Confessions!

Okay after I saw that Bec lost 7 pounds in a week I was hoping to loose at least two! I got on the scale on Friday and had gained a pound. I was so mad!! I thought I had done good on my eating all week and worked out 6 days! Well, I pigged out all weekend, and I even had a pop! I was telling everyone I gained instead of lost and that I was sick of it. They try to tell me it is muscle I gained, which may be true because I have been lifting weights, but, for how hard I have been busting my butt working out I should see some kind of result and my clothes all fit the same! So I recommited today, but then we had a cinnamon roll tonight, I may be a lost cause! Rhett's family is starting a little get healthy thing where we all put money in a pot and get points for certain things, working out, drinking 8 glasses a water, eating zero junkfood (I doubt I will get those points too often). Anyway it starts Oct. 1, maybe that will give me more motivation! Keep up the good work Cam and Bec - you guys are my inspiration!!!!!
Claudine

LOOK AT US, could be worse

Hello everyone in get back into shape land or maybe you are lucky enough to be maintaining shape. the shape we have been maintaining the last year has got to go. so if you agree then JOIN US!

We had our Monday weigh in and things are progressing slowly. My 7 pound loss last week was definitely WATER WEIGHT! i got on the scale on Tuesday and 5 of those lost pounds were FOUND! SO here is our weigh in for this week.

Cameron is getting very near loosing his first 20! we will have to celebrate with some non fat ice cream when he hits that mark! he is at 260.2 WAY TO GO CAMERON!!! YAAAAHH!!

Rebecca on the other hand went up like i said but I'm still happy to be progressing! I am ... 167.2

That is 18 loss total for Cameron and Just over 10 loss for Rebecca!

Here is a photo of us about a month ago. Just getting started. Our clothes are fitting a bit better now. standing by Trevor anyone looks huge though!

here is an updated photo of Cameron about 15 pounds down!

Here is me on Labor day not a whole lot of change yet. I am like a glass of water i gain weight from the bottom up and loose it from the top down. Those BAKED HAMS i have for calves never go away!

Hope to hear form you all soon!!

Rebecca & Cameron

First week gitters

I hit the scales this morning - 216.4. This is 3.2 lbs for the first week. Not surprising with water loss and getting back on track after taking too long of a break. Did great at portions and snacking. Just need to be consistent in my training and stick to my goals.

Monday Weigh In 9/16/08

Our weight this morning was;

Cameron 262.2 lbs
Rebecca 163.4 lbs WAY TO GO BEC!!!!!!!

We are still just trying to eat much better, not so much sugar, at least when there is not CAKE around! I won't be bringing that home any more! We are trying to eat much smaller portions as well. It seems to be working. We are also running/walking in the mornings. We are running 6 mins and walking for 2. Let me know how the weights are working for you guys. I wouldn't mind doing that to but not sure when we could do it. Keep up the good work everyone! It is really fun to hear from you all.

Later,
Cameron

Better Late Than Never

We'll I started on Monday at 219.6. My target weight is 190, but I know it will take some time. So I have set what I feel is a realistic goal by Thanksgiving of 210. I have definitely reduced my portions this week and avoided any significant sweets or treats. Good luck this weekend (which is always the hardest to stay disciplined) and hopefully Monday we will see progress.

First Friday Weigh In

So I weighed in this morning, it hasn't been a week, but I don't like to weigh myself on Mondays! I still hate the new scale, but figure it is probably the correct number as gross and pathetic as that number may be. So Monday I was 193 and today I was 190.4 on our new scale, I didn't even get on the old one. Rhett hasn't weighed himself again, I'll try to get him to do that tomorrow. We worked out everyday this week, I went to my weights class today and think I will do that 2 days a week.
Don't laugh Cameron, but Rhett's sister Heather started teaching us how to clog, well, me and the kids, (I am still trying to get Rhett to join us - Justin and Lance are doing it, and Nate is too, he is actually really good). We hope to get a little group going with all the cousins, I know his mom would be so proud!! But clogging is quite the workout, so hopefully that will help me a little too.
I must say cake sounds really good! I had 1/2 a candy bar yesturday, I needed chocolate bad!
Claudine

CAKE!

Ok cameron brought a cake home from work the other day. I said WHY! we are trying not to eat CAKE! but he thought the kids would love it. Well the cake was WAY to good for the kids, Meaning it had fruit in it so they didnt eat any! I ON THE OTHER HAND LOVED IT AND ATE HALF OF IT MYSLEF!!! ok confession over. i will be better! EVIL CAKE! it really was good! SCARY GOOD!
Bec

Rebecca's Goal for the month

In one month Cameron and I will be going to San Diego for his work conf. my goal is to loose 5 pounds by then and be down to 165! this will take a lot of work considering i seem to be plateauing already!

Anita Is MAKING STRIDES!!

I haven't figured out how to makes comments on the blog-site. I'm a little technology dumb! i'll just e-mail to you and you can put it on (sorry)


My last weight on Monday was 177 - I finally started losing weight!!
I'm trying to get in at least 4 days of working out (run/walk) and one of those days a hard work out. I did that this morning - I went to the High School track and ran the bleachers first (ooohhhh that was hard) then I did a fast lap then a slow lap and repeated. It felt AWESOME! I've also tried using the time I'm brushing my teeth to get some exercise in. Since we should brush for 3 minutes I do lunges or leg lifts or something during that time - it helps me brush for the full amount of time and I get some exercise instead of just looking at my overweight body in the mirror while brushing!


Anita

Delayed Weigh-in Results

Hey everyone! We did weigh-in on Monday. I just didn't get the stuff on the computer. Here are the results. Drum roll please!!!!!!

Cameron 263.2 lbs.
Rebecca 170.8 lbs.

We are still just doing the running/walking 3 days a week and biking 2 days. We do this for 30 min. each day. We are thinking of doing the "Run to Feed the Hungry" in Sacramento with Earl and probably Ron. We will keep you posted on that one.
It is great to see Rhett and Claudine join in!!! I don't know about the rest of you, but it is not very fun sometimes to get up early and start running!!!

Later,
Cameron

Earl is in!!!

I am posting this for Earl but he will post his own stuff from now on. Earl's Monday morning weigh-in was 219.6 lbs. He hasn't told me what his goal weight is so he will have to let us know that later. Earl is training for the "Run to Feed the Hungry" in Sacramento on Thanksgiving Morning. You can choose the 5k or 10k. I think Earl is going to do the 10k. He is going to try and run it in around 58 mins. He was just over an hour the last time he did it. Go Earl!!! He and his wife, Laura, are going to Spain next summer so they probably won't be going on the cruise with the rest of us. Welcome aboard Earl!

A Bit of Controversy!

Okay, I know you have been wondering if we are on board with this or not, and the answer is yes, but, I have weigh-in issues and they only seem to be getting worse. We have "started on Monday" several times in the last 5-6 weeks, but finally last week we made it to the gym 6 days! We have been doing cardio, 3 days on the eliptical machines and 2 days going to spinning class. Saturday Rhett lifted weights and I walked/ran on the treadmill. He lifted weights today and did 30 of cardio after. I did cardio and then lifted some weights tonight. I used to go to a weight lifting class at the gym I really enjoy, but right now I would be dead on the floor if I went, I need to work myself back up to that.
So we have a scale we have had since we got married and so we decided it would be good to get a new digital one. Rhett doesn't know exactly where he started at on the old scale, he thinks around 225 and on our new scale he is 218. He said he couldn't read the "dash marks on the old scale" so he really doesn't know. I asked him if the new scale was close to the old scale and he thought it was. On the old scale my initial weigh in was... 189 and after the first week on the old scale I was 187. I was thinking I did a great job! However on our new scale this morning I was 193. What the?#@! Now that is sick and wrong, I am not going to weigh myself on Monday ever again! And probably never again on that new scale!
So anyway if I don't get too depressed over all that my ultimate goal would be 150, but I would be very happy at 160. Rhett's goal is 200.
So there you go, you finally have my dreaded weigh in! I haven't had M&M's at work for a week! That is my big problem, they have a big jar full there all the time of peanut m&m's. I was eating way too many and that is why I look the way I do!!
Happy Running!!
Claudine

chubby bunnies

Hey there everyone in get in shape land. we thought we would post a photo of us BEFORE so we could see how much better we look along the way. Join us if you will we would love to see each of your updates also!

Love you All!

Rebecca

It is check in time again!

It is Monday again! I can not believe how fast time is going by. Here are the results of our weigh in this morning.

Bec 169.6 lbs.
Cameron 267.2 lbs.

I hope all is going well for the rest of you!

Anxiously Awaiting Your Post!

Cameron and Bec

Checking In

It is the end of week and we are checking in. How is everyone doing? Let me report since the beginning.

Cameron:
I started the fun at an embarrassing 278 lbs. on Aug 5th. My largest recorded on my scale was 280 lbs. just before the trip to Yellowstone and Idaho/Utah. My goal weight is 200 lbs. so I have a long way to go. This is my progress so far.
8/18 - 270.8
8/25 - 268.2
9/1 - 268.2

I weigh in on Monday morning for my official tracking day. Everyone can pick their own weigh in day but it is important that it stay the same and that we report it every week. We can help each other better that way.

Bec's also doing great! She started at 178 lbs. and her goal weight is 150 lbs. Her official weigh in day is going to be Monday as well. Here is her progress so far.

8/11 - 173
8/18 - 172.2
8/25 - 172.6
9/1 - 172.4

We have started eating better and smaller portions (we share things instead of getting our own). We also haven't had a pop since we got back from Utah on the 4th of August. We eat a lot less sugar (cut way back on sweets). We are running/walking and biking in the mornings for 30 minutes. We are up to 4 min running and 2.5 min walking. I don't know how far that is in miles but I will pace it out on my motorcycle and report back.

I hope everyone can get to this and can write how you are doing on our blog. Have a great weekend!

Anita & Todd are in!!!

AWESOME!!! Thanks Cam & Bec for getting the Blog set up, hopefully it will help us get more motivated! Todd and I started slowly with our exercise/eating better program a month ago. we are feeling better but so far haven't lost any weight - at least for me that's the case! A bit frustrating, so I'm hoping this blog and the encouragement from it will help me do the little extra that is needed to start dropping the pounds. Our Eastern Caribbean cruise is in just 52 days! I'd like to loose 15-20 lbs but that might be pushing it in that short of a time. We'll be going snorkeling and I don't want to be too embarrassed to get into a swim suit!
Just for the record my weigh in this last Monday was 182 (the same as it's been the past 4 weeks - AAARRRGGGHHH!) I've been running/walking 3-4 times a week too and eating better but maybe I need to eat even better than I am.
Thanks again Cam & Bec!

We are finally on-line!

Hey everyone!

We are now a month into the fun of getting back into shape! We all need to weigh in every Monday morning and email that back to me. If you have already started please send the weight that you started at (if you have it) and your progress so far. I will get them posted on our blog and we can see how each other is doing. We also need to tell each other what our goal weight is so we can encourage each other. There is no making fun of each other and no rude comments. (I made that rule for me!) This is strictly to help us feel a little pressure and hopefully stick with our goals.
It would be good to also share what we are doing to loose the weight such as type of exercise, foods we are eating/not eating, etc..
Let's have fun with this and get into shape!

Later,
Cameron