yes, Yes, YES, YESSSSS!
Kick out the jams, Motherf-! I did it! Today’s the day! Finally, after months of busting my fat butt, climbing on that stupid scale day after day, I am at 100% of the goal that I set with my students. 55 lbs. lost! A weight of 215 - a number I haven’t seen since I was in 8th grade - the same age as the students that I teach. They don’t know yet; I’ve kept my bulletin board at 90% for several weeks now with a note that I wasn’t going to change it until I hit 100. We’re going to be having a gradewide celebration on Wednesday morning, and I can show the picture that I took of the scale.
I know that this is a big accomplishment, but I do feel a little let down. To be honest, it’s because I kind of went about this whole thing the wrong way. I made the goal with them based on lbs., when I should have really been focusing on bodyfat percentage. A lot of really helpful people on BB.com suggested that I come up with alternative ways to show them about the BF%, but these kids were really only interested in the lbs. So, as you can imagine, I spent way more time on cardio than I did with weights, and cut my calories to the point where I might have messed up my metabolism for a while. I know that I look a lot better, I just feel like I’m a smaller fat person. Does that make sense? The great news is that, now that I’m done, my wife and I are putting the scale out in the shed and buying a BF% monitor that doesn’t even equate lbs. So, for the next 12 weeks (starting at 4:15 this morning), I can dose the creatine, the extra protein, and hit the weights (which I’ve really missed), and watch the bf% drop. How fast could I expect it to fall? I’m at 215 lbs. with 25% bf.
Sadly, I won’t be running the 5K’s over these next 6 weeks. I’m still not able to take much, er, "bouncing" even with the adequate "support." I’m still glad to be a guy and not go through what our women go through every month. They’re the REAL bad Mo-Fo’s.
Yay Me!!
May 19, 2008 at 11:05 am
Congrats.
May 19, 2008 at 11:06 am
CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS! Now maybe have the kids go home and work on family health issues! It really is sad to see how over weight so many kids are these days.
May 24, 2008 at 6:59 am
You DA MAN! Congrats. I know you feel better physically and emotionally. Your next 12 weeks will be prosperous in regards to lower bodyfat and higher muscle - you know it will! I’m sure there were many kids who needed to see an adult set goals and then reach them. Great job. Keep on trucking!
May 25, 2008 at 9:23 am
Yes, congratulations on your success.
"I just feel like I’m a smaller fat person. Does that make sense?"
Absolutely. That definitely makes sense. Last year I went on a cut and lost a considerable amount of weight, but a lot of it was muscle. I was dipping down to 800-calorie days and doing double cardio session. I call it Stupid Human Tricks. Not smart and, although I did lost the fat, I lost a lot of strength as well.
This year I’m on another cut but it’s a much slower process and I’m keeping my protein up.
I purchased a new scale and it has the bf% feature which is cool. Now if only that number would decrease!
Wishing you a great weekend! When is school out for you? We only have a few weeks left. June 13.
May 25, 2008 at 9:25 am
"although I did lost the fat,"
???
Okay, I’m an art teacher, not an ENGLISH teacher!
Edit: although I did lost the fat = although I did lose the fat