:: LOSING IT :: BIGGEST LOSER MILLION POUND MATCH UP

 

Oh boy Dory from Nemo is my hero this week for more than one reason.  First, this week was hard.  I am not sure what the problems are regarding one good week one bad week etc.   It is like I am driven by failure and maybe placated by success.  I am just not sure.   Maybe I have some sort of self sabotage thing going on.  Who knows.  Maybe I will just need to seek counseling or something but until I come to some understanding about why it is I have a great weight loss and then turn around and go to a Chocolate Fair (yes, you read that right...CHOCOLATE FAIR) I will just have to keep swimming.   Keep chugging along.   That brings me to my other interpretation of Dory's, "Just keep swimming."   Swimming is the most amazing exercise.  It is solitary.  Not like that step class I was in last week where when my face turned the bright red of a 250 lb woman straining to lose weight with 1 hr exercise activities every day and the instructor began to look concerned and people seemed apalled by the sweat poring off my shirt.  Swimming is not strenuous on my joints or muscles and yet stretches them and strengthenthens all at the same time.  Swimming doesn't leave me sweating without any relief - after all, you can't feel it when you are soaking wet.  Swimming FEELS good.  So again, I will just have to keep swimming. 

 

This week I gained .6 lbs but all in all, I am not too devastated.  It shows that even with 3 days in a row of not accurately recording my food and not exercising at all I am not set back big time.  Long term weight loss is taking place.  Long term changes to my body will carry me through as long as I listen to them and come on back to cetner.  

 

Kirk is doing AMAZING.  I know I keep repeating myself but he really does inspire me.  While I took my little break, I was pouting BIG TIME.  Every day he just gently kept going.  He was my example.  He kept showing me what was right.  He would ask me if I was going to join him, remind me that it might help how I was feeling and he would try to make it easy for me to participate.  He is the most amazing wonderful man I know.   Thanks honey for believing in me and keeping me going!  I love you.  

 

 

MAN, do my muscles ACHE.   I am going into my 5th week and I still HURT.  Whenever I get up from sitting for any length of time, I am often heard muttering what sounds like 'Ow, ooh, errr, oh, ow, ow, eee' usually as I make my way up or down the stairs in our house (ya, stairs suck when you are trying to get your body acclimated to daily work outs).  It almost torture.  Now when I started off, I expected my muscles to ache from the new workout routines.  I only expected them, however, to hurt for about 3 weeks.  Here's the funny part though.   They only ache after I have been stationary.  Once I am at the gym working out, they feel fine.  So, what does this mean?  I ask because this is starting to seem like some sick, ironic joke.  I mean...I cant be expected to work out ALL THE TIME?!?!?! 

 

 

The flip side of all this is I have not felt this good in a long time.  I know this sounds kinda funny coming from a guy complaining about his aches and pains, (not to mention coming from a guy that really hasn't lost all that much weight).  But really, There are alot of aches and pains that I no longer have to deal with since I have started working out.  And I feel healthier (thats a big one for me folks)!  I really have felt unhealthy for a very long time.  But now, I am can see the light at the end of the tunnel (its a way off, but it's there).  So is it a fair trade?  I say yes.  Eventually, my body will adapt to this workout routine (fingers, toes, and eyes crossed).  And further more, my outlook will continue to be healthier.  So, from this standpoint, it really is a down hill ride.

 

I hope you all are trading in your old aches and pains for new aches and pains

 

 

OK - There are the pics of meeting Bill and Hollie at the mall.   It was fun.  I REALLY can't believe she was once as big as me!  Cute photos though even if I cringe at every single one with me in it!

 

AHHHHH the Good News...Today we went dow to meet Hollie and Bill from last season Biggest Loser.  We had a lot of fun and it was nice to meet real people who worked really hard.  We will post pictures as soon as we have them. The Million Pound Match Up people had all sorts of people present with quite a bit of helpful advice on sustainable weight loss.  Bill and Hollie look amazing in person.  Now, I wouldn't be me if I didn't state my sarcastic observances however.  So, let me tell you about where we met these incredible competitors and people.   The line to meet the contestants was in the food court of our local mall.  As if the smell of frying potatoes and grilling paties wasn't enough to get to even the hardiest competitor, Hagen Das (yep that is right, the ice cream store) stationed up a little cart giving away free samples at the beginning of the line to meet Bill and Hollie.  I didn't ask but I can tell you I don't think those samples were fat free and low calorie.  The bastards!

 

More good news.  Kirk lost 2 lbs this week.  Isn't that amazing?  Anyone reading this blog will note that it wasn't but a few days ago I posted about Kirk needing to get off his ASS (yep I said it again).  I let him know he needed to be like me and get back on that horse and get riding.  He lost 2 lbs.  Anyone keeping score on our progress bar to the right?  See how much I lost?  Lost?  Nope - GAINED!  That is right a big ol sloppy egg in my face.  Kirk lost 2 lbs and I gained 2 lbs.  LOL on me!  Actually, I am OK  I kept working hard and I know that some weeks you lose and some you gain (like that play on words?).  And, I am proud of Kirk.  He is doing amazing. 

 

So, this week we keep going.  My personal goals include not eating over 2,000 calories each day all week, working out 6 times for 1 hour each time, swimming at least once, jazzercise at least once and keeping my food journal every day.  I love what we are doing and am glad that we are still at it going into week 4.

 

Last week was a bit rocky (to say the least).  There were lots of distractions and excuses.  Suffice it to say that I did not stick to my prescribed 6days/60min weekly work out routine and my diet choices were not exactly responsible (it is hard for me to turn down pizza).  Dispite all of the neglegence, I still managed to loose 2 pounds.  The important thing though is that I am back on track and still committed to seeing this work.

 

This weekend I plan to start keeping a food journal in order to track my calories, fat and protien.  Event though I have started making much better choices in what I eat (last week withstanding), it will help me stay in tune with my efforts by partitioning fact from fiction.  I also plan to start keeping a work-out journal to help me keep track of my work-out results.  I'll let you know how it turns out

 

 

Finally, I want to make a shout-out to my wife... Thank you for helping me get remotivated and focused back on our efforts.  If it wasn't for you, I could have easly seen myself blowing off this whole week with all the things that happened.  BTW - are you sure you're allowed to use the word ASS in these things ?  ...potty mouth.