Monday Morning Quarterback (weekly weight review)

Today's weight was 357.5 pounds. Since my weight fluctuates so much from day-to-day, I calculate a daily 7-day average for comparison purposes and on Sundays I generate a report:

High weight: 365
Low weight: 358
7-day average weight (Monday): 361.786
7-day average weight (Sunday): 361.429
Weekly weight loss: 0.357 pounds

A slight postponement...

360.5 pounds. The summer of Rocky IV will be postponed until Monday, June 21st.

Positive motion

360 pounds. I'm happy to see that road trip bulge quickly going away. I am super excited for tomorrow! I'm actually going to be able to hit the gym and lift. I'll explain...

So I have been working at the Indianapolis Hub for FedEX Express for almost 2 months now and I work in the most physically demanding department. In my department, 3-ton metal cans are unloaded off the planes and are pulled to a catwalk where my teammates and I unload them and place the packages on a conveyor belt where they are to be sorted. I equate it to moving into a new apartment for 3 hours every night in an factory environment that, even when it is cool outside, it feels like a south Florida summer inside. So it has been so physically demanding that if I try to get a lift in during the day then I don't have the strength to do my job at night.

Luckily, I save all of my workouts and I remembered I had a workout routine that I pulled from the iFitness app when I had my iPhone. This workout concentrates primarily on my arms, which I can always use help with, and only requires two workouts a week. So, I can lift on Friday, since Friday night is our slowest night, rest Saturday, and then go again on Sunday and have almost 36 hours of recovery time before my shift starts on Monday night / Tuesday morning at midnight. Then the rest of the week I can do cardio and yoga.

I am declaring this my Rocky IV summer! I'll explain tomorrow...

Post-vacation Blues...

362.5 :( I don't think I actually gained 5 pounds in the last week because I might have imbibed too many adult beverages and am currently in the process of re-hydrating, but that wasn't the number I was hoping to see.

Boomshakalaka!

357.5... Now we're cooking! I knew heading back into the 360's was a little odd. It turns out that I work 3rd shift and my queen witnessed me get up to go to the bathroom three of four times in a 2 hour period this morning which explains the jump back to 362 & 361. I drink over a gallon of water per day so it is easy to see how that can drastically effect one's weight loss, but it is only temporary.

Tip: For the amount of exercise you're probably doing to lose weight, drink water like it's going out of style. A gallon per day has been my policy since the beginning. It is hard at first, but once you do it regularly your body will crave it.

Monday Morning Quarterback (weekly weight review)

Today's weight was 363.5 pounds. Since my weight fluctuates so much from day-to-day, I calculate a daily 7-day average for comparison purposes and on Sundays I generate a report:

High weight: 362
Low weight: 353
7-day average weight (Monday): 358.93
7-day average weight (Sunday): 357.14
Weekly weight loss: 1.786 pounds

 

FYI: Did you know that taking Alieve can lead to temporary weight gain? Alieve (Naproxen SODIUM) has tons of salt which will cause your body to retain water. Don't worry though. After you take it for a few days you body will balance itself out.

Daily Weight

361.5... Weekly review tomorrow!

"Sometimes the bar gets you..."

362 :(

weighing in

353.5

Where am I going?

353!

uh oh...

354.5! I should mention that I'm extremely loyal, so invest in me now and it would be like as George Kostanza puts it, "it's so prolific it's like investing in Microsoft in the 80's!"

"and boom goes the dynamite!"

356.5

Dear Alanis Morissette,

Now THAT is irony! Your song that was recently "rehabbed" on the American Idol finale is just about a bunch of people that have really bad luck...