Day 332 - Some Progression

Progression in World of Warcraft that is. After 1.5 weeks of banging our head against the wall, and having to endure pug dps/healer/tank, our raid group finally down the first boss in Fireland raid instance. It took 3.5 solid hours of wiping, but down he went. Tanking pants drop, and of course, I didn't get it :)

I found out that the treadmill elevation at 4' is wrong setting, and it has been lowered to 3', which makes my workout a bit easier. With the weather currently hot and humid, even early in the morning, I loss almost 1 pound with 45 minutes of walk at 3.9 MPH.  The machine claimed that I burn about 246 calories, I'm not sure how they managed to get that.

I'm not sure what accounts the dramatic drop of weight back a couple of days ago.  I still have 2 pieces of StoneFire Grill chicken that I need to finish up before I can start on my garlic marinated pork.

In terms of my weekday meals, I've really simplified my plan a bit.

Breakfast: 3 eggs over easy, with 3 dash of Tabasco sauce.  8 oz 1% milk for my double shot latte.
Snack: V8 Low Sodium
Lunch: Healthy Choice Steam Lunch
Snack: Beef Jerky single serving
Dinner: Fish/Pork/Beef/Tofu, with soup.

I'll also have some sugar free ice cream bar for after dinner snack.  I can probably cut this out, but it doesn't seemed to be hindering my plan.

117/69/58 189.8lb 94 mg/DL

Day 331 - The Goal in Sight

My revised goal weight is 174 pounds (used to be 165 pounds, and I thought it might be more realistic to be not overweight), which would put me at BMI of 24.96. That's only about 17 pounds away. At my present pace, it'll be another three to four months away, but a goal within reach. I won't make my revised goal by the time I get to my surgery anniversary, but I'll be close enough.

111/74/55 190.8lb 85 mg/DL

Day 330 - Feels Like Monday

The day after a long weekend always feels like Monday, even though it's Tuesday. In my case, that means waking up at 5AM instead of 6AM, and getting things done two hours earlier. For example, I was done eating breakfast by 7:15AM this morning. On July 4th, I finish my breakfast by 8:30AM, not counting the extra effort in steaming the latte milk.

113/76/53 191.4lb 95 mg/DL

Day 329 - Things That Now Stands Out

Back when I'm wearing 4x pants with elastic band pants from the Big & Tall stores, I hardly ever pay attention to anyone's physique, myself especially. After all, I'm fatter than most people I meet, with some rare exception. It's been 10 months after the surgery, and I'm still hunting for clothing that fits, and now how people looks stands out more.

I know this surgery is a gift that will has already have tremendous positive effect on me. Back muscle pains, the often reoccurring issue that has plague me for over a decade is a vague recent memory. I'm not taking any medication as part of my daily regiment. Even as I look back at my spending, I'm no longer doing the daily $9 lunch (my lunch usually cost about $2 nowadays).

It's just that I'm paying much more attention to myself that have cross over to observing others. Not sure if this is positive or negative.

We have another round of StoneFire Grills last night. And this time, I went out of my way not to over eat. Works a bit better than the last round. Despite the sweet BBQ sauce, my blood sugar is still normal.

117/73/61 190.2lb 92 mg/DL

Day 328 - End of Week 47

08-07-2010 Front

08-07-2010 Side

07-03-2011 Front

07-03-2011 Side

I went through my closet last night.  I recognize clothing from more than 10 years ago from my previous jobs.  And they don't fit either.  So off to either storage or donation they go.  Right now, my closet consist of 1 pants from my 4x days (though I still need to actually find it.  It has grown legs and ran away), a couple of suits (that probably don't fit either), ties and the shirts and pants I bought this year.  I'll hold off on buying anything else until I hit my goal weight.

Did another 45 minutes of exercise this morning.  It still feels fine.

This has been an odd week for me.  I saw a weight meter swing of 6.8lb from Monday morning (constipated) to this morning.  This despite the fact that I actually ate a lot of food (by my standard) between Friday and Saturday.   Sometimes this weekend, we're going back to Firestone Grills, so that'll be a challenge as well. 

115/71/64 190.6lb 96 mg/DL
Week to Week 5.4lb
Total Weight Loss 137.4lb
Body Mass Index 27.35

Day 327 - 45 Minutes

As I was doing exercise this morning, I put in Battle: Los Angeles into the DVD in the exercise room.  I sort of lost track of time, and by the time I realized that, I've already put in 42 minutes on the treadmill.  I went ahead and did another 3 minutes and still feel good about the exercise.  I guess I've graduate to 45 minutes.

The stinky tofu / Oyster Omelet  lunch combine with the pork chop rice dinner (no, I'm saving the pork chop for the rest of the weekend) I had yesterday didn't seemed to spike my glucose reading too much, despite of having a 3/4 bowl of rice.  Lets see how the rest of the holiday weekend pans out.

108/70/64 191lb 97 mg/DL

Day 326 - Warcraft Patch 4.2 Day 3

Sorry about the late post.  Yesterday sort of got away from me.

I guess they've fix it so that the characters can now get into Molten Front on the first day of their try by giving some of the World Tree tokens in the non-daily portion of the quest.  Too bad my hunter won't get there until later this week.  Meanwhile, all of my other character have gotten into Molten Front.

114/80/62 193lb 92 mg/DL