repost from www.icanrunaminute.com
My week 25 weigh in will conclude the first half of 2015. Based on the average monthly weight I have posted under my Running Log tab, I started January at 278 and am concluding June at 248 so, an even 30 pounds lighter :)
Another thing you might notice for my average monthly body weight is that May and June are BOTH at 248 lbs so ..... we may conclude that I didn't lose bubkis - zip, zilch & nada since last month. well....LOL
What can I say? I didn't gain anything either! :) I did a lot of traveling over these past two months ...glancing at my calendar I see trips to.....
- Springfield, Illinois
- Ottawa, Illinois
- Chicago, Illinois
- Lake Ozark, Missouri
- New Jersey
- New York
- Minnesota
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
For running races (I'm curious now....) I had
- Law Day 5K (Belleville, IL)
- Moonlight Marathon (Springfield, IL)
- Starved Rock Marathon (Ottawa, IL)
- Chicago 13.1 where I was a Back of the Pack pacer
- Hatfield McCoy Marathon (started in KY, ended in WVa)
- GO! St Louis All American 5K - took 5 min 25 seconds off my time from last year!
still due in June .... - Macklind Mile (St Louis, MO)
- Pride 5K (St Louis, MO)
It was actually fairly slow in terms of running compared to the previous 2 months. I have won 24 straight Diet Bets on DietBet.com which is pretty cool but, getting tougher. I have three more rounds of weigh ins for a 6 month diet bet I'm in which will require upcoming weigh ins of
- 239.8 on July 1
- 237.1 on Aug 1
- 234.5 on Sept 1
- 234.5 on Oct 1 ....just gotta maintain the final weight for the 6th month....
I've had to do some extra thinking with regards to these weights in the 230s.
On July 10th & 11th I have two bike rides scheduled. A Tour de Belleville (15 miles) and the following morning the Tour de Donut (kind of a blast and 34 miles long). Then, there's the Loonies Midnight Marathon on July 18th. These marathons create a bit of a challenge because I eat pretty healthy leading up to the runs - extra carbs/pasta and so forth as well as extreme hydration but, that's pretty much it for the month, a couple bike rides and one really long run from midnight until the sun comes up....should be VERY interesting.
I did manage to get in 3 lifting workouts in over the past week. I noticed in the week after my Hatfield McCoy marathon that I got kinda light - very low 240s and my chest looked kinda flat. I'm no Arnold Schwarzenegger or anything but I am used to seeing some muscle on me and that had really gone away. Generally speaking, if I haven't been lifting for a while I usually will put on about 4-6 lbs in the first week of lifting and that's part of what's going on weight-wise.
Looking forward.....
I've been away from karate for the first 6 months of the year and will probably be getting back into that for the 2nd half of the year. There's still only one belt between me and black so, there's a decent chance I could notch up another belt by 2016.
There's plenty more to share but ...I have about 35 minutes of battery left on my laptop and find myself without electricity again for the 2nd time today due to storms. But, I am working on a map.... :)