I wish I didn't keep having an excuse each time for not pushing hard, but having the whole job turnover thing in a week, it's kind of been my focus while everything else has taken a back seat. Neutral isn't 5th gear, but it's not reverse either. I'm hanging in there.
I've been doing ok, but because my schedule (and honestly, I've been lazy when I actually DO get to rest) I haven't been in the gym much. Maybe 3 times a week? I guess that's good for some, but for me, that's like almost nothing. I'll get back into gear here.
Not much to say today except for that I'm doing "ok" - I could be driving hard, but I could be falling off the wagon, and neither is happening. I wish I didn't keep having an excuse each time for not pushing hard, but having the whole job turnover thing in a week, it's kind of been my focus while everything else has taken a back seat. Neutral isn't 5th gear, but it's not reverse either. I'm hanging in there.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Keeping On
Another short one - I'm up too early for work today so I had a second.
My shoulder has been killing me all week and it's been keeping me out of the gym. That kind of sucks - as the weight is sneaking up again without it.
I'll be overdosing Aleve (or however you spell it) again today, and I'm hoping it gets better. I hate being out of sync.
Trying to hang on. Hoping to have some extra time on my hands in the next few days - we'll see how that goes. Sorry for being 4 days since my last post, I had no idea how quick that went by.
Totally uninspired today, the blog's boring. More tomorrow.
My shoulder has been killing me all week and it's been keeping me out of the gym. That kind of sucks - as the weight is sneaking up again without it.
I'll be overdosing Aleve (or however you spell it) again today, and I'm hoping it gets better. I hate being out of sync.
Trying to hang on. Hoping to have some extra time on my hands in the next few days - we'll see how that goes. Sorry for being 4 days since my last post, I had no idea how quick that went by.
Totally uninspired today, the blog's boring. More tomorrow.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Short One II
Weigh In: 277.0
Yeah, that sucked. Tom's catching up on the Labor Day weekend race. I had a bad, bad Saturday. Ate perfectly all day.. until the wedding. Then, I ate perfectly there - which mens I had a little bit of EVERYTHING and way too many beers. Not good - the weight soared. Kills me that you can eat perfectly for a week and be down 4 pounds and then watch it all go away with one bad night's decision.
Gonna make this short - I've been working like 8am-11pm about 4-5 nights a week, and totaling I think we said 70-some hours a week the past few weeks. That'll explain the lack of blogging. It's totally not because I'm slacking or not trying. It's getting the time in.
That being said, it's 11:47 and I'm working at 8 again.
Oh, side note - I hope this doesn't become an issue but as of now, my right shoulder is in BLINDING pain. I was yanking out a garbage bag tonight and literally heard the rotator cuff pop. Let's hope I just pulled a muscle and this ibuprofen will get me through the night. I don't have time for doctors and injuries. Knock on wood. More tomorrow.
Yeah, that sucked. Tom's catching up on the Labor Day weekend race. I had a bad, bad Saturday. Ate perfectly all day.. until the wedding. Then, I ate perfectly there - which mens I had a little bit of EVERYTHING and way too many beers. Not good - the weight soared. Kills me that you can eat perfectly for a week and be down 4 pounds and then watch it all go away with one bad night's decision.
Gonna make this short - I've been working like 8am-11pm about 4-5 nights a week, and totaling I think we said 70-some hours a week the past few weeks. That'll explain the lack of blogging. It's totally not because I'm slacking or not trying. It's getting the time in.
That being said, it's 11:47 and I'm working at 8 again.
Oh, side note - I hope this doesn't become an issue but as of now, my right shoulder is in BLINDING pain. I was yanking out a garbage bag tonight and literally heard the rotator cuff pop. Let's hope I just pulled a muscle and this ibuprofen will get me through the night. I don't have time for doctors and injuries. Knock on wood. More tomorrow.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Short one
Sorry guys - been working long hours and doing way too much. Life has taken some turns lately that I never thought they would.
I'm still going strong - skipped today's workout because I worked from 8am-12am and wasn't going to get up at 5:30 to do so, but the weight is locked in at 286. Gotta get lower, but I'm doing good. Sorry for the slow response.
I'm still going strong - skipped today's workout because I worked from 8am-12am and wasn't going to get up at 5:30 to do so, but the weight is locked in at 286. Gotta get lower, but I'm doing good. Sorry for the slow response.
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