PR's Tumblrdome
Cosimo Galluzzi
Janaina Medeiros
oozey mess
will byers stan first human second
roma★
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
d e v o n
tannertan36
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
titsay
AnasAbdin
Cosmic Funnies
Mike Driver
Sweet Seals For You, Always
★
izzy's playlists!
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
i don't do bad sauce passes
NASA
seen from Netherlands
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Italy
seen from Canada
seen from Poland
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Netherlands
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from Austria
seen from Italy
seen from Malaysia
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from Italy
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
@droppingthelbs
Hi there!
It’s been about a month since my last Tumblr post, but I thought I’d check in real quick. Still doing well, weighing in daily (M-F for me) on the Bendoeslife twitch stream. Great motivation to keep going.
June 9th (Day 1): 293
Monday September 16th: 269.7
Monday October 14th: 262.4
Hope you all are doing well!
Hey!
Good to see you again, hope you’ve all had a good week! I’m still making steady progress, did I have a slight gain Saturday morning and Sunday morning (are out Friday night and Saturday night, go figure), but down for the week.
June 9th (Day 1): 293
Monday September 9th: 271.8
Monday September 16th: 269.7
I’m weighing in each morning, and have been since June 9th. Seeing pretty solid steady progress. I found out Mr Do Life himself is streaming daily weigh ins on twitch, so I’ve been sharing my daily weigh ins on there as well for some extra accountability. If you want to join in search for bendoeslife, on weekdays the stream starts at 7 pacific.
While I’m here I’ll share today’s workout. It was pretty good till I got to the sets of 10 squats, that really took it out of me! See you soon!
Hi, how are you?
Josh here, long time no see! Hope you’ve all been well. I’m back in the fitness game and have been for a few months, so I thought maybe I’d dust off the ol’ Tumblr.
So, let’s get started! First things first, I’m not driving myself crazy this time. I’m just making incremental changes, eating at a deficit, working out (3 days of freeweights and 2 days of cardio). Taking it as it goes. There will be ups, there will be downs. There is a calorie tracker on my phone, but I don’t track calories. Tracking calories drives me nuts. I use the calorie tracking app to help me make better choices in a pinch or spot check random days.
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. I hadn’t stepped on a scale in a few years, hadn’t jogged, or done any real exercise in sometime. In June, I thought self, it’s time to get out of the funk.
June 9th I stepped on the scale and saw 293.0. A new lifetime high. I knew it would be bad honestly, but that slapped me in the face. So I started eating at a calorie deficit.
The following weekend I cleaned out the garage, mounted an old TV in front of the treadmill, I was set. Walked for 30 minutes. 2 days later I jumped on the trusty treadmill, went for a bit, a loud pop happened and a fuse blew. The treadmill was dead, fried motor control board. L O L
I scoured craigslist, found a nice used Precor elliptical. Exchanged emails, went and looked at it the following weekend, and picked it up. Set it up in the garage, and went to use it. Uh, the weight input on this bad boy goes to 250. Checked the owners manual, yep 250 is the max weight. Well, now we’ve got one of a few, target goal weights.
While I was looking for ellipticals, I also happened upon a used Precor treadmill. Price was pretty good, so I checked and it was still available. Setup a time to look at it, and it had clearly been in a garage wich was pretty dirty. I was going to pass, but the guy wanted to deal. He offered it for $50, I took it for a quick jog, tested the incline motor, it all worked so I took it home. Spent hours cleaning it up. It’s pretty freaking nice!
I also thought that since I was going to be cutting for a substantial period of time, I’d also like to lift. I know for how little free time I have the only way that would be done was with a home gym. So I bought a squat cage, built a lifting platform, and picked up a free weight set. I started watching form videos and began doing a weightlifting routine from Reddit. In my YouTube form video watching I got hooked on Alan Thrall and Barbell Medicine. For the last 6 weeks I’ve been following the beginner prescription https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/the-beginner-prescription/
Lifting 3 days a week. 2 days of light cardio a week.
So where am I at now? 270.6, and a lot stronger! Almost 23 pounds down since June, all my lifts heavier. Woo hoo, this stuff works!
For tonight I’ll leave you with a picture of my nifty home gym and a snapshot of tonight’s workout. Hope to see you around!
Saturday is weigh day
Starting weight: 281.2 (8/8/16) Last week’s weight: 229.0 (4/24/17) Today’s weight: 223.8 (4/29/17) Difference: -5.2 lbs Total loss: 57.4 lbs Yep, it's 1 am on Sunday, but shhh! Let's pretend it is still Saturday. Big loss this week, but I'm betting mostly water weight from kicking things back into gear. I'm sure I earned some back with dinner tonight. Lots of getting the house in to shape today, goodwill run, dump run, organized the garage, cleaning supply run. Dusting the high up places that required a ladder. Tiffany started packing the house of the un-necessary but still want to keep items today, and cleaning of the bathrooms. Tomorrow we'll pack up more, and finish making things shine, power wash the driveway and patio. We also have a swim banquet to attend in the afternoon, and Nathan is teaching a swim lesson to his cousin. It's a fundraiser for the club. Oh, and we went and saw another house today that just came on the market. We loved it. We loved the location too, it's a few blocks from Tiffany's parents and about a 2 minute walk from some close friends. Also has the chain of schools from elementary to high school that we'd like to be in. We made a strong offer, so we'll wait and see. Busy, busy, busy.
It's Friday!
And, I really needed a Friday. Weight - 224.2 Calories- 1584 Water - 56 ounces The offer we put in on the house was rejected, but we were encouraged to make a bit better offer by the seller. So, we did. It's still an offer we're comfortable with and feel is offer. We'll see what happens. This weekend is all about prepping our house to be ready for photos Monday. De-clutter pack away things to give the appearance of more room, etc. I see a busy weekend ahead.
Boo
I ate right, and drank my water today! Woo hoo! Weight - 226.0 Calories consumed - 1557 Water - 62 ounces
Daily Wrap up
Kind of a run of the mill day. This where I struggle with these posts, and they turn in to just running through the numbers. But let's just do that. Weight - 227.0 Calories consumed - 2008 Water - 64 ounces I ate pretty well all day, but was tempted by a treat this evening. Still, that's not too bad.
Hi there
I've been a bit stressed out since coming back from vacation, lol. Jumped right in to learning my site supervisor duties, and having customer meetings and correspondence to let them know the transition plan. Along with still doing most of my old role while I try to get that replacement in place. To top it off we went from sorta looking for a new house to making offers on two different houses. The first house was pulled off the market since their replacement house fell through, the other offer is hanging in the wind for the next few days. Plus we're prepping to list our home. I bit off a lot, and let the diet slip. But a hydration nudge from @melanietris reminded me I need to make sure I take care of that too. So, I stepped on the scale this morning, committed to drinking my water, and ate better. And I'll do it again tomorrow, and the next day. But for now, just one day at a time. Weight - 229.0 Calories consumed - 1640 Water - 56 ounces I'll post daily and weigh in on Saturdays. I need to remind myself this is a priority, even when other things also need my attention.
Apr 8, 2017
Calories Consumed: 1792 Active Calories Burned: 482 Resting Calories Burned: 2229 Calorie Defecit: 919 Steps Today: 6135 Water Intake: 55 ounces Average Heart Rate: 70 Max Heart Rate: 101 Weight: 222.8
Saturday is weigh day
And the world is wondering, “Did the vacation weight gain come off?”
Starting weight: 281.2 (8/8/16) Last week’s weight: 229.5 (4/2/17) Today’s weight: 222.8 (4/8/17) Difference: -6.7 lbs Total loss: 58.4 lbs
Big loss, all the water weight that I packed on during our trip kept falling off each day. First time dropping below 223 lbs during this weight loss trip. Onward and downward.
Apr 6, 2017
Calories Consumed: 1534 Active Calories Burned: 704 Resting Calories Burned: 2113 Calorie Defecit: 1283
Steps Today: 8010 Water Intake: 59 ounces
Average Heart Rate: 75 Max Heart Rate: 138
Weight: 223.7
Apr 5, 2017
Calories Consumed: 1554 Active Calories Burned: 696 Resting Calories Burned: 2212 Calorie Defecit: 1354
Steps Today: 3751 Water Intake: 62 ounces
Average Heart Rate: 74 Max Heart Rate: 117
Weight: 225
Apr 4, 2017
Calories Consumed: 1751 Active Calories Burned: 479 Resting Calories Burned: 2191 Calorie Defecit: 919 Steps Today: 6943 Water Intake: 68 ounces Average Heart Rate: 74 Max Heart Rate: 113 Weight: 226.8
Apr 3, 2017
Calories Consumed: 1537 Active Calories Burned: 443 Resting Calories Burned: 2194 Calorie Defecit: 1100
Steps Today: 3784 Water Intake: 62 ounces
Average Heart Rate: 75 Max Heart Rate: 113
Weight: 227.6
I was chained to my desk today, fun with monthly metrics! But.... I got the promotion! Woo hoo.
Apr 2, 2017
Calories Consumed: 1428 Active Calories Burned: 428 Resting Calories Burned: 2178 Calorie Defecit: 1178
Steps Today: 5213 Water Intake: 62 ounces
Average Heart Rate: 70 Max Heart Rate: 116
Weight: 229.5
Saturday is weigh day
It’s Sunday though, and we made it back home. Great trip, lots of fun, now we get to prepare to rejoin the real world.
Starting weight: 281.2 (8/8/16) Last week’s weight: 223.3 (3/25/17) Today’s weight: 229.5 (4/2/17) Difference: 6.2 lbs Total loss: 51.7 lbs
So, the food was good on the trip… I’m surprised the gain was that much, but meh whatever. Time to get back to work, a week long break was nice, now it’s time for a big drop during April.
Saturday is weigh day
And we’re off to California! Stepped on the scale for the last time for the next eight days.
Starting weight: 281.2 (8/8/16) Last week’s weight: 226.1 (3/18/17) Today’s weight: 223.3 (3/25/17) Difference: -2.8 lbs Total loss: 57.9 lbs
Really good week! Lost almost three pounds, started getting over this cold, good news on for my interviews (will be announced suspiciously the day I go back to work).
My original goal was to weigh 200 lbs by the time we went on vacation. I knew it was ambitious, and I came up short, but almost 58 pounds since August is still something to be proud of. I’ve dropped many pants sizes, and went from fully filling out XL shirts to being comfortably into Large shirts.
I’m not worrying about diet on our vacation. I don’t think I’ll gain with all the walking we’ll be doing. I won’t go crazy, I’ll stick with water and unsweetened tea. We’ll see where I am when I get back, and attack the last 42 lbs I want to lose.