I Miss Muay Thai

Oh how I miss participating in Muay Thai. Maybe I should start that up again. Why do I suddenly miss it? Heres why:

Weight Loss Competition: 11 down, 29 to go

I am right on schedule. The past three weeks I've been losing an average of 2lbs per week, so I'm down to -11lbs of my original weigh in. I'm pretty sure I'm beating my mom, although she hasn't been updating me on her losses.

I am finding this to be surprisingly easy, unlike any previous attempts by me to lose weight. What I have done is limited my daily caloric intake to 1700-2000Calories per day (some days are more, very few are less than 1700 and even then not by much). I try to eat a balanced diet, but I really don't care about balance just yet. The calorie restriction is enough so far. It gives me a 500-700 caloric deficit per day, which means I have a net calorie deficit of 3500-4900 per week, which is a little over a pound in fat per week. As long as you watch calories, you can eat anything you want (or so I have found). Yesterday I even had my favorite fast food: Taco Bell. But what has really helped me is frozen strawberries. One pound of frozen strawberries is about 150 calories. Plus they get me cold, which my body fights by increasing my core temp a little which should require burning some calories (every little bit counts).

Combine that with my resistance training (light weights/body weight) and I'm averaging 2lbs per week. I am feeling so much better than I was 5 weeks ago, although I have been sleeping more (my schedule permits).

Weight Loss Competition: Update 1

So I have lost 5lbs the first week of the competition. My official weigh in was 204 and I'm down to 199. I'll continue this regimen of eating ~1700-2000 calories a day and working out some. The long ass bike rides come soon. Only 35 lbs more to go. 35lbs to a rally car i keep telling myself.

One nice side effect: I feel better already.

Weight Loss Competition

I have recently entered a weight loss competition with my mom. We are both racing to 40lbs lost. Why would we do it other than any health benefits? Because we've made some wagers.

If I win the race I get a used car to turn into a rally car. This would especially help my TwoGuysRally progress.

If she wins, I have to make her a new walkway from our driveway to the front of the house. She has requested gravel bed with stone pavers and sand to act as a non hardening mortar. The tricky part about building it is that it has to go up in level so there is no step from our porch to the walkway.

I am pretty confident I can win, although it is a large amount of weight to be lost. I will weigh somewhere around 160-170. Weigh ins are tomorrow and I should update this with the official weigh in and finish weights.