dunc3862’s BodyBlog

Dad is still hovering just over his goal weight, so he is down 1.6 lbs. this week.  Needs to get off the other 5 he has put on over the last few weeks of traveling.  I was down 5 lbs. this past week for a new loss of 61 lbs.  Just 3.8 from getting back to where I was!  Matthew was down .6 for a new total loss of 90.2 lbs.!!!  Getting close to the 100 lbs. mark, and he is just 20.6 lbs. from his overall goal! Mark didn’t weigh.  Scott was down 2.4 lbs. for a new loss of 48 lbs.

I weighed a day early due to this past Friday being my anniversary and Kelly and I went to Charleston for the weekend.  16 years…starting to get some nice sounding years to my marriage.  Shooting for a minimum of 65 years! I didn’t want to interrupt my morning yesterday by having to go weigh in while in Charleston.  The meeting is not until 10:00 AM down there, and that would have killed coffee and talking, which is one of our fav things to do on date weekends! I ate pretty good.  Enjoyed Thai food Friday night, and finally made it to my Dad’s favorite steak house, The Oak House, on Saturday night.  And yes…I passed on the 36 oz bone-in ribeye and instead had the 7 oz filet! I saved a lot of WW points for the meal to cover the bread and creamed spinach.  I ate perfect today, and I am going to have another big week this week! It is nice to have focus again.

Just 7 weeks until our trip to Cancun, so I have a nice interim point to focus on while heading to the final weigh-in of December 15th.

Have a great week!

Dad is up to 207.2 over the last few weeks which is 7.2 over his goal, so he will need to tighten back up.  It is going to be just as hard for us all to learn to eat with a moderate lifestyle and not gain the weight back as it is for us to loose the weight…I was up 1.2 for the week. Matthew was down .6 lbs.; and Mark got back in the game with a 4.6 lbs. loss!  

Needless to say I cannot at this point afford any off weeks like I just had.  The travel schedule and hanging out with old friends all week while my family traveled with me got my eating relaxed, and ZERO workouts for the week.  Actually, 1.2 lbs. gain isn’t too bad considering the week I had.  I must come back hard this week.  The key of course is to protect the weekend eating…If I can get thru to Monday morning without getting off base I can have a great week.

I was down 3.2 lbs. this week for a new total of 57.2 lbs.; Matthew was down another 3 lbs. for a new total gone of 89 lbs.!  He is just 22 lbs. from his goal weight…Mark was a no-show. And Scott was up 2.2 lbs. for a new total of 43.4 lbs. loss.  Dad of course is on maintenance, and actually is in Washington DC this weekend with 5 of the older grandkids doing the tour D.C. thing.  Hope they don’t eat as many M&M’s in the car as we did growing up or he’ll have some loosing to do when he gets back tomorrow!

Starting the comments section of the blog, I want to say I am very proud of my little brother Matthew!  He has the momentum going in the right direction. He is obviously eating right and certainly has stepped up his running and swimming.  He is also working on adding some weight training into his regiment.  We are even discussing the possibility of introducing him to kettlebells.  I had a very good week considering I traveled for 2 days with some customer meals that I remained clean with, and vacationed for 2 days in the mountains.  The travel causes boredom and stress, and the vacationing causes great relaxation…Both of these situations can cause me some trouble when it comes to staying on course with my eating.  I have missed some workouts over the last week, but this only proved out the truth that my eating is the key!  I will be traveling this week 4 days on business, but my family is going with me to see some friends in TN while I work.  Should be able to get in 2-3 days of exersize out of the 4 days.  I may try and get in a KB session with Dave Whitely (irontamer.com) while in Nashville.  But it is a little tough to carve out time in the evening or morning when my family is with me.

I am glad to see my focus has returned, and my will power is on point thus causing me to be disciplined in my eating.  I still need one of those Biggest Looser 6 lbs. plus weeks to get stay on track.  I have basically 18.5 weeks to loose 58 more lbs.  That is a 3.1351 lbs loss per week going forward!!!

Dad is still hovering around his goal weight.  He is up a little, but that is after a trip to Europe and a golf tourney last weekend, so no worries there.  I was down 1 lbs. this week, for a new total loss of 54. Matthew came in strong throwing up a 3.8 lbs. loss for a new total loss of 86 lbs.; Mark stopped the bleeding and came in even for a 31.6 total loss, and our buddy Scott lost 1.5 for a new total loss of 46.3.  

Personally, I am VERY let down with only loosing a pound this week.  I have stuck the eating for the last 7 days, and I am not sure why I was not down more.  Heck, I was down the pound 4 days ago, and actually ate less WW points the last few days than I am allowed.  I didn’t drink much water yesterday due to being so busy at work, but that shouldn’t have mattered.  Oh well, I must stay on point this weekend and fight thru the frustration.  It should come back to me with a big week this week. I have one overnight trip scheduled, but other than that I am in town.  I also have a new interim goal date of Oct. 17th (my wife’s birthday).  We are headed to Cancun with 30 other couples, and I want to be in as good a shape as possible.  I HAVE to be at the 243 mark to be on track to make 220 by December anyway. So that is exciting and a great motivator for both Kelly and I.

I hurt my foot playing raquetball yesterday and could barely walk the rest of the day.  I have been icing it, and taking Ibuprofen.  I did workout this morning, and just finished 18 holes of golf with my son with no problems.  I sure can’t afford to injure myself right now.  My focus is on, and I feel the momentum with me.  Hope everyone reading this has a great rest of the weekend.