218.4!!!! That is what it said on the scale this morning!!! A loss of 5lbs.
This one is no flu fluke! I hereby declare Goal #1 Accomplished.
It feels like this has been a long time coming ,but really a year to lose 70 lbs. is not that long. And honestly, the last 62 of it only took me 26 weeks! I'm not bragging...in fact, I still can't figure out why I didn't do this ten years ago. I guess it's all about the proper motivation.
And I'm not done yet. 220 was an arbitrary goal. I choose it at random before I knew what my real goals were going to be. Over the last 26 weeks I have a much better understanding of those goals.
NEW GOAL #1:
214 by January 1st. A loss of 4.4 lbs. This is a pretty ambitious goal considering the holiday feasting and if I don't make it I'm not going to beat myself up. To make the goal I will have to lose 1.2 lbs a week.
At 214 my BMI will be 29.8 which would move me out of the Obese classification and into Moderately Overweight. It would be nice to start the new year Overweight.
NEW GOAL #2:
199 by May 29th 2008...my 34th birthday. I'm not sure if I will ever make it under 200lbs, but why not shoot for the moon huh? To achieve this goal I will have to lose .78 lbs. A week.
At this point I'm not really doing anything extra to lose weight. I am simply trying to live healthier. Hopefully the way I am eating and exercising now is the same way I will be living years from now. I may cut back on the workouts eventually as life gets more hectic with the girls, but I hope to still keep working out 3 to 4 days a week.
For now I am just letting my body do it's thing and find its own equilibrium. If that happens to be 210 instead of 190 I am just fine with that.
Which brings us to...
GOAL FOR LIFE:
Stay Healthy, Look Healthy!
I'd like to tone my body and put on more muscle and I will be able to run a 5k before this is through....but my biggest goal of all is to be healthy, at whatever weight I net out.
Only seven votes this week so no big winner. The closest was my Cousin Ali, who has been a huge supporter from the very beginning. Her guess of 3.4 may have seemed crazy high to the rest of you, but I say it was crazy like a fox! Way to goal Ali.
And thank you again for all of the support and encouragement you have all given me. If I've said it once I've said it... I couldn't do this without you all.
Have a fantastic weekend everybody!
Tony
12/7: 218.4lbs
Goal: 220 lbs. ACCOMPLISHED
NEW GOAL: 214
4.4 lbs. to go
P.S. That first picture is me doing the "Rocky" move...not me trying to show off my muscles!
6 comments:
Congratulations on making goal #1! It's a great feeling, isn't it?
Keep plugging away, Tony!
Great Job Tony. I did comment on the muscles though.
I can't believe I forgot to vote on the week that you made your first goal. I'm so proud of you!!!
Love Mom
I am so proud of you, sweetie. You look fantastic.
Congratulations Tony!! You should be so proud of yourself, what a wonderful accomplishment!
Congratulations!
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