It is with much excitement, pleasure and happiness I can report to you today that I am down 30 lbs as of today, December 21st, 2010. I started my journey back on May 21st, 2010.
The last time I weighed this little (on record) was March of 2005, and it shows. Before moving to phoenix I had put a bunch of clothing that I really liked, but no longer fit me into a bag and stored it. It all now fits again and my wardrobe has doubled in size!
I only have 30 more lbs to go to get to my goal weight and it feels pretty good getting this far. I remember looking forward to being down 30lbs and thinking, that would be cool, but its a long way away. Well - here we are!
At the end of the day, I don't care who wins the weigh in on Thursday (even though I will ;) ), I am just glad I have gotten this far!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Pato Beware
Dear my dearest father Patrick,
You are going down. Yes, I do realize you are ahead of me. Yes I do realize you could win this. BUT, you aren't going to. My evil plan? Catch up and push the deadline to march.
I have number I am down. Its not where I want to be come Christmas, but it's a number and I bet it will be bigger than yours come Tuesday, December 23rd.
Just want you to know that.
Cheers - enjoy a beer or 3 at the eagles game. Maybe go have some fudge mom made too.
Your soon to be weight loss champion son,
John
Sweat it out, peeps.
You are going down. Yes, I do realize you are ahead of me. Yes I do realize you could win this. BUT, you aren't going to. My evil plan? Catch up and push the deadline to march.
I have number I am down. Its not where I want to be come Christmas, but it's a number and I bet it will be bigger than yours come Tuesday, December 23rd.
Just want you to know that.
Cheers - enjoy a beer or 3 at the eagles game. Maybe go have some fudge mom made too.
Your soon to be weight loss champion son,
John
Sweat it out, peeps.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Back in the Saddle?
Again - long time no write. My apologies.
It's been quite a while since I last wrote. Pretty exciting things are happening here in Phoenix right now. I am doing things I would have never imagined I could do. We have a fantastic crew here and I enjoy working with them every game.
It has been a pretty difficult transition, though. I really got settled in Rapid City. Making the move, not knowing anyone and being disconnected has really been a struggle. With the stress of moving, came... DUN DUN DUNNN... weight gain.
I gained 5 lbs back and decided a few weeks ago that I wasn't done losing weight. I have had a terrible time (even with a pending weight loss competition between myself and my dad about to come to a close) trying to lose weight. I cant seem to get settled into a routine down here with the gym. I have no motivation or care to go to the gym right now. I hired a personal trainer, started getting some success with him, lost some weight and now? he now just left for a different position. here I am lost without a support system again. My gym that promised "a free personal training session a month and nutrition support!" just got bought out by LA Fitness - thus losing all of the fantastic benefits I had (not to mention the SOMEWHAT affordable personal training).
I read the letter I wrote to myself when I was 257 back on June 9th. Its amazing to believe that I am almost 20 lbs down since then, but I still have a very long way to go and with a tough hockey season schedule, my motivation is absent.
I know there are a lot of excuses... I am just hoping at some point I can buckle down and really commit to losing the rest of this excess weight. It just seems so unattainable right now.
Off to the gym to try and feign a workout tonight.
Sweat it out my peeps.
It's been quite a while since I last wrote. Pretty exciting things are happening here in Phoenix right now. I am doing things I would have never imagined I could do. We have a fantastic crew here and I enjoy working with them every game.
It has been a pretty difficult transition, though. I really got settled in Rapid City. Making the move, not knowing anyone and being disconnected has really been a struggle. With the stress of moving, came... DUN DUN DUNNN... weight gain.
I gained 5 lbs back and decided a few weeks ago that I wasn't done losing weight. I have had a terrible time (even with a pending weight loss competition between myself and my dad about to come to a close) trying to lose weight. I cant seem to get settled into a routine down here with the gym. I have no motivation or care to go to the gym right now. I hired a personal trainer, started getting some success with him, lost some weight and now? he now just left for a different position. here I am lost without a support system again. My gym that promised "a free personal training session a month and nutrition support!" just got bought out by LA Fitness - thus losing all of the fantastic benefits I had (not to mention the SOMEWHAT affordable personal training).
I read the letter I wrote to myself when I was 257 back on June 9th. Its amazing to believe that I am almost 20 lbs down since then, but I still have a very long way to go and with a tough hockey season schedule, my motivation is absent.
I know there are a lot of excuses... I am just hoping at some point I can buckle down and really commit to losing the rest of this excess weight. It just seems so unattainable right now.
Off to the gym to try and feign a workout tonight.
Sweat it out my peeps.
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