I told you I wasn’t going to lose any weight this week.

So for the time being I guess the blog is going to be called 268.8andfalling.  Another setback in the overall goal, sure, but I had a great weekend and I wasn’t really expecting anything to happen, so it’s all good.  I’m a little confused as to why my body fat percentage dropped .01%, but I know with digital monitors you have to make sure the conditions are identical when you measure so I think I will consider this an approximate.

There was some slacking though workout-wise.  My goals from last week kind of went to the wayside. 

But still, I’m not worried.  It’s a new month, a new season (for all practical purposes) and no more Buffalo Wing Festivals in sight.

I want to focus on some steady weight loss.  A shocking huge number would be nice, in all honesty, but I think if I focus on slow and steady I will have a better shot at keeping it off this time around.

I am once again going to attempt calorie counting, I hope to stick with it, but we will see how that goes.  Between sites like Sparkpeople or Dailyburn, or even just making a note on my phone, I think I can pull it off.

The things I am most excited about it are trying to get back into running, and trying the workouts that Steve has laid out in his new Rebel Fitness Guide.

I got it last week and I’m hoping I can use it to help with the diet, as far as getting into a more focused Strength Training program (instead of just going in the gym and doing whatever).  It’s a great guide with a lot of great information, so if you haven’t checked it out already, then you should.

And…that’s all I got.  There will be no more wings for a while, time to get back on track (again…for the millionth time…).

Don’t give up on me, yet!

Secondly, oh..my..god..I ate SO MANY wings!

I went up to Buffalo, NY for the weekend for the National Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival, and I had a blast. 

The festival was alot of fun and was delicious.  And while I didn’t nearly as many wings as Sonya Thomas, I certainly ate my fair share

That isn’t the only thing I did all weekend though.  I spent a good portion of yesterday in Niagara Falls.  I had only been once before, but that was only to exchange currency at a casino.  This time I actually got to enjoy more of the sights, including the Cave of the Winds and the Maid of the Mist boat ride.  I don’t really any pictures, as I left my phone in the car so it wouldn’t get soaked (like I did), but it was a blast.  I also went over to the Canadian side for some gambling (which didn’t work out really well) and to see some of the sites over there as well.

All in all, GREAT weekend, but like I said last week, I know I’m not going to lose any weight this fact.  In fact, there will probably be quite a gain.  I knew the diet was going to be shit, but unfortunately there wasn’t a lot of working out to offset it either, like I wanted to at least try to do.  But I braced myself for it, so won’t be suprised or dissapointed. 

I will be working my ass off this next week, though

Have a great day, everyone!

And that’s because I will be spending my Labor Day weekend in Buffalo, NY at the National Buffalo Wing Festival.

Now Steve, you’ve been struggling with your weight loss for a while now, and you’ve gained alot of weight back in the past few months…why in the hell would you go to Buffalo Wing Festival?

Because it sounded like fun, and because I like buffalo wings.  That’s all there is to it, really.

So I’m going to take a few days off from fretting about the scale, and I’m going to chow down.  The hotel has a gym, and a pool (I think) so there will be workouts.  But I’m not going to kid myself and say I’m not going to eat anything, or that I’m going to try to drink alot of water so I’m not hungry.  To be perfectly honest, there will be a lot of wings, and the beer will probably flow freely this weekend. 

If that doesn’t look delicious to you, then you are a communist.

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I’ll try not to drunk blog/tweet though, because I’m classy.

If I manage to pull off a loss, then I will probably think my scale is broken, but I will accept it.  If I pull off a gain, I will know full well why it happened, and I will just work on losing that too.  I have no more food festivals planned for the rest of the year (although there is possibly a Wine Fest and a Microbrewery Festival in my future), so I think it’ll be okay.

Anyone else have any plans for the long weekend?

When I first started this journey, I really thought I would be Superman by now.

I thought I’d have lost almost all of the weight, built on a lot of muscle, become a superathlete, and so much more…

Early on in this journey, I had caught the running bug, and I set my sights on the Baltimore Marathon in October.  A few months back, thinking I was unstoppable, I had also registered for the Marine Corps Marathon (which I wasn’t going to really speak about until I saw how I did in Baltimore).

Yesterday, I decided to take a shot of reality, and decided that I will not be running any marathons this year.

Basically, I’m not ready.  I have done very little by way of training, I am not where I should be physically/mentally/etc…

I am deferring my Baltimore registration until 2011, and I have downgraded my Marine Corps registration to the 10k.  I wanted to at least run something, and I have a much better opportunity to train for a 10k by the end of October.

I’m disappointed and frustrated in myself.  I let my training and my journey fall to the wayside.  I never went in thinking I’d halfass it, but I don’t think I really grasped how big of a challenge this would be either.

The Marathon will always be there though, and I will run it.  It’s going to take a lot of work, but I will have this.

I will be a Marathoner.

Can I tell you how frustrating it is to try to get back into the game, and to only see gains for the weeks that follow?

Frustrating at hell!

I thought I did okay.  I have been at the gym almost every day, and the days I wasn’t at the gym I was doing something at least.

I did okay at the party, not as good as I could have done, but it certainly wasn’t horrible.

I thought I did okay foodwise, but you can still eat bad without considering it gorging, so I have some work there, I guess.

Anywho, here is a rundown of my goals for the past week:

Okay, we’re in another week now, so here is a new set of goals:

• Run/walk/jog at least 20 miles.
• Four rounds of strength training.
• Work 10 hours of overtime.
• Lose SOMETHING!
• Watch the diet. No unnecessary crap.

In other news, I got my digital body fat monitor in the mail.  Still waiting on the calipers so I can compare readings, but I’ll be including a body fat count in the weekly status reports from here on out.  Weight itself isn’t everything.  I have to get both of those numbers down.

That’s all I got.  Hope you have a good day!