One last push!!

This is it, only 8 days left this month. Still pushing for a double digit loss with less then 3 pounds to go. I'm also almost out of the overweight category on the BMI index ( I know, I know, it is only a guide line). 25.4 and counting down to next week. It's been kind of a different week though. Lots of things going on. Work was pretty steady minus a couple of hours. My car decided to spring a leak on one of the brake cylinders and instead of putting more money into it (cause it is a piece of junk and shouldn't have lasted as long as it has), I bought my brothers car that he was selling. And aside from a few things it needs to pass inspection, is a much better car (it gets around 30+ mpg instead of the 20 that my junker gets and it is a manual transmission). Anyway, I'm kind of feeling all alone, like no one else is even competing in this any more. My main competition (Justin) is too close to his goal weight to put up a fight. And it seems like everyone else has basically given up, aside from anyone that has been bitten by the injury bug. (Sorry Amanda, I know how it is to get hurt and want to be able to do things, but are unable too. Get well soon.) Now I'm sure that this is not the case for everyone and I know that there are definitely people still working hard, this is just my perspective from reading other's blogs. Prove me wrong, put up a fight in the last 5 weeks we have left. Who knows, it might just do you some good. There is a saying in sports that says " You miss 100% of the shots you don't take!" Basically, if you don't try you will never succeed. Good luck to everyone trying to get back on the wagon and to everyone that is still on it.

Another week in the books.

With only 2 weeks left for this month, I am half-way to my monthly goal and less then 20 lbs away from my total. And I can now officially say that I weigh less than 170 lbs. It's not much less (169.6), but it still counts. Don't really have much else this week. Work has started to pick up and it looks like it will stay that way for a while (hopefully, keep your fingers crossed). So until next week, good luck and stay focused.

Milestones

After 14 weeks of this competition, I have surpassed a huge milestone today. (Not to say that I haven't already hit a few during that time). Today I weigh 40 (yes Forty) pounds less then I did when I started. (It is such a great feeling to be able to see your toes without sucking in your stomach. Now if only I could touch them too! Ha ha just kidding I can touch my toes.) And very soon I will hit some even bigger milestones, the first will be reaching the 160's, which to the best of my knowledge, I have not been in since at least Jr. high. Next will come the 50 pound loss mark and then a weight in the 150's. Which would mean that I am really close to the goal that I set at the beginning of losing 61 pounds. It's now within reach, even though it is still probably two months away. Oh yeah, another milestone I almost forgot about. This last week I finally got sick of wearing a belt that I can wrap one and a half times around my waist, so I bought a new pair of pants. I used to wear a 36, I can now fit into a 32. I believe the last time I could do that I was in the eighth grade. That was a long time ago, like 16 years. Man I feel old now. Anyway, also joined the local rec center this week. Now I can do more then just run to help lose this weight. My ankle is feeling much better, still a little sore here and there, but overall it is much better. So look out 160, here I come!

A new month starts now!

This last week wasn't the greatest, I basically just maintained from the week before. Maybe the Easter candy was partially to blame, its so easy not to eat it when you don't have it, but as soon as it is in the house you have to increase your willpower 10 fold. No excuses though, I just didn't do what I needed to this week. Aside from still recovering from my sprained ankle. It's starting to feel much better, in fact, I was even able to jog on it, for the first time in two weeks, on Monday. So after a sub par month (at least in my opinion), I'm ready to get back to a double digit loss for April. My goal isn't too high, but I intend to surpass it by a few pounds, leaving me with less than half of what I have left right now for the final month. Yes, there is only two months left. Are you ready for it? I am. Good luck this month and I'll see you at the finish line.

One week left!

So as you probably already know from my last entry, I sprained my ankle last week and have not been able to do my usual exercises. A full week later, it is starting to feel much better, but running/jogging is still out of the question. However I have been lightly walking and lifting weights (aside from everything I have to do at work) and along with my diet I have actually lost more this last week than in the previous two weeks (not combined). It is actually hard to just lay around the house when you know you should, because you know that you can't really go and do anything. I still don't think I will hit my goal for the month, but there is still a chance at a double digit loss with only a week left and just two and a half pounds to go. Maybe even another top 4 finish (third consecutive), but we'll see about that later. For now I am still just trying to get my mobility/balance back before I worry too much about anything else (except that I will be taking test number two for my A+ certification in the next day or two, so I have to worry a little about that). It just goes to show you that it is possible to continue losing pounds, even with an injury. You just have to limit yourself to what your injury will allow and maintain good eating habits. (Don't worry I've been careful so far, I wear a walking boot to work and only lightly walk on the treadmill. Otherwise I have an icepack/brace on it while sitting on my butt.) Good luck this week.

Injury update

So this last week, while playing basketball I decided to take the ball in to the middle of the floor with three defenders around me and try to shoot it. Bad idea. I came down on someones foot and rolled my good ankle. This is what it looks like now compared to my other foot.
Yeah its kind of gross I know. So basically no running, or basketball, or stair climbing, etc. Until the stupid thing heals which keeps me from getting even close to my goal for the month. The last couple of days I've been barely maintaining what I have lost already this month, with no hope for much more. Anyway enough complaining, I was just really pissed off and had to vent. Thanks for humoring me with this. Hey Mindy, how are these updated pics? ;) Probably not what you wanted to see. Maybe I'll post one later.

Two Weeks!

Just 2 weeks left until the next official weigh in. How are you doing? Good? Bad? Horribly under achieving? I'm not doing as well as I had hoped, but I am definitely not in bad shape. With less than two weeks, I think I still have a very good chance to do some amazing things. I don't think I can hit the 12 lb goal that I set for this month, but I would do think that I can make it to 10. That would be three straight months with double digit losses and I only have 5 lbs to go to get there. Although, 7 lbs is not that much more, and is completely possible in the given time frame. So we'll see what happens. On a side note, I passed one of two exams for my A+ certification, with the second one only a week or two away. I know that the timing is great because of the added stress of passing it, but I'm not stressed about it. It's going to be a Cake walk (mmmm.....Cake). Ha ha, just kidding. I'm not really a huge cake fan, I was just trying to make Justin hungry!