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Challenge Start Date: 03 Apr 11
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mikecontos's Start Weight: 182.2 lb
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Challenge Duration: 12 weeks
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mikecontos's Last Weight:
170.2 lb (17 Jun 11)
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Current Period:
Challenge Completed
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Period ended: 26 Jun 11
Journal Entry - 25 Jun 11
"Lots of running around today and doing a floor installation at home. Good exercise, just dont know how to log it. Just gonna ..."
Journal Entry - 23 Jun 11
"3 short months ago I would never have thought I would be writing tis post. Yesterday I ran 2 straight miles (the first two) ..."
Journal Entry - 21 Jun 11
"How come when we say "Im not gonna" or "I dont wanna" when it comes to exercise, that we turn around and bust out the best ..."
Journal Entry - 21 Jun 11
"The Dali Lamma walks into a Pizza joint and says to the man behind the counter: "Can you please make me one with everyth ..."
Journal Entry - 20 Jun 11
"I love my mom in laws cooking, but man - oh man if I am right on the estimations here these are some high freakin' cal m ..."
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Period ended: 19 Jun 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Successful
"yes"
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Successful
"same as above"
Mini Challenge - Enjoy Exercise At Your Level - Successful
"totally running without calf pain.
Struggling to find consistency with weight training though "
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Successful
"yes"
Mini Challenge - Visit the Challenge Forum - Failed
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
"hell ya"
Journal Entry - 17 Jun 11
"YES! I weighed in at 170.2 after my morning coffe....(hey its over 8 oz in hat dang mug) and minus that I may have had my ..."
Journal Entry - 16 Jun 11
"Hi buddies. So, while I do manage to generally come in at around 500-600 calories under my fat secret RDI, I am often su ..."
Journal Entry - 14 Jun 11
"Calories in check today. Tired, feeling like I have a cold. Instead of pushing it I am actually taking a day off from wa ..."
Journal Entry - 13 Jun 11
"Enjoying a nice down trend since and post vacation. I always have a very active Sunday with lower calories. I had set a ..."
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Weigh-in: 170.2 lb
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This Week:
1.28 % ( 2.2 lb)
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Total Progress:
6.59 % ( 12.0 lb)
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Period ended: 12 Jun 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Failed
"vacation "
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Failed
"vacation back on track now"
Mini Challenge - Enjoy Exercise At Your Level - Successful
"actually got my pu and crunches in on vac. plus a LOT of walking and some running "
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Successful
"a bit"
Mini Challenge - Visit the Challenge Forum - Failed
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
"gained 1 pound over 5 REALLY stressfull days. Not so much bad eating, lack of access to training equipment and a challenging and full vacay schedule. "
Journal Entry - 12 Jun 11
"WOO HOO! Thought I gained one pound on vacay, but back down to a little lower than before we left! (That after the morning ..."
Journal Entry - 11 Jun 11
"Im BAA-AAAACK! Back from Disneyland. Up 1 pound, and I am not stressed about that one little bit. Had a great time there ..."
Journal Entry - 06 Jun 11
"so far have managed exercise every day on trip, and eaten fairly well...which I am happy with granted the fairly stressfull ..."
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Weigh-in: 172.4 lb
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This Week:
0.23 % ( 0.4 lb)
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Total Progress:
5.38 % ( 9.8 lb)
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Period ended: 05 Jun 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Successful
"to a t"
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Successful
"100 plus oz a day easily"
Mini Challenge - Enjoy Exercise At Your Level - Successful
"loving it more and more"
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Successful
"yes"
Mini Challenge - Visit the Challenge Forum - Successful
"looked"
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
"for sure"
Journal Entry - 05 Jun 11
"stressfull day on the road. car troubles, had to get towed in to bakersfield enrpoute to disney land. way stressed out. ..."
Journal Entry - 05 Jun 11
"quick entry on borrowed pc! Thanks for the new buddy requests . Ate well yesterday managed to get a 4 mile combo walk jog ..."
Journal Entry - 04 Jun 11
"awesome to see below 173 for the first time! See you after vacation buddies! "
Journal Entry - 03 Jun 11
"Yes! Nice to see a dip right before vacay. This is actually AFTER I had a big ol cup of coffee, but Ill include it in the ..."
Journal Entry - 31 May 11
"I havent enetered a weigh in lately as it is remaining pretty much constant . Some days 176 some days 174.(goal was 175) ..."
Journal Entry - 30 May 11
"Spent ALL day working on a renovation for our camping trailer (an awesome little 1965 fiberglass Hunter Compact II) Not sure ..."
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Weigh-in: 172.8 lb
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This Week:
0.52 % ( 0.9 lb)*
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Total Progress:
5.16 % ( 9.4 lb)
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Period ended: 29 May 11
Journal Entry - 28 May 11
"Good day today. Ate well and enjoyed a nice variety of exercise. Feeling great mentally and physically. Healthy lunch stuffs ..."
Journal Entry - 26 May 11
"I need to have a little more faith in myself that I have learned a lot in these last few months in the journey towards good ..."
Journal Entry - 26 May 11
"Have to do 2 meals out today. 1 Thai food (business) and 1 family celebration. Ive been talkin' cheat day for a while so ..."
Journal Entry - 25 May 11
"Validation! So I entered a bunch of stuff in my food diary from what would have been a typical day of meals from the pre ..."
Journal Entry - 24 May 11
"First Morning workout. Gonna take some getting used to. It is good to be done though. Again, once I got started I was fine. ..."
Journal Entry - 23 May 11
"Been HUNGRY lately. More so than usual. dont know whats up.It feels like real hunger, no just eatin' desire! I think, as ..."
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Period ended: 22 May 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Successful
"even tried on the cheat day "
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Successful
"easily"
Mini Challenge - Enjoy Exercise At Your Level - Successful
"calves cramping during run so I have moved to weights and only walking "
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Successful
"better at it now that I know how"
Mini Challenge - Visit the Challenge Forum - Successful
"JUST JOINED ANOTHER ONE "
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
"iM SO CLOSE AND i AM PROUD I STILL CANT TYPE THOUGH. "
Journal Entry - 20 May 11
"Busted! Had to go back and put i the freakin late night burger nosh from last night. I hate doing that! Im noticing a l ..."
Journal Entry - 19 May 11
"Paradigm Shift. "Bean" there. (done that) I noticed something kinda funny today. You know how when you are eating a box ..."
Journal Entry - 18 May 11
"Hee hee. Logged some serious calories at the ol Sizzler (My sons birthday choice) but compensated for it all day and act ..."
Journal Entry - 18 May 11
"Gooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaalllllll! Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaallllll! (Like the Spanish Soccer anouncer guy!) This isnt the ..."
Journal Entry - 16 May 11
"sweet! Found a really cool walking stick on my walk today. Leather strap and all, fits my hand like it was made for it. ..."
Journal Entry - 16 May 11
"I finally dropped below 176. Since my goal was to reach 175 by July I am pretty pleased, and do not plan to stop tracking ..."
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Weigh-in: 174.6 lb
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This Week:
1.24 % ( 2.2 lb)
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Total Progress:
4.17 % ( 7.6 lb)
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Period ended: 15 May 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Successful
"HARDCORE"
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Successful
"I PROBABLY DRINK 200 OZ A DAY. "
Mini Challenge - Enjoy Exercise At Your Level - Successful
"LOVING THE EXERCISE. LIMITED BY INJURY HERE AND THERE BUT WORKING AROUND IT. "
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Successful
"GETTING BETTER "
Mini Challenge - Visit the Challenge Forum - Failed
"NOPE JUST FOCUSING ON MY OWN THING RIGHT NOW "
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
"TOTALLY. HARD WORK HAS BECOME ROUTINE, AND I LOVE THE REWARDS. "
Journal Entry - 15 May 11
"Beginning to enjoy weight training again. In light of the calf injury I keep whining about, I have moved that way. Its not ..."
Journal Entry - 14 May 11
"Taking a cheat night and thats all there is to it! Super busy day today..sons mad scientist birthday was a blast! Super ..."
Journal Entry - 14 May 11
"Under 176 for the first time today! Woo hoo. Have not entered as weigh in yet, but I will. Im sure Ill bounce between 175 ..."
Journal Entry - 14 May 11
"Good long walk today, 4 miles over lunch.No running attempted! Stretched calf several times on the walk. Beating my per ..."
Journal Entry - 12 May 11
"Happy. Came home and did a little weight training. Im glad I did because I feel great now! Used to love weight training, ..."
Journal Entry - 12 May 11
"Tattletale time. I need to dial back on my caloric intake a bit. I have been bumping up since I have gotten closer to goal ..."
Journal Entry - 11 May 11
"Thanks to buddies fr tips yesterday. No running for this kid today, but did get a good sweat and cardio bump by etting out ..."
Journal Entry - 10 May 11
"Cramps part II. Well, it looks like I may be drinking a bit too much water and for sure too much caffeine.I actually add ..."
Journal Entry - 10 May 11
"Leg Cramps. Calf. Messing me up. I was on mile 1.6 during run and feeling just fine cardio wise, and a cramp shut me down ..."
Journal Entry - 10 May 11
"ps: man! I wanna RUN today. Snowed all day yesterday (I thought Nevada was supposed to be a dessert) so I did not. 3 days ..."
Journal Entry - 09 May 11
"Dear Mr. Scale, My dear freind,(some days) my staunch adversary. (other days) I am kind of languishing between 178 and ..."
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Weigh-in: 176.8 lb
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This Week:
0.67 % ( 1.2 lb)
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Total Progress:
2.96 % ( 5.4 lb)
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Period ended: 08 May 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Successful
"EVERY DAY"
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Successful
"TONS OF WATER PERIOD. "
Mini Challenge - Enjoy Exercise At Your Level - Successful
"YEP"
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Successful
"TRYING"
Mini Challenge - Visit the Challenge Forum - Successful
"ADJUSTED BACK TO MY OWN PUSH UP PROGRAM AND ADDED WEIGHT LIFTING 2-3 TIMES PER WEEK "
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
"HECK YA! "
Journal Entry - 08 May 11
"All right party people. Mothers day buffet tonight.Mostly stayed to seafood, no heavy sauces,. Lets just say it coulda been ..."
Journal Entry - 08 May 11
"Happy Mothers day to all of the moms out there in F.S land. Be proud of yourselves for deciding to be healthier and more ..."
Journal Entry - 06 May 11
"For anyone who does any exercise that includes distances (walking, running, cycling etc)or others such as weight taining ..."
Journal Entry - 06 May 11
"Weird. Leg was killing, but jogged on it for a sec (after walking the warehouse in course of work ) and it loosened up. I ..."
Journal Entry - 06 May 11
"Beats me why I went up. Low calories past couple days, lots of activity. Maybe Ill try to trick the metabolism by bumping ..."
Journal Entry - 05 May 11
"Let my pain be your gain! Stupid calf issue is feeling more like an injury than a cramp. So of course I decided yesterday ..."
Journal Entry - 04 May 11
"1 HOUR BRISK WALK. 144 PUSHUPS DURING WALK NEED TO BE BETTER ABOUT GETTING WEIGHT TRAINING IN. LOVE THE RESULT, JUST NOT ..."
Journal Entry - 04 May 11
"IF YOU COULD BUILD A SECOND HOUSE ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD IT BE? Oregon Coast WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? 6:15 ..."
Journal Entry - 03 May 11
"During my walk I ran a solid mile, and also ran almost another mile broken up into 3 parts(run walk run walk) .Out for ..."
Journal Entry - 03 May 11
"Anniversary lunch with my wife, so went off the norm a bit. Nothin' fanccy, just a burger and fries, but ive been so fairly ..."
Journal Entry - 03 May 11
"FINALLY OUT OF THE 179 TO 181 RANGE. TENTATIVELY. I REALIZE LOSS SLOWS TOWARD THE END, ESPECIALLY AS MUSCLE BUILDS AND I ..."
Journal Entry - 02 May 11
"Got a pedometer today 3 miles excercise walk 2.11 miles working walking 118 pushups Very busy and active work day...no time ..."
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Weigh-in: 178.0 lb
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This Week:
0.28 % ( 0.5 lb)
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Total Progress:
2.31 % ( 4.2 lb)
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Period ended: 01 May 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Successful
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Successful
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Successful
Mini Challenge - Visit the Challenge Forum - Successful
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
Journal Entry - 01 May 11
"Holy Smokes!Thats my highest calorie day in a while.Had to grab some foood on the go. Its tough to get lo cal at a fast food ..."
Journal Entry - 30 Apr 11
"Pulled some of the "Ill never wear these again pants" out of the attic this morning. Woo Hoo! They fit now! and bonus...10 ..."
Journal Entry - 29 Apr 11
"First set 34 (personal best) total pushups 138. Pushups actually bmade my sore shoulder feel BETTER. 1 hour brisk walk. ..."
Journal Entry - 29 Apr 11
"178.5 Before the "go" Much to my delight, the "go"was a biggy (really no delicate way to put it, is there? ) so I am feeling ..."
Journal Entry - 27 Apr 11
"Pretty high Calorie day. Dont know whats up with that...well except for the fact that Ive been munching like all day! Us ..."
Journal Entry - 27 Apr 11
"70 minute walk. No running today, calf still pretty sore so I was taking it easy. 120 pushups. "
Journal Entry - 26 Apr 11
"#$%^&*!!! Ouch!!! Got a massive calf cramp when running today. First day in my new shoes too! I was feelin fine, on minute ..."
Journal Entry - 25 Apr 11
"55 minute brisk walk. 130 pushups. 55 mph gusts and steady 40 mph wind. . I am getting sick of this @#$%^& wind. Not sure ..."
Journal Entry - 25 Apr 11
"Not surprised. not too worried. I hope to be at 178 by weeks end. lifting weights again in addition to pushups, and better ..."
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Weigh-in: 178.5 lb
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This Week:
0.06 % ( 0.1 lb)
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Total Progress:
2.03 % ( 3.7 lb)
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Period ended: 24 Apr 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Successful
"every crumb! "
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Successful
"easily"
Mini Challenge - Enjoy Exercise At Your Level - Successful
"lovin it"
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Failed
"working on it "
Mini Challenge - Visit the Challenge Forum - Failed
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
"Yes. Handling the upos and downs much better...realizing it is all a part of the process. "
Journal Entry - 24 Apr 11
"Call it a wash in the calories in vs. out. Planned slacker day..first one I think since I started this trip. Im probably ..."
Journal Entry - 24 Apr 11
"Happy Easter everyone! Turkey Kielbasa and egg beaters for breakfast. Had to pass on Nana's delicious looking french toast ..."
Journal Entry - 23 Apr 11
"Finally broke through that pesky 179-180 plateau. Better record it now, 'cause she may go up and down some more! "
Journal Entry - 23 Apr 11
"Circuit training is looking very appealing to me right now. I did some weights this morning, but I think I wanna try som ..."
Journal Entry - 22 Apr 11
"5 mile walk today. 122 pushups. Not a big appetite either, yet I feel physically pretty damn good. Hmmm. Wonder if it was ..."
Journal Entry - 22 Apr 11
"Time for some running shoes. "
Journal Entry - 21 Apr 11
"Running. I dont know whats getting into me. Im running a little more each walk and really liking it.I am going to use my ..."
Journal Entry - 21 Apr 11
"better.Probably actually weighing 179.5 as I had already had my big mug of coffee. Finaly clocked my walking, distance ..."
Journal Entry - 20 Apr 11
"I see that no matter how well I stick to diet and exercise, gains sometimes come with losses. I am working out, gaining ..."
Journal Entry - 20 Apr 11
"Biggest calorie in day (yesterday) in quite some time...kinda knew it was coming though. Went out with freinds and ordered ..."
Journal Entry - 19 Apr 11
"Hello Plateau, whaddya know? Well keeping it steady anyway..plus feels like I am putting some muscle, as you all keep re ..."
Journal Entry - 18 Apr 11
"It is so got-damn windy here today, that when I took my shoe off to get a pepple out, I set the sumbitch down and it act ..."
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Weigh-in: 178.6 lb
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This Week:
0.33 % ( 0.6 lb)
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Total Progress:
1.98 % ( 3.6 lb)
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Period ended: 17 Apr 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Successful
"everything"
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Successful
"no need 150-250 oz per day"
Mini Challenge - Enjoy Exercise At Your Level - Successful
"loving it. hate missing it"
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Successful
"getting better"
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
"much better!"
Journal Entry - 16 Apr 11
"I was at this weight last Monday, some ups, some downs. Little plateau at this number but finally broke, and stayed below ..."
Journal Entry - 16 Apr 11
"Man, my booty is draggin. Still need to do push ups and sit ups. Been busy all day, mostly fun stuff but always movin ar ..."
Journal Entry - 15 Apr 11
"bumming cause my walk run was short today. might go do a late one when wifey gets home. I know, how about a little wii fit?? ..."
Journal Entry - 15 Apr 11
"Really feeling it as I missed my walk yesterday. I did the other part of my exercise routine tho. Its become such a great ..."
Journal Entry - 14 Apr 11
"Man, just a hungry boy today. did not go crazy, but crazier than usual. I felt it was real hunger though. Im still pretty ..."
Journal Entry - 14 Apr 11
"Got my sit ups and push ups challenges in. Quite grumpy and irratable today and felt like pushing them off til later, but ..."
Journal Entry - 13 Apr 11
"Ah piss. did not get my sit ups challenge in today. Just rolling in from hanging out with my best bud. Ill get em' tomor ..."
Journal Entry - 13 Apr 11
"Let me tell you...Chicago has NOTHING on Reno in terms of wind. Still got out there though. Incorporating more and more ..."
Journal Entry - 11 Apr 11
"Hoser said, sometimes when people diet they become afraid of food. I agree and I relate.Seeing it written really brought ..."
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Weigh-in: 179.2 lb
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This Week:
1.10 % ( 2.0 lb)
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Total Progress:
1.65 % ( 3.0 lb)
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Period ended: 10 Apr 11
Mini Challenge - Food Tracking - Successful
"pretty much "
Mini Challenge - Increase Water - Successful
"Shooot man, Im probably doing close to 200 oz of water a day"
Mini Challenge - Enjoy Exercise At Your Level - Successful
"surpassed set goals but keeping it sane and enjoyable"
Mini Challenge - Support The Group - Failed
"I SUCKED HERE...ILL TRY TO DO BETTER AS I SEEK SUPPORT FROMOTHERS OFTEN!"
Mini Challenge - Visit the Challenge Forum - Failed
Mini Challenge - Be Proud Of Yourself - Successful
"MODERATELYY...IM JUST IMPATIENT"
Journal Entry - 10 Apr 11
"Nice , active day today. Up early, big house cleaning. outdoor wheelbarrow hauling and skating. It was a birthday party so ..."
Journal Entry - 09 Apr 11
"Wife and mom in law out on a movie date, me and my son doin' the dude thing..staying in, playing some video games and wa ..."
Journal Entry - 08 Apr 11
"HA! Back into the lusive 181 lb realm. I was here Monday and only got back today. Water, muscle, who knows. What I do know ..."
Journal Entry - 07 Apr 11
"All right buddies. I am sodium ignorant. I do not eat a lot of processed foods, but when I do oh boy! I had a feeling about ..."
Journal Entry - 06 Apr 11
"Dang it...had 181.4 on a weigh in on Monday...shoulda logged that puppy when I had the chance! Could be some muscle gain, ..."
Journal Entry - 05 Apr 11
"New day. Yesterday less than stellar calorie wise, but what are ya gonna do? Some of the stressors have already been re ..."
Journal Entry - 05 Apr 11
"Weirdly hungry all day yesterday. Not usually the case since I started this thing (at least not the constant im hungry im ..."
Journal Entry - 04 Apr 11
"Actually weighd in at 181.2 yesterday. Im going to try to wait til Saturday to enter to see where I am at. I was 182 this ..."
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Weigh-in: 181.2 lb
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This Week:
0.55 % ( 1.0 lb)
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Total Progress:
0.55 % ( 1.0 lb)
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Weigh-in: 182.2 lb
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