Guess what?  It’s my one year weight loss anniversary eve.  Tomorrow marks the day that I kicked off my effort to lose 23 pounds by the end of 2007.

That goal was accomplished back in June 2007 if I am not mistaken.  Since then I have been “hovering” and working on losing a few more pounds with a new target weight of 155 pounds by the end of this year.

Given where I am now (163.6 lbs), I don’t think I will hit that goal.  That doesn’t mean that I am not going to try, it just means that I am not going to do anything stupid to hit that goal.  I’m in this for the long haul.

Last week, I mentioned vacation.  We went up to Tamarack Idaho and stayed at a friend’s cabin a few hundred yards from Cascade lake.  Here’s a picture of the boys trying to break the ice on the partially frozen lake and the dog patiently waiting for someone to toss the stick for her.

Boys and the dog at Cascade Lake, Donnelly Idaho 2007

Yours truly acted as supervisor to activities near the mostly frozen lake.  If the boys had their way, they would have walked out to the edge were the ice met the water.  There was no way I was letting them go more than a few feet from the shoreline.  And if I have to explain why, then you are not a parent.

In case you are wondering, I have been knocking out a few sessions on the ergometer.  Here’s what I did for 10km of rowing last night at the YMCA in Boise:

42:01.0, 2:06.0 / 500 meters, 22 strokes per minute.

8:32.0 23 2:08.0 2000m
8:23.9 22 2:05.9 4000m
8:32.2 22 2:08.0 6000m
8:24.2 22 2:06.0 8000m
8:08.8 22 2:02.2 10000m

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To everyone, even if you don’t celebrate this holiday.

Taking the next few days off from working and going to Tamarack Idaho for some time with the family.  We are going to get stuffed - Tofurky, vegetables, vino, pumpkin pie, cashews … lots of good food.  Also planning on visiting some hot springs.  One we have not been to yet is Gold Fork.  If we are in the mode to drive a little more, we’ll visit Zim’s hot springs near the 45th parallel.
And plenty of exercise.  This morning, I ran down to the Boise high school track and did 2 x mile in 6:54 and 6:41.  It’s cold and clear today, 32F when I left to run.  It will be even colder tonight in Tamarack - near 4F.

Have a great holiday.

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The weight loss effort for November is going great!

I have been consistent in me effort to NOT eat any - and I mean any - snacks in between meals. Today I weighed in at 163.2 lbs. I weighed 166.6 lbs on the first day of the month - less than a week ago.

Of course, I finished off October with a bang - raided the kid’s Halloween candy in a big way. I would expect that the weight loss would occur relatively easy for the beginning of the month. As long as I am consistent on the not eating part between meals I think my 155 lbs. goal by the end of the year could very well be a reality.

The other item I committed to is exercising at least 5 times a week. Did my weekend warrior stuff, ran on Saturday, rode the single speed on Sunday. Today I went over to the YMCA with the fang dang family and took a few good tugs on the rowing machine.

The ergometer workout was a bit different than normal. Instead of the long consistent row, I did a few sets of intervals.

First 2000 meter piece in 500 meter increments; easy, hard, easy, hard - looks like this;

7:52.2, 1:58.0 minutes per 500 meters, 24 strokes per minute

2:06.8 24 500m
1:53.5 24 1000m
2:04.9 23 1500m
1:47.0 27 2000m

And the second 2000 meter piece; 1000m easy, 1000m hard

8:08.9 2:02.2 24

2:14.2 24 500m
2:10.4 23 1000m
1:54.6 25 1500m
1:49.7 26 2000m

I’m psyched the way the weight loss is going so far.

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Don’t know if you noticed that I did NOT have any posted goals for October.  Ended the month on a heavy note, 166.6 lbs.  I pretty much gorged myself on Halloween candy that the kids brought home.

Now I am back on the wagon.  Time to lose the last 10+ pounds and hit 155 lbs by the end of 2007.

To meet that weight loss goal, I am not snacking in between meals, period.  Three days so far that I have done this.

I have noticed that the weekends have been my weak spot - I tend to do some “grazing” - visiting and sampling from the freezer, refrig, or shelves.  No more of that nonsense.

My stomach is barking at me right now.  I’m going to cook dinner tonight and make sure that I am filled up.

Also on the agenda for this month is exercising 5 times a week.  Today was a 55 minute run, last night was a 10,000 meter row on the ergometer.  Tomorrow is probably an afternoon mountain bike ride through the Boise foothills.  Afternoon ride because it is getting chilly.  When I left for a run this morning with the dog at 9:15, the temperature was below freezing, around 28F - brrrr.

Here’s the rowing effort from last night - a 10km row the other night, 45:21.3, 2:16.0 / 500 meters, 22 strokes per minute.

9:09.8 2:17.4 23 2000m
9:13.7 2:18.4 22 4000m
9:06.0 2:16.5 22 6000m
9:01.6 2:15.4 23 8000m
8:50.3 2:12.5 23 10000m

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