Down 3!!!

This week was a great week for weight loss as I am now at 335, now that I write it, it looks like a really big number, but when you think that is down 45 pounds that is a pretty big number also. And to top it all off while I was working out today a teen that goes to church with me came and asked how long I had been working out becasue I was looking good. As a former youth minister I am well aware of what it takes to get kids to notice anything so I felt very affirmed. I must be looking pretty difference this has been a week full of affrimation and I have to say I have needed it, the whole process has seemed so slow this week and it seems like i have so far to go, but with all these people taking notice, I know that my hard work is paying off and I feel healthy and all is going in the right direction.

Also this week I ran 2 MILES without walking (although my jog looks like a walk at times) and I am still on track for my big 5K in Memphis in Dec. I really would like to see the two hundereds by Christmas, but at this point I can't compalin much, I have loss at least a pound every week for 15 weeks now. And the best part of it all is tomorrow is FREE DAY!!!

More than numbers

I would be real disappointed today if I just realied on the scale to make me feel good about this process. I did lose, so that is better than gaining, but it was only 1.2 pounds. I know I should be happy with a loss any loss, but this is not the pace that is going to see 299 by Christmas. I got to thinking, this week I have jogged, without stopping, 1.5 and 1.75 miles, I have biked 10 miles and I have not missed a workout for another week. All of those are things I should be very happy about and I am, also I looked back at the week and realized that i cheated on Friday night, had a real big free day and then cheated with P.F. Changs and birthday cake on Sunday night and then cake again on Tuesday night. I am very happy with a small loss. I am not going to allow this to discourage me, I will do better next week and besides my clothes are fitting much much more lose!!

Exercise Update

I am in week 2 of the my 5K training plan and yesterday I ran 1.75 mile in about 22 minutes. I am excited about that for a fat boy!! I have really enjoyed getting out and being more active. I hope to finish the Grizzlie House 5K on Dec 3 in Memphis without having to stop and walk. Of course this is also contributing to the overall weight lose plan and getting fit. I hope to have a good weight loss when I weight this Friday, I can really tell the pants I am wearing today are much more lose than the last time I wore them.

At this time in the procsee I feel like it is going so slow, just a couple of pounds a week. At this rate it will be a long while before I reach my ultimate goal, but the exercise part really helps me stick with it becasue I have another way other than weight to gage my progress. In the words of Will Ferrell in Old School, I just have to "keep on trucki'n"!!

Another week Another 2.8 pounds!!!

This has been a great week for me and the program. This week 13 of the plan saw me running a whole 1.5 miles (very slowley about 18 minutes) losing some more weight (2.8 pounds, bringing the toal over 40 and my weight under 340) and riding 10 miles on my bike on Saturday in a charity bike ride! I am not sure how I can hope to top that this week, but I will try. I have not been a good eater this weekend, last night I went to P.F. Changs and ate too much, it was all good stuff, except for the birthday cake, but it was just too much stuff. I hope I can make up for it as the week goes on and still post a loss this week.

This weekend was the Ironman in Hawaii, I have been looking at the pictues on the website and reading about the day. I have to say I would love to go from 380 pounds to an Ironman!! I know this will not happen overnight, and I will have to become a much better swimmer, but I think it can happen if I put enough time and energy into it. One goal at a time and for now it is a 5K in Memphis on Dec 3!!! And to weigh under 300 pounds by Christmas!!

End of 12 weeks

Today was the final weigh in of the first 12 week period of my workout and diet plan. I started this whole thing at around 380+, and today weighed in at 341, that is a total of around 40 pounds. I am excited to continue on in the process and see what another 12 weeks can do. As part of the next 12 weeks I am going to run a 5K in Memphis, TN on Dec 3. I rewared myslef with new running shoes when I got under 350, I hope to reward myslef with a new road bike when I get under 300, and finally reward myslef with a new Ironman scaled that measures body fat and all that good stuff when I get under 250. I know that I am not half way to my goal yet, but it seems so much closer, I cannot imagine having go through the starting process all over again and getting used to this lifestyle, but at this point, 12 weeks down the road it seems very normal, and hard to imagine my old lifestyle...does that even make sense?? Anyway, I am feeling good, I am stronger, my clothes are fitting much better, and I can actually run for like 5 minutes walk for 2 run for 5 walk for 2 run for 5. All of this leading me to my ultimate goal of weighing around 220 and doing an Olympic Distance Triathlon. I hope to do some shorter sprint Tri's and 5ks and 10ks and some bikes races along the way, and those are all pretty big goals to me in themselves, but I think it is OK now to let you know the ultimate goal...well if I am going t ogo that far I might as well tell you that the real ultimate goal in my mind it to be able to say I went from almost 400 pounds to being able to complete an Ironman. That has sounded kind of silley in my mind for a long time, but I continue to make the small steps and even though this ultimate goal may be a couple years a way, I know with persistance and a little luck and a lot of hard work it can happen.