Goal Weight Reached – I’m Done!

Posted on 22. Aug, 2010 by in Challenge +

A few days ago I reached my goal weight of 175 pounds!

To be exact I came in at 175.5 pounds, which is close enough. Today I’m at 177 pounds and I’m happy to stay within the 175 to 185 pound range as I work on lowering my body fat and building muscle. I think that’s a healthy range to stay in. As of now I’m at 10.3% body fat and I’m slowly going down.

I have increased my calories from around 1600 per day, to 2500 per day to make sure I don’t lose anymore weight. I have been slacking off at the gym this week. I have only been two or three times I do believe. I’m wanting to go today to train for the half-marathon, but I’m not sure if I’m up to it.

So my long term weight loss goal is complete!

I don’t plan on losing any more weight. Funny enough I’ll most likely gain weight as I focus more on building muscle. Though I’ll make sure to keep an eye on my body fat percentage in the long run.

I haven’t committed to running the half-marathon yet. I have a couple concerns with it before I say yes or no. First off I suck at running for the most part. I can run fine, but it’s not what I focus on at all when I’m at the gym. The LONGEST distance I’ve traveled running is maybe 1.5 miles non-stop. I have never attempted to run further then that.

Two as I don’t want to lose anymore weight, and I’m attempting to gain muscle, I think running will be counter productive to that. If running will help me in other ways, as in lower my body fat then I might have to say yes to it and focus on building muscle until after the half-marathon.

I’m in a fork in the road right now and I don’t know which path to take just yet.

By the way the reason this decision is so hard for me is once I say I’m going to do something, I do it. There is no going back unless I can’t help it.

Well, that’s a quick update. My long term goal and the entire reason this blog was created is now complete! I lost a total of 91-pounds in 9 in a half months.

Now I can go pig out on some ice-cream, Lol. :)

By the way to see some pictures of where I’ve come from and where I am at now, check out this post.

Jay,
Current Weight: 177 lbs.
Blog Starting Weight: 268 lbs.
Heaviest Weight: 336 lbs.
Current Body Fat: 10.1%
Goal Body Fat: 8%

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10 Responses to “Goal Weight Reached – I’m Done!”

  1. Alan (Pounds Off Playoff)

    22. Aug, 2010

    Congrats Jay! I know you have worked hard. It’s good to see somebody succeed.

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  2. David

    22. Aug, 2010

    Way to go! Looking for jaymakesmuscles.com… Haha. Good luck with next phase. Harder to define than weight loss for people like us, super conscious of fat. Tempting to gain,lose,gain,lose and never get anywhere. But hopefully you’ll have more luck than me :)
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    • Jay

      24. Aug, 2010

      Lol, I was actually thinking of that the other day. I was like damn.. I called the website jayLOSS… and now that I’ve lost the weight and it’s not a focus… I’m kind of screwed. :)

      Oh well. :)

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  3. AndrewENZ

    22. Aug, 2010

    That is so awesome! Well done.

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  4. Anthony

    24. Aug, 2010

    Congratulations! Enjoy your success, but don’t enjoy it too much, if you know what I mean ;)

    Anyways, I know that I have also struggled with how to approach cardio as I’m trying to build muscle. I find that I feel like I’m leaving out half of the “healthy” equation when I do that. Cardio is important for a strong heart and veins. Usually I end up doing a little bit of cardio each day (15 minutes on the elliptical, or walking the dog 2.5 miles), and lift for 30, and then make sure I eat enough calories and protein. It’s been working well for me thus far. It’s only been 4 months, but I’ve noticed a big difference in how my body looks.

    Good luck!
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    • Jay

      24. Aug, 2010

      Right, I don’t neglect cardio at all, it’s a huge part of the big picture. I just meant focusing 100% on it like I would if I were to train for a half-marathon. That would be counter productive I think. Now my cardio is mostly boxing, some elliptical/running, but it’s only for maybe 20-30 minutes MAX.

      The rest of the time I’m doing fast paced weight lifting which gets me sweating just as much and BUILDS muscle. :)

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  5. Reinaldo

    26. Aug, 2010

    Congratulations for a job well done! Maybe now you should do sprints for cardio?
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  6. Chad

    31. Aug, 2010

    Great job, Jay!!!! Congratulations. Your transformation is amazing and inspiring!
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