one100grand said:
1/3 - 255.2 - no push-up number recorded
1/10 - 257.2 - 13 push-ups
1/17 - 255.6 - 17 push-ups
1/24 - 254.2 - 20 push-ups.
1/31 - 253.6 - no push-ups recorded
2/7 - 254 - 21 push-ups.
2/14 - 251.8 - I recorded 12 push-ups last night; I did a pretty intense weight training session on Wednesday night, so last night my muscles sore and I didn't want to push numbers and risk injury.
2/21 - 250.0 - push-ups = 17.
2/28 - 249.8
3/7 - 246.6 -
3/14 - 250.4 -
3/21 - 251.4 - I've also shifted my push-up focus to form first, then numbers. I've been doing 15-20 in the best form I can instead of trying to just push numbers.
4/4 - 249.2
4/11 - 250.0 - Pretty much just living in this range apparently.
4/18 - 248.8
4/25 - 249.8
5/2 - 247.4
5/9 - 249
5/16 - 246.8
5/23 - 246.2
5/30 - 245.4
6/6 - 241.4
6/13 - 241.8 -
6/20 - 237.8
6/27 - 238 - My push-up counts are in the 30s. I'm excited that I've taken the weight drop that I have in the past month and especially since now my 4 week rolling average is under 240.
7/4 - 236.4 - I recorded the weight on Friday even though I didn't post it.
7/11 - 236 - Still stable in this range.
7/18 - 233 - I've shifted my strength goal a bit since I'm having success with weight loss. For the first half of the year, I've worked on endurance training of muscles, now I'm shifting to 1/3 strength focused then 2/3 endurance.
7/25 - 234.6 - Up a bit from last week, but still down overall. I think I've hit another plateau in loss right now, but at the very least the average is still down.
8/1 - 232 - I'll take 4 straight weeks at 236 or less. I'm only 2 pounds away from my short term goal of 230
8/8 - 232.8 - Still below the rolling 4 week average. I have to admit that I'm pretty astonished overall at the progress I've made in the past 3 months; in 3 months I'm down about 17 pounds. I feel better, I look better, and I'm now officially just a L-XL in sizes...I don't remember any point in my life where I owned a size L shirt until recently. I'd still really like to hit 230 by 8/31 since that would officially mark 60 pounds lost in 2 years, but I realize that short term goals sometimes lose /sight of the bigger picture.
8/15 - 231.2
8/22 - 230.4 - I'm very close to my 230 goal. Year over year, I'm down 35 pounds and year to date I'm down 25.2 pounds (10%).
8/29 - 230 on the dot. I have to admit that was a little bit disappointed since earlier in the week I was in the upper 220s, but I'm psyched to have hit this number on an official weigh in. On 8/31/12 I was 290 and in lousy shape; on 8/30/13 I was 264.6 and recovering from a serious back injury. This year at 230, I think it's pretty safe to say that I'm in the best shape I have ever been in and the lowest weight I've been at as an adult. Now that I've hit the short term on the 230, it's time to re-focus myself and aim to the year-end goal of 220 (or lower).
9/5 - 228.6 - I'm committed to September being a month of renewed ambition! I'm going to get in some sort of workout every day this month - whether it's hiking, working at the gym, golfing, etc, I WILL get a workout in every day this month. I'm also making a pledge to stick entirely to the paleo diet my wife and I were kind of doing last month.
9/12 - 227.8 - It's been a tough week, but still making progress. Today marks the 1 year anniversary of when I started working out at the gym.
9/19 - 225 - I told my trainer that I wanted to work hard to hit that push-up goal by the end of the year and he has me doing a lot of hateful exercises aimed at upping my stamina for this specific goal.
9/26 - 222.6 - Almost at my year end goal already. When I hit that 220 mark, I'm not sure if I'll adjust the amount to a lower number or if I'll try to maintain (since the holidays are on the way and typically a tough spot for me to maintain, let alone lose).
10/3 - 222 - Small progress is still progress.
10/10 - 222.6 - I actually had surgery on this day and that's why I didn't end up posting any numbers. I had to have a pretty significant mass removed from my left shoulder blade and will be on the shelf for a week or two. This will also have a pretty negative impact on my push up goal for the year.
10/17 - 222.4 - A slight loss from last week, but happy to be keeping it even since I'm not cleared for exercise by the doctors just yet.
10/24 - 222.2 - Dancing near the edge of my goal, I expect that when I do get back to working out, I'll hit my number.
10/31 - 223.8 - I know I was bad and drank a few too many beers and ate some junk over the past week. Next week probably is going to suffer too as I'm about to take a cross country road trip through Wisconsin...and those folks know how to make some cheese...and custard...
11/7 - 226.2 - :shock: More than anything, I think that this number came from a weight fluctuation and eating too much dairy while not being active enough during our road trip.
11/14 - 220.6 - This is my evidence of last week's number being an outlier. I worked out hard and pushed myself to try and whip my body back into shape. My shoulder is feeling just fine post operation.
11/21 - 218.4 - This is officially under my goal weight for the year! Now it's time to maintain it.
I haven't updated in a few weeks, but I have been keeping track of things.
11/28 - 223.8 - Thanksgiving was a festival of calorie dense foods and I had way too many of them, but I kept it to a short window of bad behavior
12/5 - 221.8 - A bit of a bounce back week
12/12 - 222 - My weigh numbers throughout the week were in this general area. I'd really like to get back below 220 again for the 12/26 weigh-in[/quote]
12/19 - 222.4 - I don't think I'll hit my adjusted goal of 220, but I feel great about clearing the 230 mark for the year. I'm aiming to try and keep my numbers below 225 for the rest of the year.
