Woohoo!

I'm happy to say that two weeks after my delicious birthday meal, and less than a week after visiting the Puyallup Fair unencumbered with children, I am back on a downward trend. At 253.2, I weigh less than my previous low of 254 on my birthday. This makes me quite glad, as I was just speaking with my friend earlier today about running some baselines on the basketball court next summer. At least I'll have plenty of time to look for shoes. Hahaha!

30 pounds in 3 months!

On a whim, I weighed myself this morning, and it read 254.  I was heartened by it, but I hadn't put it all together yet, as I had other things on my mind.  I knew it was somewhere about thirty pounds, but I let it pass.  while I showered and took the garbage out before departing for work.

I just went back and looked at the spreadsheet (Thanks Google Docs!), and there it was, clear as day.  My first weigh-in was June 3rd, and I was 284 pounds.  Today, September 3rd (Happy Birthday, kEnny!), I am 30 pounds lighter.  I am truly surprised and pleased at how much progress has been made.  I have another 14 until I reach my first goal of 240.

As the continuous streak of good weather is quickly fading from view, I'm looking forward to revisiting some of the places we went walking when we first started this.  I think we'll have a lot more fun at some of those extremely steep-hilled parks.

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Woohoo!!

I gotta do a little dance about now.  I'm down to 260.5 today.  Only twenty more to my first target of 240.  I'm wearing clothes that haven't fit since Allison and I were married.  Speaking of which, she's doing great, too!!  I'm proud of us both.  Time for another walk?

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Checking my "Health" at work, and being rewarded for it!

I just finished the first part of my "Health For Life" health check, where my height, weight, and blood pressure were measured, and then my blood was drawn for testing.  I'm 6'3", and weighed in at 264 pounds (with clothes, and less than I measured on Saturday).  My blood pressure was 128/70, and my body fat was measured at 32%.  Blood pressure is a little high, but I'm happy to see that I'm officially in the "Healthy" category for body fat.  One percent more and I would be "Overfat," which I probably was before.

I was presented with an AmEx gift card for $25, and will get another after I meet with the local health coach.  I won't get to do that for a few days, though.  After my blood test results are done, I'll answer some survey questions, then I get to meet the health coach.  This is kinda fun!

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Visiting Oh-Hi-There!

We're visiting Allison's family and friends for a week and a half, and Allie & I have gone for walks each day we've been here.  Miamisburg is a quaint little place to hoof around in, and it has been fun taking in the sights on foot, being able to stop and gaze whenever we want.  Eating-wise, we have pretty much stayed on track, but there have been a few excursions for social occasions.

This morning we made a shorter walk to the grocery store, but came back with a couple arm loads of groceries, which I used to give myself a slight bit of an upper body workout.   We picked up an apple-cinnamon coffee cake to take to visit Allie's grandparents, and once it got broken out, neither one of us had any to eat.  It was very tempting, but we got past it.  We have a number of appointments with naughty foods to keep still, so it was just as well that we could side step this particular temptation. 

If you want to see our most exciting walk yet, click here.  We got some major hill time in on this one.

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Still dropping!

According to the faulty scale of terror, I was four pounds less last night before dinner, which almost makes sense because I ate a lot and drank a lot, but haven't gotten rid of a lot in the mean time.  Oh well.  I'll take my 273.7 and run with it.

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It seems to be time for the burn

Even though I'm still losing inches and pounds (well on my way to 270), I'm finding that I notice more of the food I've given up. There will be some struggle to keep my head pointed in the right direction, but I think I'm up for the challenge. :-)