In the past, every time I dipped below 300 lbs, I seemed to “let loose” the next week and gain back 3-5 lbs. Followed often by anger and disappointment, leading to more weight gain. So this last week, I decided that I would attack my belly with a different tactic. I would increase both the number and intensity of my workouts. So last week, I ended up working out a total of four times on the treadmill:

and more importantly, I played in my first lacrosse game in over four years on Friday! I played with the Hooligans, who play in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League. Its just summer league so its pretty mellow. I hoped to play just a couple of minutes, but we were down long-stick defenders, and so I ended up playing for about a half. I was so sore on Saturday…

I didnt play badly. Rather it was uneventful. No one scored on me, and I didnt do anything overly spectacular. I did pick up a ground ball, and catch a pass, and finally make a throw, so overall, for four years of rust, I was pretty proud of myself. Hopefully, it will continue to inspire me to lose the weight. So how did the weight loss go?

1.2 lbs? Jeez, I would have thought it was more. But, I have to continue to remind myself that its progress, not perfection. So my total weight loss is: which certainly is not bad…and I continue to inch towards the 10% weight loss goal:

So, I will continue to plug away. One of the challenges I will have to overcome this week is getting over the general muscle soreness from last week, and pushing myself to do another 4-5 workouts this week. Plus a lacrosse game on Friday, which I am very excited about, and hoping to put forth a better effort than I did this past week. We shall see…