Hanging On By a Thread...

Tonight was weigh-in... the results were not spectacular for our team, to say the least. No one gained, but the losses were small. We got our tails kicked by the blue team this week, which probably means we will get our tails kicked by Johnnie come Wednesday morning.

 

A couple of small victories for me personally, though - I lost enough (5.4 pounds) to get me out of the 300's. I have now lost 43.6 pounds since our starting weigh-in on November 2nd, a span of 38 days. I am also still in the lead for the third week in a row, and my buddy Nandy leads the ladies by a hair for the fourth straight week. She told me on the way out of the gym tonight that everybody was aiming for her (the girls on the other team have made it their mission to take the lead away). She reminded me so much of The Biggest Loser Season 7's Tara, who complained that she was walking around in the house with a target on her back. Jillian told her, "welcome to the world of being successful... embrace it... come on in, the water's fine". I told her to embrace it, and accept the challenge as an opportunity to put this thing out of reach.

 

After I left the gym and got my usual Monday night treat (Chick-Fil-A char-grilled sandwich), I was headed to the house when my phone rang - caller ID said it was Johnnie Hughes, our trainer. I immediately assumed he was calling with instructions for a brutal beating on Wednesday, or possibly even Tuesday, one of the days we are on our own. But I was wrong - Johnnie called to congratulate me on holding the lead and breaking the 300 pound mark. He may have been looking for a bright spot to lighten his mood - we know we disappointed him this week, and it showed. He thanked me for working hard, and it meant a lot to me that he took the time to call. I'm a nobody on his schedule - just a big, slow guy trying to take advantage of a 6-month window in which I am trying to reach my goal weight. I have 142 days left in which to lose 100 pounds (more, if I can do it). That's about three-quarters of a pound a day. I can do that, but it sure would be nice to have a couple of big weeks to get a jump on it.

 

Now that the pressure of our Christmas program is behind me, I should have some more time and energy to devote to the task of losing the weight. My feet and legs hurt; my back is starting to bother me some; but it's time to step it up!