What's for June?

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I'm not a very organized person, but I love me some spreadsheets.  Those that know me personally have seen the spreadsheet for the 100 burpee challenge probably.  The Xs are placeholders, and I'll fill in the weight-equivalent resistance bands I used for each exercise so that I can track progress and make sure I'm improving.  Yes, this is 6 days of exercise a week.  Oh boy.

If you're interested in starting, especially at the same time I am, the countdown is on!  Sunday, June 3rd, I'll take my first run.  If you'd like more info on the Couch 2 5K program, check out the info page here.

Day 100 and Week 20 Weigh In!

Well, the day is finally here.  Day 100.  I've done 70 of them already, so...

5,045 down.  30 to go.

I'm pretty excited.  I'm less excited that I gained weight over last week - I'm back up to 218.9.  A lot of that probably has something to do with the meal I had last night from Wendy's - I really wanted that bacon cheeseburger - so I'm not too worried, especially since this is the first time I've gained weight over a week.

Total lost: 41.1 pounds.  I'm taking a break from the exercise for a bit; I was going to start the Couch to 5K program tomorrow, but then I realized what an astronomically stupid idea that was and have postponed it until next week.  Running will definitely kick start some flab loss.  Let's see what the next 100 days brings!

Day 93

Day 93 is history.  For the total duration of the challenge, I'm exactly 25 burpees over where I'm supposed to be.  Can't wait for this whole thing to be done.  I've been saying that people who have known me for years probably thought an exercise challenge is the LAST thing I'd ever start, much less finish.  I'm happy with the weight loss I've achieved, and now that I'm over 2/3rds of the way to my goal weight, I'm excited to see what the next challenge holds.

Couch to 5K.  Did I mention how much I hate running?

Week Nineteen Weigh-In

What a week. Fell behind on burpees, had a few mishaps at work, and celebrated the week ending by eating an entire pizza by myself. Mind you, it was a medium thin crust spinach, tomato, onion, and mushroom pizza at 130 calories a slice, but still.

I'm happy. ONE MORE WEEK TO GO! And I'm down 43.3 pounds. I'm hoping to hit 45 by the end of week 20.

Also, HOLY CRAP, I forgot to mention - I'm finally measuring success again!  I'm down a total of 10 inches in my gut total.

Week Eighteen Weigh-In

After the greatest barbecue in the world and my second-ever cheat day, I am happy to say I still managed to lose half a pound.  221.1 is the final tally for the day, and I'm hopeful that I can finally get under 220 soon.  Just two more weeks and the burpee challenge is OVER!  I'm up to date and need just 30 more burpees to finish out day 86.

Day 80.  Let the countdown begin.

Side view

Haven't done a side view yet, I realized. Down to a size 38 pant and XL shirts... Big difference from January, when I broke down and bought a pair of 44 pants because 42 was getting too small, and XXL shirts were a little tight.

Week 17 Weigh-In / Day 79

If you'll recall, I was sick last week, and as a result, didn't quite finish my burpees.  I'm still playing catch-up.  I knocked out 220 burpees Saturday and 81 yesterday, and I'm done with mine for today, plus an extra, which only puts me at 132 burpees behind schedule - much better than it was, believe me.  I'm going to try and sneak a bunch in today at work and I should be caught up by Friday if all goes to plan (which it never does).

But enough of that.  After my stomach bug settled, I'm happy with where my weight rested.  Last week, I was actually 226.2.  I've been able to keep much of what I lost from the festivities off, and am now resting at 221.6 - 38.4 pounds down from where I started.

Now to do all the burpees I can at work!

Some more pictures

I haven't posted any pictures in a while, so I thought I'd find some more.  Above is from 2008, when I think I was at my heaviest.  I never set foot near a scale during this time, so the most I KNOW that I've ever weighed is 270 pounds... but in that bright yellow Simposons muumuu up there it looks more like I'm pushing 300.

The following are from the yearly LARP we do.  This was back in early March.  I had lost a little by this point.

There will be more pictures to come, but I'm waiting on them to appear in my email.  Perhaps they'll show up in the morning.  I need sleep anyway!

May 1st - The Final Month!

So here we are - the final month of burpees in the 100 day challenge!  I'm not going to lie, this has been extraordinarily difficult, and though I'm feeling a little better today, I don't think I'm quite up to doing 73 burpees, much less those plus the catching up I need to do from yesterday.  It's okay.  There is a way.  I've come too far to fail now.  So how does the month look?

Date	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Day / Burpees	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81
Total Burpees	2701	2775	2850	2926	3003	3081	3160	3240	3321
Date	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Day / Burpees	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90
Total Burpees	3403	3486	3570	3655	3741	3828	3916	4005	4095
Date	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Day / Burpees	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100
Total Burpees	4186	4278	4371	4465	4560	4656	4753	4851	4950	5050

Yikes. I'm very much looking forward to getting these done, but I've always been worried about the last month.  50 isn't impossible to do in a day, especially broken up, but once you start looking at 80 of them... yeesh.