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Like Arnold says - I'LL BE BAAAAAACK - Very soon - Hope you're all doing better with your weight loss that I have done lately - Back in the saddle starting on Wednesday September 8th...

2nd Week Down

I gained a pound this week, not at all worried cause I did have a pretty good week none the less.  I blame it mostly on Tuesday night before the weigh in.  We are in the planning stages of our 25th high school reunion and we had a meeting, a few drinks we had, some bad food was eaten and all on the eve of weighing in...  It was just timing I believe and look for something pretty good this week...  Stay tuned...

KTF and FTF

B

Loser Part Two - One week down...

Maybe I've found my groove, maybe I've turned a corner, my mind set seems more determined than ever and a good start is always motivational.  10.4 pound loss this week and honestly I wasnt surprised, I tried really hard, got some good exercise and really only had 2 bad diet moments, 5 or 6 drinks last Friday and too much for supper last Saturday.  I got some exercise, on the bike outside on three different occasions and held fast to the idea that its okay to be a little hungry sometimes...  10.4 pounds comes out to 2.93%, the funny thing is I didnt even win the week for the loser contest, second.  First place was 3.8%. I informed my wife of how I did and her response, "Thats great, you beat Michael and Koli this week."  That was nice and very touching as well as very motivational as well.

I've taken to tracking my calories VERY well and averaged 1850 calories per day intake in the last week, my water intake was better than it has been and soda has basically been elimated from my diet, maybe two cans in the last week...  We'll see...

I have to say I will not be hapy this next week unless I "PROVE" this week wasnt a fluke.  My goal is another 10 pounds, seems insane but when you are as big as I am its VERY doable.  I know that cant be my goal all the time and have enought sense to realize and understand how this works BUT it gives me something to shoot for this week and something that will not come easy...

I've taken up a new motto when it comes to diet and exercise....  "STIFF UPPER LIP" - Keep that stiff upper lip, even when it seems imposible, even when you don't feel like sticking to the plan, even when there are distractions and excuses...  Keep it and keep with it, I deserve it...

Enough rambling for now...

Keep the Faith and Fight the FAT...

"SUL" - B

The Finale - Finishing Very Poorly

Not dwelling on it but I gained 8 pounds durning the last week of our contest - My body was screwed up and two days after the last weigh in those 8 pounds had dissappeared, I dunno, I wasnt happy and actually I was pretty pissed off, we'll leave it at that ...

NOW - the next contest starts tomorrow - I will make this VERY hard for anyone else to win this but me...

Stay Tuned...

FTF and Keep the Faith

BL - Week 11

Well as frustrating as it can be at times I've made some progress.  Another 2.8 pounds loss this week gives me 9.6 in the last two weeks, I'll take it...  That puts me at almost 25 for our contest and I'll take that too, I guess the main thing is to keep working at it.  ONLY two workouts this last week...  I need to be patient but I'd like to make it under 340 by the next weigh in...  That would be 27 plus for the contest...  Decent, not quite what I wanted but again I'll take it...

FTF and KTF - Bc

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BL - Week 10

OKAY, so I've proven to myself that I can do it and all it takes is to STOP being lazy and let NO excuses stand in your way.  I know it, and have always known it and have been there done that got the T-shirt BUT making it stick is the key....

SO - 6.8 pound loss this last week puts me over 20 for the contest and with 2 weeks left and the new goal is 30 lbs but I'd take 32 or 33 - Yahoo, we're on a roll...  If 4 Trips to the gym with 4 sessions or hard cardio and 2 sessions of weight lifting and a good balanced diet will get you 6.8 pounds then thats jus the goal I'll have to keep doing each and every week...  PLUS, getting my BUTT ready for outside biking is an added benefit, it is just around the corner....  Taco Ride anyone....

Keep the Faith and Fight the FAT - BC

Psycotherapy Anyone (Weeks 7,8 and 9)

OKAY, OKAY - Its harder to blog when you have been unsuccessful, generally when someone is quiet they have not met their own expectations and this is the case right now...  Up until and including week 6 I had not posted a gain, well, the last three weeks were ALL gains, this is not going as I expected or anticipated.  NOW, with that being said I only gained 2 pounds over those three weeks.  My total lost to date is only 13.6 pounds or 3.75% of my body weight, the leaders are at or over 10% so I wont be winning this contest BUT that wont stop me from putting up a good fight over the next three weeks and beyond.

The POSITIVES:  This last monday I came in and weighed in and was UP       8.4 pounds since last weeks weigh in, I ended up only gaining .4 pounds for the week...  So, thats a positive...

I don't know what gets into me sometimes, when I go off the plan I REALLY go off the plan, it was ALL weekend long, too many drinks, too much TACO BELL drive through and too much BURGER KING, it was ugly, like a spoiled child ugly... 

Now, before you said "its okay, you've done pretty good, two pounds isn't that bad" I have to say its not really the 2 pounds that is getting me its my total disreguard for my health and my physical being that I have from time to time that REALLY bothers me... 

Maybe secretly I LIKE being big, maybe my subconscience is out to sabatoge me, maybe I like standing out in a crowd I dunno but there is probably more to this than meets the eye.  Maybe I need PSYCO therapy or ELECTRIC shock treatment, or maybe I just need to grow up and get my head out of my ass...

Hope your journey is all you want it to be...

KEEP THE FAITH and FIGHT THE FAT - BC

BL - Week 6

Sorry I havent made it back since Wednesday - I made a 1.2 pound loss last week but only ended up paying out to TWO people in the contest...  It WAS NOT a banner week for our group as between the 17 of us we only lost 2.6 pounds - My idea of motivating the group didnt work well at all.  SO its off to motivate myself...  We'll see how this week goes, only two days until weigh in and I havent posted a GAIN yet.... 

Hey 1.5 pounds a week is 78 lbs in a YEAR - I'd take it BUT I'd really like to make a push at winning this contest, got my work cut out for me...  Oh yea, and my 1.2 pound loss included 4 trips to the gym in which I left TOTALLY spent each time....  Maybe there is something in the air or maybe its just the week 6 curse, really everyone had trouble...

Wish me luck, I may really need it this week....

Biggest Loser - Week 5

1.6 pounds down for this week...  I have to remember that its a WIN but at this rate I wont be winning any contests so I need to step it up a bit... 

After all were weighted in this week I put out a challenge to the group.  $5 wager on better percentage this next week and almost everyone hopped all over that SO I have my work cut out for me this week so no time to write here anymore have to get back to the gym...  :-)

Biggest Loser - Week 4

I did manage a 1.8 lb loss this past week which was okay considering the weekend I had on our boys fishing trip.  LOTS of drinks and LOTS of food, with that being said it has definately been worse in the past.  Thats 4 weeks in a row with a loss and a total of 13 lbs so far.  I'd really like to improve on my losses this next week and plan to incorporate more gym time.  Nutrition I can balance for the most part but GYM time is my downfall.

The only excuse I can come up with is being a bit LAZY.  I have MANY optins at my fingertips.  A.  A gym at our office that has weights and several cardio opportuities.  B.  A nice set up in my basement including a recumgant bike, an eliptical type machine and dumbells from 5 lbs to 50 lbs along with several different exercise videos and the Biggest Loser game on the WII.  And C.  A family membership to Urban Active which is about a half mile from my house....  SO, my MENTAL game is struggling a bit when it comes to the GYM..... 

ONE thing I do truely miss is all the outdoor bike riding we did last summer, I can't wait for the weather to break so I can get back to that hard and heavy...

Just GOTTA figure out the GYM/Workout thing, gotta wrap my mind around the fact that there is not other way to be truely successful in this battle until I can make that happen. I wish the switch would flip on for me and  I wish it was a habbit that was as easy to form as smoking, I'd be the king then...  ANYHOW...

Keep the Faith and keep FIGHTING THE FAT...

BC

Biggest Loser - Week 3

I squeeked out a 2 lb loss this past week and that gives me 11.2 in three weeks.  A couple of folks did REAL well this week and I dropped to 5th or 6th place. 

NOW, I am about to head out on our biannual BOYS fishing trip, or at least thats what we call it. 10 GREAT friends from the TKE House at college, we've been close for a LONG time and its always a WONDERFUL time when we make the time to get together like this.  We'll be in the middle of the sandhills of Nebraska about 4 hours west of Omaha in the wonderful town of  Taylor Nebraska (population 176)... :-)

I've got to be somewhat good and keep my wits about myself diet wise and nutrition wise.  There will be some drinking going on and a LOT of opportunity for unhealthy eating.  I will hit the grocery store on the way out of town this afternoon and pick up specific healthy stuff for me so if my willpower is unwavering everything will be okay, If NOT, I need your prayers....  :-)  Wish me luck...

Keep the Faith and FIGHT the FAT...

BC

Biggest Loser - Week Two

Well, it was a decent week with a 3.4 lb loss, my nutrition was real good for 5.5 days out of the seven and the other 1.5 days it wasnt horrible, I'll take it.  I did not make the gym this past week or I would have had a couple more pounds loss this week.  I finished 6th in our group and a couple of folks did gain and had to pay into the pot.  Between finishing 6th this week and 7th last week I have found myself tied for secont with a 9.2 lb loss over the course of the first two weeks.  2.5% is where that ends up being.

One of the thing that REALLY helps me with my nutrition is to track EVERYTHING that goes into my body and limit myself to a specific average number of calories over the course of the week.  On days that I do work out I do allow a few more calories because afterall you have to feed that engine.  2100 calories a day is my current goal for each week right now, I'll adjust as I lose more weight but that seems to be the right number to allow weight loss for me personally.  NOW with that being said you CAN lose weight by eating 2100 calories of McDonalds or Burger King each day but for OBVIOUS reasons thats not the right path.  Good healthy food in SURE makes a difference in my energy level and motivation.  We'll keep after it...

My plan this week is to remain consistent with my nutrition and make myself get some exercise in at least 3 different times before our next weigh in.  Looking for 6 pounds, wish me luck...

Keep the Faith and continue to Fight the FAT...

BC

Biggest Loser - Week One

Unfortunately I wasn't the biggest loser for week one of our contest BUT that doesn't mean I didn't have a pretty good week.  5.8 pound loss last week (which tied for second most pounds lost in our contest) or 1.58% body weight, not a HUGE number but I will take it all things considered.  I only worked out twice last week as I was sick a couple of days, my nutrition was pretty good but could have been better.  All in all a pretty decent start and finally headed back in the right direction.  Busting it HARD this week and want to pull double digits, we'll see where that gets me. 

We have 18 solid people in the contest and nobody had to pay in this week so that really is a good deal.  Combined our group lost 49.6 pounds last week taking us from 4001 combined pounds to start to 3951.4 pounds as a whole.  Our overall percentage lost was 1.26%.

Like I say, I am not as concerned about winning as I am concerned about getting the weight off and this kind of competition is just what my personality needs to help make it happen....

Starting Weight 367.6
Current Weight 361.8

Keep the Faith and continue to FIGHT THE FAT...

BC

HAHAHAHA - Temptation

Thought you all would get a kick out of this...  Mental WARFARE has begun on our biggest loser contest at work...  Truth is - this note is probably correct, their profits have had to gone down the last couple of days...

FTF - BC

Its ON like DONKEY KONG

The fight has begun again and motivation is high...

We put together a 12 week biggest loser competition at the office and 19 people signed up to take part.  Thats 19 people who want to work toward bettering their health and becoming more fit...  TOTALLY AWESOME...  Everyone puts $10 in the pot and each week at weigh in you owe a pound for EACH and EVERY pound you may have gained.  March 31st is the final weigh in for round one.  I plan to kick some serious butt...  Actually in all reality even if this contest wasnt going on I would still be planning to kick some serious butt with myself.   My biggest thrill in all of this is that there are 19 people committed to working out and eating right, I'd actually LOVE to finish last cause that will mean ALL 19 of these co-workers did a GREAT job...

367.6 was my weight at the weigh in, not proud to have gained back all that weight but very excited about getting back on track.  Sometime during this year I need to figure out how to get the mentality, and ability to keep the weight off.  Working out and eating right needs to become a habbit and I am not there yet but will continue to try...  I hope to get there soon...

Thats it for now...

Keep the Faith and continue to Fight the FAT...

BC

PS:  Here is a link to our blog for this contest...  Biggest Loser

PPS:  I did make the gym yesterday for the first time in several months, two sets of weigh lifting across the big 6 muscles and 15 minutes of cardio on the bike...  Its a start...

I have been REMISS...

I have been remiss in my blogging as of late and in my healthy lifestyle.  We'll thats about to change.  We're starting a Biggest Loser contest at the office on Wednesday and I plan to blog each Wednesday moving forward in conjunction with that.  Its not really about even trying to win the competition, its more about focus and getting back on track....  Really tired of the ups and downs and ups and downs and ups and downs so trying to make this a lifestyle change, losing the weight isnt the hardest thing in the world its keeping it off and not falling back into bad habbits. 

We'll officially weigh in Wednesday but at 361 this morning (in the buff) means I've neither lost or gained any weight in the year 2009, now that can be either a positive or a negative considering I did get some pounds off early in the year and was even in pretty good shape until the later part of the summer, they once again I got lazy.... 

Anyhow, its time to get this party started again and get back to the grindstone...

Keep the Faith and Fight the Fat...

BC