I get to start rehab next week (3 days a week) starting Monday. I am very much looking forward to working out again…

Here is a graph of my weight loss (if you are reading this in the future this graph will have updated for future weigh ins as well)… Clicking the image will open to a larger image.

I am within 5 pounds of crossing the hypothetical midway point in my journey. I have made it this far in the journey by taking one day at a time. Celebrating my accomplishment without getting complacent. 66 pounds is an enormous amount of weight to have lost and yet I have a long journey ahead. I hope you are enjoying the ride.

Until next week… Enjoy the articles and keep the comments coming…

Here is a graph of my weight loss (if you are reading this in the future this graph will have updated for future weigh ins as well)… Clicking the image will open to a larger image.

As for exercise…  I didn’t get much… I went to the FRST and did a little exercise including the arm bicycle… twice…  I need to go more.  Next week 3 times… I swear.

I was told not to get my hopes up, but I may not need surgery… Surgery is currently scheduled for a week from Monday…  At the preop the doctor thought that I had excellent strength and range of motion in the ankle…  He is scheduling an ultrasound study and a follow up prior to confirming surgery…  Here’s hoping.

I am also going to partake in the Get Fit Slowly 100 pushup challenge: following this 6 week program…  With my ankle I will have to do knee pushup, but it would still be pretty amazing to be able to do 100 knee pushups consecutively.  That starts Monday…

I set next weeks goal at 5 pounds, but I think it will be a stiff challenge to meet given my lack of ability to exercise normally.  Until next week…  Stay sexy fit blogosphere.

I’m getting back on track though. Instead of my average lunch, I replaced it with two smaller “lunches” today. The first “lunch” was a whey protein shake and and apple. The second “lunch” was another whey protein shake. I’m going to try to get to two a day while if I’m home during the day. For dinner, I’m going to be a little worse and have a cheeseburger (no bun) and some baked beans. I need to add a veggie to that and I haven’t decided what it is going to be yet.

Onto the links:
Importance of Breaking Routine & Monotony – Jim write that you simply can’t continue to do the same thing over and over again. It gets boring and you won’t want to stick with it.

Giving Up Soda, Diet Cola, Pop, Mountain Dew, Coke, And Pepsi – NCN is giving up soda… wow. I tried that for about 2 days and failed miserably. The thing is that I used to never drink soda as a kid. However, now I can’t seem to find good flavored alternatives.

Ruptured Peroneus Longus Tendon – Weight Ladder had a set back in his quest to lose weight. With an injured ankle for as long as 6 months his exercise options will be limited.

Seeing is Believing with WeightView – Fat Man gives a review of WeightView. I’ll have to give it a shot.

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Here is a graph of my weight loss (if you are reading this in the future this graph will have updated for future weigh ins as well)… Clicking the image will open to a larger image.

What happened? Oh boy is this a long story (to be told over multiple blog posts)… I played full court basketball for the first time this week. Great! What a workout! My week was going great full court on Saturday, more basketball on Monday, and playing volleyball on Tuesday when it happened…

My teammate passed the ball to the setter and I was backing up to position for the approach for the spike… When I changed directions (not even a very athletic move) there was loud pop and I thought who just throw a rock at the ground at my foot. I stopped playing and spent the rest of the week figuring out what had just happened… But this being the post about my weigh in I will stop there…

And I ate a little too much the night before the weigh-in and I did not exercise for the remainder of the week after the incident at volleyball…

I am sticking to the diet, but I am reducing my expectations (4.8 pound goal for next week aka end at the same goal weight as last week) given that I will not be able to work out at the same intensity…

So with less chance to work out my new plan is to continue to stick to the diet and to look for opportunities to work out… Given that I am currently non weight bearing and on crutches I am hoping that crutches alone will be good exercise….