Time: 5:50 AM
Weight beforehand: 360.1 lbs on our new scale
Length: 40 minutes
Program: Same program
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 426
Rating: Surprised by the weight and surprised by the calories burned
Monday, March 31, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
New Scale, New Goals, Review
I'd like to start with a bit of review. I got my computer display and mouse working properly again yesterday. Yay!
Our old scale only went up to 300 lbs. Then it started around the circle again. The kids had played with the needle a lot, and we didn't really think it was too accurate. It was often showing me at 30 lbs or so less than the scale at any doctor's office.
My wife thought that a scale that was more accurate was in order to help us really know what kind of progress we're making. We just got a Weight Watchers digital scale with battery powered memory for up to 4 users and a goal tracking feature. The only thing I know how to do on it so far is find out how much I weigh.
This scale is accurate up to 375 lbs it claims, and it looks like I needed it to be there. I would hope that the difference between this scale and the doctor's scale will only be 3 to 5 lbs going forward.
A bit more review - going from thinking I was 335 lbs to thinking I am 363 lbs is not fun.
The new information from the new scale means it's time for new goals. I'll take my old goals from the earlier post and edit here for the new information.
Goals: I want to be down at least 20 pounds by my oldest son's birthday in August. It appears I am well on my way to that, so I might increase it to 10% of my starting body weight, or 38.2 pounds, if things continue to go quickly. I want to be below 300 lbs (Yikes! That's 82 lbs in about 41 weeks! I hope I can average 2 lbs lost per week. It sounds reasonable.) by the new year. I want to get down to at least 250 lbs before I think about trying to maintain rather than lose, and I think a range of anywhere from 190 to 220 lbs would be pretty good for me going forward.
Hey, I know! Let's review some more! It's been 3 weeks since the doctor's visit. I've lost about 18 lbs, some of which must be fat. I don't seem to have lost much this week, which I think means that I'm down to the part where I actually can tell by how my clothes fit when I lose weight. This means that I need to see if I can average 2 lbs of weight loss per week now.
Our old scale only went up to 300 lbs. Then it started around the circle again. The kids had played with the needle a lot, and we didn't really think it was too accurate. It was often showing me at 30 lbs or so less than the scale at any doctor's office.
My wife thought that a scale that was more accurate was in order to help us really know what kind of progress we're making. We just got a Weight Watchers digital scale with battery powered memory for up to 4 users and a goal tracking feature. The only thing I know how to do on it so far is find out how much I weigh.
This scale is accurate up to 375 lbs it claims, and it looks like I needed it to be there. I would hope that the difference between this scale and the doctor's scale will only be 3 to 5 lbs going forward.
A bit more review - going from thinking I was 335 lbs to thinking I am 363 lbs is not fun.
The new information from the new scale means it's time for new goals. I'll take my old goals from the earlier post and edit here for the new information.
Goals: I want to be down at least 20 pounds by my oldest son's birthday in August. It appears I am well on my way to that, so I might increase it to 10% of my starting body weight, or 38.2 pounds, if things continue to go quickly. I want to be below 300 lbs (Yikes! That's 82 lbs in about 41 weeks! I hope I can average 2 lbs lost per week. It sounds reasonable.) by the new year. I want to get down to at least 250 lbs before I think about trying to maintain rather than lose, and I think a range of anywhere from 190 to 220 lbs would be pretty good for me going forward.
Hey, I know! Let's review some more! It's been 3 weeks since the doctor's visit. I've lost about 18 lbs, some of which must be fat. I don't seem to have lost much this week, which I think means that I'm down to the part where I actually can tell by how my clothes fit when I lose weight. This means that I need to see if I can average 2 lbs of weight loss per week now.
28 March 2008 workout
Time: 5:55 AM
Weight beforehand: 363.3 lbs on our new scale
Length: 40 minutes
Program: Here is a visual representation of the program I did again.
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Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 417
Rating: New scale, more accurate weight. This scale is probably closer to the scale at the doctor's office, which had me at 382 or so when this all started. As for the workout, 417 calories is my personal best, beating yesterday's 401 to 405. New weight, new caloric burn high. Coincidence? I don't think so. It was hard to get there though, so I don't know when I'll match the 417.
Weight beforehand: 363.3 lbs on our new scale
Length: 40 minutes
Program: Here is a visual representation of the program I did again.
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Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 417
Rating: New scale, more accurate weight. This scale is probably closer to the scale at the doctor's office, which had me at 382 or so when this all started. As for the workout, 417 calories is my personal best, beating yesterday's 401 to 405. New weight, new caloric burn high. Coincidence? I don't think so. It was hard to get there though, so I don't know when I'll match the 417.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Tech Rant
I was using my computer just fine last night and shut it down normally when I was done. This morning, I booted up to find that my resolution had gone from 1920 x 1200 using my NVIDIA adapter (nice) to 800 x 600 using some built in Sga adapter (not nice). I spent over 20 minutes trying to figure out why it got changed and fix it, and now that I've got that taken care of, I find that my laptop mouse hardware has been disabled somehow and my auto-scroll feature is disabled. ARGH!
OK, so it's pretty low priority stuff, but hey, that's what pet peeves are for.
OK, so it's pretty low priority stuff, but hey, that's what pet peeves are for.
27 March 2008 workout
Time: 5:50 AM
Weight beforehand: 335 lbs
Length: 40 minutes
Program: Here is a visual representation of the program I did today.
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Rating: I'm still not enjoying working out. My desire to be healthier is stronger than my desire to not workout as yet. I made the program harder today hoping that I would be able to start getting a little more benefit from the workout - I think I had gotten used to the easier program.
Weight beforehand: 335 lbs
Length: 40 minutes
Program: Here is a visual representation of the program I did today.
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Rating: I'm still not enjoying working out. My desire to be healthier is stronger than my desire to not workout as yet. I made the program harder today hoping that I would be able to start getting a little more benefit from the workout - I think I had gotten used to the easier program.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
How To Be Wealthy
I read part of the book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" during our vacation. The author gave the secret to being wealthy, and it's one you and I have heard before. It really is true, though, and people seem to ignore it anyway.
Ready? Here it is. Acquire income producing assets. Also known as spend less than you earn and save. Also known as put something away for a rainy day.
Simple, isn't it? Why don't we do it? The advice is the same from "The Richest Man in Babylon." Put some money to work for you. Let it earn interest, or buy you a part (or all) of a business that earns income, or purchase some other asset that is designed to produce money rather than consume it. Once your assets produce enough income to cover your expenses, you're wealthy enough to manage your assets rather than work for money.
Now we know how to be wealthy. Can we do it?
Ready? Here it is. Acquire income producing assets. Also known as spend less than you earn and save. Also known as put something away for a rainy day.
Simple, isn't it? Why don't we do it? The advice is the same from "The Richest Man in Babylon." Put some money to work for you. Let it earn interest, or buy you a part (or all) of a business that earns income, or purchase some other asset that is designed to produce money rather than consume it. Once your assets produce enough income to cover your expenses, you're wealthy enough to manage your assets rather than work for money.
Now we know how to be wealthy. Can we do it?
26 March 2008 workout
Time: 5:50 AM
Weight beforehand: 335 lbs
Length: 40 minutes
Program: Same custom program.
Rating: I'm not going to say nice things about working out today either, but at least it was slightly better than yesterday. Kind of like getting into a car accident at 25 mph is slightly better than getting into a car accident at 30 mph.
Weight beforehand: 335 lbs
Length: 40 minutes
Program: Same custom program.
Rating: I'm not going to say nice things about working out today either, but at least it was slightly better than yesterday. Kind of like getting into a car accident at 25 mph is slightly better than getting into a car accident at 30 mph.
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