Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Day 1-14: The Results
After undertaking 14 days of rigor and pain what do I have to show for it? After a few weeks of healthy eating and a stringent workout regiment, what has happened? Or, what didn't happen?
In summary I worked out for a minimum of an hour a day for the first 13 out of 14 days. That included some sort of running, elliptical, biking, DDR, or something to get the heart rate up every day.
For the first 6 days I ate very well and stuck to the plan very closely. Labor day weekend did a number on me for days 7 and 8. I got back on track during the second week. However, it looks to be weekends which are my downfall. The second weekend (days 12, 13, and 14) were pretty bad days for eating as well.
So my total time spent working out for those 13 days was:
19 hours and 15 minutes.
My real weight change was:
Days (-7) to 0 fluctuated between 184.5 and 186.5
Day 01: 185
Day 02: 185
Day 03: 184
Day 04: 184
Day 05: 183
Day 06: 183
Day 07: 183
Day 08: ???
Day 09: 186
Day 10: 185
Day 11: 184
Day 12: 183
Day 13: 183
Day 14: 184
Day 15: 183
So, it looks like I have dropped 2 pounds...inaccurate science that it is. It also looks like I would have lost 4 or 5 pounds if Labor Day weekend never happened.
After visiting 10 websites utilizing various methods (like the U.S. Navy method, etc) for determining Body Fat %, I have determined that my IDEAL body weight is 180 pounds. That means I have three more pounds to drop to be ideal. Yes that weight takes into account how much I workout and muscle mass. Before I added in the muscle mass figure it said I was way overweight and I should be at 167 pounds. As it is I have approxiamately 14% body fat...much better than the American average. As a comparison Michael Jordan had 3% body fat in his prime, and the average American has 27.5% body fat.
Overall this has definitely been a success. Any loss of weight is a success. More importantly, I am doing a bit better at paying attention to portion size, time of day, eating breakfast, burning more calories, and generally staying healthy. ¶ 8:14 AM
In summary I worked out for a minimum of an hour a day for the first 13 out of 14 days. That included some sort of running, elliptical, biking, DDR, or something to get the heart rate up every day.
For the first 6 days I ate very well and stuck to the plan very closely. Labor day weekend did a number on me for days 7 and 8. I got back on track during the second week. However, it looks to be weekends which are my downfall. The second weekend (days 12, 13, and 14) were pretty bad days for eating as well.
So my total time spent working out for those 13 days was:
19 hours and 15 minutes.
My real weight change was:
Days (-7) to 0 fluctuated between 184.5 and 186.5
Day 01: 185
Day 02: 185
Day 03: 184
Day 04: 184
Day 05: 183
Day 06: 183
Day 07: 183
Day 08: ???
Day 09: 186
Day 10: 185
Day 11: 184
Day 12: 183
Day 13: 183
Day 14: 184
Day 15: 183
So, it looks like I have dropped 2 pounds...inaccurate science that it is. It also looks like I would have lost 4 or 5 pounds if Labor Day weekend never happened.
After visiting 10 websites utilizing various methods (like the U.S. Navy method, etc) for determining Body Fat %, I have determined that my IDEAL body weight is 180 pounds. That means I have three more pounds to drop to be ideal. Yes that weight takes into account how much I workout and muscle mass. Before I added in the muscle mass figure it said I was way overweight and I should be at 167 pounds. As it is I have approxiamately 14% body fat...much better than the American average. As a comparison Michael Jordan had 3% body fat in his prime, and the average American has 27.5% body fat.
Overall this has definitely been a success. Any loss of weight is a success. More importantly, I am doing a bit better at paying attention to portion size, time of day, eating breakfast, burning more calories, and generally staying healthy. ¶ 8:14 AM
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I wonder how much body fat % the average Sumo has. I mean, look at them, much of it is fat. But is it as much as we think it is? Those guys eat a TON, but they generally eat very well. They all have their own nutritionists and personal chefs.
Jason why don't you post those pictures from Rachael & Chris wedding...or put them on a disk for me so that I can.
Jason, I'm sure you'd see better results if you had a better diet. I know YOU know that. But, I would propose that you are working out TOO MUCH. More is not necessarily better. You can actually hinder your progress by over-training. Just my two cents today.
I just wanted to point out that I can't BELIEVE I missed a chance to use a great movie quote when Sammon's profile pic was modified picture of Jason with a potato as his head...
"Would ya look at the size of that kid's head! It's the size of a planetoid and it has it's own weather system! Looks like an orange on a toothpick! I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Aye, now that was offsides, now wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow."
"Would ya look at the size of that kid's head! It's the size of a planetoid and it has it's own weather system! Looks like an orange on a toothpick! I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Aye, now that was offsides, now wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow."
I don't know about the overtraining (and I am not going to continue at that insane pace...).
Compared to two weeks ago I can run much further much faster, do lots more sit-ups, and I generally feel very good now.
Also remember I'm not going from 29 pounds overweight down to 27 pounds overweight, I went from 5 pounds above ideal to 3 pounds above ideal. Depending on your starting point weight becomes easier or harder to deal with.
Compared to two weeks ago I can run much further much faster, do lots more sit-ups, and I generally feel very good now.
Also remember I'm not going from 29 pounds overweight down to 27 pounds overweight, I went from 5 pounds above ideal to 3 pounds above ideal. Depending on your starting point weight becomes easier or harder to deal with.
jason, this came up in mary kay party tonite - what are "new radicals"? your wife (who did a wonderful job by the way) said maybe you could write a blog about it.........
The New Radicals was a short lived pop-rock band from around the turn of the century.
Free radicals are probably what you guys were talking about...at least if you were referring to something in the human body.
And no, I will not blog about free radicals.
Free radicals are probably what you guys were talking about...at least if you were referring to something in the human body.
And no, I will not blog about free radicals.
...Which begs the question "Why aren't free radicals just called oxidants if they're attacked by anti-oxidants?"
Okay, remember back in high school chemistry class on how if an atom is missing an electron, it floats around until it attaches itself to another atom to steal their electron...well that's a free radical. Normally, the body can handle free radicals, but if antioxidants are unavailable, or if the free-radical production becomes excessive, damage can occur. Of particular importance is that free radical damage accumulates with age.
The vitamins C and E, are thought to protect the body against the destructive effects of free radicals. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals by donating one of their own electrons, ending the electron-"stealing" reaction. The antioxidant nutrients themselves don’t become free radicals by donating an electron because they are stable in either form. They act as scavengers, helping to prevent cell and tissue damage that could lead to cellular damage and disease.
The vitamins C and E, are thought to protect the body against the destructive effects of free radicals. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals by donating one of their own electrons, ending the electron-"stealing" reaction. The antioxidant nutrients themselves don’t become free radicals by donating an electron because they are stable in either form. They act as scavengers, helping to prevent cell and tissue damage that could lead to cellular damage and disease.
Hmm, Kelly, are you going over the high school chemistry part of "teacher school" right now? I think you may have provided a better explanation than I could have...and I'm the science guy.
Jason you may be the science guy but I have picked up a few things as I struggled to compete with you...just because your smarter doesn't mean I'm not smart.
Well, I think the 3 of us can be dumb, dumber and dumber-er! I nominate myself to be the lesser of the dumbs...oh maybe I'll just be the dum-dum cause they're really yum-yum...
thanks for the explanation. yes, i did get the band mixed up with the chemistry question, and even though i really don't think i could re-explain a free radical to someone else, i think i get it, they can be bad. okay, got it. thanks. :)
no Bek it's easy...you've got an unfulfilled particle in your face that is trying to steal a healthy energy source from your good skin. It lashes out in anger, steals the energy, ages your skin in the process and all of this could be prevented if you have anti-oxidants that willing share their extra energy without asking for anything in return....the result resting free radicals, happy anti-oxidants and beautiful looking skin.
I dunno, I'm starting to like these free radicals. It sounds like they are party animals, getting their groove on...on the dancefloor.
PARTY ALL NIGHT WITH THE FREE RADICALS!!
Oh snap, here comes some anti-oxidants trying to push some E on us.
"Yizzle yazzle free radizzle, you wizzant some fresh E?"
So now all of these young free radicals are getting down with the AO's energy. There goes the neighborhood!
PARTY ALL NIGHT WITH THE FREE RADICALS!!
Oh snap, here comes some anti-oxidants trying to push some E on us.
"Yizzle yazzle free radizzle, you wizzant some fresh E?"
So now all of these young free radicals are getting down with the AO's energy. There goes the neighborhood!
I don't know if I should be happy about my new "wizzant" status, or not. What does it all mean Bazzle?
Man...without being able to pick on Sammon we've all run out of comments...the last one posted 5 hours ago..ON A Workday! This is bad.
Please no...Donna and Jason really liked one of their songs and I just heard it too much during my junior year of high school on our way to Brookpark Lanes in my bro's Beastly white forerunner or whatever that thing was.
I walked into Best Buy one day, and I walked out with 3 copies of that New Radicals cd. Dan L and Andy G also bought it...making it 5 copies of the cd bought at once. (Two of mine were gifts). For about 12 days I thought the New Radicals were going to be the next big thing.
Any band with the word New as the beginning of their name instantly brings to mind New Kids On The Block. And we all know how that ended.
Maybe I would hang it at work if I could. I have zero, zilch, nada personal effects at work here. I love this job more than any other so far, but man, I'm a sardine here.
I'm at a folding table, shared with another developer. I do not have a flat panel monitor. The computer takes up 50+% of the 2.5 feet by 4 feet of area that I have.
I have no cubical walls. And my coffee cup and (black) swingline stapler frequently get in the way of my mouse.
I've actually seriously considered purchasing my own flatpanel monitor and/or laptop to use here as the situation is udderly ridiculous. As I type I'm currently reaching over paperwork and documents as it's the only place I have to put it.
I have no drawer space or personal space to put napkins, plastic flatware, or anything of that sort.
Thanks for reminding me how aweful my working environment is. You didn't just hit a nerve, you hit it, beat it, cut it, and electrocuted it.
I'm at a folding table, shared with another developer. I do not have a flat panel monitor. The computer takes up 50+% of the 2.5 feet by 4 feet of area that I have.
I have no cubical walls. And my coffee cup and (black) swingline stapler frequently get in the way of my mouse.
I've actually seriously considered purchasing my own flatpanel monitor and/or laptop to use here as the situation is udderly ridiculous. As I type I'm currently reaching over paperwork and documents as it's the only place I have to put it.
I have no drawer space or personal space to put napkins, plastic flatware, or anything of that sort.
Thanks for reminding me how aweful my working environment is. You didn't just hit a nerve, you hit it, beat it, cut it, and electrocuted it.
I guess you'd prolly get on me for using prolly too, instead of probably. Probably is just too babbly.
yes, i've seen andy's "maybe you've been brainwashed too" cd aruond here somewhere the other day, i was pretty impressed by the lyrics i read though i didn't quite take the time to put it in the cd player...it does seem dangerous to name your bad "new" something b/c eventually you won't be "new" and then everyone will forget you...sadly enuf...poor old kids on the block...
Freudian slip! Freudian slip! See, you think the New Kids on the Block are all around bad.
I'd agree.
And they seriously could have capitalized doing commercials for Oreos.
I'd agree.
And they seriously could have capitalized doing commercials for Oreos.
Wow! I should force my students to read this blog. Everything from linguistics to chemistry to physical fitness to sociology is represented in the above entrees. Then again, thanks to Sammon, the rating on the blog is probably tipping the PG-13/R scale (not to mention the advice on using laxitives for weight loss)... and then I would be fired.
Sigh, the students will learn nothing.
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