Tag: My Weight Loss

I haven’t been posted as regular as required to keep a reader base, but for those of you still reading…

I paid for a personal trainer mid-way through January.  I got 12 one hour sessions scheduled at twice a week for six weeks.  Today was the last day of those sessions.  I have to say that I have seen a difference in my arms and chest.  I can feel my shoulders have developed too.  I have even seen some weight loss.  BUT…

I went to the BodPod testing center (its body composition – I.E. body fat verse lean muscle mass) at the end of last year and I was at 45% body fat.  I weighted about 305 lbs.  Two weeks ago I was tested again and I had lose over 5 lbs, but the great part was I had actually lost 13 lbs of fat and gained almost 8 lbs of muscle.  I was feeling pretty good about it.  BUT…

Yesterday I went to test again now that I am at the end of my personal training.  I expected to see another few pounds lost and maybe even see some gain in lean muscle mass.  I weighted in at 294 lbs – great!  Then the body composition testing…drum roll…..

I GAINED A POUND OF FAT AND LOST 7 POUNDS OF LEAN MUSCLE MASS!!!  Needless to say, I am discouraged and I am again fustrated.  I will continue the fight, but I do feel like I’ve just lost a battle…

I’ve updated the weekly update section.  I hate to know that I’m three weeks behind.  I gained several pounds during those three weeks, but when I weighted yesterday, I was only half a pound up from the last time I officially weighted in.  It is time to stop looking back and start looking forward.  I have three weeks before my reunion.  If I maintain my two pound a week weight loss goal, I will be 284 lbs.  That’s not the 274 lbs. I had hoped for but its better than the 330 lbs I was at my heaviest.  I haven’t been riding my bike much lately, but I really feel that my biggest reason for not losing weight is my diet.  I keep making goals to write down everything that I eat, but I have continued to fall short here.  I haven’t done a bod pod test in a while either.  The main reason I suppose is that I haven’t been looking forward to the results.  I will get one next week.  I must not stop looking at my weight goals, my diet goals, my exercise goals because I missed the mark – if I do, then I will stop trying to hit the mark.  I will push forward, I will continue to push myself, I will lose weight…