Okay so this is the first Monday following our first week of our newly found active spirit and it’s time for me to weigh in to start tracking the data. My goal is to step on the scale every Monday morning to see where I’m at. I’ll store the data in Excel and generate a line chart just for kicks.
So, today I step on the scale and… 227 lbs. That’s my starting point. I know I’ve been both lighter than that and heavier than that within the past few months but this is the official number I’m using after apparently putting on a number of pounds in just the previous month or two. That’s pretty nasty, really. A great weight if I was a fullback for a college football team – don’t I wish! Not such a great weight when just a couple of months ago I was 209 and heading below that… and that without a regular exercise program in place at the time.
I’m actually guessing that I may stay at that weight for a week or so while I work out. Considering how out of shape I am I’m not physically able to work out with any gusto for more than about 40 minutes in any single workout before being exhausted. Plus, I would expect that I might gain muscle back that I have clearly lost and replaced with a squishier, jigglier substance, and that muscle will be more dense and heavy. We’ll see, but I don’t think I can burn off enough fat during this early stage of working out to lose a lot on the scale in short order. I’m okay with that, as long as I am getting back into shape and can accomplish more while running, exercising and lifting.
And, with that, I’m off!
