Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Tuesday again-Big loss for both of us!

Dang, this weigh in was good for both of us! Jon lost 2.5 lbs this week and I lost 3.5 lbs. I am so close to having lost 100 lbs and so close to being under 200 lbs. I have to lose 3.5 lbs to hit the 100 lbs lost mark. I think I can do that in the next 2 or 3 weeks!

We ran/walked a 5K on Sat morning. I couldn't breath very well the whole time we were doing it. As soon as we get insurance (June 1st) I am going to the doctor. I know that a lot of why I can't breath is because of my size but I feel like that should have improved with the weight that I have lost. Instead it seems to be worse. I wonder if I might have asthma. We finished the 5K in 46.30 . That is 2 mins faster than the last time we did it. Our pace was right at 15min/mile. It is getting better just gotta keep at it and breath better.

We are going to make it!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

1.5 x 3

For the last 3 weeks in a row I have lost 1.5 lbs. Not as much as I wish I had lost but it is a loss none the less. I am 4.5 lbs closer to my goal weight because of the last 3 weeks. I will take it! I have 62.5 lbs left to lose. Crazy! Jon lost 1/2 lb this week. He has lost 75 lbs so far. He has 17.5 lbs left to lose. I can't believe how close he is to his goal weight. I am still counting down to 200. I have 11.5 lbs to lose to get there.

I took the week off from running. I have to get back to it. I had strep throat for about a week and now I am having a hard time getting back to running. If I run every day it doesn't seem like such a chore to me. If I miss one day it is so hard to make myself get back to it. I did walk 5.2 miles on Friday. I feel good about that but know that I have to get back on the running wagon. Between putting up a fence here at the house and trying to get unpacked all the way it is hard to find time to run. See, I can come up with a million excuses for not doing it. I just have to do it!

We are doing well and can keep at this! Yesterday was our 8th anniversary! We were both thinner yesterday than when we got married. I am about 25 lbs thinner and Jon is about 50 lbs thinner. Very happy girl, I am. Happy Anniversary to us.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Memorial Day 3FC 5K

Today we signed up for another 3FC 5K. I am sure that we can finish this one even faster than we did the last one. We are going to do it over Memorial Day weekend. I am sure that things will run smoother this time. Hopefully no lost Ipod's or whatnot. I am wondering if we should put Ella in a stroller and take turns pushing her. Last time she walked about half of it and then we had to take turns carrying her the other half. Talk about a workout! It is hard enough carrying my big self 3.1 miles. It is something much worse to have to carry a 32lb 4 yr old for the last mile. :) Love that kiddo. I know that we expected a ton out of her little legs to be able to carry her 3.1 miles but she wanted to try to walk/run it with the rest of us instead of be confined to the stroller. I love the SCT where we went and walked. It is a beautiful trail that used to be a train trussel. The county/city/state (whoever did it, I am not sure) did a wonderful thing when they turned it into a walking/bicycle path. Ok, enough rambling for now. More later.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Countdown to 200

I lost 1.5 lbs this week. I now weigh 213 lbs and I have lost 91.5 lbs. I can't remember the last time I weighed this. Sometime right after I graduated from high school. I am now counting down to 200 lbs. I can't believe that I only have to lose 13 more lbs to get to 200. So close.

Jon lost 2 lbs this week. He now weighs 233 lbs and has lost right at 75 lbs. Wow!

I look forward to what we have left to lose and wonder if we will ever get there. Then I look back over the last 7 1/2 months and can't believe how fast it has gone. It seems like only yesterday that we both weighted over 300 lbs. We are never going back to that! Looking forward to what the next 7 1/2 months will bring.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Finished our 5K in 56'17"

Our goal was to finish the 3FC 5K in under 1 hour and we did it. We finished in 56'17". We had both the kids with us and our dog. Our dd ended up losing her Ipod shuffle along the Silver Comet Trail. We went back to find it and found the smashed headphones. Someone must have ran over them with their bike but took the shuffle itself. She was very sad and we ended up carrying her the rest of the way. Now I have to get her another shuffle which sucks. At least we finished the 5K!

Friday, April 11, 2008

#38 & #39

Jon and I joined the 3FC 5K. My number for the race is 38. Jon has number 39. It is a virtual 5K where we run on our own and then log our results on the 3FC site. I am excited about it. I have only ran 5K on my own once. We are going to do it Sunday. I want to finish it in under 1 hour. I will update here with our results after Sunday. We can do this!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

I've lost 90 lbs!

I can't believe that I have lost 90 lbs so far. I still have about 65 lbs to lose but wow. Can you believe that I have lost 90 lbs!!! I can't. I have started running -YES, Running!- every day! I am loving it. So much in my life has changed over the last 7 months. I never want to go back to that life again. I love being more active. I want to run races. I want to look back 7 months from now and not be able to believe that I have lost xxx lbs! Yes, I want it to be a 3 digit loss. I want to have lost 1XX lbs. And, I will have. To me and 90 lbs gone forever.

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Message from Anonymous---Thank you.

I don't know who you are but thank you. Your kind words came at a time when they were really needed. After a rough day I was feeling like giving up. Your words made me snap out of my stupor and recommit to my weight loss efforts. I wish for you and your dh all the success in the world. It doesn't matter that you have waited til your 40's to do this. What matters is that you are making the changes now. Congratulations to you and your dh for all the weight you have already lost. Stick to it and you will be at goal in no time. Yay. Thank you.

Friday, April 04, 2008

39 weeks til 2009

Crazy thoughts. I was wondering how many weeks were left in this year and how much weight I can lose in that time. I want to be at my goal weight by my 30th birthday. There are 39 weeks left in this year and then 3 weeks of 2009 til my 30th. That means that I have 42 weeks to reach my goal weight of 149 lbs. I have 67 lbs to lose to reach my goal weight. I only have to lose 1.6 lbs a week. I can totally do that! That makes me very happy! I can see the end in sight, the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter!

5K practice!

We are signing up to run a 5K at the end of this month. I decided this morning to run a 5K (3.1 miles) on the treadmill to see if I could even do it. I DID IT. My pace was 15:39 min/mile. I don't think that is bad at all. My goal for the 5K is to finish it in under 1 hour. With a 15:39 pace I can finish it in under 50 mins!

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

We lost a little more!

Jon lost 1/2 lb this week. He now weighs 235.5 lbs! I lost 1 lb this week. I now weigh 216 lbs. I haven't weighed this in over 10 years! We are gonna make it. I am so excited. We have now lost a total of 160.25 lbs. We now have 87.75 lbs to lose together. Wow! Got my fingers crossed that we can do it by the end of the year.