OK, so this week's weigh-in wasn't spectacular, and it wasn't great. For me, it probably qualifies as an "OK". I wasn't happy with it, but I wasn't mad about it, either. In looking at the big picture, I've lost 75.2 pounds in 73 days. Seven pounds a week is a pretty doggone good average. I'm 24.8 pounds away from having lost 100, which I hope to achieve by mid-February. I'm about 10 pounds away from having lost 25% of my total starting body weight. In three weeks we will be halfway through the Biggest Loser competition. I don't know if I can drop 24.8 pounds in the next 21 days or not, but how cool would it be to have dropped 100 lbs. at exactly the halfway point! It's not impossible, but it's a pretty tall order.
Two really cool things happened this Sunday. First, our church secretary decided to put together an informal accountability group for weight loss - it's up to each person to find their own food and exercise plan, but we are having a contest to see who can lose the most by June. I don't qualify - I have a 75-pound head start! But I offered to come talk to the group about some basics as they were signing up Sunday night. Twenty-five people signed up to try and lose some pounds and inches with me! I am now writing a daily (hopefully) email on nutrition and fitness. (If you are interested in receiving it, drop me a line at echavis@lumpkinroad.com - you don't have to be part of our church group to get it).
The other cool thing that happened Sunday was that I had to go to Wal-mart Sunday night and walk out the rest of my 10,000 steps. When I was finished, I went to the men's section to try on some pants. The blue jeans I picked up about a month ago are already getting too big for me, so I grabbed a few pairs and took them into the dressing room. When I started this process 73 days ago, I was about a size 50 waist (I say "about", because I was wearing 48's, but testing them rather heartily). Sunday night, I slipped into a size 40 pair of jeans, and they buttoned and everything!
Three pounds was not a great weight loss, but it was a great week! Now onto the task at hand... 24 pounds in 21 days....
1 comments:
Eddie, if anyone can do it, it would be you, with your determination, I don't doubt anything that you might try. Go for it. We are proud of you, more than you know.
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