Weight Loss Log

I began losing in late January of 2009. In early February I began a 3 month contest with a friend. On the "Mike" page my progress is charted, but the total lost column is based on the beginning of the contest, not the beginning of the weight loss journey. Now that the contest is over I wanted to start a new page.

Date

Time

Weight

BMI

Weight Lost

% Starting Weight Lost

Notes


.	5/1/2009	7:00 AM	262	37.59	70	21.08%	Began at 332 lbs on January 25, 2009.
.	5/3/2009	8:00 AM	269	38.59	63	18.98%	morning after our family fish fry, stuffed myself silly.
.	5/5/2009	6:30 AM	261	37.45	71	21.39%	fasted sunday and monday, and walked 10 miles sunday and 11 monday to get those fish fry pounds off.
.	5/6/2009	8:00 AM	264	37.88	68	20.48%	I'm up 3 pounds from yesterday. I guess eating a whole bag of baked tostitos with a jar of salsa wasn't a good way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo huh? Hopefully it's nothing a brisk 5 mile walk and a little porcelain therapy won't cure.
.	5/8/2009	4:45 AM	260.2	37.33	71.8	21.63%	Got up early to walk to the church in time for our men's 6AM prayer group. Also walked back home, 3 miles each way. Yet I weighed slightly heavier (260.6) when I got back. I guess I was pretty dehydrated before I left, because all I've had is one small cup of coffee and a bottled water.
.	5/9/2009	8:00 PM	256.4	36.79	75.6	22.77%	Walked a little over a mile, very slowly, with one of my Sr. Adult men from church at 7 this AM. Then came home and walked another 3 with the dog. After that I spent most of the day mowing my lawn, with a push mower. I probably walked about 8 miles cutting grass. I've kept my eating down to about 400 calories today, including one chicken nugget, carrot and raisin salad and a drink. I'm sure this weight may be a little low due to being dehydrated after all that lawn mowing. Hopefully it's low enough that I won't be bouncing back into the 260s though. Now just to get to 250 or below by the time Jon comes home on May 29.
.	5/13/2009	11:00 AM	257	36.87	75	22.59%	After dropping well into the 250's Saturday, I got back into the low 260's on Sunday, Mother's Day. However, I have managed to weigh in in the 258-259 range the last two mornings, and was down to 257 after my 5 mle walk this morning. I have 16 more days to get to a firm 250 before Jon get's home.
.	5/15/2009	5:30 AM	258.5	37.09	73.5	22.14%	Too many enchiladas & chips, and too much leftover brisket last night.
.		11:00 AM	254.5	36.51	77.5	23.34%	After a 6 mile walk/jog. I'm sure I'll come back up a couple of pounds after I hydrate. But seeing this does make me feel better about getting to 250 in the next 2 weeks. Maybe I could even do it by this time next week.
.	5/17/2009	6:30 AM	253	36.30	79	23.80%	Walked 4 miles this morning. I hope I can walk a few more after the evening service tonight. Busy day at church in between.
.	5/19/2009	10:00 PM	254.5	36.51	77.5	23.34%	I guess I've been pretty stuck at this weight since Friday night, despite a brief dip after my Sunday morning walk. But I've eaten light today, had a good 4.25 walk/jog while Catherine did gymnastics. I'm hoping to be a least a half pound down tomorrow am. fingers crossed. Nine more days to hit 250 before Jon comes home.
.	5/20/2009	10:00 AM	252	36.15	80	24.10%	I was 253 when I got up. Since then I mowed about a third of my lawn, before the mower quit on me, then took the dog for a 2 mile walk. If it's real, 252 is the 80 pound mark. About halfway to goal.
.	5/27/2009	6:00 AM	248	35.58	84	25.30%	I didn't realize it had been a week since I had posted here. Mostly it's because there's been little change since a week ago, until today. I've floated up and down in the 251-253 range for a week, finally seeing a drop last night.
.	5/28/2009	7:00 PM	250	35.87	82	24.70%	Up a couple pounds since yesterday morning, but I'm going to cut grass. It should be back down in the morning. Next goal, 240 by the time Jon leaves, on the 21st. That's college graduation weight. That's only been 24 years ago.
.		11:00 PM	246.5	35.37	85.5	25.75%	I only had time to mow the front, but I walked the dog for an hour and a half after that. Nice drop. Wonder what it'll be in the morning?
.	6/3/2009	6:00 AM	245	35.15	87	26.20%
.	6/11/2009	5:00 AM	240	34.43	92	27.71%	I was down to 239.8 last night after a six-mile walk/run. I knew once I hydrated that would come back up a little. After I have my morning coffee and cereal this 240 will climb a pound or two also. Still, the 230s shouldn't be far away. Getting to 240 is a significant marker. I was 240 when I graduated from college and went to seminary in June 1985. I lost down to 190 by Christmas of that year. Shooting for 170 by Christmas this year, but I'd be tickled pink to be 190.
.	6/16/2009	9:00 AM	238.5	34.22	93.5	28.16%	I need another pound and a half to hit the 95 pound mark. I already passed my goal of getting down to 240 lbs before Jon flies back to Germany on Father's day.
.	6/21/2009	1:00 AM	237	34.00	95	28.61%	Fasted all day and did tons of yard work, plus a two mile walk. I'd hoped it'd be down to 235, but this will do.
.	6/21/2009	7:30 AM	236	33.86	96	28.92%	This was before breakfast, a 1/2 cup cereal and a banana. And before massive cups of coffee. Between the food and fluid retention, probably went up a pound or two.


.	6/23/2009	6:30 AM	231	33.14	101	30.42%	Using scale in hotel fitness center. I may have to reconfigure my BMI computations. I had a health screening today, and was told I'm 5'10", not 5'11" any more. Sigh.
.		10:30 AM	237	34.00	95	28.61%	Health screening at Guidestone. I actually weighed in at 239, fully dressed, but they subtracted 2 lbs for my shoes. In my experience, being fully dressed adds about 7 pounds to my weight. 239 less 7 pounds, plus allowing for breakfast, coffee, and a bottle of water after my workout, makes these two about the same.
.	6/28/2009	4:30 AM	241	34.58	91	27.41%	After two days of binge eating and little exercise
.		7:00 AM	237	34.00	95	28.61%	After a 6.6 mile run.
.	7/1/2009	9:30 AM	234.6	33.66	97.4	29.34%	I walked 8 miles last night, but I've been eating terribly the last few days, and didn't exercise at all on Monday. I feel like I've really lost my momentum and motivation.
.	7/9/2009	7:00 AM	233	33.43	99	29.82%	Although I didn't log it here, I was at 232 Sunday. It's very frustrating to be up in weight since then. I've been doing pretty well with the exercise, but not so much with the eating. Started back logging my eating at mikesfoodlog.blogspot.com yesterday, and added a new tab to record my walking and running.
.	7/10/2009	12:10 AM	228.8	32.83	103.2	31.08%	After a day of NEARLY fasting, and a 10 mile walk.
.	7/18/2009	11:30 PM	228.4	32.77	103.6	31.20%	After another day of near fasting and a 9 mile walk. Not much progress in 8 days huh?
.	7/20/2009	7:30 AM	227.4	32.62	104.6	31.51%	Maybe I've finally gotten low enough that I won't bounce back into the 230s. Now on to the two-teens!
.	7/26/2009	11:00 PM	226.4	32.48	105.6	31.81%	Had a good day. Only at a small meatball sub on wheat, and one fiber bar. Rode bike for 1.5 hours and walked 3 miles.
.	7/29/2009	7:00 AM	223.8	32.11	108.2	32.59%	Always low after a day of fasting. It'll come back up a pound or two just by eating conservatively today.
.	8/3/2009	5:00 AM	229.8	32.97	102.2	30.78%	Wow, that's a scary 5 day gain. I ate way too much at our finger food fellowship after the deacon ordination last night, but thought I'd done pretty well up to that point. I guess not. I'm about to go try to walk some off.
.		10:30 AM	222.8	31.96	109.2	32.89%	Between 5:30 and 7am I walked 4.7 miles, then came home to see Terri and the kids off for their first day of school. I went back out at 8:30 and jogged another 6.3 miles for a total of 11 on the morning. I haven't eaten anything as of this weigh-in, but I have had plenty of water. I didn't expect to drop all the weight in one day. I guess it was pretty much all water weight.
.	8/4/2009 7:10:00			224.6	32.22	107.4	32.35%
.	8/15/2009 10:45:00			220.2	31.59	111.8	33.67%	Ran the Pacemaker 5000 today. Maybe after I cut grass I can get it below 220!
.	9/13/2009 16:07:00			214	30.70	118	35.54%	Have a doctor's appt Thu morning. Last time I went I was 321 fully dressed. I'm hoping to be no more than 221 fully dressed this time. It's gonna be close.
.	9/14/2009 20:55:00			212	30.42	120	36.14%
.	9/24/2009 9:45:00			208	29.84	124	37.35%
.	10/4/2009 22:00:00			212	30.42	120	36.14%	Was up to 215 Sunday morning, and that was after a 12 mile walk/jog the night before. Fasted all day and walked 4 and a half miles in the rain to get down to this weight. I've got to get back on track. I've been going in the wrong direction.