Battle of the Bulge Progress Report #6-8
#6 (dated 9/5/06, days before my wedding):
No good. Still can't run, and worse, I added between 3 and 5 pounds. Not sure which. The scale said 166 yesterday, 164 today. Either way, it's the wrong direction. I will strive harder this week not to cheat except for this upcoming Sunday, of course) and get headed in the right direction.
#7 (dated 9/25/06):
It's been a while since an update. My leg may finally be better. No pain yesterday at all and there doesn't seem to be any today as of now. Still not doing well with the weight loss. Stuck at 164. Considering signing up with Weight Watchers and attending meetings as an extra motivation to get my diet on track.
#8 (dated today):
Haven't been true to my word about weekly updates. Truth is there's been little progress, which I'm embarrassed about. The weight. Not the running. My leg still isn't there yet. But I've made no progress on the weight front. In fact, I've slipped. According to a weigh in at Weight Watcher's yesterday - I signed up and attended my first meeting yesterday - I weigh 176.4 fully clothed. When I got home I used my scale and came in at 172. Thus my scale is 4 pounds off. When I last weighed myself on Thursday, I weighed 166 on the home scale. So I now weigh 170 pounds, and I can feel my clothes becoming too tight. Today is my first day on the weight watchers plan.All in all, I don't know how long it will take me to drop the weight to get down to 150. I don't believe I will meet the December deadline and seriously doubt that I will be in running shape for the 15k in time. I don't know when I can start training again.
So I don't envision collecting on the pledges everyone offered, but that doesn't mean I stop striving towards my goals. I plan on dropping the 20 pounds even if it takes 5 months (a pound a week) and intend on getting back into running.
I will continue to keep you posted for good and bad.