My Magic Numbers---Updated Again

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)
226.5-Half way to goal (2/28/08)
222.0-3rd 10% goal (3/14/08)
218.0-No longer Morbidly Obese just Severely Obese (3/23/08)
204.5-Down 100 lbs (5/19/08)

Still working on:
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)

TOM & 1/2 lb

Well, it isn't much but it is a loss so I wont complain to loudly. I lost 1/2 lb this week. TOM showed up and is kicking my tail. I haven't had the cravings that I usually have during this time of the month but I have felt generally fat and gross. My pants are fitting different so I know that I am retaining water like crazy. Hopefully it will all be gone by next weigh in. It is a curse I tell ya. I now weigh 207.5 lbs. Yay! I am well on my way to 199.

I was thinking the other day about how boring this blog is. I know why it is as dry as a piece of overdone toast. I haven't wanted to become invested in this blog or my weight loss. I figured if I kept myself emotionally detached then it wouldn't hurt as bad if I failed at this. The closer I get to losing 100 lbs (3 lbs more and I will cross that line) the more I start to believe that I can really do it. Yesterday morning I woke up believing for the first time that I can and will be healthy. Not just faking it until I make it. I woke up really believing it. Great and scary feeling. This whole time the only thing standing between me and success was me. What was I thinking? And this post was going to be super quick because I have to go run errands. :)

We rode our bikes Sat and Sun. It was so much fun! We rode for 5.2 miles on Sat. We rode on the Silver Comet Trail both days. It is so beautiful there. On Sun we rode for 7.2 miles. In all we rode almost 12.5 miles over the two days. My butt hurt bad for a few days after. I told Jon that I need a tractor seat to be able to ride my bike comfortable. That's what I get for having such a big butt! We went and bought me a bigger seat that kinda looks like a tractor seat Sun morning and that is what I used Sun. SO much BETTER. My butt still hurt from Sat's ride but it was better. I am hoping that we get to ride Sun. We will see, it might rain.

Alright, enough blabbing. I do have to run some errands. I am thinking that I will update my magic numbers post sometime today. Be on the lookout for it!

psst: Can you believe that I have lost 97 lbs!!!!!!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

#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!