November 2011

Pics from the Bod Pod

by Stephen Vinson November 20, 2011

Last Wednesday, I hopped into a bod pod to see what my body fat percentage and lean mass percentage numbers were. Sonthe took pics, and I just now received the files from her. Thank you, Sonthe. Here are my pics from last Wednesday’s Bod Pod test. Enjoy.

Bitter Sweet Saturday

by Stephen Vinson November 19, 2011

Dear reader, today is a bitter sweet Saturday for me. Today is the last home game for my college football team, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Will and I are going to the game, although the game is a guaranteed win for Bama. It’s always fun just to be in Tuscaloosa on game day. Every game [...]

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Bod Pod Test Results – My body fat percentage

by Stephen Vinson November 18, 2011

Wednesday, I went to the Lakeshore Foundation here in Birmingham, Alabama, and found out my body fat percentage and weight numbers. They used a fancy machine, called a Bod Pod for the testing. The Bod Pod (in the picture below) uses air displacement to measure lean body mass and fat mass. I had to remove all of [...]

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Wednesday Weigh In: 11 lb gain… Total loss: 266 lbs

by Stephen Vinson November 17, 2011

Weigh-In: Last Weigh-In: 355 LBS Today’s Weigh-In: 366 LBS Loss for the week: +11 LBS Starting Weight 02/01/09: 632 LBS Total Weight Lost Since 02/01/09 : 266 LBS Thoughts: The one common positive from last week: I tracked all of my food. No matter what or how much I ate, I tracked it. My week [...]

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Wednesday Weigh In: 12 lb gain… Total loss: 277 lbs

by Stephen Vinson November 9, 2011

Weigh-In: Last Weigh-In: 343 LBS Today’s Weigh-In: 355 LBS Loss for the week: +12 LBS Starting Weight 02/01/09: 632 LBS Total Weight Lost Since 02/01/09 : 277 LBS Thoughts: Blah. Note, like last week, this weigh in is not a true reflection of fat gained (last week, it was a mega loss). My fluids should [...]

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Rough Monday

by Stephen Vinson November 8, 2011

I had a horrible Monday. To make a long story short, I skipped all of my medications (blood pressure, multi-vitamin, fish oil, anti-depressant, and thyroid meds) and didn’t sleep using my CPAP machine (it’s used for sleep apnea). In a rush to get out of town for the night, I thought I would be okay [...]

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My B.E.D. is like this year’s University of Alabama football team

by Stephen Vinson November 7, 2011

I went to Tuscaloosa, Alabama this weekend to watch the Alabama Crimson Tide kick their own ass against their opponent, the Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers. (Thankfully I didn’t buy tickets to the game.) The short story is we lost that game because we couldn’t kick field goals. Aside from the missed field goals, the [...]

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Cold Hearted, Cold Blooded, Cold as Ice, Just COLD!!!!!

by Stephen Vinson November 4, 2011

I worked packet pickup for the Vulcan 10k run that is going down this Saturday, and it was COLD outside. We’re working in a tent…. and it was colder inside the tent then it was outside the tent. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I bundled and wrapped and space heatered and WAS STILL COLD!!!!! I WAS WEARING A BLANKET…. [...]

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Wednesday Weigh In: 9 lb loss… Total loss: 289 lbs

by Stephen Vinson November 2, 2011

Weigh-In: Last Weigh-In: 352 LBS Today’s Weigh-In: 343 LBS Loss for the week: -9 LBS Starting Weight 02/01/09: 632 LBS Total Weight Lost Since 02/01/09 : 289 LBS Thoughts: Before I get all excited, this weight loss is a reflection of “water weight.” According to my calorie numbers for the week, I should have gained. [...]

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Busy Day

by Stephen Vinson November 1, 2011

Today has been insanely busy! (This is a good thing.) Between work and doing some data entry work for this Saturday’s Vulcan 10k race, I’m worn out. I’m also thankful for the work. My workout yesterday was great! At Anytime Fitness I warmed up for 10 minutes on the elliptical, then worked out my legs [...]