So last October I posted about the journey I was on to improve my health.
Since then I did manage to lose another 10 pounds, bringing total weight loss to 45 pounds and 6% of body fat.
However, work schedules and some other things did get in the way of riding as much and never did get the mountain bike dusted off. So since November things have pretty much stayed where they are, I gain and lose in a 5-6 pound range each 7-10 days, mainly due to eating out and still ordering too much food when I do.
I also stopped with the home delivery meals for several reasons: cost increases, quality decreases, missing items and delivery delays that were causing food to get close to spoiling before I got it. Also was having harder time getting meals cooked with busier schedules at times.
So have been trying to eat more at home, but sadly moved back to more microwave or quick prep items, so not quite as healthy.
I am still working out at the gym, renewed in February for another 6 months, and also picked up some small things to use at home to work out (now just need to actually use them, been lacking there).
Sadly I have injured myself now a few times, first the elbow, then the knee and now the elbow again, dealt with missing classes due to work and or feeling sick and the last week my allergies have been killing me, and making sleep difficult, so that has impacted everything I do.
Hopefully the rains this past weekend will slow down the allergies (air needed a good washing). Knee is better, hoping elbow will heal up soon, been slowing down at gym and dropping the size of weights to not over do things.
Going to start trying to work on diet again, need to just remove the restaurants from meals other then maybe a monthly reward of a pizza, perhaps a weekly visit to something not pizza and eat at home more, and try to improve my options there some as well.
So while things have slowed, and stopped forward momentum, not really sliding backwards yet, so still time to get moving forward again. Did a hike last week (even with the allergies) and moved about 1 ton of rocks from one side of yard to the other, and still quite a bit of work to do there, which is quite a workout!
Will let you know in a few months how things are going again.
Chris
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