Closing in on 50 lbs!!

I am now 269 lbs. I lost another 3 lbs this week bringing my total to 47.4 lbs in 10 weeks.

I want to hit 50 lbs by next Monday. I have seven days to lose 2.6 lbs. My next checkpoint will be the fourth of July. I want to be down to 250 at that time. I have 5 1/2 weeks to lose 19 lbs. This may be my toughest goal yet. However, it may be time to add a little more challenge to my plan.

Becca and I bought bikes this week. I want to start out riding a few miles a day and work my way up on my distance. I also want to begin walking, running, and biking. Try to mix up the routine and break some of the monotony.

I have had many of you ask for things that I am eating. I have no real clue to tell you how Becca cooks some things. However, I can start giving you some meal ideas that I am eating while out in Jonesboro. For starters, I like Fat City Grill. I will order the grilled chicken platter. It comes with steamed veggies and I add a dry baked potato to the platter. I get a side of barbecue sauce for the chicken and the potato. I already asked and they do not use any butter on the veggies. Be sure to throw the bread stick aside when the plate comes out. Total calories should be around 500 for the platter.

One more idea for you. I don't know if you have seen the new 100 calorie Twinkies and Ding Dongs, but they are excellent. We have not found the Twinkies, but the Ding Dongs are great for curbing that desire for sweets. I will begin passing more food ideas along to you as they come to me.

However, the bike is my new friend and I look forward to seeing my 50 lb mark this week.

Moving on Down...

I am now 272 lbs. I lost another 4.8 lbs this week. I am down a total of 44.4 lbs in 9 weeks. I am getting close to my 50 lb mark and hope to get it in the next two weeks. I am now 54.5% of the way to my goal.

I am in Omaha this week. However, traveling is getting much easier now that I am not as picky of an eater as I used to be.

I worked in the yard a lot this weekend. It is very exciting when I throw a 40 lb bag of fertilizer on my shoulder and think how heavy it feels on my body. Then I realize that I have lost more weight than that bag of fertilizer. If you want to feel the relief that I feel on a daily basis, then strap a bag of this stuff to your back and wear it around 24 hours solid. It is no wonder I don't tire down as much as I used to.

Many of you have been checking this website and offering comments in person or in print. I want to thank you all as I continue on my journey. Your comments have been a huge help.

I Conquered Mexico!!!

I am now 276.8 lbs. I lost another 2.2 lbs bringing my total to 39.8 lbs in only 8 weeks. Mexico was a challenge. However, in four days I did not cheat one single time. I ate chicken (so I think, it could have been seagull for all I know), veg tables, and then a plate of fruit with every meal. I did a lot of walking in the heat while there as well.

I was hoping for a break even week. I at least wanted to maintain the weight I was before we went. The good news, I did not even have a desire to try the deserts and sweets that they threw at you all week long. It was not a challenge for me to avoid the foods I should avoid. I actually had a craving all weekend to get home and have some decent veg tables to eat. A little weird for me because I am used to wanting to come home and eat Twinkies and King Dongs.

So now I have a renewal of determination on my diet quest. It is back to exercise, exercise, and more exercise. I am down 39.8 lbs in 8 weeks. My 13 week target was to lose 50 lbs. I want to pass this mark. I have 9 weeks left until the fourth of July. I want to lose another 26.8 lbs in the next 9 weeks bringing my new weight total to 250 lbs. I could possibly lose a total of 66.4 lbs by the middle of the year. I Will Hit My Goals!!!

Can't Eat On Vacation Like I Used To!!!!

I only lost .8 lbs this week bringing me down to 279 lbs. I am down a total of 37.4 lbs. I will chalk my low weight loss up to two different things. Lack of exercise and eating more than normal.

For starters, I have not been on the treadmill in a couple of weeks. Don't ask me why, but I have gotten away from the daily exercise. Things have been a little hectic with work and travel and I just haven't done it lately. No excuses, I have to get on the exercise trail.

Becca and I celebrated our one year anniversary in Branson this weekend. For those of you who have not been to Branson in while, there is evidently a big sign on every corner saying, Eat Everything You Can Find while you are here. So, I did. I had my first read meat with a lot of other things including Peanut Butter Pie and a good size piece of our wedding cake. Both were good.

However, after not exercising and eating what I thought was a lot of food, I did still lose. I think that I am starting to get more perspective on what is a "lot of food". I still did not eat near what I used to eat. We are in Mexico this week and I plan to stick to it more while we are gone. I still want to hit 260 by the 4th of July.

270's!!!!!!

I am now at 279.8. I lost another 2.6 lbs bringing my total to 36.6 lbs. I did not exercise very much this week. Honestly, I did not step on the treadmill one single time. I did walk around a lot on Saturday in the turkey woods. However, I am regretting not exercising at home. I believe I could have done much better than 2.6 lbs.

Enough whining about last week and on to this week. I still have 9 days before we go to Cancun. I want to lose at least 3.4 lbs to hit my 40 lb mark. If I still eat the things I am supposed to eat and get back on the exercise routine, I can knock that out without any problem.

Becca and I are talking about signing up for boot camp following our trip to Mexico. She has done a great job eating exactly what I have been eating and is losing weight as well. I still want to hit my 50 lb mark before July 4th. I am hoping that 6 weeks of boot camp will push me down another 10-20 lbs. I tried it last year and dropped out after 3 weeks. But I am now done almost 40 lbs and should be able to handle it much better. I am also considerably more dedicated to my success than I was a year ago.

I will post mid week. We have a funeral this week, our one year anniversary this weekend, and our trip to Cancun next week. Got to focus on eating right!!!!

6 Weeks Down!!!

Weighed in today at 282.4 lbs. Down another 6.1 lbs. I am now down a total of 34 lbs in 6 weeks. I have taken 5 inches off of my waist in the last 6 weeks. I took a suit in to have altered and she took out 5 inches in the pants and about 6 in the jacket. I had to go tonight and by a new belt because I have run out of holes on the old belt. VERY EXCITING!!!

I believe my weight loss began picking up last week partly due to water consumption. I had not drunk very much water the previous two weeks and decided to pick back up on the water as much as possible. Now, am back down another 6.1 lbs this week. Becca also made dinners for me before she left town for the week and that helped as well.

I am now 2.4 lbs away from my May 9th goal and I still have 16 days to get there. Our one year anniversary comes up on May 6th and it is amazing the difference I see when I look at our wedding pictures in the hallway. However, I know that I am adding many years to my life with this diet. That means that we get to be together even longer.

Eating Alone but Eating Good.

I lost another 2.1 lbs this week. I am now 288.5 lbs down 27.9 lbs. I will be perfectly happy if I will continue losing 2 lbs a week. I probably had a little more snack food in last week than what I normally have. So I was glad that posted a loss. I have been a little worried about weighing in today. I am still hoping for 280 lbs by May 9th.

Becca is in North Dakota this week on business. Being the great wife that she is, she cooked dinners for four nights this week and put them in the refrigerator. I still got to have asparagus, potatoes, and poppy seed chicken. I also have lasagna that she put in the fridge. She wanted to make sure that I stuck to the diet.

I am on a soup kick at work right now. While at the grocery store, I saw that Healthy Choice has containers of soup ready to put in the microwave . They had several different types of soup that were all 170 calories for the whole meal. I have always been a soup fan and this will allow me to have under 275 calories between breakfast and lunch.

Many of you have asked what Becca is cooking for some of our dinners. I am hoping at some point in the future that she will be able to post some of the meal combinations that I have had so far on the diet.

I will post mid week. I am hoping for 285 by next Monday.