Still plugging away!

I'm still plugging away out here! The kids are out of school for their holiday break, the hubs is at state football games, and I get to do whatever I want whenever I want this weekend! Joy!!!!

Our trip to AZ for Thanksgiving went well. We stayed pretty active with lots of hiking. The kids all love hiking and finding rocks and seeing new things. Luckily, my home town has lots of great hiking areas nearby, so we stayed so busy with that. I ran through the cotton fields by my mom's house one morning, and it was wonderful. 5 am, nothing but me, the cotton fields, and a sky full of stars- nothing quite like it in the entire world! Also, while we were out, I faced one of my greatest fears. Anyone who knows me knows that I am deathly afraid of heights. In fact I rarely clean my ceiling fans because in order to do that, I have to stand atop a chair. Yikes! (and you thought my fans were dusty because I'm lazy...shame on you! hahaha!) Well, the Saturday before we left, my cousin invited my brother to go rappelling with him at a place called Red Knolls. Several of us came along for moral support. My brother ultimately chickened out, and the next thing I knew, I was being strapped into a harness and was rappelling down an 80 foot cliff!!!! It was such a rush!!! I wanted to chicken out so bad, but I'm so glad I did it! After I went down the first time, I went two more times. It was GREAT!!! I definitely want to start doing more things like that as I continue to get in better shape!

As far as the weight loss goes, I'm pretty much just maintaining right now. I really need to clean up my diet- more green and leafy, less white and processed... I go in cycles with my cardio. Some months I can't get enough bike or elliptical or treadmill. Right now, it's treadmill and bike. I bike 15 min to warm up, jog a mile, hit the weights, then bike 15/30/60- whatever I have time for...depends on the day. I am trying to work up to running 3-4 miles a day. I can walk until the cows come home. I've never had a problem with walking long distances, even at my heaviest, but jogging/ running non-stop seems to be my Achilles heel. When I first started exercising, I would get on the treadmill and walk at a 2.5- 3.0 mph pace with a 5.5-6.0 mph "sprint" thrown in every 5-6 minutes. Now, my pace is 5.5-6.0 and my "sprints" are 8.0-9.0 mph. And I know that in another 6-9 months, my pace will get bumped up to around 8.0-9.0 mph, which totally amazes me:-) I've said it before, but SERIOUSLY, the human body is so AMAZING and FORGIVING!!!

Here are a couple of "half-way" shots.

Christmas Party. I'm losing the glasses an January. Thank Goodness!!!!


My cousin is talking me over the edge in this one. The wind was blowing SO hard and I was 80 feet above the ground!! Yikes!


Just a little perspective: My brother and cousin, who are just over and under 6 ft tall respectively are at the top of the cliff. My uncle is a little over 6 ft tall and is at the bottom on belay. The cliff is right around 80 ft tall.

{Right here is going to be a before/midway shot of my pants}

{Right here is going to be a shot of me in my favorite "fatty" outfit}

I'm Leavin'...in a Mini-van...

...don't know when I'll be back again... 'cause I'm leavin' in a mini-van....

Bet you're singing along now, right?

Well, today's the day! We're heading west in a couple of hours, and won't be back until next weekend :-) I am hoping to get one more workout in before we leave, but if I don't I guess that's no big deal.

This last week was very good to me. I started out a little higher then I wanted, but was able to see several new numbers. Yesterday, I saw 183, so I'm HOPING to see 182 this morning...even though I didn't exercise and I ate pizza for dinner and had a Thanksgiving lunch with the kids at their school. Hey, a girl can dream, right?

182 is my next "mini" goal and will mark 50 pounds lost. 50 pounds! Can you even imagine? Holy cow, that's a lot of weight! If I don't see 182 this morning, I hope to see it by my birthday.

This next week, I'll be surrounded my family, friends, and LOTS of great food, so I'm hoping not to gain too much. I am going to try to go walking for an hour every morning at the college track. The weather looks like it's going to be beautiful the entire time we're out- highs in the high 60s/ low 70s and lots of clear blue skies, so we'll probably do a little hiking while we're out, too. I can't wait!

I still can't find my camera cord, so I think I'll have to take a couple of cell phone shots to put them on the blog. I'll update later today...time to get the kids up and ready for school :-)

Working on some before/ during/ after pictures

I've been asked several times for some progress pictures, so today I will start with some lovely "before" pictures. All of these were taken at my sister's wedding in January 2010. It was hard to find pictures of myself because I generally avoid the camera, and this was especially true when I topped out at 232 pounds. Looking at these, I KNOW I was that big, but I never felt that big. But WOW, I was big! hahaha....

So here go the "before" pictures:

On the downhill slide

Today I hit 186. This week I decided that I want to quit messing around and get this weight loss thing over with! I am sooo ready to be at my goal weight and refocus on lifting! I hate, hate, HATE cardio, so I have recommitted myself. I have been averaging 6 pounds of weight loss monthly. It's great and I am happy about it, but I am also getting really impatient! I am going to get strict again for the next 12-16 weeks and see how much I can lose.

My daily/weekly goals are:
1. Eat 1,200(ish) calories per day. I am cutting out my Friday splurge day for now. Right now I would rather have the weight gone than have a day a week where I stuff my face full of carp. I'm not saying that I am totally cutting out all sweets, but if I do have a sweet, it will be part of my 1,200 daily calories. I am also writing EVERYTHING down in my handy dandy notebook.

2. Drink 1 gallon of water per day.

3. 1 Hour of cardio most days.

4. 3-4 lifting days per week.

5. Burn 1,000 calories at the gym.

Everything is being written down, so I can keep myself accountable. I am also taking a multi-vitamin to fill in the gaps with my diet.

I am hoping to be under 150 by mid-March. My goal is to be at 142 because that will be an even 90 pounds lost, but anything under 150 will be great. Heck, even being in the 150's should be pretty awesome :D

Half way there...

This morning I hit my half-way point... yup, I weighed and that beautiful 187 popped right up. Well, actually, 187.8 popped up, then it changed to 188.0 and the darn thing stuck...3 times!!!!, so I tanned, pottied, and reweighed. Hahaha! Works for me! 187.4. I'll take it!

My goal for this month is to get into the (high to mid) 170s for my Arizona trip. I weighed about 170 when John and I got married. When we started dating, I weighed 158. Between babies and chocolate and school and Vanilla Coke from Sonic, I haven't seen the 170s/160s since Collin and Cameron were babies. I look forward to seeing them again.

For now, my focus is still on moderate intensity, long duration cardio. Gotta keep melting away this fat suit! And I don't want to risk injuries. I think when I hit the 160's, I'll switch gears a bit and focus more on lifting and bump the intensity up on my cardio. But for now, I want to play it safe. I've come too far to be sidelined by an injury.

Now that I am used of John's new schedule, I feel like I am falling into a nice new routine. I usually lift in the morning and do cardio in the evenings. It breaks it up enough that I don't have to be gone for 2 or 3 hours at a time to fit in weight training and cardio. On his evenings off, I enjoy longer cardio sessions, but when he has to work, it is nice to take an hour to myself and hit the treadmill or the elliptical before he leaves for the night.

My goals for this week are:

*5 one hour "dates" with the treadmill (walk/ run at varying intensities)- shoot to burn 600+ calories per hour-long session.

*4 lifting sessions (heavy upper, heavy lower, light upper and light lower)

*1 marathon on the bike (varying resistance)- shoot to burn 1,000+ calories

*Do something active with the kids every day.

Have a great week everyone!

Another milestone :-)

My days are running together this week. It's definitely been "one of those weeks"... As of Wednesday (I think? I know it wasn't yesterday, and I don't think it was Tuesday?? Who knows?!?), I officially weighed in at less than 191, so I've crossed the threshold from "obese" to "overweight" woohoo! This was my first major milestone, so I am really glad to have achieved it. I finally feel like I'm settling in to a routine again. No matter what, life keeps happening, so I've had to work hard to stay on track.

My next mini-goal is to be in the mid 170's (ie 174-177ish) by the time I go to Arizona in November :) I'd prefer to hit the 160s, but with only 4 weeks until we leave, that might be a little bit of a stretch ;) Maybe that can be the goal for Christmas.

This week's focus is eating smart- 170's or bust!

40 Pounds- GONE!

This week I crossed another threshold in my weight loss journey... 40 pounds! I've lost about two of my baby Caleigh Bugs. I remember when I lost my first 20, I was carrying her around outside and wasn't wearing any shoes. The rocks hurt my feet, and I remember telling myself, "Can you believe you used to carry around this extra weight ALL THE TIME?!?"

Now that this weight is gone, indulge me while I list some of the other things that are gone....

1. Chins 2 and 3 have gone missing. That's right, I only have one now!
2. Back pain! I have three herniated disks in my lower back, and now they rarely bother me. Occasionally, I'll get a bit stiff, but the pain is GONE!
3. 2 and 3xl shirts. I wear XL in "fitted" shirts and regular, plain jane L in tee shirts.
4. The "2" at the beginning of my weight. It's always a "1" now, and hopefully it always will be :)

Here's to the next 40!

My First 5k :-)

This morning I "ran" (I use that term VERY loosely!) my first 5k! It was great!!! I woke up to thunder and a downpour, but rain or shine, the race must go on. I basically had only a couple of goals for the morning:

1. Don't finish last
2. Don't leave on a stretcher (running on the road + not very coordinated + RAIN!!! = a recipe for DISASTER!!!!)
3. Finish under 40 minutes

Well, I reached all my goals! I was soaked before I even started, but it felt so good! There were between 5 and 10 people who finished after me, my lack of coordination never reared its ugly head, and I made it in 39:48. That's about a 12:30 mile, so not too shabby!

I am going to run another one in November, so I'm hoping to get my time around 30 minutes (29-31). I think if I just push myself, I'll be fine. I felt like could have done better, but with the rain, I didn't want to push it (basically, I was chanting, "Please don't slip, please don't fall..." over and over again.).

This week, I also hit another new low- 193. Woohoo! Two more pounds and I'll only be "overweight"! This week might be the week!!! Here's to hoping, right?

Goals for this week:

Lots of steamed veggies
Lots of water
Lots of cardio
See 191!!!!!!

So...how'd YOU do this week?

I'll just say, my diet and exercise routine went OUT the freaking window this week. I was stressed about some things, then my neighbor gave me the most AWESOME chocolate chip cookie recipe EVER! Holy cow, I feel like crap, but they were sooooooo good! This week, I will be back on....I have to be.

I didn't gain (at least I don't think I did). Actually, I saw a new low this week. But I know I blew it bad enough toward the end of this week that I probably am up.

Oh, and I signed up for a 5k for the weekend of the 25th. As in September 25th. Ummmm...let's just say I'm not exactly expecting to run the whole thing, but I think it will be a good experience. If anything, it will give me a baseline before my first "real" 5k in November.

My Goals:
Make the transition from "obese" to "Overweight"
Run 1.25 miles without stopping.

Goals

Alright, it's Friday, so I'd better start thinking about next week's goals. I know sometime this month I want to see 191 on the scale. That is the threshold from "obese" to merely "overweight". I can't wait to be overweight again!

This week, I want to run an entire mile without stopping. Right now I run .2, then walk .05 and alternate until the mile is complete. It takes a between 11 and 12 minutes. I think if I run the entire thing, I could get that time under 11, and that would be great! After that, I want to add 1/4 a mile until I'm up to the 5k distance.

I was trying to do the couch to 5k program, but honestly, I felt that it was a bit tedious. I think it's a great plan, but I didn't do well with trying to remember the timing for the day's workout. On John's metroplex days, I'm going to TRY to revisit it for my runs around the block, but I found it next to impossible to work on using a treadmill.

Ok, where was I? Goals:

1. Run an entire mile without stopping to walk.
2. Head toward 191.
3. Drink LOTS of water (a gallon a day).
4. Go for a walk daily with the baby in her stroller.
5. Get a really good upper body and lower body workout in.

What are you all focusing on this week?

Who's in?

Today I looked at my calender and realized that my 30th birthday is now exactly 3 months away. Time to really get that scale moving! Especially since the holiday season will soon be here and we all know what that means- LOTS of GOOD FOOD!

My goal is to lose another 25 pounds by my birthday. I would really like to hit 30 or even 35 (yes, getting greedy here!), but since we're only talking a 13 week span, those numbers are probably a bit far-fetched, especially since Thanksgiving is the week before. So 25 it is. That will bring my total weight loss to 60 pounds in about 9 months. Pretty awesome, right?

Does anyone else want to join me in this? Maybe you don't have lots of weight to lose, but maybe you just want to try and be more active or to eat more fruits or veggies or something similar... If you're in, leave me a comment. I'm thinking we can check in on each other every Thursday on my blog in the comment room.

A Couple Housekeeping Changes

I'm going to start moderating my comments. Don't worry, nothing wild and/ or crazy happened. My life is much too boring for that. (Hello, married to a straight-laced, uber-conservative, football-loving accountant? Look up "boring" in the dictionary and there's an 8x10 colored glossy pullout of yours truly... no really, try it!) I was just going through my old posts and found that I have COMMENTS :-) I LOVE comments! The only problem is, I didn't realize anyone left them, so I didn't respond to them, so now it looks like I'm a big jerk who doesn't love my readers :(

Also, I am thinking about adding a message board area where we can all "talk" and keep each other motivated. Or maybe I'll just keep it simple and we can all just "talk" in the comments. Especially now that I'll be sure to read them ;-) What do you think?

On a totally unrelated side note, last night when I was tanning, a moth family joined me in my tanning bed. Now THAT was enjoyable...

Anyone else have any exercising/gym mishaps this week?

No more excuses

This week I have started doing something I have wanted to do for a long time. I've started walking to more places during the day. We are anticipating a move to the metroplex, and on one of our house hunting trips, I was impressed by the foresight and planning our future hometown has. This town has about 30 parks, a huge beautiful library, a giant community recreation center, baseball/soccer fields, and a skate park all connected by a walking path. And get this, the sidewalks in the rest of the city are plumb and square! What the, whoa! I told myself that when we get moved, it will be so nice to be able to walk to the store for my daily groceries or walk to a park or to a library. Especially once I can find a nice stroller. Preferable a fancy expensive one. Then I realized that there really is nothing stopping me from doing it now. You know, in my current location. The sidewalks, if present, are not exactly perfect, but they're somewhat functional. My stroller is not fancy- it is a simple umbrella stroller from when the boys were little. We got rid of our good one when Caitlyn was little because we were done having children. But the wheels turn, and obviously, it's not going to fall apart on me any time soon. So we started walking. Each morning, Caleigh and I walk to my workout center so I can weigh, then walk over to Wally World for our dinner shopping, then walk home. We take our time, often stopping to admire flowers or pick up feathers. We spend anywhere from 90 minutes to two hours "out and about" running errands. It's nice.

I also started "seriously" running this week. I run about an 11:30 mile. It's not great, and I have to slow down here and there, but it feels good to have that time under 12 minutes. My goal is to run in the town's turkey trot 5k at Thanksgiving and have a time under 31 minutes. That's a pace of right at 10 minutes per mile, which should be doable. I also hope to be in good enough shape that I don't have to slow down, just keep on truckin'. We'll see about that one. That mostly depends on how well my cardio training goes.

After the kids go to sleep, I've started running around our block a couple of times. I can see how people get addicted to running, especially on the road. When you get done, the endorphins are pumping, the sweat's dripping, and your body feels so strong, like "heck yeah, I just did this!" It's one of those sports where your success or failure is all on you- either you trained enough and applied yourself enough to get the time you wanted or you didn't. There is nobody there to screw it up for you. I don't think I'll ever really consider myself a "runner". My interests lie more in lifting and strength training. But running definitely has its place in my weight loss arsenal, and I'll need to run to get and maintain the body I want.

I'm trying to get rid of my excuses in other aspects of my life as well. Want a happy marriage? No more excuses, be happy, supportive, and loving- NOW. Want a clean house? Well then, get up and clean it. Or teach your kids to clean it. Or some combination of both. Want a kickass career? Make the phone calls, do the research, and network like crazy. The Good Lord will bless you with what you want and promises to open the windows of heaven to you, but if you don't even want it enough to make a rudimentary effort to accomplish your goals, why should s/he?

What are your excuses? What do you really want to do, but there always seems to be an excuse in your way?

I think I can...I think I can....

This plateau/ slump thingie has been quite aggravating. This week will be the week to break out of it, though, I just KNOW it! I was looking back on my weight tracker, and the last time I saw a new number was July 17. That was a month ago. Talk about depressing... This week I have finally had enough, though, and I really am ready to break through it and start the second half of this weight loss journey. The first 35 pounds came off so easily. It has been nice to go from really fat to just fat ;-) Now that my mind is set right, I feel like this next 35 pounds should come off relatively easy as well. I'm finding that weight loss is largely a mental game. I have to have my head right in order to see the best results. When I am anxious or scared, my weight loss suffers. When I'm brave and strong, the pounds melt away effortlessly.

I'm not really setting any goals for this week, just going to kick butt in the gym and hit the cardio hard and the weights even harder :-)

Who'd a thunk?

Who would have thought several days of eating whatever I want and as much of it as I want and pretty much slacking on all things cardio would result in weight loss? Well, it did. See, that's proof that rules are made to be broken! I'm pretty much burned out on long cardio sessions right now, so I've been hitting the weights. I don't really have a sophisticated lifting routine, just upper (arms, chest, back) or lower body (legs and abs). I don't lift the same muscles two days in a row. I guess I'm doing a 4 day split routine

I started tanning this week. It is soooo relaxing! I don't know how I made it 29 years without ever setting foot inside a tanning bed...

This week, I am going to mainly focus on lifting with 30-45 minutes of moderate cardio. I'm not going to stress out about the scale. I want that stupid number to get smaller, but I think if I ignore it for another week or so, it will start moving quickly again.

My 30th birthday is in 18 weeks, so I am hoping to be in the 160s by then. If I really push it, I think I could be in the 150s and that would be awesome. But if I'm not, that's ok, too, because I will definitely be less than I am now, and that's all that matters!

Goals:
-Scale, what scale? I don't care about you, you stupid scale!
-Weights, weights, and more weights!
-Throw in a little cardio, too.
-Restart couch to 5k program on John's metroplex days!

The scale hates me

Or at least doesn't really like me. It's been stuck for the last two weeks. I think I've hit my first plateau. The first 35 pounds came off relatively easy. Now I just have to work through this plateau and get back to being a loser! I think if I tweak my diet a bit that should help. I've been slacking on cardio this last little while as well, so if I kick that back up a notch that should help, too. It seems like when I'm doing cardio, I'm not going all out, just going through the motions to get the time in. Maybe if I throw in some higher intensity intervals that will help. I've gotta shock this poor little body of mine! Also, I think if I vary my intake a little more throughout the week that will help, too.

This week I splurged and bought myself new workout clothes. I got a new shirt, shorts and shoes. I love 'em!

On Wednesday morning, John was working from home, so I was able to go work out during the day. I ran into a lady I hadn't seen since my first week at the gym. I was in my own little world in the freeweight area, and when I walked over to the cardio machines, she turned and said, "I thought that was you! You look amazing! How much have you lost?!" I told her and we compared notes a bit. It felt good that someone noticed a difference!

I think while losing this next 30-35 pounds, more people will notice a difference in my appearance. Losing this first 35 pounds has been great, but I'm still fat/obese (stating a fact, not saying it in a negative way!), so while I've made a difference in my appearance, it's not going to be as dramatic as the change that will come from this next 30-35 pound loss. I'm hoping to get the next 30-35 pounds off by my 30th birthday in December. After that, I really want to lose another 20-25 pounds, but I am going to really focus in on the weights. I did a body composition calculator online, and it estimated that I have about 140 pounds of lean tissue. I know it probably isn't totally accurate, but it's close enough for my purposes (and budget! Or lack thereof!). I want to lose as little of that tissue as possible, so I think pulling up short in a couple of months on the weight loss aspect and refocusing my efforts on lifting will be the best way to do that.

This week's goals:
-Get the scale to MOVE (even just 1 pound!!!!)
-Tweak the diet a bit (clean it up and track it)
-Tweak the cardio routine (Add a little HIIT)

Changing it up a bit

This past couple of weeks, my husband has been unable to come home every night, so I have not been able to go to the gym nearly as much as I want. This week, my weight loss was stagnant, so I decided to add an additional "out of gym" training program, the couch to 5k program. For some reason, I have a hard time "working out" outside of the gym. I guess because I can't push a button and see an approximation of the calories I've burned. I don't know, I'm weird. I like quantifiable results. Numbers. Even if they are approximate. Maybe that's why I enjoyed the sciences so much during undergrad.

I ran around our block last night after the kids were in bed. I miss road running. The treadmill is nice, but there's just something about pounding the pavement that just rocks! I "ran" about 2 miles last night and it took about 30 minutes- not great, but I didn't completely stop, or puke, so that's the main thing I was going for.

This week, I need to focus on keeping my diet clean- cutting out the sugar and white crap. That stuff sticks to your insides, so you carry around the pounds for days after you indulge. Yuck. The kids are funny. When we go to Wally World to get groceries, they hold their hands up in front of the chocolate and junk food and tell me, "Mom, don't look at this, it isn't healthy! It's not your splurge day!" I always say, "Oh man, I saw it! I think I just gained five pounds just from looking!" Then we all laugh about it and they beg me for candy at the checkout stand.

My children have really embraced this lifestyle change. I tell them they don't need to lose any weight, but that we all need to eat better foods to be healthy. They are making better food choices just because we have better choices available. I really want to get my husband on board with this, but it has to be up to him. He's got a lot of weight to lose, but nagging him won't help. He just has to decide he's sick of being fat, just like I had to.

This week's goals:

See 195 on the scale (by Friday 07/23)
Start first week of Couch to 5k
Keep diet clean/ keep food journal

Blah....

Holy cow, this weekend was such an "off" weekend. I did good on my eating/ exercise routine throughout the week, but this weekend was just a big mess. John had his 15 year high school reunion, so we went out to eat for that. I ate the greasiest, cheesiest chicken quesedillas ever and washed them down with tons of coke. I also "splurged" at Sonic with a medium order of onion rings. I honestly don't know why I was craving them so bad. Talk about grease! On Saturday night, the coke kept me up all night because of the caffeine. I kept telling myself that I should just go ahead and head to the gym and get a workout in, but my body was exhausted. But as soon as I'd lay down, my thoughts would be racing and my heart would thump, and try as I might, sleep just would not come! It was so frustrating. Needless to say, today I felt like crap. No sleep plus a "caffeine hangover" makes me one crabby woman! Today we Celebrated Cameron and Caleigh's birthdays with hot dogs and lots of cake. Um, yeah, to say I feel like crapola is a total understatement...

Oh well, I guess I needed a weekend like this to remind myself why I am making this change. I can't believe I used to eat like this regularly. No wonder I never had any energy!

This week I am going to focus on getting back on track- eat lots of fresh fruit and TRY to eat some veggies.

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Goals (By Friday, July 16, 2010)
-"Run" a 5k in less than 40 minutes (didn't even attempt last week)
-Weight train 3x (heavy weights!)
-See 198 on the scale

Allow me to introduce myself...

I don't know if anyone will actually read this thing or not, but just in case, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jolyn, and I started on my weight loss journey on March 10, 2010. I have four children, two boys 8 and (almost!) 7 and two girls 5 and 2. The first three are very close in age, and our baby is about 3.5 years younger than her big sister. Between children, I didn't really care to lose my baby weight because, quite frankly, I knew we would be having at least one more, so I didn't see the point in trying to lose weight. After our baby was born, I struggled a bit trying to decide if we were "done", and finally I decided we were. Well...if we were done having children, then I should be done being fat, right? Right!

So in March, I decided that I needed to start my weigh loss. I got up early, sent the older three kids to school, then set off on a walk. I ended up at the local college's track, but by my second lap a gentleman from the athletic department stopped me and informed me that they did not allow the public access to the track, so I needed to leave. Did I mention I live in Texas? Also known as the fat-ass capitol of the world? Yeah, at 232 pounds, there were sorority girls who were fatter than me. Seriously!

Basically, I was really upset. I went home and rested up a bit, then went to check out some sales at our local Goodwill. While I was there, I noticed that an Anytime Fitness was opening up next door. Nobody was inside yet, but I vowed to return the next day to check it out.

The next day, I stopped by and spoke with James, the owner. Basically, I fell in love with the place. The equipment is awesome- exactly like the equipment on the NBC show "The Biggest Loser". Even though we couldn't necessarily "afford" it, I felt that we couldn't afford NOT to join, so my husband and I signed up. When I went in for my first workout, I tipped the scales at 232 pounds- about 20 pounds heavier than I was when I checked into the hospital to have my youngest child. Geez, I had my work cut out for me....

Fast forward 4 months, and due to some diet changes and adding regular exercise to my routine, I have lost 32 pounds. This morning I weighed in at 200 pounds. Still not where I want to be, but definitely heading in the right direction.

Basically, I am starting this blog to keep myself accountable. My family is probably sick of hearing all my weight-loss gobble-dee-goop, so I'll just talk to myself here ;-)

Welcome to my Blog!

I decided to start a separate weight loss blog because my family blog was being overrun with all my weight loss nonsense. I will hopefully update this thing regularly, and my family blog can once again be all about my beautiful familia.

This week's goal (by next Friday- 07/09/2010):
See 201 on the scale
Bike a marathon in less than 95 minutes
"Run" a 5k in less than 40 minutes

Here's to a great week!

******edited on 07/02/2010 to add:

-07/02/2010 biked a marathon in 93.59

******edited on 07/08/2010 to add:

-07/08/2010 saw 200 (!) on the scale