Friday, January 16, 2009

Weigh in! a challenge and one happy guy!


This morning I actually woke up earlier than my alarm with a Christmas morning vibe floating through my head because of the notion of me making it into the 350's, Dork eh? but anyways, it was 1 degree outside when I woke up and there is wind so its below zero outside, so the floors were COLD! I walked to the bathroom to get any thing that isn't part of me out of me and straight to the scale. I stepped on and bamn! 358.0 lbs I know I smiled so onto weight two and 358.2 lbs showed up and now I know I was smiling, third times a charm and 358.0 lbs flashed again and with that I have lost 4.6 pounds this week! 7.2 last week and 4.6 this week, think I am happy about the last two weeks? Yes I am! I am officially into the 350's with a total of 176 pounds lost total to date, that number is insane to me sometimes when I think about it, one hundred seventy six pounds! GONE! and I am into a weight range that I consider not so bad.

I am on a mission to weigh less than 300 pounds by the end of June this year, I have had two good weeks where weigh in goes so I expect next week to be not so grand, but then again after the 7 pound week last week I thought this would be a low week too so who knows. Here are some things that weigh as much as I do and as much as I have left to lose.


This Yamaha outboard motor weighs 358 pounds like me.


This is Chloe Marshall and she weighs 176 pounds and was competing for Miss England, I have to say she looks awesome and shows that a woman with some meat on her bones can be as hot as any!


I have 83 more pounds to lose to get to my goal weight of 275, which is now penciled in @ 265 so that I can weigh the same as my father, but the goal stands at 275 for now. I am down enough that its getting difficult to find interesting things that weigh what I have left to lose so from here on out I will just show what I have lost and what I currently weigh. this weigh in brings me within 24 pounds of having lost 200 total pounds, yep thats right when I lose 24 more pounds I have lost 200 pounds! That is insane to me that I am so close to dropping that kind of weight, and just imagine this, when I get there I still have a lot to go! something else happened last night to go with my 4.6 pound loss this week, I told someone other than my wife my current weight, I was talking to my brother and I sent him the photo of me in the jacket that I wore to my wedding (I posted it a few days back) and he couldn't believe it and the conversation progressed to where I just told him, all he could say is "you must feel so good right now" and my response was just "yup".

Now onto this challenge that I set for myself, I said that I would ride my stationary bike for 5 minutes for every pound that I lost and I am counting this as a 4 pound loss this week (sticking to whole numbers from 362 to 358 is 4 pounds) so thats 20 minutes that I will ride for the weight, now here comes the part where you come in, for every comment that I receive on THIS post by midnight Friday (today), I will do 1 extra minute on my bike for tomorrows (Saturday's) cardio session. I have done these challenges in the past and they turn out pretty good and it has never failed to get me a good workout, and since I am feeling on top of the world these last couple weeks its time once again for a challenge. The only catch? you mention that ya drank a glass of water for your comment, so its a win win, I get to bust my ass because of you and you get to be hydrated because of me, sound fair?

Thank you for following along while I get healthy and don't forget that H2O!

As Ever
Me

29 comments:

  1. Woohoo! Welcome to the 350's! Way to go! Work an extra minute for me, and I'll drink some extra H2O for you!

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  2. I have been checking your blog every half hour waiting for your post to come in...That weight lose is amazing..I am so happy for you, my face broke into a big grin when I realised you had hit the 350's. woooo. And an extra minute for me too. Water is being drunk as we speak.

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  3. Congratulations on the weight loss and being in the 350's--woot woot! I am drinking a glass of water for you right now!

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  4. You are doing great! Keep up the excellent work. I have my H20 right here!

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  5. Hey, I'm here from Project Mayhem. I just finished my first glass of water at work and your blog, so I figured I'd throw you another minute. great job!

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  6. Wow! Into the 350's already?! That's awesome! Way to go...keep up the great work. You'll be at that "I've lost over 200 pounds" mark in NO TIME!

    20 ounces of water on it's way down....ready, get set, go!

    Have a nice workout. Haha!

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  7. Way to go and I hope your workout is awesome. I know at the rate you are going you will meet you June goal and may even exceed it. Now get on that bike and ride like the wind

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  8. You are truly an inspiration. Since we are about the same weight now, we should compete with each other. I would enjoy someone else to measure my successes against.

    Jared from 12MillionSteps.com

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  9. YYEEAAYYY!!! i am soo happy for you! you are well on your way to your goal, you'll be there in no time! i hope this water tastes as good as your workout will be tomorrow! hehe keep on buddy keep on!
    Tracy

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  10. Way to go! I knew you would do it.

    I'm drinking away here! Get on that bike!

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  11. I'm refilling my water jug, do an extra minute for me too! And a big congrats on the loss!! :-)

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  12. Drinking my water, glug glub (is that a word?) lol Anyway, have fun on that bike and BIG CONGRATS on your terrific progress this week.

    I think you need a smiling picture over there to the left, you surely have to be big time happy.

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  13. Great job and congratulations on the new decade!!

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  14. HAHA congrats! Its a wonderful feeling to get into a familiar weight isnt it? Comgrats! now heres to an extra minute on that bike! :)

    Kristi/angelbleu

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  15. going strong man. keep up the awesome work. here's another minute for you..

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  16. I knew you can do it an ofcourse I am going to drink 2 glasses of water. I think it's insane..24 more pounds to say u lost 200lbs in less than 2 years!! WOW

    EB

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  17. Congratulations on that awesome progress! I'm here drinking my water and adding another minute to your workout tomorrow!

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  18. Sweet mother of it all - Awesome job! Ride, brother, ride!

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  19. congratulations!!! wow, how awesome are you?! great going - it looks as though the events of the move didn't really hurt you at all!
    i am so excited for you and inspired by you! i'm going now to grab a big ole glass of green tea!
    have fun cycling!
    ~tammie (tammie1006)

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  20. Wow, congrats on the weight loss this week. I am a regular on Renewed Reflections and this is the first time I went to your blog. I love it. I am drinking water right now and will think of you as you are doing an extra minute on your bike for me.

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  21. We are up to 20 extra minutes! and I want to thank all of you for taking the time to leave me some encouragement as well as adding to my tally for tomorrows ride, keep em coming :)

    bbubblyb, that is a smile :)or like Tommy Lee Jones says in man of the house "That *is* my happy face" lol

    As Ever
    Me

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  22. Just finished my 20 oz before heading home. See you soon hon. And as you know, I'm proud of you!!

    Love ya,
    Wify

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  23. Congrats on your loss You will lose that 200 in n no time. Work an extra minute for me & I will drink for you.

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  24. You are the man. Congrats on the great loss this week, and I'm happy to help you get to a little extra time at tomorrows workout. As I've come to do most of the time I read your stuff, I think I'll finish this comment with a 20 ounce glass of water.

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  25. Did already post here today?

    Hmmm I did. OOps.

    mwhahahahahaaaa

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  26. I bumped into your blog a few days ago reading something else and have been checking it out every day since keep up the great work
    WTG! Just refilled my water bottle

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  27. i found your blog on your 3fc signature so came alone to have a read. being as i'm in need of inspiration i have decided to "FOLLOW" your blog.

    I can't believe you've lost the weight you have in such a short time frame. and here am i struggling to lose a couple of pounds a week. good luck with the remainder and i have to say, you look simply amazing now.

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  28. Yahoo!!! I kept checking until you posted; you are doing amazing!!

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