FitThuma

It's official. Work has gotten crazy. I am still managing to eat healthier and am losing weight but time to exercise has been nonexistent.

Yeah... so it's Wednesday and this challenge started Monday but I guess better late than never so let's get started! A quick review? Sure! This is my second 6 week challenge. I did not meet my main goal of losing 5% of my bodyweight, which was about 15.8 pounds, for the first challenge but made good progress losing 10.8 pounds. I got like a C on my other three goals due to a nasty virus that totally derailed me in the 6th week. These were to eat healthier and log my points in weight watchers, ride the exercise bike or walk everyday, and do the beginner body weight workout 3 times a week. Alrighty! Enough with the failure! My main goal for this challenge is... to lose 5% of my bodyweight! 15.4 pounds in 6 weeks. If I meet my goal I will go buy myself a project bike out of the local bike shops boneyard. Uh... by bike I mean a bicycle. I have a couple of vintage cruisers I have fixed up. Completing my main goal will be exceedingly difficult as I am an accountant and it is tax season. I am chained to a desk from sun up to sun down six days a week... it sucks. I will also set a challenge to increase my strength and stamina by doing the beginner bodyweight workout 3 times a week and walking, or riding the exercise bike when the weather does not cooperate, the other 4 days a week. I will have to think on a reward for this one... Off we go!

Reckoning day... I spent week 6 and am continuing to fight a pretty nasty virus. I tracked my food on a couple of days but that's it. Finishing points were 89 out of a possible 120 so not great but not a total failure... My weight watchers weigh in day is tomorrow so I will see how much damage this virus has done but last week I was down 9 lbs (2.8%) which is a bit short of my 15 lb (5%) goal. Once I am healthy I plan to get back to it and be healthy heading in to the next challenge!

Things are definitely in full swing at work! Week 4 was rough... late nights, two birthday partys, and the super bowl! Week 5 is off to a much better start! Thanks for all the words of encouragement!

How was week 3?

Thanks everyone for the encouragement and checking in with me! Week 3 Eat Healthy! So my mother-in-law is trying to kill me... she dropped off cookies twice this week AND a box of donuts! I stayed strong and avoided the donuts but the cookies got me a couple of times. The frustrating part is that I am logging my points in weight watchers and was still within my allowed points every day last week but stayed the same weight. Get Moving! No problem! 15 minutes on the exercise bike every day. I know walking would be a vast improvement so I am looking for a used treadmill. Get Strong! I started to feel less sore this week... and then I missed my 3rd workout. There are plenty of excuses but bottom line, I didn't do it. After frustrating week 3 results I am rededicating myself in week 4 to hit my goals and see some progress.

How goes the questing?

Hi starsapart! Thanks for checking in on me. It is time for the week 2 check in. Eat healthy! I am eating a lot less carbs and saying no to more carbs than I thought existed and am logging my points in weight watchers every day. The weight is not coming off fast but it is coming off. Wednesday is my official weigh in day but as of today I am down about 6 lbs since the start of the year. Get moving! This surprisingly has already become pretty much automatic. 15 minutes on the exercise bike in the basement every evening. I am looking at getting a treadmill since I feel like walking is much better than riding a bike. Get strong! I can feel this one... in my legs! This one was more of a struggle than the other two but I got through the BBWW 3 times this week. I find myself putting this one off and trying to justify not doing it due to my sore legs and the built in 10 points I can miss... but then I think about the constant pain related to my weak back and hips and struggle through it. On to week 3!

Keep up the good work!

Good work! Keep it up!

Week 2 challenge complete! Vicrandom and Dolf look out! I will be watching you... creepily.

Your goals are pretty similar to mine as are your beginning stats! I played defensive line in college and used to be much stronger and would like to get that back... maybe not be as big as I was in college but slimmer and as strong would be nice.

Good luck! A walk to Mordor sounds wonderful!

One week check in! I met all of my goals for week 1... had a night of drinking thrown in there but kept it in moderation. On to week two!

A fellow bean counter! Sweet! I checked out your profile and postings sir. Quite a journey! Good luck with the 30%! I did a lot of stretching yesterday and drank lots of water. I think I should be good to go this evening.

I had hoped to do my second body weight workout this evening but sweet mother of aching legs! In other news I have lost 4.6 lbs in the last week. On my way to Awesometown!

Thanks cavemom! Time to rock that mini quest... question 1? Si! Question 2? Si! Question 3? Si! Question 4? Uh... yeah. See below. Question 5? A Reward! I wish I would have thought of that... wait! I should give myself a reward depending on how I do! Boom. See below. Questions 6? I built in 10 points for contingencies as part of the reward system. Question 7? My son turns 8 during this challenge. I will destroy some cake... just saying. Ice cream too. However this is also built into the reward system. Question 8? Negatory. Question 9? I will be working 60+ hours a week for most the challenge while also being a husband and father. My health has to be a priority so I will make the time... by building a time machine! No? Time has always been the struggle with getting/staying healthy. Making time, getting into a routine, changing how I eat... I will make effective use of my time outside of work to make sure I have the food and time I need to complete my goals and kick this donkey! Quesitons 10? Meh... separate goals but all working toward the same main quest. REWARD SYSTEM 1 point for each day I meet goal #1. 1 point for each day I meet goal #2. 2 point for each workout completed. Total points for 6 weeks is 120. I will keep track of points in my Beardhoff Bible. 110 points and up - $120 shopping spree and a day with pops. 100-109 points - $100 shopping spree. 90-99 points - $80 shopping spree. 80-89 points - $60 shopping spree. 70-79 points - You passed but just barely. F+. $40 shopping spree. 69 points or less - Fail. No reward. Bonus! If I lose the 5% body weight I get to buy a project bicycle from the local bike bone yard. Disclamier: No donkeys will be harmed as a part of this challenge.

Alrighty! Six years and 70 lbs ago I was living in Hawaii and was game for anything... this past summer I went to visit my brother there and I was so out of shape that I couldn't do any of the stuff I loved to do when I lived there. I could barely hang with the tourists! Forget that man! I want to be the valley hiking, mountain climbing, ocean swimming Mitch Beardhoff that I know I am! I am a number cruncher by trade and am headed into busy season so free time is hard to find especially with a pregnant wife and a 7 year old son... plus Kansas is cold this time of year so outside activity rough. My main quest for this 6-week challenge is to lose 5% of my body weight while getting in shape. Goal #1 - Eat healthy. I will eat a low-carb diet and log my points in weightwatchers every day. Goal #2 - Get moving. Walk 10 minute every day (15 minutes on the stationary bike on bad weather days). Goal #3 - Get strong. Complete the beginner body weight workout 3x a week.