If you happened to see my facebook status Monday night, I lost another 5.4 pounds this week, bringing my total to 38.2 pounds lost from November 6 to December 7th. Yes, I still weigh over 300 pounds, but I'm only 4 pounds away from breaking into the 200's. I have a chart on the wall in my office where I have a pound countdown that goes from 342 to 203, and I just realized that I am over a quarter of the way to my original goal of losing 140 pounds! That's 38 pounds in 32 days! Yeah, I was a little upset over last week's 3.6 pounds, but how can I be anything other than grateful and proud of 38 pounds in 32 days! And for the second week in a row, both leaders are on our team - I am leading the men for the second week, and my teammate Nandy is leading the women for the third week straight.
Johnnie likes to remind us that in the competition, there are no moral victories; but in our personal struggles, there are. Resisting temptation at a Christmas party, shopping for smaller clothes, tossing out the "big" clothes, and doing things we've never done before (or haven't done in a LONG time) are little victories that push us forward towards our main goal.
We don't have exact percentages yet, but my hold on the lead is very tenuous, at best. Most of the other men are right behind me, and my advantage could hinge on as little as one pound. The lead will probably change quite a few times over the next 5 months, but the only day that counts is the last day - May 15th. On the national show, the difference between winning and losing is a quarter of a million dollars - the differential between winning and not winning here on the local level is not nearly as dramatic - probably a few hundred bucks in prizes.
But, hey - as long as I'm doing all this work, I might as well try to win the thing, right?
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