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!!!