Day 28: 211.5 lbs - Plagues, Formulas, and Workouts...Oh My!

So I've seriously been stuck on writing this thing for like a week and a half. Everyday I open up my draft and have to change the day....

This stupid plague flu that is going around.... Holy smokes, man. I started coughing last Sunday and then it just killed me. I was out of work for 3.5 days, stuck to the couch, surviving on soups and heaping servings of teen angst via Netflix.I haven't been to the gym in over a week, but I've managed to lose some weight still (yay!!). I started biking home from Batman's workplace again this week; and while I'm huffing like a smoker and totally dead by the time I get home, it's a step in the right direction.

I'm officially down 7.5 pounds now. I'm kind of behind where I need to be to stay on track, but I still think I've made a ton of progress. I need to lose 22 more pounds by my birthday, which is just a little over 9 weeks away....2.4 pounds a week. I need to magically find a caloric deficit of 8400 for that happen.According to the Harris Benedict Equation, to maintain my current grossness, I'll need 2440 calories a day. So between diet and exercise, I have to find a deficit of 1200 calories. I think it's totally doable. I'm thinking, consuming about 1400 calories. I burn about 200 or so on my 5 mile ride home, and I do more cardio at the gym to kill time until Batman is done so there is the rest of the deficit. I can totally do this!

I had issues last week trying to find a workout routine to follow. I was torn between the type of body I ultimately want. I know genetics plays a part, and quite frankly, I'm a little nervous about what the "fit" me will look like, since I've never actually seen her. I want so many different things for me. I want to be lean and fit and strong, but I also want that beautiful long dancer's body. I had so much anxiety over this decision when really I had already made it. I posted this on Facebook a few weeks ago:

"Hear this! Before 2013 is over this will happen:

Weigh 150 lbs
Do 3 unassisted pull ups
Do 1 full set of hanging leg lifts
Be able to punch somebody
Have confidence to stand up for myself"

So I'm just going to go for it and do what I need to do and not dwell on it. I have these goals and I need to get going. I decided to follow the Muscle and Fitness Trainer, which gave me a pretty hefty strength workout, but one that is completely doable and changes weekly. No muscle memory issues for me!

I'm going to do this.I'm going to break up with my fat!