Propinquity and the Week 1 Weigh-In

Today was the 2nd annual Propinquity Challenge, an employee uphill "skinning" ski race at work. Last year I won this race by 12 seconds over a very formidable challenger. I knew I wasn't as fast this year because of the 2-month knee injury layoff, but I figured I owed it to try and defend my title.

The race covers about 1&1/3 miles and 1150' of climbing. I had heard that there were a couple Ski Patrolers who were bent on beating me this time, and though I tried to hold on to them as long as I could, eventually they pulled away and dueled to a near photo-finish. I finished in 3rd place about 1 minute behind, but I was 4 minutes slower than my winning time last year.

It sucks being behind my fitness level from last year when I was probably in the best shape of my life. I'm not discouraged though because there is still time to catch up and I have a way of focusing (obsessing?) on a goal until I get there.

So as I said, I know my fitness is worse right now. I know I weigh a lot more. Last year at April 1, I weighed 161 pounds; this year 181, a full, demoralizing 20 pounds more. So I made a pact with myself to eat healthy and lose the weight as quickly as possible in a healthy manner.

So I counted calories consumed and burned all week. I've decided to weigh-on once a week each Monday. My conservative goal is to lose 1.5 pounds per week which would get me back down to 161-ish by July 1st.

So how did I do in week 1?

Down to 176.6 for a 3.5 pound loss. YES!!!

I'm very motivated to keep this up, so let's see where I'm at at the next weigh-in on April 15.