B.iggest L.oser Week One Down May 22, 2008

Sorry sorry sorry for not posting.

My busy life seems to be having quite an impact on my blogging and facebook lives!

We made it through Week 1 of the B.iggest L.oser at work. I came in second being down 2.4%.

I wasn’t as good as I could have been last week but I lost 4.4 lbs. I went from 183.2 to 178.8.

My weight loss is:

Overall Down 26.8 lbs

Biggest Loser Week 1 down 4.4 lbs

I must admit that I still am not working out and fully admit that once I start, the pounds will fly off even quicker. I keep thinking I can get up at the crack of dawn, but I’ve been too tired lately.

I’m going to start on the treadmill in the next day or so just so I don’t have to write one more post about how I’m not working out at all!

The food was okay this week. I wasn’t the best, actually last night was my worst night in a long time including a hot dog, some BBW chicken, a baked potato and macaroni salad. I’m PMSing, so I didn’t care. I just figured I’ll cross off about 15 or 20 of my extra weekly points for my transgression yesterday.

I’ve also fallen back in love with T.rader J.oes. I got some of those fruit floes fat free ice pops and some frozen ahi tuna steaks. I made the tuna on the grill Friday night and it was a small success. It was pretty good, but if I had defrosted it a day sooner and marinated it longer, it would have been even better.

My mother is spending an occasional night at our house for dinner since she is laid up on crutches and is renting a room with no kitchen. I want to try a salmon recipe that my brother talked about – something about tomatoes and other veggies, some parchment paper and an oven.

Is anyone else playing along out there?

BTW – inlocoparentis….I billed 172 hours last month and am on track for about 90 this month!!! Ouch.

New Challenge May 8, 2008

Some of you may be wondering where I have been and if I have totally fallen off the wagon. If anyone is still reading this.

I don’t know what the hell day it is, but I have actually done pretty well recently. At WW on Monday, I was down 3 lbs for the week. It could have probably been 6 lbs if it wasn’t for my party-filled weekend.

I think I’m moving away from the Spring Challenge and into the Summer Challenge.

A few of my work buddies and I decided to do the Cardiac (fad) diet for a week for shits and giggles. A male co-worker lost 33 lbs in about 8 weeks doing it. It’s 3 days out of 7, so I figure, what the hell. I want results, I’ll take the sacrifices right now.

Yesterday was Day 1 of that diet. I’m doing Wed, Thurs, Fri this week and if it works, we’ll do it again next week.

This discussion at work has sparked me to organize a “Bigg*st Loser” at our office. Monday is Day 1. Everyone gives their “starting weight” on Monday and every Monday they report their weight gained or lost. There’s probably going to be 14 people giving $10 each for the pot. We’ll go for 8 weeks and July 7th will be the unveiling. The biggest Los*r gets 75% of the pot and the runner up gets 25%. It’s amazing how many people here are excited about it! Add some financial incentives and people are raring to go!

So, I am starting the countdown over again with Monday being Day 1 all over again for an 8 week period. I am still doing the Cardiac thing today and tomorrow and still plan on doing a WW-style food plan the rest of the time and incorporating exercise on the non-Cardiac diet days. We’ll see how this all goes.

As for the Spring Challenge actually go?

I think I was 187.2 when I started.
This morning, I was 178.

Down 9.2 for the past 4 weeks. It’s not great, but it’s a loss.
I’m down 27.4 from last May.

23 lbs to go. Totally doable.