Blackhole on the Edge of Cyberspace » Weight loss http://dmlabadie.com DMLaBadie.com Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:40:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Lies … Heavy Lies! http://dmlabadie.com/2009/10/01/lies-heavy-lies/ http://dmlabadie.com/2009/10/01/lies-heavy-lies/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:11:15 +0000 David http://www.dmlabadie.com/?p=127 It’s a damn shame. My first trip to the gym and what’s the first thing I find out? The old reliable bathroom scale, which quite possibly out dates me by a few years has been lying to me all this time! Instead of the 195 lbs, I thought I was, I actually weigh 206 lbs! Now, I have to adjust all my initial expectations. I’m starting out by shooting for 190 lbs, even. A 16 lb weight loss to start with and I’ll keep on that path until I can get closer to my “ideal” weight, 152-172 lbs.

I started out slowly tonight with some Cardio; 20 minutes on the bike, 15 minutes on the treadmill and that’s all we had time for as it was then closing time. I’ll probably head back Friday, for round 2.

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Nine years ago, when I returned to Chicago from Las Vegas, I weighed a whopping 135 lbs. Now, about 60 lbs heavier, I know what everybody used to warn me about, my metabolism slowing down. Slow hell, sometimes I think it might be moving in reverse.

My starting weight is 195 lbs on my 5ft, 8in frame, makng my supposed ideal weight is between 152-172 lbs. Doing the math, I need to lose between 23-43 lbs. So I’m setting my first goal at 10 lbs of weight loss, making my first target, 185 lbs. I’ll post every so often about my progress, wish me luck, I think I’ll need it.

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