Week 15

Things are progressing nicely for this ol' gal!

April 1:   236.8

April 8:  234.6

April 16:  232.6

January 1:  247.6

April 16:     232.6

Exercise for this week:  4 hours 25 min.

Still no french fries, or soda.  I did have 1/2 of a small cookie bar.  So far for April no candy, ice cream, pie, etc.

Pounds lost in 2009:  15

15 pounds in 15 weeks!!

Weight in 2008:  265

Weight today:  232.6

Difference:  32.4 pounds

I can climb a flight of steps.

I can bend over and tie my shoes.

I can wear smaller size clothes.

I am eating a more healthy lifestyle.

Week 14

Last week I combined the April 1 posting together with week 13 even though it was one day off. On April 1 I weighed 236.8 but after my birthday dinner out (no sweets) I soared the next day to 239.8 but was back down on Friday. It could have been just one of those weird things that happen to people who weigh daily. Yes, I weigh daily but I report it on CalorieKing weekly and you have to look at the bigger picture.

January 1: 247.6

April 1: 236.8

April 9: 234.6

April 9, 2008: 264.6 Today I weigh 30 pounds less. I am 36.4 pounds lighter than my highest weight.

On CalorieKing I checked my stats for the 6 months I've been with them.

Oct. 3, 2008 April 6, 2009

Waist 44 39.5

Hips 49.5 46

Chest 40.5 37.25 (I measure under the boobs)

Thigh 27 24

BMI 40.9 36.6 Still considered obese, but getting closer to being "overweight."

Looking back over this period of time I can see I am making significant headway.

Still no french fries or soda. This month I am eating no sweets. On May 1 I will eat one Hersheys Dark Chocolate Nugget. Worth waiting for? You betcha.

This week I did almost 4 hours of exercise (short by about 3 min.).

Progress

January 1 Feb. 1 March 1

April 1 check in--also Week 13

On March 1 I weighed 239.8.  On April 1 I weighed 236.8--a loss of 3 pounds.  

The weight is coming off much slower than I would like even though  I am exercising regularly and keeping tight watch on my calories. I think one thing against me is my age.  Today I am 61.

I'm doing around 4 hours of exercise per week.  I have continued with not eating french fries or drinking soda.  I keep hoping that I'll have another 8 lb. month but even with the slower loss I'm on schedule to be 199 by the end of this year.

Since Oct. 3 I have lost 25 pounds.  A year ago I weighed 265.    Thankfully the scale is going down.  I don't feel deprived.  I feel good.

My goal for April is: 1.  no soda; 2.  no french fries; 3.  exercise at least 5 days per week; 4. no dessert for the month (except maybe something tonight for my birthday dinner).

Week 12

What a month! It has been kind of a plateau month for me although I have managed to lose a little bit of weight.

3/19: 238.2
3/26: 237.8

I'll tell you I have worked VERY hard to lose that .4 of a pound. I've exercised almost 5.5 hours.

I've had many on-line discussions with my CalorieKing friends and plateaus are just part of the weight-loss process. If I give up I'll go back to where I was. So therefore, I cannot give up.

Still no french fries although I did have tater tots one time. Does that count as fries? Technically they are different but probably about the same calorie wise.

No soda of any kind this month still.

March 1: 239.8
March 26: 237.8

I don't have recorded what I weighed a year ago today but I probably weigh 29 or 30 pounds less.

Week 11

March 12: 237
March 19: 238.2

So I gained 1.2 and I honestly don't know why. Sometimes it just happens. This week I stayed within my calorie limit and I did a total of 4 hours of exercise.

Still no french fries or soda.

One year ago today I weighed 267. Today I weigh 28.8 pounds less.

Week 10

As we approach the mid-point of March I am happy to say that I have lost 2.8 pounds for the month. What????? You were thinking I'd be losing 8 pounds per week. Come on! This isn't The Biggest Loser where you work out 6 or more hours per day.

This morning I weighed 237--down 2 pounds from last week's weigh in. I exercised 4 hours and 5 minutes. I have had no French Fries or Soda of any kind. I have also cut out butter. That was not the easiest thing to do but the solid fat does my arteries no good. I did have some margarine on my pancakes yesterday morning.

I have lost 10.6 pounds since I started this blog.

This morning I pulled out of the closet my "Too Fat To Fit" box of clothes. Yeah...still can't fit into them but getting closer. I have size 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s in the box. I find that I can wear size 18 pants if they are elastic waist, but I'm not ready for the button up size 18s.

I am so thankful for having joined CalorieKing.com. Logging the food I eat and keeping track of my calories eaten and exercise done, and being involved in challenges on the site has been an invaluable help.