Day 134 - 41% Progress

Got in another cardio workout on Saturday. A return to the Junior High soccer field for some more 80 yard sprints. Last weekend my first attempt saw me do ten sprints before calling it a workout, this attempt I did a dozen. My fastest sprint was 20 seconds, a second better than my best spring a week ago. I may have pushed it a bit further than wise as my left thigh was not too happy with me afterwards. I stretched it out good afterwards and it felt better, no big deal; just need to stretch more beforehand is my guess.

Had a pair of cool NSV's yesterday...

We are going to a wedding this coming Friday. My wife asked if I was going to get a new pair of trousers since the ones I wear now are so baggy. I wasn't going to but she seemed to want me to so we did just that.

For the better part of a decade I've been wearing 46's. If honest with myself I should have been wearing 48's or 50's perhaps the past year or so as my 46's have been tight tight tight. I grabbed a pair of 44's to take to the dressing room and my wife suggested I try 42's. Not necessary I thought but I grabbed them any way and off I went to the dressing room.

The first thing I tried on was a 2XL t-shirt I grabbed before making my way over to the trousers. Before I started this mission I wore exclusively 3XL's which fit me. Not all would fit when I tried them on, just some. Had I been willing to buy 4XL's I'd have had more options in recent years, but, for whatever reason buying 4XL's was something I was not going to do until I needed to.

Huh? Can you believe that!? Attitude, that was my old attitude, that someday I would have to buy 4XL's and when that day came so be it, but not before. Thinking back at that attitude both boils my Irish blood and tickles my Irish bum.

The 2XL t-shirt fit great and the many old 2XL t-shirts I've had shoved to the back of my dresser drawers have been replaced the 3XL's for use now as I can wear any 2XL I touch comfortably now.

Back to the trousers, I started with trying on the 42's. Now I should have known my wife would be right, silly me. I never even tried on the 44's, just took the t-shirt & the 42's and checked out.

So chalk these up on the NSV list...
>Buying new trousers in size 42, down from 46's.
>Saying goodbye to having to buy 3XL shirts & hello to 2XL

The numbers for this weigh in areas follows: I weigh 41% less than the day I started this mission.

Thus, 49.5 pounds have been lost in the past EIGHTEEN weeks; 2 of them this past week.

Today I weighed in at 270.5 pounds. Oh Yeah!

Cool - the 40% mark has been achieved! The 50 pound mark, missed it by that much; holding thumb & fore finger a 1/2 inch apart representing that 1/2 pound shy I am of that mark. Needless to say, I am quite please with this past week.

Enjoy your Sunday, have fun & be healthy!

Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!

Day 49 - NSV Punched

Try as I may I just couldn't wait any longer. Back and forth I went with myself on whether to buy a new belt, or, add a hole to my existing belt. My pants kept increasing their threat to fall down with each passing day, Finally, I couldn't wait to make a decision any longer. So there you see it, me, at my work bench about to punch a new hole in my current belt as soon as I finished taking that picture.

Oh, Thanks Dad for the hand-me-down  set of punches you gave me nearly seven years ago; I don't use them often but was so glad to put them to use on this need. Gotta love tools made in the 60's, or before; tougher than anything made today albeit they don't look as pretty.

Ahhh, it felt much better when I put my belt back on. Actually, I think I may need to punch another hole to get the snug feeling I need. But let me take a few days on that decision :-) while I enjoy the Oh Yeah moment only an NSV can bring!

Have you had an NSV recently you would like to share with the class?

Hockey Update: The Blackhawks didn't look good last night and the Stanley Cup series is now tied up 2 games a piece now; bummer... Back to Chicago they come for Game-5 Sunday night. Go BLACKHAWKS!!!

No real plans this weekend, which means time to relax, time to exercise and the need for discipline in the face of idle time. It is a weigh in day tomorrow which has the added anticipation of the 20% progress mark which is oh so near.

Have a Great Weekend!

Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!