Category Archives: Weight loss

Post Ironman: getting fat and rusty

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dad

So here we are, coming up to 6 weeks after Ironman Florida, heading into the Christmas season with over 2 weeks of travel beginning this Friday, with commensurate eating, drinking, and partying…fun 🙂 …not sure what I weigh these days…but … Continue reading →

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squeezing off a few pounds: 205 to 187 in 3 months

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Dad

Well Friday was an official weigh-in date…187…right at my goal for the date…and the same as it was 2 weeks ago…so this peeling off the weight things has slowed down. So, interesting that this is the first 4 week period in … Continue reading →

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squeezing off a few pounds: 205 to 187 this morning

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Dad

Good news!…at my 2 week interim weigh-in this morning, the scales settled at 187 …this is down from 189, 2 weeks ago…and 18 pounds down from my 205 starting point 2 1/2 months ago 🙂 https://irondaughterirondad.com/2-month-official-weigh-in-189-down-from-205/ …and getting dangerously close to … Continue reading →

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5K run test: new 41 vDOT wow! 4:22:00 Ironman run ‘possible’

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Dad

Looks like shedding those few pounds has indeed helped my running speed 🙂 …the goal that I set for myself 9 months ago on December 7, 2010, was to be at a vDOT of 41 prior to Ironman Florida, to set up … Continue reading →

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staying the course 205 to 185…losing 20 pounds

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Dad

With my weigh-in on Friday at 189, I again pondered what my weight goal should be. When I started on July 9, 8 weeks ago, I was at 205 pounds, and set an initial goal to be at 195 in 4 … Continue reading →

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2 month official weigh-in: 189…down from 205

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Dad

So here it is…weigh-in yesterday a solid 189.0 …for the first time, I’m beginning to believe that it’s actually 15 pounds gone …gone from somewhere…not sure from ‘where’ really …but gone…so good 🙂 As you can see on the graph to the right, it wasn’t a straight line down … Continue reading →

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squeezing off a few pounds: 205 to 190 in 6 weeks

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Dad

I have to tell you, it’s a little weird. I don’t know if it’s because I came up with this plan for myself to drop a few pounds and it’s actually working or that I find myself in such uncharted … Continue reading →

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How many calories do you burn on your swim?

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Dad

Very interesting…this new Swimsense watch is giving me swimming information that I’d never really considered before…like I’m not burning ‘swimming’ calories when stopped between Intervals…or those ‘bonus’ 2 minute stops between Interval sets …whaaaaat?…I said first time that I saw it. … Continue reading →

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Iron Dad Diet Plan: How to lose 10 pounds in 4 weeks

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dad

Entitled to at least a little smile from my post yesterday 🙂 https://irondaughterirondad.com/squeezing-off-a-few-pounds-1-month-weigh-in-205-to-194/ You know…I have to say…I’m a bit surprised that 10 pounds came off that quickly…even though I felt that I had a good plan, I find myself in … Continue reading →

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Squeezing off a few pounds: 1 month weigh-in: 205 to 194

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dad

Now that’s cool 🙂 Based on my weigh-in this morning, I was able to achieve my 10 pound weight loss goal in 4 weeks, instead of my initial goal of 4 months…very nice…my 4 week chart on the right …down below, … Continue reading →

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Squeezing off a few pounds: 205 to 196

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Dad

Yesterday was 3 weeks since I began the quest to ‘squeeze off a few pounds’ https://irondaughterirondad.com/squeezing-off-a-few-pounds/ My ‘official’ first period weigh-in will be next Friday, so it’s still a bit early to draw my first period conclusions, although I’ve liked … Continue reading →

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Body composition…the 4th sport in triathlon

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Dad

My ‘official’ 1 month weigh-in is next Friday on August 5th, to see how I’ve done in my quest to squeeze off a few pounds during my 1 month transition between getting back home after the Vancouver Half Iron, and going … Continue reading →

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Squeezing off a few pounds…2 good behavioral changes

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Dad

Aside from some adjustments to _what_ I’m eating, I’m finding that I have two things in particular that are coming into play on a daily basis…as it turns out, both attributable to ideas by Matt Fitzgerald that I wrote about … Continue reading →

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squeezing off a few pounds: 205 to 200

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Dad

Well, 2 weeks ago, on July 9th, I set out to ‘squeeze off a few pounds’ https://irondaughterirondad.com/squeezing-off-a-few-pounds/ …specifically to move out of my 205’ish range to the 195’ish range…or less…by Ironman Florida in 4 months. …my goal was a weigh-in once a … Continue reading →

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I just don’t look good naked anymore…

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Dad

Thinking about, and focused on, dropping a few pounds, I’ve had a song running through my head the last few days. When living in Charleston, one of our favorite things to do on a Sunday night was to go down … Continue reading →

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