Hey, I remember this place...

[Pylon]

Another solid day, followed by push ups, 4 rounds of bag work, 30 min on the bike.

Weighed in at 255 this morning. (Down from 278 at the start.)

So, a few years ago I made it into the 100lb club. My membership was revoked for a while. I'm 5 lbs away from getting it back.

I'll get a new pic up once I get there. I still have the starting pic in my album, good to have a comparison.

 

[davegmb]

Wow Pylon, ive just looked at your starting picture and you have lost a serious amout of weight, im glad your still making progress too.

 

[Triple Threat]

Py. Keep at it!

 

[Burner02]

I just posted my pics....
just saying...

WASSUP, PY!

 

[omerta2010]

Another solid day, followed by push ups, 4 rounds of bag work, 30 min on the bike.

Weighed in at 255 this morning. (Down from 278 at the start.)

So, a few years ago I made it into the 100lb club. My membership was revoked for a while. I'm 5 lbs away from getting it back.

I'll get a new pic up once I get there. I still have the starting pic in my album, good to have a comparison.

The bagwork and cleaned up eating is really starting to pay off.

 

[Pylon]

Not gone, just busy. Will check in more later...

 

[JerseyDevil]

Doing great Py. What is your target weight?

 

[Pylon]

I'm just kinda baby stepping. The next target is 250. Then it will be 240. I've always thought of 220 as a good "long term" target. When (not if) I hit that one, we'll see where we are.

 

[Pylon]

45 min bike work tonight. Did 45 min on the elliptical last night. Two nights in the gym while on the road. I'll take it.

 

[Burner02]

good job, amigo!

 

[Triple Threat]

Looks like you're turning into a cardio machine.

 

[Pylon]

Thanks, fellas.

I've been digging myself out of a hole, both personally and professionally, for the last 6 months...maybe more. The fact that I've dropped a good amount of weight in that time says a lot.

I've been working on a treehouse for the boys that is almost the size of the bedroom in our first house. (Just over 10x12ft.) Had the fam over for BBQ today, and through all of that indulged in beer (well earned, I might add, given the record high temps) and a bun on the brat, but passing on a second brat AND dessert. Again. (Straberry shortcake last night, drumstick ice cream tonight.)

Good times.

 

[Pylon]

OK, weighed in at 258 this morning. That's good news.

I'm usually hesitant to weigh in after a carb day, so this was a good result. Primed for a strong cutting week. Hooah!

 

[omerta2010]

That treehouse sounds cool. Always wanted one when I was a kid.

Glad your back at it, and have been able to keep eating right. I always struggle with that when I'm stressing.

 

[Pylon]

Floor of the treehouse down. Next is rails and stairs. Should be done by the weekend. I'll share some pics.

Hit the 25 lb mark today. w00t!

 

[Burner02]

Thanks, fellas.

I've been digging myself out of a hole, both personally and professionally, for the last 6 months...maybe more. The fact that I've dropped a good amount of weight in that time says a lot.

I've been working on a treehouse for the boys that is almost the size of the bedroom in our first house. (Just over 10x12ft.) Had the fam over for BBQ today, and through all of that indulged in beer (well earned, I might add, given the record high temps) and a bun on the brat, but passing on a second brat AND dessert. Again. (Straberry shortcake last night, drumstick ice cream tonight.)

Good times.

you sir...are more resolute that I. Strawberry cheese cake? wow.

tree house sounds cool. My friend had one when we were kids. His dad also installed a zip line from the tree house to another tree across the yard.

 

[omerta2010]

Hit the 25 lb mark today. w00t!

Congrats.

 

[Triple Threat]

Hit the 25 lb mark today. w00t!

 

[Pylon]

Thanks, all.

I'm presenting at a couple of conferences this month. First one is Wednesday. I'm targeting 250 for that show, then 240 for the one at the end of the month.

I'll get there.

 

[Burner02]

dam right you will!
Also....build an addition to the tree house....bar. We'll drink beer, do shots and ride the proposed zip line....yeah! party starts at JD's and then moves to yours. YEAH!

 

[Pylon]

That's all in the basement, dude. Total man cave.

On an unrelated note....carrrrrrrrbbbb dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

 

[Pylon]

Ok, so here's the update. Got through carbs on Saturday, then worked to get to my goal weight for the speaking session, which was today. (It went really well, thanks for asking!)

Up early yesterday, lots of walking in the sun, then a late cardio session last night. Clean food.

So how did I do? Well...hard to say. I wasn't there when I left home, and the scale in the gym at the hotel is 1) not my scale, so its hard to know how accurate it is, and 2) not as high quality, so you can swing the numbers a bit with leans back and forth.

I figured the best I could do was weigh in this morning as centered as possible on the thing and see what it said. And according to that scale, I hit the target with room to spare. I'll see for sure when I get home, I suppose, but I'm going to go ahead and call that a success, folks.

And I'll go ahead and re-up that 100lb card now, thankyouverymuch.

 

[Triple Threat]

So how did the speaking session go?

 

[JerseyDevil]

Especially on the road, I wouldn't worry about the scale. How your pants fits are a much better indicator.

 

[Pylon]

So how did the speaking session go?

 

[Pylon]

Especially on the road, I wouldn't worry about the scale. How your pants fits are a much better indicator.

Totally agree...mostly. But, you know...this was about hitting a number. So it would have been nice to see it.

No worries, tho. I'll see it on the scale when I get home.

 

[Pylon]

Had a great time last night after the conference. The "outing" was a private night at Universal Studios. (Well, private for the conference.) About 3k people tops, meaning almost no lines on anything. Plus free food and drink.

We did a roller coaster run, hitting all the big ones. Lots of walking about. I stayed away from most of the food, finally putting down 1 big slice of pizza when it became clear that I wouldn't find anything low carb without sitting down someplace. Also put down a couple of butterbeers in the Harry Potter area. Think cream soda with a shot of butterscotch schnapps and a whipped cream/butter on top. Good stuff to be sure.

So not a low carb night, but I'm pretty sure I worked it all off. Even stayed away from the beer most of the night. (Drank about half a bud light in between rides.)

Technically off work today and tomorrow, even though I'm sitting on conference calls. Whatever. Heading to the Tampa Bay Rays game tonight before flying home. Might even have time to hang out on the beach this afternoon. Good times.

 

[Burner02]

butterbeer....sounds....delicious!

Sounds like you had a great time, Py!

 

[omerta2010]

Sounds like a great time. Glad you hit the number you had set for yourself. Congrats

 

[Pylon]

Staying clean, working the cardio. Same old same old. And that's a good thing. I'm a routine guy.

Hit the 30 lb mark this morning.