June weigh in

It was a good news/bad news kind of day.  Weighed in at 210 and 24.9% body fat.  So, down three pounds but a bit up on the body fat percentage.  I now need to lose 11lbs in 18 days (which is not likely) to meet my goal.

On the plus side, earlier this week a colleague noticed that I had been losing weight. Since she did not know me at my heaviest, I take it that the latest drop is showing up.  Woot!

New Goal

Shooting for 199 by June 19.  Under 200 by 45.  I think I can. I think I can.

New day, new scale, new baseline

Picked up a new scale last night.  New baselines

Weight-213.6
Body fat %-24.2

By my calculations, that gives me 51.7 lbs of fat and 161.9 lbs of lean.  I am resisting the urge to compare that to past readings since this is a new scale and a new baseline.

Scale Woes

I think the scale woes continue.  Within 10 minutes I weighed in at 213.2 and 28% body fat followed by 211 and 27% body fat.  I checked in with my daughter and she has noticed continuing fluctuations as well.  So, it is time for a new scale.

I do not know for sure that I have lost weight but I know that my relatively newly purchased 36" waist jeans are getting looser so something has changed.  I find it hard to believe that my waist could shrink while my body fat % goes up.  Also, I have been working out so weight gain should be represented by a decrease in body fat.  Anyway, a new scale today and a reset of weight and body fat tomorrow.

For the record

I don't normally weigh in more than once a month, much less, two days in a row.  But, given the fluctuations yesterday, I bought new batteries last night and weighed in again this morning.  I showed 211 and 26% BF about 4 times in a row before I decided that the batteries fixed it.  A 1 pound fluctuation is not really much to jump up and down about but I am going to use that as my comparison for next month.

April 1 weigh in

Slow and steady may when the race for the tortoise, but it is not as inspiring when it comes to weight loss.  I am fairly certain my scale needs new batteries in that it first showed 177 and 18% body fat.  It then went up to 216, back down to 209 before settling on 212 and 26% for several in a row and a set of "new" batteries. I must admit that the "new" batteries were batteries found in drawers with no way of telling whether they are fresh or not.

So, I am going with 212 and 26%.  That has me at 55 lbs of fat and 157 lbs of lean weight. I am down 2.5 lbs fat and up about a half pound of lean weight.  At this rate, I will be 6 more months getting to 200.  April will be an improvement.

March 1 weigh in

I can't say I am surprised but I also can't say that I am excited.  I was prepared for the number to go up but it actually went down-just not much.  I was 214.4 this morning with the same percent body fat-27%.

By my calculations I am now 57.89 pounds of fat and 156.51 pounds of lean. When not rounding off, that means I dropped about .5 lbs of fat in February and about a pound of lean weight.  I will take it though I hope to do better.  Considering the trip to Vegas and the backing off of both resistance and cardio, it makes sense.  Between a sore shoulder, a sore knee at the beginning of the month and general tiredness that pervaded the entire house this month (the girls missed several days of school with general aches, pains and tiredness so I think we may have been experiencing a mild bug) it ain't too bad. 

For March, a re-commitment.  I am starting the month with a bicycle commute.  I also finished February with a commute.  Here we go.  210 and 25% by April 1?  I think I can.