3 Days of bad eating = 2 weeks of hard work down the drain.

We went to New York over the weekend. For the three days that we were there I ate pretty much whatever I wanted to. The food was fantastic. Jon and I decided that since we were out of town and ate bad for 3 days that we would move this weeks weigh in back by 3 days. That means that we are going to weigh in on Friday this week. I know that I am going to have a gain. It really sucks because I did it to myself. I ate badly. I decided that it was ok since we were on vacation. Looking back I know that I was wrong. I know that if I had learned the right lessons on this weight loss journey then I would have had 1 or 2 meals that weren't that great for me and I would have eaten right the rest of the time. Every meal that we had in New York was bad for us. And not just bad for us but lots of bad. The portions were huge. I had burgers and fries and milkshakes and chocolate candy. I am sure that this will set me back by a couple of weeks. All of that hard work over the last 2 or 3 weeks ruined because of 3 stupid days. UGH. I will not let this break me but I do hope that I learn from it.

NSV! Treadmill

We went to the Y yesterday during lunch and used the treadmills. I discovered something while I was on the treadmill. When I first started losing weight in Sept I could only walk at a speed of 1.5 and I ran at a speed of 3.0. Now I walk at a speed of 3.0 and run at 4.1. I have doubled how fast I walk. Before I could walk a mile in over 35 mins. Now I can walk a mile in 20 mins. That is my first huge NSV.

125.5 gone - 122.5 left

We are over half way to our combined total goal of weight lose. I lost 2.5 lbs this week taking me to 237lbs. I have 88 lbs left to lose. I have lost a total of 67.5 lbs so far. Jon lost 1.3 lbs this week taking him to 249.2 lbs. He has lost a total of 58.5 lbs. He has 34.25 more to lose to reach his goal. We can do this. I think we can do it by Jan 1st, 2009. In order to reach goal by then I have to lose 1.8 lbs a week. That is doable. Jon would have to lose 0.45 lbs a week. He will probably reach goal sometime in the early summer. If he shot for June 1st he would have to lose 1.8 lbs a week. Either way we can both start 2009 at or below goal. That is so exciting!

Weigh-in 1/15/08

Jon and I both lost 1.5 lbs a piece this week. So far we have lost 122 lbs I think. We had a birthday party for our dd and ds yesterday. We did eat a little cake. I hope that it doesn't kill my weigh in on Tuesday morning. So far I am loving the BL challenge on 3FC. We joined the YMCA this past week. I went and worked out on Friday. I am hoping to go at least 5 days a week. Why didn't I join there sooner??? They even have free childcare while I workout. I love it! Keeping my fingers crossed for a good weigh in this week!

3FatChicks---Biggest Loser Challenge

Jon and I joined the Biggest Loser challenge on 3FatChicks. We are both on the Black team. I am excited about the challenge. I just worry that I wont remember to weigh-in on time every week. The challenge is 12 weeks long. My goal for the challenge is to lose 20 lbs. That would put me at 221 lbs by the end of the 12 weeks. Jons goal is to lose 20 lbs during the challenge also. That would put him weighing it at 232 lbs. I need to set up some kind of reminder so I will post our weights every week. We can do this!

4.5 me + 5.5 dh = 10 lbs in one week!

Jon and I lost 10 lbs together this week. Total I have lost 63.5 lbs and Jon has lost 55 lbs for a combined total of 118.5 lbs gone. Pretty unbelieveable. In 4 months we lost 118.5 lbs. I can't wait to see what the next 4 months will bring our way! Yay us!

Total lost in 2007---109 pounds

In 2007 we lost 109 lbs together. Since Sept 3rd I have lost 59lbs and Jon has lost 50lbs. We both met our New Years goal weights and have set new goals. By July 4th my goal is to be under 200lbs and Jon's goal is to be under 215lbs. I have gone down 4 pants sizes and 3 shirt sizes since we started this. Jon has gone down 2 pants sizes and 1 shirt size. Together we can do this. I am so proud of us.

My magic numbers:Updated

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)
229.5-Down 75 lbs (02/15/08)

Still working on:
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)