Tuesday and Wednesday recap

I'm still staying on track with my calories and I exercised on Tuesday, but blew it off again last night.  Last night wasn't intentional, I just lost track of time.  After dinner, a neighbor knocked on our door and we spent a half hour or so chatting, and one thing led to another and it was too late to go up.  I should explain that.  My wife gets up really early (around 3:00) so she goes to bed early.  They 'gym' is right next to our bedroom and I don't like to go up too late because I don't want to keep her up.

I noticed something the other day when I was logging my Tuesday exercise in my food journal.  Most journals break up the speed on a treadmill by .5 mph, so it's either 2.5 or 3.0.  When I'm walking at speeds between halves, I record it at the lower speed.  So Tuesday night, I walked 45 minutes at 2.6 mph.  I recorded it at 2.5 and noticed that they have 2.5 listed as "leisurely-pace".  Let me tell you something, when you weigh over 300 lbs, 2.5 mph ain't leisurely!  Although I won't be able to go at a less leisurely pace until I figure out how to tighten the belt on my treadmill.  It's starting to slip a little at faster speeds.

Tuesday night, I caught the end of the Biggest Loser.  I watched the show for a couple seasons early on and thought it was good.  Now I think it's about how much they can demean the contestants.  I don't want to take anything away from the contestants that are on the show and do the work and lose weight.  They bust their butts and do great.  It's the show concept that on the first show of the season, the trainers have to push the contestants until they make them barf.  Really?  That's the only way to exercise?  I wonder how many fat people think that the only way they can lose weight is to go to camp and exercise for 12 hours a day, every day, and eat in a controlled environment.  Also how many people watch the show, see contestants lose 10 or 15 pounds in a week and then go on a diet and are upset because they "only" lost 1 or 2 lbs.  I guess reality tv can't get too real...

All it takes is patience and work.