exercise: January 2008 Archives

Gotta post this one quickly because I'm headed out for dinner with family.

Weight
Still at 175lbs/79kg.

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
1/19/2008	Running	1:03:08	5	757
1/21/2008	Running	35:06	3	451
1/23/2008	Running	39:56	3.25	491

As you can see, I missed weights altogether. Slacker me. Just chalk it up to scheduling conflicts. Mileage is up though. I probably won't have time to run tonight, but will log another long run tomorrow. I'll update the picture then.

Last week someone asked me if I could maybe name this project something other than Big Fat Friday. I assume their reasoning was that they wanted me to avoid offending anyone. No one wants to be told they're fat.

Well guess what? I'm fat. I've gained fifteen pounds in the two years since I ran a marathon, and I'm a hell of a lot slower. Or maybe we should name it There's Nothing Wrong Here At All, Move Along Please, You All Look Just as Good as You Think You Do Friday. Well if that's true, then you don't need us. Go be pretty and perfect somewhere else. It can't possibly be you, your pants must be lying.

This brings me to perhaps the only valuable thing I've ever learned watching early season episodes of American Idol. Imagine the pain and anguish you can save your dear tone-deaf friends if you just tell them that their singing sucks ass and that they should only do it alone in the desert. Into a pillow. With rocks in their mouth. Oh sure, it'll sting a little at first, but the truth'll set 'em loose, or loosen their pants, or something like that.

So you're here because you need to be here. Big whoop. It doesn't make you a bad person. It just means you're in bad shape. You're a hearty eater who doesn't know when to stop. It's ok that it's not ok. If you tough this out for a couple of years with me, you'll chuckle when you look back at your irresistible body in the mirror and say, "I love Big Fat Friday".

Weight
Still no scale. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised when I finally buy one.
1/20/2008 (Update): Got the scale today. I'm at 175lbs/79kg.

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
1/12/2008	Running	42:51	3.5	529
1/14/2008	Running	19:28	1.64	247
1/15/2008	Weights (upper)
1/17/2008	Running	36:49	3.06	461
1/18/2008	Weights (upper)

The treadmill crapped out on the fourteenth, but it seems ok now. I hope it at least holds out until it's warm enough to run outside again. Here's to another good week!

All right, welcome to week two, everyone! I'm willing to do this alone if I have to, but I'll be a hell of a lot happier to have your help. Here are my stats for this week.

Weight
I haven't been out to buy the scale yet, so it's going to have to be a mystery for now.  By the way, I'm not expecting anyone else to do this part. I just want the measure of my progress.

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
1/5/2008	Running	47:04	3.5	532
1/7/2008	Running	23:09	2.00	300
1/8/2008	Weights (upper)
1/9/2008	Running	29:48	2.5	376
1/11/2008	Weights (upper)

I got the t-shirt from the Midnite Moon Run in Sandy, Utah last year. It's a great 5k with all of the craziness you'd expect from a bunch of people out running a race at midnight. I'd love to meet some of you out there if you're up to it.

If you've hopped on the bandwagon (and I can't blame you if you haven't), then just leave a comment with what you've done, or a link to your blog. Happy weekend!

Update (1/12/2008): Welcome to our first new participants. In the interest of everyone getting along, I'm not going to link to their bulletin board here. But hey, we're glad to see you!

A couple of years ago on a bulletin board I used to visit, a bunch of us started a remote workout group. Of course distance prevented any of us from actually meeting each other, but we reported in regularly with our progress. For a long time it was a great way to get or stay in shape and make new friends.

So with that in mind, I'd like to propose BFF - Big Fat Friday as an online group event. I've already written chapter one, but I'd love for a bunch of you to join me in your fitness goals for the new year.

So what are the rules? Well only one, really. Just report in every Friday on my site as a response to the Big Fat Friday post. I've already recruited a couple people, but the more the merrier!

Choose your own goals and rewards, and we'll hold you to it! My goal is to run the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay. My reward is my first-ever tattoo (pictures to follow). I got earrings for the Deseret News marathon, so what was left? :)

I've known it about myself for a long time that I do a hell of a lot better keeping my goals when I go around blabbing to them to everyone. I'll be reporting on my progress every week with my weight, my exercise summary for the week, and a picture of me needing to get into shape. Heidi made me promise not to go topless, but I am taking the pictures, and I'll play them as a progression at the time of the race. Consider yourselves forewarned!

Weight
About 180. Damn home brew. I don't have a scale yet, so this'll get more accurate in the future.

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
1/1/2008	Running	24:25	2.03	303
1/3/2008	Running	24:23	2.00	297
1/4/2008	Weights (upper)

And that's it for this week. Not a bad start, but there's definitely room for improvement.