7 Dec
The Weigh-In Week 26
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!!!
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.
This is shaping up to be a good week for the Fatbloggers. Way to go John! Congratulations on reaching 75 lbs. That is huge!
As for me I’m not done yet. 220 was an arbitrary goal I choose at random before I knew what my real goals were going to be. Over the last 26 weeks I have developed a much better understanding of what I need those goals to be.
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 try and 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.
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.
Thank you again for all of the support and encouragement. The help we give each other here is a huge part of keeping me on track.
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!
Posted by Rick on 07.12.07 at 9:02 am
Way to go Tony! And it looks like you have some realistic goals for the future also. If you’re interested, I think I’ve blogged on here about a program called couch-to-5k, which basically gets you up to running a 5k in about 6 weeks. There’s even a podcast somewhere to put in your iPod to help you along the way. I wasn’t able to complete that last summer because of some joint problems (the joints in my feet, not the herbal kind…), but I liked it while I was able to do it. I ended up working out on my bike, something I need to pick up again as soon as the weather is nice.
Again, congratulations. This has been a great week for the Fatbloggers!
Posted by Summer on 07.12.07 at 9:02 am
Way to go, Tony! Such an inspiration…
Posted by Jennifer on 07.12.07 at 9:02 am
Congratulations!
Posted by John T on 07.12.07 at 9:02 am
congratulations Tony!
I love the determination you have shown this year and how you don’t let setbacks ruin your day/life. You are an inspiration. The new goals sound great. As I tell people in my ‘goal setting’ group, a goal isn’t worth achieving if you don’t have to put out some effort to achieve it. Go For It!
And I will join you in the winners circle this time next year.
Posted by Lady Rose on 07.12.07 at 9:02 am
congrats! That is so awsesome
And I agree, “shoot for the moon” (the worst that can happen is you fall among the stars) - go for it!
Posted by Michelle on 07.12.07 at 9:02 am
Congratulations! Looks like everybody’s making their goals, which is absolutely fantastic! I can’t wait to make mine; I have two weeks to do it…
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