July 2007

Weigh-In Week 6

by Tony July 20, 2007

Me a year ago                                    Me this morning 257.2 That’s what the scale said this morning. A loss of 1.2 for the week. I was tempted to be disappointed in this loss. I have been very fortunate to have some good size losses in the past 5 weeks. But I quickly realized that was a pretty [...]

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11 Great Ways to get Motivated

by John T July 19, 2007

Courtesy of Discovery: Health You know you’ve got to get moving. You resolve to park the car a few blocks from work, take the stairs, and hit the gym after work. But a few weeks pass and before you know it, parking spots start opening up right in front of the building, the elevator is [...]

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Week 29 Weigh-in

by John T July 19, 2007

Anton, a drum roll if you please… Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs. Starting BMI: 51.7 Weight Today (July 19, 2007): 340.6 lbs. Current BMI: 44.9 Weight Change This Week: -0.6 Total Loss: -51.4 lbs. NEXT Goal: Lose 25 lbs. by Labor Day (10.6 lbs to go!) Cross-Published on I Reject Your Reality

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Workout Tip Of The Day

by Tony July 18, 2007

Don’t go running in 90 degree heat while wearing flannel snowman boxer shorts! Guess who needs to do laundry. Tony 7/18: 258.4 lbs. Goal: 220 lbs. 38.4 lbs. to go

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Mmmm Beer!

by John T July 16, 2007

Rick and I have posted here that we like a good beer. And since we live within 500 miles of some of the BEST beer in the country, it’s easy to become somewhat of a beer aficionado. Last week at the GP, they were out of my favorite Fat Tire Ale out of Colorado, so [...]

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New poll

by Rick July 16, 2007

Here’s the next FatBloggers poll:  How long has it been since you’ve had fast food?  I’ve been on Weight Watchers since March, and those places definitely eat up points in a hurry, so I’ve tried to avoid fast food the last four and a half months or so.  There was a time, though, where the drive-thru was [...]

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Weigh-In Week 5

by Tony July 13, 2007

258.4! That’s what the scale said this morning. Congrats to John on his big milestone this week. I passed a couple of little milestones myself with this weigh-in. I am under 260 for the first time in a long time. Multiples of ten always feel more significant than other numbers. I am also 30 lbs. [...]

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Week 28… Another Milestone!

by John T July 12, 2007

Anton, a drum roll if you please… Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006) – 392 lbs. Starting BMI – 51.7 Weight Today (July 12, 2007) – 341.2 lbs. Current BMI – 45.0 Weight Change This Week -4.6 Total Loss -50.8 lbs. NEXT Goal – 330 lbs. by Labor Day (11.2 lbs to go!) AND… Putting this [...]

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Ex-Mrs. Van Halen to author book on weight loss

by Rick July 11, 2007

Valerie Bertinelli, former sitcom star and ex-wife to guitar ubergod Eddie Van Halen, will be authoring a book that chronicles her recent weight loss.  Bertinelli, 47, has been pimping Jenny Craig for the past several weeks, and reports a loss so far of 23 pounds.  In addition to her weight battles, People Magazine reports that [...]

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