Well, it has been a little while since I last posted my weight. I am currently at 211.8. Inching ever closer to my goal of 210 by Thanksgiving. It is easy to get frustrated and want the weight to melt off, although we all slowly built it up. It has been about a year since I was at this weight. So I am at about 7.8 lbs loss. Sure feels better to look at it that way than a pound a week. Slow and steady will keep the weight off in my book!
My ultimate goal is to get to 190 which was about 10 years ago. This will get me to post mission, pre-marriage weight for all you mothers who refer to pre-marriage and post-baby. As I loose the weight I am getting more excited about the Thanksgiving run.
BTW - stay away from all that Halloween candy. They may look small, but those calories will add up quick. Plus Joe, they are just full of sugar.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Slow and Steady
So do you ever feel like a turtle? I do quite a bit in fact! Just ask Cameron and Ron, I run like one! And this loosing weight thing has been very much like one, but we all know that the turtle is the one that wins the race, not the rabbit. We have dieted before and lost weight fast like a rabbit and look at us now! Here we are again! This time our perspective is different, we want to be in shape for LIFE! not just be fast or be first! This week we made a bit of progress again and we are happy to be still working at it. Our cloths are fitting better all the time that is fun!
Cameron is down to...255.8 that is almost a 2 lb. loss for him! Remember he started this all out at 278! so that is a 23 pound loss so far!
Rebbecca is down to 164.4 that is a .6 loss from last week. That is about what i am consistently loosing lately. I have to remind myself i started out at 178 so i now have an almost 14 pound loss. That feel so great!
Well good luck this week everyone! and just keep moving!
love Bec & Cam
Monday, October 27, 2008
Rhett's Numbers!
Rhett went hunting for 4 days last week and they hiked everyday. He said it was like being in spinning class all day! They figure they hiked 38 miles over the course of the trip. He weighed in yesturday morning at 210.0
Ten pounds to his goal!
That's the great news, the sad news is after all that hiking - NO ELK!
Oh Well, he says that just means they get to go out again!
Ten pounds to his goal!
That's the great news, the sad news is after all that hiking - NO ELK!
Oh Well, he says that just means they get to go out again!
Sugar Free Lifesavers
Cameron and Rebecca said I had to be positive when I post to the blog. That is against my nature because no one can make fun of me like I can, they just don't have access to the same material!
But, respecting the spirit of the blog, I will do my best.
I began this week by following the advice of Elder Reynolds of the seventy. He was the presiding authority at our Stake Conference last week. Elder Reynolds gave a talk about fasting that I found very intriguing. In it, he spoke of widening our view of what it means to fast. We can fast in a lot of ways. We can have a fast of "no TV," for example, or in Elder Reynolds case, he fasted from sugar which he said he was horribly addicted to.
And that was it for me! I too, am completely addicted to sugar. I love my Mountain Dew sodas. I love desserts even more. So I decided to heed the words of Elder Reynolds.
No sugar.
I am happy to report that I had no sugar this week and that makes me happy. Thank goodness for small victories. They make you feel good.
I even went as far as going and buying "sugar free" candy, which actually tastes good. I got through my first bag (not all at the same time) before I read that "too much consumption may have a laxative effect" on the back of the label. Doesn't that just ab out beat all?
My report for this week is:
294 pounds.
That is seven pounds down from last wee! WOO HOO!
I attribute most of the weight loss to the detoxification process from not having sugar. Wow, I ate a lot of sugar. I gotta tell you, it feels really good to have not had any sugar this week. I also attribute some of my weight loss to sugar free life savers (but I prefer not to discuss that because it is little gross!)
I am hoping to even out my weight loss. I think losing two pounds a week is pretty healthy. I will keep you posted. Literally!
-Joe
But, respecting the spirit of the blog, I will do my best.
I began this week by following the advice of Elder Reynolds of the seventy. He was the presiding authority at our Stake Conference last week. Elder Reynolds gave a talk about fasting that I found very intriguing. In it, he spoke of widening our view of what it means to fast. We can fast in a lot of ways. We can have a fast of "no TV," for example, or in Elder Reynolds case, he fasted from sugar which he said he was horribly addicted to.
And that was it for me! I too, am completely addicted to sugar. I love my Mountain Dew sodas. I love desserts even more. So I decided to heed the words of Elder Reynolds.
No sugar.
I am happy to report that I had no sugar this week and that makes me happy. Thank goodness for small victories. They make you feel good.
I even went as far as going and buying "sugar free" candy, which actually tastes good. I got through my first bag (not all at the same time) before I read that "too much consumption may have a laxative effect" on the back of the label. Doesn't that just ab out beat all?
My report for this week is:
294 pounds.
That is seven pounds down from last wee! WOO HOO!
I attribute most of the weight loss to the detoxification process from not having sugar. Wow, I ate a lot of sugar. I gotta tell you, it feels really good to have not had any sugar this week. I also attribute some of my weight loss to sugar free life savers (but I prefer not to discuss that because it is little gross!)
I am hoping to even out my weight loss. I think losing two pounds a week is pretty healthy. I will keep you posted. Literally!
-Joe
Friday, October 24, 2008
A Pat on the Back
Well I thought I deserve a little pat on the back. Rhett has been gone hunting all week with our boys. Usually when he is gone I am lazy, sleep in, and eat out every night. But I did good this week. We didn't eat out at all and I got up every morning and went to the gym! I thought I would maybe sleep in today, but I'm to the point I wake up before the alarm and well if I'm awake I better get my butt to the gym. I weighed in this morning at 186.4 so down a tiny bit more. Baby steps I guess.
Claudine
Claudine
Monday, October 20, 2008
The Grand Experiment!!!!
Last week was a very tough week for me to exercise. Several days the only reason that I went was because we had to meet our friend Ron. It is good to work out with someone else so you have that "guilt" feeling if you don't follow through with the plan. Anyway it was a tough week for me. The reason things were so tough was because I was eating WAY TOO MUCH food. You already heard about the trip to San Diego and the ton of food consumed there. I came back and had two lunches at "All You Can Eat Pizza" complete with dessert pizza to wash it down with. That was the first part of the week. The rest of the week I tried to get myself back under control and did much better. My lesson for the week is you will pay for not eating right. Not only will you gain all the weight back that you worked so hard to loose, but you feel terrible. I have to only eat small portions, drink lots of water and don't forget to keep exercising! It will make you feel so much better. Also you do better if you eat a good breakfast. It is OK to go without dinner, but not breakfast!
Now for the results for the week.
Cameron 257.4 lbs (Yahoo!!!!!!!!)
Now for Bec. I feel a little bit like this is cheating for Bec because part of the motivation and help is posting. Bec is doing great! She looks great and her clothes continue to fit better and better. She tries on clothes that she hasn't worn for awhile and they are fitting very nicely. It is kind of like having new clothes without spending the money. I asked her what she wanted me to write for her and she said, "I am going to commit to not eat sugar! (again)" It is good to recommit. We really haven't been eating a lot of sugar but I guess she feels like when she eats sweets it is hard to just eat a little, like the cake incident awhile back. She wrote about that so I won't get in trouble for saying that! She is staying very steady and continues to loose weight. Her results for this week.
Bec 165.0 lbs (Great Job Bec!!!)
She has achieved a her short range goal of getting down to 165 lbs and has set a new short range goal of 160 lbs. by Thanksgiving. I guess we are going to run in a race Thanksgiving morning in Sacramento, The Race to Feed The Hungry. I don't know if we will run the 5K or the 10K. We will keep you posted on that.
Good luck to everyone! Welcome to the group Joe!
Cameron
Now for the results for the week.
Cameron 257.4 lbs (Yahoo!!!!!!!!)
Now for Bec. I feel a little bit like this is cheating for Bec because part of the motivation and help is posting. Bec is doing great! She looks great and her clothes continue to fit better and better. She tries on clothes that she hasn't worn for awhile and they are fitting very nicely. It is kind of like having new clothes without spending the money. I asked her what she wanted me to write for her and she said, "I am going to commit to not eat sugar! (again)" It is good to recommit. We really haven't been eating a lot of sugar but I guess she feels like when she eats sweets it is hard to just eat a little, like the cake incident awhile back. She wrote about that so I won't get in trouble for saying that! She is staying very steady and continues to loose weight. Her results for this week.
Bec 165.0 lbs (Great Job Bec!!!)
She has achieved a her short range goal of getting down to 165 lbs and has set a new short range goal of 160 lbs. by Thanksgiving. I guess we are going to run in a race Thanksgiving morning in Sacramento, The Race to Feed The Hungry. I don't know if we will run the 5K or the 10K. We will keep you posted on that.
Good luck to everyone! Welcome to the group Joe!
Cameron
Full of Chuddy Goodness
Two things before I begin.
One; Cameron is a sweet talker and, two; I have an overdeveloped sense of curiosity. These are the reasons I am writing today. Let me explain and perhaps my meaning will be clear.
Let's begin last Saturday morning. I went for a bike ride with my friend Tom. It was the Foxy Fall Classic in Davis, Ca. Tom and I decided to ride the metric century which is supposed to be 62.1 miles. As it turns out the Foxy people (which sounds weird) lied to me because the ride was actually 68.8 miles long! Why not call it a 111k ride? That would look so much better on a t-shirt.
Now I had great intentions of training for this ride, but life got in the way and I wound up being on the road for personal and business reasons for the two weeks prior to the bike ride. And, as everyone knows, when you are on the road, you eat terribly and so did I.
Despite my lack of preparation and internal sense of foreboding, I was determined to go on the ride because I paid like 40 bucks and I wasn't letting that go to waste!
It was a beautiful morning on Saturday, I felt fine on the ride until around mile 30 where I began to feel like I was going to die an excruciating death. My back screamed at me, my legs decided they were tired of being oppressed and they began to fight me with a fervor usually reserved for zealots or the insane. In fact, my legs began to act as if they were the Alamo pioneers and they fought the rest of my body like it was the Mexican army!
I trudged my way through the remaining miles and life was good as we got to the end. After all, when you remember the Alamo, you will remember the Mexicans won (sort of, they were destroyed shortly after, which means that is still a valid analogy for me!)
Forward to Sunday afternoon.
Cameron and Rebecca came over to my house and spent the day with my family and me. Cameron began to sweet talk to me about this crazy blog thing they are doing and how they logged the progress of their diet and excercise routines. I played like I was interested and he asked me if I would like to participate. I told him that I would not like to participate and that he should shut it!
I thought that was the end of that, but here is the kicker. Cameron told me that the group weighs in every Monday to track their progress. Now, I had no intention of weighing myself this morning (ignorance truly does equal bliss sometimes.) But man oh man, there is something irresistable about not wanting to get close to the scale that made me go get on it, hence, my overdeveloped sense of curiosity got the best of me. I could not avoid stepping on my scale even though I desperately wanted not to see what it had to show.
301 pounds is what I was desperate not to see!!!!!!!
No wonder my legs hated me! And how on earth did my bike survive the abuse it had to take on that ride? HOW DID I EVEN FINISH?
So here I am Cameron, you sweet talking guilt monger! I am motivated and ready to decrease my mass and make myself presentable again. I am 6'4" and I would really like to get down to around 240 lbs. That is a HUGE amount of weight to lose. At 240 pounds I would not be a slight man so let's just set the goal there for now and then say "let's see."
Will one of you please pass the celery?
-JWH
One; Cameron is a sweet talker and, two; I have an overdeveloped sense of curiosity. These are the reasons I am writing today. Let me explain and perhaps my meaning will be clear.
Let's begin last Saturday morning. I went for a bike ride with my friend Tom. It was the Foxy Fall Classic in Davis, Ca. Tom and I decided to ride the metric century which is supposed to be 62.1 miles. As it turns out the Foxy people (which sounds weird) lied to me because the ride was actually 68.8 miles long! Why not call it a 111k ride? That would look so much better on a t-shirt.
Now I had great intentions of training for this ride, but life got in the way and I wound up being on the road for personal and business reasons for the two weeks prior to the bike ride. And, as everyone knows, when you are on the road, you eat terribly and so did I.
Despite my lack of preparation and internal sense of foreboding, I was determined to go on the ride because I paid like 40 bucks and I wasn't letting that go to waste!
It was a beautiful morning on Saturday, I felt fine on the ride until around mile 30 where I began to feel like I was going to die an excruciating death. My back screamed at me, my legs decided they were tired of being oppressed and they began to fight me with a fervor usually reserved for zealots or the insane. In fact, my legs began to act as if they were the Alamo pioneers and they fought the rest of my body like it was the Mexican army!
I trudged my way through the remaining miles and life was good as we got to the end. After all, when you remember the Alamo, you will remember the Mexicans won (sort of, they were destroyed shortly after, which means that is still a valid analogy for me!)
Forward to Sunday afternoon.
Cameron and Rebecca came over to my house and spent the day with my family and me. Cameron began to sweet talk to me about this crazy blog thing they are doing and how they logged the progress of their diet and excercise routines. I played like I was interested and he asked me if I would like to participate. I told him that I would not like to participate and that he should shut it!
I thought that was the end of that, but here is the kicker. Cameron told me that the group weighs in every Monday to track their progress. Now, I had no intention of weighing myself this morning (ignorance truly does equal bliss sometimes.) But man oh man, there is something irresistable about not wanting to get close to the scale that made me go get on it, hence, my overdeveloped sense of curiosity got the best of me. I could not avoid stepping on my scale even though I desperately wanted not to see what it had to show.
301 pounds is what I was desperate not to see!!!!!!!
No wonder my legs hated me! And how on earth did my bike survive the abuse it had to take on that ride? HOW DID I EVEN FINISH?
So here I am Cameron, you sweet talking guilt monger! I am motivated and ready to decrease my mass and make myself presentable again. I am 6'4" and I would really like to get down to around 240 lbs. That is a HUGE amount of weight to lose. At 240 pounds I would not be a slight man so let's just set the goal there for now and then say "let's see."
Will one of you please pass the celery?
-JWH
Friday, October 17, 2008
Still Here!
Hey there!
We're still here, still going to the gym, still trying to eat better! Rhett is doing awesome, he weighed in this morning at 213.2, his pants are fitting so much better and he has slimmed down in his face and is looking good!
I lost 4 pounds since I blogged last, finally! I weighed in at 187.3, it is nice to finally see some progress, I was getting very frustrated. I ran a mile straight on Wednesday, (that is good for me) I wanted to start cheering, but thought everyone in the gym might think I'm crazy! Keep up the great work everyone!
We're still here, still going to the gym, still trying to eat better! Rhett is doing awesome, he weighed in this morning at 213.2, his pants are fitting so much better and he has slimmed down in his face and is looking good!
I lost 4 pounds since I blogged last, finally! I weighed in at 187.3, it is nice to finally see some progress, I was getting very frustrated. I ran a mile straight on Wednesday, (that is good for me) I wanted to start cheering, but thought everyone in the gym might think I'm crazy! Keep up the great work everyone!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Not The Best Week (weekend really)
Let me clarify the title to this post. Bec did very good considering we went on a weekend get away to San Diego and there was food in front of us all the time! I on the other hand reverted back to my old ways of eating WAY to much. The only thing that I can look back on that I did well was I didn't drink a pop and still haven't since the first part of August. I have to rejoice in something. Now for the results.
I GAINED 2.6 lbs and I am at 261.6 lbs. That is very depressing but I expected it.
Bec did great with only eating smaller portions and still lost about a pound. She is at 165.4 lbs.
I am having a hard week this week as well. I am loosing the weight but am really trying to work hard at getting back to just eating small portions.
I find that if I eat slower I get filled up faster and don't eat as much food. It is hard. I am not giving up. Thanks for all the support from you others. It gets frustrating sometimes but if we all stick together and help each other along. We can do it.
He Todd and Anita, what is the name of that workout video that you were going to do? (P something I think)
STAY COMMITTED AND KEEP WORKING!!!!
Thanks everyone!
I GAINED 2.6 lbs and I am at 261.6 lbs. That is very depressing but I expected it.
Bec did great with only eating smaller portions and still lost about a pound. She is at 165.4 lbs.
I am having a hard week this week as well. I am loosing the weight but am really trying to work hard at getting back to just eating small portions.
I find that if I eat slower I get filled up faster and don't eat as much food. It is hard. I am not giving up. Thanks for all the support from you others. It gets frustrating sometimes but if we all stick together and help each other along. We can do it.
He Todd and Anita, what is the name of that workout video that you were going to do? (P something I think)
STAY COMMITTED AND KEEP WORKING!!!!
Thanks everyone!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Another week another pound
As sick as it may sound, I think I look forward to the scale on Monday's more than going to work. Each week we have the opportunity to go to church, get energized and focus on personal improvement. I was able to shed another pound weighing in at 213.8. I'm feeling good and more optimistic about reaching my goal of 210 by Thanksgiving. I am actually not sad that the weight is coming off slowly, I am just glad it is coming off. The goal ultimately is to get rid of the excess weight forever! I know every here hates dieting so getting in shape is about changing our eating habits for the good and gain more energy by working out. Good luck on another week and congratulations to those who were successful this past week. For any of you who may have slipped, Today is the day to move forward. Leave last week behind.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Consistency
I am glad for a plan. I was once told that those that fail to plan, plan to fail. I weighed in at 214.8 this week. Below 215 for the first time in a while. Although the weight is not melting off, I have become more consistent is my eating habits and workouts. Sometimes it is difficult when my wife who says she wants to loose weight, munches on a chocolate drumstick. She even look at me weird as she downed a couple homemade cinnamon rolls. Oh, there is nothing better than the smell of warm...enough of that. Well, good luck to everyone and may we all achieve our goals!
Still Working On It!!!!
Hey everyone. It is fun to see all of your comments! Keep them coming and lets keep this going. I appreciate all your efforts and it helps to keeps us going! We are not loosing weight really fast but I think that is a good thing. We are trying to retrain ourselves so that we can have a little bit healthier lives. We are planning on going on a lot of missions when we get older and if we are not in shape we will not be able to do all we would like. That is really our motivation. Now for our results for the week.
Bec - 166.0 lbs
Cameron - 259.0 lbs
Our total weight loss thus far is:
Bec - 12 lbs. She looks great (she always has) and her clothes are starting to fit loose again. She is doing awesome.
Cameron - 19 lbs. My clothes are starting to fit much more comfortably also and I am starting to notice that I have a jaw and getting closer to only having one chin again.
Lets all have a great week. Keep going and don't give up! The cruize will be a blast!!!!
Bec - 166.0 lbs
Cameron - 259.0 lbs
Our total weight loss thus far is:
Bec - 12 lbs. She looks great (she always has) and her clothes are starting to fit loose again. She is doing awesome.
Cameron - 19 lbs. My clothes are starting to fit much more comfortably also and I am starting to notice that I have a jaw and getting closer to only having one chin again.
Lets all have a great week. Keep going and don't give up! The cruize will be a blast!!!!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
2nd Week Stagnation
Well for those that watch the biggest loser, the second week is little weight loss or none. I weighed in at 216.4, same as last week. I am not getting down. I know that my body is just going through an adjustment period. I am sticking to my program! I didn't go backward and I am building up my endurance. Stay focus and diligent and the results will come.
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