Todays Motivation

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I wanted to go back to an older motivation and talk a bit more about it. Excuses.
We all can have them and they can be easy to generate. Like a shield that protects us mentally we put them up and get behind them whole heartedly. What excuses do are they do protect us, however they also weaken us. Because we no longer have that danger hitting us, it instead hits that shield.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Sure we may fail in this weight loss game of ups and downs. But, if we continue on and struggle and fight it will strengthen us more than hiding behind that shield ever did. Living with the fear of failure is very powerful, it holds us and makes us its prisioner. We can sit there and accept our fate, or we can get up push the shield out of the way and go and fight this thing on our own terms. Fail, succeed, either way we have brought the fight to fear.

Today's exercise & up to date data

Last 7 Days Activity Total Completed Boxing/Kickboxing 96 minutes Running 13.75 miles 314 minutes Last 30 Days Activity Total Completed Boxing/Kickboxing 96 minutes Running 28.8 miles 606 minutes All Time Total Activity Total Completed Boxing/Kickboxing 96 minutes Running 36.9 miles 762 minutes

Your work-outs Jul 11 Boxing/Kickboxing for 1 hours Jul 11 Running for 1.03 miles and 30 minutes Jul 10 Boxing/Kickboxing for 36 minutes Jul 10 Running for 1.2 miles and 30 minutes Jul 9 Running for 3.2 miles and 1 hour, 2 minutes Jul 8 Running for 3.2 miles and 1 hour, 4 minutes Jul 6 Running for 2.8 miles and 1 hour, 8 minutes Jul 5 Running for 2.32 miles and 1 hours Jul 4 Running for 2.55 miles and 1 hour, 5 minutes Jul 2 Running for 2.3 miles and 45 minutes Jul 1 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes

Snuck a weight

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I wasn't supposed to weigh until Thursday....but... I was feeling so light and my clothes are fitting better. I weighed myself and I am under 260 (259). I want to lose 4 more pounds by Thursday. That way my last weight of 255 will now correct (see old post about my old spring scale and its inaccurate measurement). I will post pics and new weight on Thursday.
Here I go!!! Stick with me people!

Heavy Bag!

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  My knees are officially messed up. Carrying this heavy frame around for a long time its no wonder. I have taken many precautions to be safe, such as stretching, wearing neoprene braces, tiger balm, NSAIDs and rest. It really hurts to walk up and down stairs. So they need a break... a long break.

I got a heavy bag with gloves off of Craigslist for $50 it was brand new and came with all the mounting hardware and all accoutrement.

I spent 36 minutes punching the poop out of it and after checking my body bug I burned 10 more calories per minute doing that than walking at 3mph on the treadmill (18.9cpm Boxing vs 8.5cpm Brisk Walking). Now I see why they do it so much on the Biggest Loser. It is also very cathartic. Releasing a ton of pent up frustration out on a bag is really great.

So my plan going forward is to do 30 mins of boxing mixed with 30 mins elliptical for the rest of this week. That should give my knees enough rest to recover enough for me to go back to jogging on the treadmill.

Workout log for today

Last 7 Days Activity Total Completed Boxing/Kickboxing 36 minutes Running 14.07 miles 319 minutes Last 30 Days Activity Total Completed Boxing/Kickboxing 36 minutes Running 26.57 miles 546 minutes All Time Total Activity Total Completed Boxing/Kickboxing 36 minutes Running 34.67 miles 702 minutes

Your work-outs Jul 10 Boxing/Kickboxing for 36 minutes Jul 9 Running for 3.2 miles and 1 hour, 2 minutes Jul 8 Running for 3.2 miles and 1 hour, 4 minutes Jul 6 Running for 2.8 miles and 1 hour, 8 minutes Jul 5 Running for 2.32 miles and 1 hours Jul 4 Running for 2.55 miles and 1 hour, 5 minutes Jul 2 Running for 2.3 miles and 45 minutes Jul 1 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 30 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 28 Running for 2 miles and 32 minutes Jun 27 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 26 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 25 Running for 1.2 miles and 30 minutes

Updated running log

Last 7 Days Activity Total Completed Running 14.07 miles 319 minutes Last 30 Days Activity Total Completed Running 26.57 miles 546 minutes All Time Total Activity Total Completed Running 34.67 miles 702 minutes

Your work-outs Jul 9 Running for 3.2 miles and 1 hour, 2 minutes Jul 8 Running for 3.2 miles and 1 hour, 4 minutes Jul 6 Running for 2.8 miles and 1 hour, 8 minutes Jul 5 Running for 2.32 miles and 1 hours Jul 4 Running for 2.55 miles and 1 hour, 5 minutes Jul 2 Running for 2.3 miles and 45 minutes Jul 1 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 30 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 28 Running for 2 miles and 32 minutes Jun 27 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 26 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 25 Running for 1.2 miles and 30 minutes

My daily motivation tip

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YOU DESERVE THIS!

No matter what has happened in your life, weight loss and the goals you set to become healthy, are important because you deserve better. Self loathing and punishment can only do one thing, drive you deeper into the abyss that has, up to this point controlled your life. We all have excuses, they say they are like... well you know. And those excuses do but one thing, give you reason to fail. If I were to say here is 1 million dollars for you to start your own business, but with one catch, you must sell only to people without any money at all and no possessions. You would think I was nuts because it is bound to fail. Excuses do just that they make no sense when you look back at them. They lock us into a place of failure and keep us down. Once you start to realize how incredibly stupid all of those excuses were, you will see how much you can achieve, and that is more powerful than any excuse you have ever had.

Get off your butt, move a little then begin to move alot. You deserve better.

BODY BUGGG!!!

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     Its here!!! I am so excited. I went and did 5K just now to celebrate and to see how it registers the data. My data will be a bit off because I did not get it until 1:30pm today. I think that it will make it much easier to exercise and watch what I am eating. My little snack for breakfast was a whopping 450 calories. OH MY! I haven't eaten since then so I am about to go make a sandwich and see what the damage is.
It sure as heck wont be this ---->>>>
Well mainly because I am a vegetarian, but you get the drift!

On a sightly more somber and sad note... I have been weighing myself on an analog spring scale for years. My weight would vary 2-3lbs from each weight, right after another. So I used to guess what my real weight was and it made it really hard to be accurate. So, I bought a cheap digital off of Amazon and it is AWESOME and really impressive. Its accurate down to 0.2 lbs and that is way more than my 'ole spring jobby.  Now the bad news... I am actually 6 pounds heaver than the reading on the analog scale. So, my real weight is actually 264 pounds. What a bummer. The good news is that from now on it will be very accurate and I can actually stand on the thing weigh myself get off and the number is still there for like 30 seconds. No more leaning forward to get a reading and throwing the reading off.

Here is what I bought if your interested:

So I am going to adapt and move ahead like I have been and take the new weight as just another learning lesson. I still have lost weight, just not as much as I thought. My Monday weight will be the new number. Lets see if I can burn through 6 lbs this weekend and match last weeks weight! No... thats not safe. I will take my time and lose it like I was.

Today's exercise & up to date data

Last 7 Days Activity Total Completed Running 13.17 miles 302 minutes Last 30 Days Activity Total Completed Running 23.37 miles 484 minutes All Time Total Activity Total Completed Running 31.47 miles 640 minutes

Your work-outs Jul 8 Running for 3.2 miles and 1 hour, 4 minutes Jul 6 Running for 2.8 miles and 1 hour, 8 minutes Jul 5 Running for 2.32 miles and 1 hours Jul 4 Running for 2.55 miles and 1 hour, 5 minutes Jul 2 Running for 2.3 miles and 45 minutes Jul 1 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 30 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 28 Running for 2 miles and 32 minutes Jun 27 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 26 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 25 Running for 1.2 miles and 30 minutes

Daily Motivation Tip

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Energy follows the basic law that: Nothing can ever be created nor destroyed. It will just change its shape. What does this mean? That fat that you have on your body did not just get there. Instead it came from a surplus of calories you ate. To lose the fat all you need to do is burn more calories than you take in. Simple, yea right if it was we would not have a weight problem here in the US and around the world.

You just have to increase your metabolism and that will burn more calories. People like myself that have Thyroid conditions can and will lose weight it just means we MUST be on our meds to burn weight effectively. As long as you have seen your endo lately and your TSH  is in the right range YOU ARE AT THE SAME metabolism as a healthy person. No more excuses mr and mrs thyroid glandular problem...

 GET MOVING!!

My daily motivation tip

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Today I realized that there may be some days I dont feel much like exercising. Or that my weight went up a little. I have to keep my eye on the big prize and understand a marathon runner may have a mile or 2 where their pace drops a little. A race car driver may have a slower lap. They may still go on to win the race, and that is the important thing I think I can come up with. Race, race hard because there is no guarantee you will win, but you have to try.

Today's exercise & up to date data

Last 7 Days Activity Total Completed Running 13.47 miles 298 minutes Last 30 Days Activity Total Completed Running 20.17 miles 420 minutes All Time Total Activity Total Completed Running 28.27 miles 576 minutes Your work-outs Jul 6 Running for 2.8 miles and 1 hour, 8 minutes Jul 5 Running for 2.32 miles and 1 hours Jul 4 Running for 2.55 miles and 1 hour, 5 minutes Jul 2 Running for 2.3 miles and 45 minutes Jul 1 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 30 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 28 Running for 2 miles and 32 minutes Jun 27 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 26 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 25 Running for 1.2 miles and 30 minutes Feb 10 Running for 1.3 miles and 30 minutes Jan 21 Running for 2.3 miles and 43 minutes Jan 13 Running for 1 miles and 22 minutes Jan 1 Running for 3.5 miles and 1 hour, 1 minutes

My daily motivation tip

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Today I was thinking what could I possibly say that would be helpful. I came up with some universal truth that would help to motivate people to keep going. So here it is:

Its ok to set large goals. More importantly set small reasonable goals and achieve them first.

For example, I want to lose 125 pounds by next June. If I focus solely on that goal and then one week my weight went up, I might become discouraged. Instead, I keep that goal in the back of my mind, but then have smaller ones along the way. I have daily goals; I am gonna jog on the treadmill. Then I can break those down into smaller ones, I want to jog for 30 minutes. And then even further; during that jog I want to sprint for 10 times at 6mph or more.

Pretty soon I find that I have attempted all of those small goals and have achieved them or tried really hard to do so. I feel much better and in my mind I know I tried. If I do that then the end result way out in June should fall into place.

Summary: Set small goals that are very achievable and then your bigger goals can all fall into place.

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Todays exercise updated stats

Last 7 Days Activity Total Completed Running 10.67 miles 230 minutes Last 30 Days Activity Total Completed Running 17.37 miles 352 minutes All Time Total Activity Total Completed Running 25.47 miles 508 minutes

Your work-outs Jul 5 Running for 2.32 miles and 1 hours Jul 4 Running for 2.55 miles and 1 hour, 5 minutes Jul 2 Running for 2.3 miles and 45 minutes Jul 1 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 30 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 28 Running for 2 miles and 32 minutes Jun 27 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 26 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 25 Running for 1.2 miles and 30 minutes Feb 10 Running for 1.3 miles and 30 minutes Jan 21 Running for 2.3 miles and 43 minutes Jan 13 Running for 1 miles and 22 minutes Jan 1 Running for 3.5 miles and 1 hour, 1 minutes

Monday Weigh In

Starting weight..........................275
Last Monday (June 28).............261
Todays weight (July 5)..............256
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Weekly loss:.................................5 lbs
Total loss:...................................19 lbs
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Weekly Percentage................... 1.9%
Total Percentage....................... 6.9%

June 25 to July 5 photo comparison:

Today's exercise & up to date data

Here is the data for today's exercise.
25 minutes on the elliptical total distance .61 miles.
40 minutes on the treadmill at 8-12 incline. Total distance 1.9 miles
65 minutes total workout

628 feet of incline
462.3 calories

Knees are still bothering me so its incline and elliptical for the time being. I am waiting on an order of knee braces to come sometime this week.

Last 7 Days Activity Total Completed Running 10.35 miles 202 minutes Last 30 Days Activity Total Completed Running 15.05 miles 292 minutes All Time Total Activity Total Completed Running 23.15 miles 448 minutes

Your work-outs Jul 4 Running for 2.55 miles and 1 hour, 5 minutes Jul 2 Running for 2.3 miles and 45 minutes Jul 1 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 30 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 28 Running for 2 miles and 32 minutes Jun 27 Running for 1.5 miles and 30 minutes Jun 26 Running for 2 miles and 30 minutes Jun 25 Running for 1.2 miles and 30 minutes Feb 10 Running for 1.3 miles and 30 minutes Jan 21 Running for 2.3 miles and 43 minutes Jan 13 Running for 1 miles and 22 minutes Jan 1 Running for 3.5 miles and 1 hour, 1 minutes

Update:

Wife got me a pair of 42" shorts to wear because I have been a 44" forever. I just put them on. Its been a couple of years since I last wore a 42. They have a button and no elastic in the waist band. Very cool