Mid-month update

Hi, Last update was June 1st. Currently sitting at 271.6lbs. I am 1.6lbs behind my goal. My goal was to be 270lbs by today's date and 265lbs at end of the month. I've been cheating a bit and also taking something that helps me lose weight faster. I have been taking Leptopril. On the downside, i have had a few days of cheating.. example, last night at 1am, i ate two servings of a cereal that had 28grams of fibre per serving.. do you know what 56 grams of fibre does to you?.. lets just say a full description would be TMI. Anyway, this weight loss is different from the isagenix weight loss.. last year, when i was taking isagenix, i went all the way to 260lbs before i could wear size 42 waist jeans. I am currently a little over 271lbs and can wear size 42 waist jeans. How is this possible?. Muscle building. When on isagenix, all i was doing was losing fat and water, i was not replacing the fat with muscle. Now, i am replacing the fat with muscle so even though i weigh more than 260lbs, i can wear size 42 pants because i have actually lost as much fat as i did when i was on isagenix and weighed 260lbs. How am i building muscle?.. am i going to the gym and doing serious weight training? NO!! (i do go to the gym and weight train a bit but not much).. most of the muscle comes from riding my bike. I think that my bike has been a godsend.. My neighborhood is hilly so to build muscle, i ride my bike around the neighborhood. I try to ride in 21st gear as much as possible (some pavement is too steep for me to do that).. the goal is to eventually be able to ride anywhere in my neighborhood in 21st gear. At first, i could only ride uphill in 10th gear, then i increased it to 12 and now, i can ride uphill (depending on how steep the hill is) in 21st gear. That is building my thigh muscle and also works out the midsection. Then i use the gym at work to build my upper body (i also do weight training for my leg so as to get them stronger so i can ride uphill in higher gear). For anyone looking for a musclular workout without going to a gym, i recommend going to a hilly neighborhood and riding. It's fun and beneficial at the same time. It combines aerobic with muscle building (thighs and midsection).

Anyway, I obviously will not be updating this blog everyday. However, at the end of the month, i'll let you know if i am even close to 265lbs or even worse than the 271lbs i am now. One thing i know, if i did not cheat a bit, i would have quit trying to lose weight. I've learned that every once in a while, it's ok to fall off the wagon.. but it's just as important to get back on the wagon.

Currently at 274.8lbs, down from 275lbs on Saturday. Making decent progress. Slower than Ithought. Did not work out yesterday at all... was too busy. Ate a little more than I would have liked to but that was because I stayed up very late and got hungry. Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you.