Another week by the boards in phase one of the fitness program.

The week began with me being frustrated by a long string of days where I weight pretty much the exact same amount, despite being on the diet and adding workouts in ND. I determined that what was missing was water consumption, so I stepped that up toward the end of the week. I also went from the heavy scale to the lighter scale (my drop was 2.6 pounds from one day to the next -- perhaps the difference is only about 2 pounds), so we don't have an apples to apples comparison. The scale this morning said 6.0 pounds fewer than the scale I stepped on last Sunday morning. So, this was a good week and I am rejuvenated once again.

After a miserable night of sleep Thursday night, I came back with two really good nights of sleep. Yesterday, I didn't go to the gym in the morning, but I did go in the middle of the afternoon and had a really good ride. I also went again this morning (after the weigh in). That was two pretty close workouts and I was pretty strong this morning. I was expecting that I might be a little tired, but I got on the bike and cruised through the workout, even as I had moved up my heartrate by another 5 beats a minute.

Yesterday, after I rode, I was walking through the hallway of the club and I felt a little twinge in my left knee. It is not particularly painful, but there is a slight discomfort. When I started riding this morning, I was cognizant of that, but it did not bother me at all during the ride, which is not to say I don't feel a little discomfort otherwise. I will watch that and see if it goes away (sometimes these aches and pains do) or if it becomes an issue, at which time I'll shut down for a while and see what happens. Again, only a very minor discomfort.

Since I'm still writing, I thought I'd veer off in another direction. I have to admit that my fandom for the Twins is fading. Part of it, I'm sure, has to do with the craptastic play over the past couple of years, but there's something else at work here. Other than interacting with fellow fans, being a sports fan is a pretty passive activity. If I let myself spend day after day watching games, I find that I'm drawn into a negative mental state. I mean really, is it good for me to discuss the relative merits of this player and that player or the manager? Sure, it can be kind of fun, but in the end, that can get boring. I frankly like myself a lot more when I'm thinking about projects I'm going to do and goals I'm going to achieve rather than when I'm discussing for the n^2th time whether Mauer is being properly appreciated and such.

This site isn't Twins Daily and I like that. I like hearing about beer making (and I look forward to the day when I've reached the goal weight and can reincorporate a glass of suds into my diet every now and again), making food, talking movies, books, and music. I can see it happening where I completely lose interest in the Twins but still read this site daily. I've cut out every other Twins blog but this one -- and this isn't a Twins blog anyway. So, I hope you don't mind my blabbing about my weight loss (the wife refuses to listen to it, so you are my only non-parental unit audience). I don't feel offended if you don't read it, because the site is about more than any one feature. My little contribution these days is giving you a peek, wanted or otherwise, into the process of hopefully losing 85 pounds and then building my strength up.

Day 75
Weight: 245.0
Pounds lost: 39.5
BMI: 30.30