It keeps falling off

Starting Weight: 320lbs
Last Week: 286.2 lbs
Current: 282.2lbs
Total Lost: 37.8lbs

I lost another 4 pounds this week.  I really wasn’t expecting that as only a few days before my dietician meeting I looked at the scale and it showed I was about even with the start of the week.  On top of that I had taken Thursday off from exercise as Friday was going to be a 2+ hour long Spinning Class.  Emily and I arrived for the class on Friday only to find out the instructor was down with the Flu. We decided to play racquetball instead.

 

I haven’t played racquetball since my junior year of high-school.  That was like 15 years ago.  For the most part my hear-rate was at the extreme low-end of my aerobic zone during the 90 mins we played.   It was fun though to do something completely different.  A couple of things I noticed the next two days after playing:  you use muscles in RB that you don’t use in any of the other ‘regular’ activities.  Damn, my back, and forearms and even my toes were really feeling it the next 48 hrs.  Don’t wear running shoes to play RB!  Part of my toes hurting was that they kept sliding around as I was constantly changing direction.  

 

I was finally able to yesterday sign-up for the Seattle to Portland (STP) bike ride.  I’ve asked a few buddies to sign-up and do the ride with me.  Hopefully they’ll be able to go or at least start training with me on the weekend.  This is an important event as I’m really looking to figure out a way to stay engaged and motivated for my exercising after the structured part of 20/20 ends.

 

On the diet side, I was allowed one serving a day of CORN.  We are going to treat it like a grain, and see how I react to it.  She gave me the option of Corn, Potatoes or Bananas.  I don’t think I’m ready yet to add in potatoes and frankly I don’t want to slow down the weight loss any.  Week over week I’m still managing to average between 1500 and 1600 calories and my fat has stayed below 50g / day.  I’m slipping a bit in my daily water intake. 

 

Yesterday I blew past my “Theoretical Maximum Heart Rate” while doing intervals on the elliptical.  I’ve mentioned before that we had approached it in previous training sessions.  This time I was pretty determined to see how I would handle going above it and to my surprise it was just fine.  I was surely winded but I was definitely in a euphoric state.  I looked over at Emily and saw a very concerned look on her face.  I’m not sure how many of her clients try to do something like this but I have feeling its not many.