Weight Loss Competition Update IV

Starting weight: 167.2 lbs.
Current weight: 162.4 lbs.
Change from last week: -1.0 lbs.
Overall weight change: -4.8 lbs.

Mara, are you going to owe me a drink? :)

Very happy with my progress so far. I haven't been this light in a few years. I can actually read the scale without having to suck it in!

One week to go!

Weight Loss Competition Update III

Starting weight: 167.2 lbs.
Current weight: 163.4 lbs.
Change from last week: 1.2 lbs.
Overall weight change: -3.8 lbs.

Much better than last week, despite not exercising as much. Emily and I have started to add a hill to our walk now, so it will be harder to walk, thereby burning more calories. My weight lifting is going well. I've started to add a little more weight to my workout. Things are going well. Only two weeks left!

Weight Loss Competition Update II

Starting weight: 167.2 lbs.
Current weight: 164.6 lbs.
Change from last week: + 0.2 lbs.
Overall weight change: -2.6 lbs.

A bit of a setback this week, but that's OK. Emily and I are starting to exercise regularly now. We walk 3 miles every other day, and the days we don't walk we are lifting weights (thanks to Phoenix for lending us some dumbbells). Emily says that, even though I may not be losing weight, I look like I'm slimming down. This won't help me win the contest, but it makes me feel better about myself. Next week should be better.

Weight Loss Competition Update I

Starting weight: 167.2 lbs.
Current weight: 164.4 lbs.
Change from last week: -2.8 lbs.

Not too bad! Especially since I haven't been exercising at all. Emily and I are going to start working out before I have to go to work every day. I've been cutting back on how much I eat at work too. The casino provides a free meal to anyone working more than five hours, and it's all-you-can-eat. Before this I would stuff myself silly so that I wouldn't come home from work and order a pizza or go to Zips, neither of which we can really afford. Now, if I'm hungry when I get back, I'll have a couple of crackers or another healthy snack. Seems to have paid off.

Mara, you scared? :)

Weight Loss Competition

So my ten year high school reunion is taking place August 14-15. We are going to take over the Beautiful Downtown Burbank Tavern (which has a sign outside that reads "Only a rooster can get a better piece of chicken around here") on the 14th, then have a potluck BBQ at the local park on the 15th. Should be fun.

Previously, I had mentioned that I wanted to get down to around 150 lbs. by the time of the reunion. Well, that's not going to happen. But I would like to lose some weight by then. My friend Mara is also going to go to the reunion, and wants to lose a bit of weight by then too. So what better way for both of us to lose some weight than to have a competition to see who can lose the most by the reunion. We still haven't decided on a prize, but it should be fun. I'll keep track of my weight loss on this blog every few days. Wish me luck!

Starting weight: 167.2 lbs.