Greg's Running Blog

I just completed week 11 of my transformation. I have been hanging in there for close to 2.5 months now and the difference is amazing. Today I did a run in the neighborhood and my neighbor was coming up from behind me and they didn’t recognize me from behind. My body shape has changed so much that they didn’t know who I was until they passed me and saw my face and I waved at them. I’m sure it has helped that due to the cold weather we haven’t really seen each other in the past 2+ months but our kids play together if the weather is nice so they see us on a daily basis during the warmer seasons. My neighbor’s comments have made me feel pretty good about my change. I’m also getting more and more compliments and comments at work now. I guess once you drop 35+ lbs people start to notice.

This week was another solid week in terms of numbers. Nutrition was spot on, I ate over 140 grams of protein 6 out of the 7 days and I kept my caloric intake under 1,500 calories every day with the exception of Wednesday when I was forced to eat a piece of home made raspberry dessert by my wife. It was worth it though but I can’t make a habit of it for sure.

Strength exercises went great given that this was my first week back at the gym after an 11 day break. I had to skip the gym on Thursday due to icy weather but I made up for it on Friday by working two areas. My lifts have felt good and I’m ready to go back Monday and work some more.

Cardio was not perfect but not too bad. I have skipped evening cardio for a movie on Monday. On Wednesday I didn’t get any evening cardio either and Thursday I did zero cardio. But on Saturday I ran for the very first time in 10+ years and I clocked a 9:13 mile while running 2.24 miles. It was an awesome experience and I want to run more. On Sunday I ran again and it felt even better. I’ll have to find rime for running in my schedule from now on for sure.

As for the weight and fat numbers my weight went from 203.5 lbs (92.3 kg) to 201.1 lbs (91.2 kg) this week and my BF went from 29% to 28.5%. I did go below 200 lbs on Saturday morning but I think it was partial dehydration from Friday night’s cardio session as I have gone above the magic 200 lbs line on Sunday morning again. I’m sure by next weekend I’ll be below 200 lbs for good.