"Coming through... Denny Crane... Coming through please"

Today's weight is 361.5 pounds. For the week, I have actually gained just under one tenth of a pound, but I am not worried one bit.

So I've been picking up extra shifts at FedEx so this Saturday I went in to help load trucks. I was working with this lady, who I'll admit was a little worse for wear, and we were sorting freight and loading it into baggage carts. She was having trouble remembering which cart was for which city so I explained to her how I was remembering. "It's really pretty easy. Just think A, B, C, and D. The first airport code has an A in it, the second code has a B in it, the third cart has a C in it, and the forth a D. Everything else goes in this cart over here."

"Nope! Not going to work. I'm not a young one like you. I'll never remember that. Besides I've got the "mad cow.""

"Haha! That's funny, like Denny Crane right?"

"Who?"

"You know, Denny Crane, from Boston Legal."

"That doesn't surprise me your friend from Boston has it too. People have been exposed to it for years and the government doesn't want to do anything about it because it makes us easier to control!"

I guess the world take all kinds...

What do pilots drive home?

365 pounds. I'm clearly not losing any weight, but my job and my MMA cardio workout is becoming easier and making me less sore so I'd call it progress of a different sort.

On a side note (side bar), If I were a pilot, I'd own a Honda Pilot so that the back windshield would read, "Airline pilot's Pilot."

Daily weight(s)

7/17/2010: 366
7/18/2010: 366.5
7/19/2010: 367
7/20/2010: 364.5

This MMA (mixed martial arts) style workout I found in the June, 2010 issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine is incredible! It's pretty hardcore though so I've adapted it slightly and I have recently added a weight lifting component. With the whole program in place I didn't anticipate gaining 7 or 8 pounds! It still baffles me when I notice my body getting smaller and more cut while my weight is moving in the opposite direction...

Today's Weight

7/15/2010: 359.5
7/16/2010: 365

I have been getting overheated and nauseous at work so I've been making a point to be more mindful of my electrolytes. On the days that I'm working out and later going to work I have been drinking 2 20-oz Powerades. Most of the time I drink the Powerade zero so that I don't blow my wad calorie-wise, but when I can afford it I'll go with the high octane (200 calorie) Powerade fruit punch. I prefer Powerade over Gatorade because Powerade has a zero calorie option instead of Gatorade's G2 and I think the full calorie Powerade just taste better.. Then again, that is what works for me. Every body and every program is different.

The reason I'm even bringing this up is because all of those beneficial salts in sports drinks, just like naproxen sodium (Alieve) that I have mentioned earlier, when taken in consistent doses will lead to water retention. Don't worry though, as long as you are drinking enough plain old H2O your body will find a healthy balance and you'll find yourself in pretty good shape. Don't be surprised though if your body finds that balance by waking you up 6 or 7 times in the middle of the night for some marathon pee sessions, but I drink a gallon of water a day!

Today's Weight

363.5 again! Go go gadget cardio!

Today's Weight

363.5 pounds. Two days of rest has been nice, but tomorrow starts another 6 days of cardio. I'm very excited! No pain! No pain!

Today's weight

355.5

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

Monday Weigh-in

Today's weight was 359 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: 362.5
Low weight: 357
7-day average weight (Monday): 361.57
7-day average weight (Sunday): 358.93
Weekly weight loss: 2.643 pounds

The hardest part of weighing in every day...

362.5 :(