And just like that another month has passed by. July wasn't exactly the best month for a variety of reasons and I'm glad it's over, but I finished ok. No need to dwell on the bad, shit happens, and that's just the way it is. I'm trying to stay focused on my goals and the positives.
So, how did I do in July? As a reminder here were my goals:
- Weigh 245 or less
- Ride 400 miles
- Walk 20 miles
- Perfect Month in Apple
- Get the July exercise goal in Apple.
Weight results:
- Starting Weight: 255.4
- Ending Weight: 248.77
- Net Loss: (6.63)
- Total Loss: (76.23
Exercise info:- Number of rides: 59 and 13 fitpass
- Time on exercise: 1:01:48:08
- Distance on rides: 424.75
- Number of walks: 8
- Time walking: 04:12
- Distance walking: 12.2
Results:
There's a lot more of it this month so let's start with the bad and get it out of the way. I missed my weight goal... again. I thought I would get it as I was only 1.5 pounds away going into the weekend, but we had a a couple nice dinners out and my weight popped up a little bit. Nothing to be concerned about, as it's normal for weight to go up/down but it's a little frustrating. I also managed to miss my walking goal. I've been struggling with motiviation for evening walks, so I put a reminder into the Withings app to prompt me. Maybe I'll start walking more after vacation as I know I'll walk plenty during the trip. I also managed to fuck my apple watch streaks up. I completely blew the stand goal by hanging out with some friends on a weekend and then somehow lost my move goal. I suspect it was me deleting a phantom workout, as I thought I hit it every day the bike was broken and even took walks and fitpass classes to ensure I hit it, but it's gone. Now my goal is to surpass 179 days and I only have 160 days to go.
There's some good:
That's a lot of bad, lets talk about some of the good things. Despite having the bike break and missing a full week of spin I beat my monthly mileage goal. I didn't think that would be possible, but I almost eclipsed last month's distance. I also crushed the monthly exercise goal in Apple. Granted it was an easier one, but so what. I hit 400 rides which means I should be somewhere around 750 and end of year. That means I'll get my cube next spring.
August Goals:
- Weigh 240 or less
- Ride 225 miles
- Walk 25 miles
- Perfect Month in Apple
- Get the August exercise goal in Apple.
Let's talk about this month and why my goals are so different from previous months. First off, we won't be doing the 5k walk in St. Pete. You'll also notice I've lowered my weight loss and cycling goals while raising the walking distance, and you might ask why? The simple answer is Merinda and I are going on an Alaskan cruise this month and I think my normal goals would be extremely unattainable. While I plan on walking and staying active on the cruise, in fact my plan is to get up and do 30+ minutes of exercise in the morning, I don't think they have spin bikes on the boat, so that's out of the question. I had a work trip this past week and used the mediocre bike at the hotel and if thats what I see on the boat I'll try to do fitpass if the Wifi works, and if not, just the treadmill. I'll also be on vacation so I will probably eat more, although the food on the last cruise was mediocre, so we'll see. Realistically I would like to be weight neutral when I get back so that means about a 5 pound loss for this month. I was able to do that in January, so I'd like to do the same here. It's a good test to see if I can maintain my 30 minutes of exercise I want to do post diet to learn to maintain my weight.
Final Thoughts:
This was a very difficult month. Despite feeling pretty upbeat going into this month the bike broke on the 3rd and I had pretty invasive round of dental surgery on the 7th. No complaints about Echelon's customer service I had a new bike in a week, but it was still frustrating to break mid-ride. I was able to do some weight and walking workouts and walk but it threw me off my game a little bit. The new bike feels like it rides "harder" or scores me lower, so the PB's that I was seeing on a regular basis before it broke are now out of reach. I'm not completely goal driven but I do like competition and whether it's me holding back or the bike being different, it feels like I'm far below my old scores so it seems like its a herculean task to get those old records. I kind of wish they could be archived and then reset so I can get closer. On top of this Irish got sick, he started off by abruptly not eating. Dog's won't starve themselves by choice so it's a sign of an illness. We hoped it wasn't serious, but in a 12.5 year old dog that's unlikely and we had to put him to sleep this month since he got so weak he couldn't stand up or walk. That put a real drain on me this month. Last but not least, I feel a little burned out. I hear the instructors talk about overtraining and I wonder if I've done that. Between the dog and my father in law both Merinda and I are ready for some time away to relax and recharge. Now, before you think it's not all doom and gloom there were good things this month. My original weight goal was 245 and I'm only 3 pounds over that. I also went through all my clothes and have five trash bags of clothing that doesn't fit and I'm donating. Clothing I bought in April doesn't fit anymore and I've bought my first clothies with a 38" waist so despite the tangible metrics, as in weight loss and bike scores, slowing down I still can't dispute the results.
Enough of my ramblings. Have a great month and I'll check in with a post-cruise update...
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