It’s Been Awhile …

… but I’m still here. And actually, even though I haven’t been blogging a lot, I’m still faithfully working out and sweating my you-know-what off. In fact, I did 45 minutes of a hard workout just a little while ago.

Also, I’m still Smart For Lifeing, although highly modified so that I can work out hard (800 calories a day while working out just doesn’t cut it), and still Eat Stop Eating two days a week — in fact, I’m in the middle of an ESE interval as we speak. And toss a little Thintuition in, and I’m a happy boy.

I’ll post a more-complete report on my progress probably later Monday or Tuesday. Overall, I’m at 250 lbs., a 75 lb. loss from where I started last December 10th. Wow. What’s more, my fat % has been decreasing big-time ever since I’ve started exercising hard again. I’m back into what I considered to be my “skinny” size 40 pants — in other words, size 40 pants that I wonder if they’re 38s or not.

My scale weight hasn’t been dropping all that much in the past few weeks, but my measurements certainly have. I don’t need to see the scale weight drop as much as I thought I would, actually. My clothes and how I look are actually more important to me right now. The clothes look good. And from what I hear, I look much better than I have in years.

When I made the decision to start losing last December, I was in size 48s. Forty-frickin-eights! Man, I can’t believe it. It’s all really good, though, and I’ve been doing well.

And a quick follow up to my Well, Damn post: I’m going into the doctor’s next Monday to see how bad the cutting is going to be on my back. Even though I’m determined not to let this throw me off schedule, I am disappointed that I will very likely have to cut back on my exercising for awhile. I made a promise to myself, though, that I will get right back on the proverbial horse as soon as I can. Plus, I at least can walk and maybe even do cardio on the elliptical (probably as long as I don’t use the arm swingy thingies).

I’ll probably update next after my doctor’s appointment. Ciao for now.

Well, Damn

I visited my doctor on Friday, because some sebaceous cysts on my back were seeming to get bigger, and were definitely starting to bother me. Whenever I had to lay on my back for particular exercises, one would start to get sore. Ditto sleeping at night. And it is that one that was getting really big, too.

So I made an appointment, thinking I’d just go in and get the suckers drained, right? Nooooo. To really get rid of them (one of the two on my back was actually a returnee from my late teen years), I’ve got to go to a surgeon to get ‘em cut out. What’s more, he said the one is so big, that the surgeon will likely want to do it in the hospital (on an outpatient basis, I’m assuming — and knowing my cheap-ass insurance, will probably be).

So after that happens (I’m pushing to get it done ASAP), I’ll probably be out of fully working out for a couple of weeks, while I have stitches in two separate spots on my back. That won’t deter me in losing weight; I just won’t be able to exercise like I normally would. Hopefully I’ll still be able to do the elliptical, and maybe even kick up some of my interval training on that. Just won’t be able to do any resistance.

I don’t think I’ll be able to complete the Transformation Contest either, because of my situation. I just can’t see missing out a few weeks and still being competitive. I’ll definitely do the next one, though. And like I said, I’m still going to be on track for losing weight, so this thing truly isn’t going to get me down. I just won’t be able to be competitive this time ’round. No biggie.

If you’ve never heard of sebaceous cysts before, they’re pretty ucky things. Click the link to find out more. But in my particular situation, the doc said that they’re both getting more pronounced because I’ve lost so much weight (about 75 lbs. now and still going), and growing because I’ve spiked up my metabolism. This means my body is pumping even more gross stuff into them than before because my metabolism is up.

First more gout attacks because of my weight loss, then this … ? Weight loss can truly be a double-edged sword, my friends. But I still think it is worth it, and I’m still going to lose more. There’s just more challenges along the way.

Apologies for not posting as of late; we’re crunching at work, blah blah blah, punch and pie. The same ol’ story. But true!