Wednesday, December 26, 2007

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!

Monday, December 24, 2007

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!!!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

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!

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

.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.

Monday, December 17, 2007

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!

Friday, December 14, 2007

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!!!

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

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.

Friday, December 07, 2007

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!

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

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...

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

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.

Monday, December 03, 2007

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.