Weigh in Wednesday: October 28, 2015

It has been, I don't know, years since I last posted a Weigh-in Wednesday. But, since I am trying to get back on the wagon, so to speak, here we go. This week I weigh...252.6 pounds.

If you scroll through the archives far enough, you can find that this is nearly fifty pounds more than I did at the height of my training.

I have come to two observations about my goals. The main one being to drop down to around 200 pounds.

1) I gained this weight over the course of eight or so years, it will not go away over night.

2) If I can lose one pound per week, and really I think losing 1-2 is the healthy way to lose weight, it will take a year to lose this.

This will be a metamorphosis, just hopefully not as Kafkaesque. It will take work, it will take time, and it will take support.

Now, let's get started.

Starting a new streak

Last Christmas, my wife and I bought each other FitBit Flexes. I really enjoy the FitBit, as I find it a good way to monitor my steps throughout the day. I became somewhat obsessed with this.

I hit my step count of 10,000 steps for 226 days in a row. I had a handful of days well over that. Once, inspired to win a competition, I hit 30,000. Like I said, obsessed. My streak was snapped in September thanks to a nasty head cold. I lapsed back into my old lazy ways, and have been fairly inactive for a month.

While steps can help one lose weight, I didn't see any change in my weight over the year. This tells me I have a lot of work to do on some other fronts. Diet, adding in weights, that sort of thing.

However, hitting 10,000 steps can be an important part of my plan. And so, I am starting a new streak, with and added goal.

I would like to hit 5 million steps over the next year. This is an average of slightly under 100,000 steps per week. This goal means I will have to be consistent and put in some extra work along the way.

I'll keep you posted. The screenshot is from today's stepping. Till next time!