Peachtree Road Race goal (July 4th, 2008)

By the Peachtree Road Race I want to weigh less than 200lbs. I have to lose 47.5lbs to reach that goal. I have about 28 weeks until the PRR. I have to lose an average of 1.7lbs a week to reach 200lbs by the 4th of July. I gotta do it. I know I can.

Mini goal for 1/25/08

I have set a mini goal of 240lbs by 1/25/08. That is the day that we are going to New York. I have to lose around 7lbs between now and then to reach my goal. I think that I can lose 7lbs in 1 month. I am so excited to be closer to 200lbs than 300lbs now. I can do this!

We met our goals & have lost over 100lbs together!!!

Jon lost 5.5 lbs this week. He now weighs 256.5. His goal for Jan 1st 2008 was to be below 260 lbs. I lost 4 lbs this week. I weigh 247.5. My goal was to be under 250 lbs by 1.01.08. Together we have lost 108 lbs. Freaking unbelieveable. Now we just have to get through Christmas without a gain. I guess we have been reduced to Losing 140 together!!!

98.25 GONE

Jon weighed in at 262 lbs this week. He lost 1.5 lbs. That brings his total lost to 45.25 lbs. Unbelievable! Our combined total lost stands at 98.25 lbs!!! We were hoping to hit 100 lost this week but barely missed it. Our mini goal is to hit 100 lost between us by Jan 1st 2008. We only have to lose 1.75 lbs to reach that goal. I am sure we can do it. We just have to get through Christmas meals and stay on track. I am so proud of us!

.5 DOWN

Thankfully I am down 1/2 lb this week. I now weigh 251.5 lbs. I have lost a total of 53 lbs. I know that it could have been more. My stupid drinking Friday night kept it from being more. I learned my lesson though and there will be NO MORE drinking. I counted up my points last night for the drinking and I consumed somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 points in just drinks Friday night. That is sickening. It wont happen again. I am happy with losing 1/2 lb. I am not happy with myself for my bad choices. I figured I was going to gain. Now I have 1.5 lbs to lose by Jan 1st to meet that mini goal.

Now I have to see how Jon did for the week. As soon as I find out I will update his weigh-ins. I have my fingers crossed that he did better than I did.

All good things must come to an end!

We have to weigh in tomorrow morning. I am dreading it. I am sure that I am going to show a gain. I was an idiot this week. We had a party Friday night and I drank way to much. I thought it would be ok since I had a few days til weigh in and I have watched what I ate all week long. Outside of the drinking I did very well this week. This morning I was still 1/2 lb above my weigh in last week. Why did I do this to myself? And that is the thing. If I gain this week it will totally be my fault. I mean, yeah sure I am on my period this week which counts for something. I usually retain a few lbs of water during my period but I have always lost at least a little that week too. This feeling really stinks. I feel like an idiot. I have to find a way to pick up the pieces and move forward though even if I do gain. Ugh!

Oh--I was just thinking.

I guess I am officially keeping a blog. It may be dull, it may be boring but it is my blog. I have always wanted to keep a blog but could never remember to post anything. I have been posting here for a little over 3 months now and it is crazy to be able to look back at the October posts and see how far I have come in such a short amount of time. So, this is my blog and I am pretty happy that I am keeping it updated.

McDonald's Salad, 1/2 to go before the New Year, & New York!

Lots of thoughts in my head this morning. Lets start with yesterday. I had a McDonald's Caesar Grilled Chicken Salad for lunch. I didn't have the dressing with it because that stuff was 5 points by itself. I think the salad without the dressing was around 4 or 5 points. It tasted OK. Not great but ok. After I ate it my stomach hurt for the rest of the day. I know I didn't eat lots of fat and that is normally the only time my stomach hurts. Later I found something on the WW website about fast food salads turning peoples stomachs upside down because of the preservatives in them. I am wondering if that is what happened to me?

I weighed this morning and in order to reach my Jan 1st goal of 250lbs I need to lose 1/2 of a lb. I have about 2 weeks to lose it. I am pretty sure I can do it. I just have to watch what I eat at Christmas. Wish me luck.

I have also set a new mini goal. We are going to New York at the end of January. I want to be 240lbs or less by then. We are going as our Christmas and Birthday gifts to each other. I have never flown before so I am very nervous about that. I am very excited to though. I can't believe that we are going to New York. We are going to see The Phantom of the Opera while we are there. We are also going to the Museum of Modern Art to see Starry Night. I can't wait!!!

The Biggest Loser.

I love that show. It helps me stay motivated. The season ends on Tuesday night. Luckily a new season starts on Jan 1st. It wont be as long or as good but it will be something at least. Something to keep me going. I can't wait to see who the biggest loser is this season. It all came down to the black team. I hope it is Hollie or Isabeau. Love that show.

50 lb milestone!

For the first time in my life I have lost more than 50 lbs. I have lost 52.5 lbs! I have 103 lbs left to lose but I know that I can do it. I have lost a third of my total weight lost goal. I am feeling better and stronger every day. My pants are getting looser and baggier every day. I can run farther and faster every day. Life is getting better and better. I am proud of myself. I am strong.

96.25 down, 151.75 to go

Together we have lost 96.25 lbs. That blows my mind. How did we ever get to this point? This size? We are doing it. I couldn't be prouder. And I hit a big milestone this week. Wow! I know we can be down a total of 100 lbs or more by Christmas. I am so proud of Jon. We had a rough week eating wise because he had school 3 days and had to eat out lunch and we were away from each other for half the week due to my Aunt's funeral. We weren't there to support each other every step of the way for half the week and we still lost weight. I stuck to healthy eating so well partly because I knew that Jon was in my corner even if he wasn't there with me in person. He is an inspiration to me.

19:18

Last night I ran/walked a mile in 19 mins and 18 secs. I can't find a time limit for the PRR. I would think that there would be one. Does anyone know if there is and what it is? Guess I will go google some more. My ds, Mikey, has decided that he wants to join the track team and run in the Peachtree Jr. That is very exciting! He loves to run anyway. :)

12/05---1 mile in 19:58

On Wed night I ran/walked 1 mile in 19 mins and 58 seconds. Getting better everytime I do it. I am going to have to find out what the time limit is on the Peachtree road race. I want to be able to finish it when I start it!

Opening this blog to the public.

I have decided to go ahead and open this blog to the public. I am scared about it but excited about it too. Here we go...

91.75 Officially

It's Tuesday again. Jon was at 264 lbs this morning. Go, Jon! That is awesome! I was at 256 lbs. So excited. Together we have lost 91.75 lbs. Today is 3 months in. I can't believe that we lost 91.75 lbs in three months together! I know that I couldn't do it without Jon. Taking this journey with him has been amazing. We still have a long way to go but I know that as long as we do it together we can make it. I am proud of us! I am hoping to lose at least 1.5 lbs this next week. That would put me at 50lbs or more that I have lost. That is a milestone I have never reached before.

On another note, I am thinking about opening this blog for others to read. I think it would be nice to get other peoples feedback and comments on our weight loss. I will think about it some more.

1/2 mile in 11 mins

I did some more of the Couch to 5K (C25K) running program last night. I did 1/2 mile is 11 mins. I know that is a long time but I have shaved 2 mins off of my 1/2 mile since I started this running program a little over a week ago. That means I can run/walk a mile in about 22 mins now instead of 26 mins. I know that it will only get better the more I do it. My short term goal is to be able to run a mile without stopping and do it in under 12 mins. My big goal for running is to be able to run in and finish the Peachtree Road Race this upcoming 4th of July. I can do it!

90 down,158 to go!

Our official weigh-in is tomorrow. We peak a couple of times a week to make sure that our weight is doing what it is supposed to be doing, going down. This morning our total lost reached 90 lbs. That isn't official until tomorrow morning but I thought it was crazy good! We are rocking this weight loss thing. Makes me wonder why we didn't start sooner! Tomorrow's weigh in will also be 3 full months since we started changing our lives. I can't believe that we have lost 90lbs in 3 months. I can't wait to see what the next three months has in store.

Size 22

Today I am wearing a pair of size 22 jeans. I really can't remember the last time I could wear a 22. When I started this weight lose journey I wore a tight size 28 jeans. I have gone down 3 pant sizes in 3 months. Yay! I can't even say how excited I am. My goal is a size 10 or 12. Lets see how many months it takes to get to those sizes. I am betting I can do it in 12 months or less. Fingers crossed!

1/2 mile in 12mins & Zaxby's

We had Zaxby's for dinner tonight. We haven't had a reward meal in about a month and decided to do it tonight. It made me sick as a dog. I guess all the grease is what made me sick. I don't think that I can ever eat that kind of food again. We have had Zaxby's twice since Sept 3rd 2007. Both times it has made me sick. We have had no other fast food at all. I think I am done with that kind of food forever. I don't like having a stomach ache.

On a better note I did some of the couch to 5K plan tonight. I ran/walked 1/2 mile in 12 mins. That is 1 min faster than the last time I did it. I kick butt!

Tuesday morn done come and gone.

This morning was weigh-in time again. I have kinda started looking foward to it in some weird way. I didn't expect to lose anything this week because of Thanksgiving. I was praying that I wouldn't gain either. As it turns out I lost 1/2 lb. I don't think that is bad at all. Much better than a gain. And, this next week is sure to be better! I am down a total of 46.5 lbs. Pretty good, pretty good. I am 8 lbs away from my Jan 1st goal. 250 here I come!

I am not sure what Jon weighed this morning. I think that he lost at least 2 lbs. I am so proud of him.

I started the Couch to 5K running program today.

I decided to start the Couch to 5K running program today. I have been thinking about starting it for a while but have been a slacker about doing it. It is supposed to have me running a 5K in 12 weeks. I think it will take me longer than that to do it but as long as I can do it within 7 months I will be happy. I want to run in the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th 2008. That is my goal for running. Today I could only do half of the program before I thought I was going to fall out. So, today I ran/walked 1/2 mile in 13 mins. I know that my time will get better the more I run.

What in the crap can you eat on Thanksgiving???

I have no idea what you can eat at Thanksgiving that wont make you gain a zillion pounds! I took a Weight Watchers 7-layer salad to go with the meal and fruit for dessert. I know that the world isn't going to change what they cook and eat just because I am trying to lose weight but it sure would be nice. There were all kinds of chocolate desserts and fatty foods. I so wanted to eat it all. But I want to be thin and healthy even more than I wanted to eat bad. I had 1 tablespoon of cherry cheesecake and that was it. The only other dessert that I had was the fruit. I am proud of myself about the dessert but not so proud about the meal itself. I didn't go back for seconds and I didn't pile my plate heeping full but I did eat a lot of stuff that I knew wasn't good for me. I am praying that I don't gain any weight this week. I don't expect a loss but if I gain I think I might cry. Keeping my fingers crossed til Tuesday morning!

163 lbs

That is what my dh and I have left to lose together! We have lost right at 85 lbs in 11 weeks. Heres to hoping that the holidays are kind on the scale and that we make our goal by the end of 2008!

Still losing against all odds!

Wow! I was down another 5.5 lbs this week! I am beside myself. I am at 258.5 lbs. I can't believe that I have lost 46 lbs in 11 weeks! I still have 109.5 lbs to lose but this morning I feel like I can do that no problem. I wish that my confidence was always this high! I am proud today. Jon lost 3.5 lbs this week! He is weighing in at 268.5 lbs. This is the lowest he has weighed in at least 10 years. I couldn't be prouder of him! He is my hero. I love that man! He has lost 38.75 lbs! Wow!

I am a little worried about Thanksgiving. It is fast approaching. I believe that we can stay on track during the holidays but I know that it is going to be hard. I am planning on taking fresh fruit for desert and some kind of Mediterranean salad to go with dinner.

In other news--We went to see the Smashing Pumpkins at the Fox in Atlanta on 11/16/07. It was fantastic. I have never had so much fun. We had 3rd row seats!!! Billy Corgan was beautiful as ever. I love the songs that they play. They speak to me heart and not just my head. I love SP! The MIGHTY SP!!!

Jon won tickets to the Mistletoe Jam from a local radio station, 99x. He is very excited! I am too. Modest mouse, Silverchair, Silversun Pickups and The Shins are all going to be playing that night. We are sure to have a great time! It is on Dec 16th. Yay!

My goal for weight lose for 1/01/08 is 250 lbs. I am only 8.5 lbs away from that and I have about 6 weeks left to go. I think I will make that goal and then some! Ok, time is a wastin. Off I go.

Have a day of doubts

Today I am having doubts. I am doubting that I can pull this off. I have another 115 lbs to lose. That number is so big it scares me. I have lost 40.5 lbs. I know that is amazing. Yet I still don't feel proud of that. How can I be proud of that when I have almost 3 times that left to lose? I am ashamed of my size. I don't know how I let myself get over 300 lbs to start with. What was I thinking? How can I keep struggling every day to eat right and lose weight? I am tired of caring so much about what I eat and what I weigh. I want this to all be behind me. I want to wake up in the morning and be thinner and healthier. I know that every morning I wake up a little thinner than the day before or the week before or whatever. I want to wake up and be 115 lbs thinner! I guess as long as I keep on keeping on then one morning I will wake up 115 lbs thinner. Wonder how many mornings I have to wake up fat to get to wake up thin?!?

75 lbs GONE

Between Jon and I we have lost 75 lbs! Jon lost 3 lbs this week bringing his weight to 272 lbs. I lost 3 lbs bringing my weight to 264 lbs. Jon has lost 35 lbs. I have lost 40.5 lbs. We are talking about starting a running program in the next few days. It is the couchto5K running program. I am excited about it. I want to be able to run. I want to be able t finish a 5K and run the Peachtree Road race this coming 4th of July.

My goal weight wise is to be down to 200 lbs by July4th. That is 32 weeks from now. That would put my loss at 2lbs a week to reach my goal. I can so do that. I want to be down to 250lbs by the end of this year. I have about 7 weeks to lose 14 lbs to reach that goal. I can do that too. It would be great to start the new year 55 lbs lighter than when I started. That would leave me about 100 lbs to lose in 2008 to reach my overall goal of 149 lbs.

Just the 2 of us.

Jon and I weighed in last night. It is just the 2 of us doing weigh-ins now. Jon lost another 3 lbs to bring his total lost to an amazing 31.75 lbs. I lost 4.5 lbs this week. That makes my total lost 37.5 lbs. Together we have lost 69.25 lbs in 2 months and 3 days. I am so excited about our weight loss. WE ARE GOING TO BE HEALTHY! Jon also made his first 10% goal this week! As a reward for making our first 10% lost goal we are going to the Smashing Pumpkins concert tonight. They are my favorite band ever! I am so excited. Now I just have to find something to wear. :)

It's time, it's time, it's weigh in time.

Guess you knew it was about the weigh in. Jon and I are the only ones left. Everyone else quit trying to lose weight. Not that they should have quit either.

I lost another 3.5lbs. Jon lost 2.5lbs this week. I have lost 33lbs so far. Jon has lost 28.5lbs. I am so proud of him. I am proud of both of us. Together we have lost more weight than our 8 year old ds weighs. Yay us!

I also hit my 1st 10% lost this week. WOW!

5 lbs lost and dh beat me

I lost 5 lbs this week. That is pretty freaking amazing. I have lost a total of 29.5 lbs. One more lb and I will reach my 1st 10% goal. My dh, Jon, lost 5.5 lbs this week. For the first time since 486 was started he won a weigh in. I am so proud of him. He has lost a total of 26 lbs. We are kicking butt and taking names! I have 126 more lbs to lose. 1 lb at a time!

My dh's magic numbers

307.5 -Highest weight ever (9/03/07)
299.0 -Out of the 300's (9/12/07)
282.5 - Down 25 lbs (10/26/07)
276.5 - 1st 10% goal (11/04/07)
272.0 - No longer Severely Obese just Obese (11/13/07)
261.0 - Half way to goal (12/20/07)
257.5 - Down 50 lbs (12/23/07)

Still working on:
248.5 - 2nd 10% goal
233.0 - No longer Obese just overweight
232.5 - Down 75 lbs
223.5 - 3rd 10% goal
215.0 - Goal (May change later)

My magic numbers

I saw this on a message board (3FC) and thought it was a neat idea. Here are my magic numbers.

304.5-Highest weight ever (9/03/07)
299.0-Out of the 300's (9/10/07)
279.5-Down 25 lbs (10/20/07)
274.0-1st 10% goal (10/27/07)
254.5-Down 50 lbs (12/11/07)
246.5-2nd 10% goal (12/28/07)
245.5-Current weight (01/01/08)

Still working on:
229.5-Down 75 lbs
226.5-Half way to goal
222.0-3rd 10% goal
218.0-No longer Morbidly Obese just Severely Obese
204.5-Down 100 lbs
200.0-4th 10% goal
199.0-ONEderland
191.0-No longer Severely Obese just Obese
180.0-5th 10% goal
179.5-Down 125 lbs
164.0-No longer Obese just overweight
162.0-6th 10% goal
149.0-Goal weight (May change later)

Another weigh in, another win.

I won our weigh in again tonight. That is 4 out of 6. Not a bad record. I lost 2.75 lbs this past week. Isn't that wonderful? Another 1/2 lb and I will be down 25 total. I am keeping my fingers crossed and am sure that I will reach that milestone at the next weigh in. I can do this.

The day is here again.

Today is weigh in day again. I don't think that I lost much weight this week. I watched what I ate and did pretty well with my eating. I did have a pretty fantastic loss last week so I doubt that today will be anything amazing. The team has started to fall apart this week. Half of Project 486 (my dh & I) were out of town all week. We stuck to our new way of eating. The other half of Project 486 (my SIL and her dh) did not eat well. It makes me worry. I know that I have it in me to complete this weight loss journey even if I have to do it alone. I also know that it is much easier with all the support that we have all had this far. I hope that they find a way to get back on track. I have come to far to quit and I think that they have too. So, until tonight.

4.75 lbs down

Our weigh in was last night and I was down another 4.75 lbs. This family support system that we have set up is incredible. I know that we can all reach our weight loss goals as long as the group sticks together. In 5 weeks I have lost a total of 21.75 lbs. Project 486 has been reduced to 413. Together the 4 of us have lost 73 lbs. I think it is crazy good.

Eat like crap and it shows on the scale.

I knew that I hadn't been eating right this week. I knew that I hadn't exercised like I should've this week. So why was I so saddened when I stepped on the scale and saw that I had lost only 1/2 a lb. I know that is better than gaining weight. I think it made me sad because I know that I could have done better. I could have exercised more than twice this past week. I could have not had the chicken fingers and fries. I did this to myself and I am tired of being this way so it made me mad when I fell down at it this week. I will get over it and I will do better. I have to.

Now on to the good news in all of this. It brings my one month total loss to...drum roll, please...17 lbs. That is unreal to me. 17 lbs in a month. A month. Can you believe it?? I wish that I had lost more this week but I will take it. Now I have to do it all again tomorrow no matter how bad I want to give up and have McDonald's. I have 138.5 lbs more to lose. This might take a while. :)

Stress Eating

Tomorrow is weigh in day and for the first time since Project 486 was started I am dreading it. I have never had a big issue with stress eating until this week. My dad has been in the hospital this week getting a stent put in his heart. Talk about stress. What is there to eat at a hospital any dang ways??? Nothing good and healthy. That's what. I stress ate and felt like crap for it later. I had chicken fingers and french fries. I might as well have gone to Zaxby's. It would have tasted better at least. I felt like giving up after my one bad meal. But that is what I have always done in the past. Instead I had to pick myself up and get back on track. It isn't the stress eating that has always caused me to fail at losing weight. It is the giving up that allowed me to fail. This time I will not give up and I will not fail.

9-26-07

YAY! I was down another 4.5 lbs this week. 16.5 lbs gone so far. It's got to level off soon. I am exercising my butt off.

9-21-07

I lost 3.5 lbs this past week. That puts me down a total of 12 lbs in two weeks. I am pretty excitied about it. I would be happy losing 1 lb a week but I will take whatever extra I lose. I won with the biggest % lost again. Pretty proud.

9-10-07

Our family started a weight loss group together. (Project 486) Our first weigh in was tonight. I lost 8.5 lbs this past week. I was the biggest loser. :) I won 25 bucks, that is a down payment on my new running shoes. I know it isn't healthy to lose that much so fast but it was the first week and I am eating all the time just eating healthier. Anyway, yay me.

I am 155.5 of Project 486

This blog is being set up to help me on my weight loss journey. It is a journey that I have started before but never finished. I have never started the journey like this before. This time I have family on my side. My husband, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law are all in this with me. We started this journey on Sept 3, 2007. The 4 of us have a lot of weight to lose. Between the 4 of us we have 486 lbs to lose. Hench the name Project 486. I plan to update this blog at least a few times a week. Project 486 will have a blog up and running soon. I will post the link to it here as soon as it is a go. Here's to 486 and a new me.