Open the Champagne

POP OPEN THE CHAMPAGNE !!! (The low carb, no sugar added, no fat, non-alcoholic champagne that is). Drum roll please............. I'M OFFICIALLY THE LOWEST WEIGHT I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY ADULT LIFE. I stepped on the scale this morning and I couldn't believe what it said. I got off, and back on, off, on, off, on at least 6 times. I rubbed my eyes, looked again and then jumped off and did my happy dance!!

I'M OFFICIALLY THE LOWEST WEIGHT I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY ADULT LIFE. I felt I needed to see that in print again. I have reached my mini goal. Now, it's on to my ultimate goal of 197 pounds (100 pounds lost).

Anyway, Here's the numbers, I've condensed the list to list results for every 5 weeks up to week 20...

Week.....Date.......Weight.....Lost.....Waist....Lost
Start.2/28/2007.......297.....n/a.......57......n/a
5.......4/04/2007.......271.....26........52........5
10.....5/09/2007.......254.....43........47........9
15.....6/13/2007.......240.....57........44.......13
20.....7/18/2007.......229.....68........41.......16
21.....7/25/2007.......229.....68........41.......16
22.....8/01/2007.......231.....66........41.......16
23.....8/08/2007.......222.....75........39.......18
24.....8/15/2007.......221.....76........38.5....18.5
25.....8/22/2007.......218.....79........38.......19
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In 25 weeks, I have lost 79 pounds and 19 inches around my waist. Simply amazing.

Yeah BABY!!!

Take Care, Eat Well,

Rich

The BIGGEST LOSER

I just saw a commercial for the new season of THE BIGGEST LOSER on NBC. It will start again in 2 weeks on September 4th. If this show doesn't motivate you to get up and move and lose some weight, NOTHING WILL. I love this show! Let's all watch and we can talk about it here.

Rich

Busy Day at Work

Sheesh, busy busy busy day at work today. Because of the left overs of Tropical Storm Erin in Oklahoma, a huge amount of airplanes were rerouted through the southern part of United States. And boy oh boy did the planes come, fast and furious. But since you didn't see me interviewed on CNN, I guess I and all my co-workers did a heck of a job. Hope you enjoyed your Sunday!

Rich

Another One Gone!

Another pound lost this week!! Down to 221. Total of 76 pounds poof! Yay! Another 1/2 inch gone from the spare tire! YAY!!

Ok, it's been really hot in Albuquerque so I've been wearing shorts on my days off and I can't wear jeans to work (silly, stupid, crazy rule), so it's been a while since I slipped on my 38w Jeans. Well, last night, I put them on and OMG, THEY WERE TOO BIG!! I actually took them off to check the tag, YEP they WERE the 38W's. I then tried my 36W jeans, and OMG, THEY FIT!! ALMOST A LITTLE LOOSE!!! I really couldn't believe it. It was truly a moment for me. I have 2 more pounds to go until my mini goal of 219 (my lowest I've ever weighed in my adult life). THAT WILL BE ANOTHER 'MOMENT'. I have a big plastic storage container in my closest (my 2nd big plastic storage container) where I put my FAT clothes that are now too big for me. My 38w jeans are the newest addition to my big plastic storage container. My 2nd container is almost full and my closest is bare. Such a sense of accomplishment.



Anyway, Here's the numbers, I've condensed the list to list results for every 5 weeks up to week 20...

Week.....Date.......Weight.....Lost.....Waist....Lost

Start.2/28/2007.......297.....n/a.......57......n/a
5.......4/04/2007.......271.....26........52........5
10.....5/09/2007.......254.....43........47........9
15.....6/13/2007.......240.....57........44.......13
20.....7/18/2007.......229.....68........41.......16
21.....7/25/2007.......229.....68........41.......16
22.....8/01/2007.......231.....66........41.......16
23.....8/08/2007.......222.....75........39.......18
24.....8/15/2007.......221.....76........38.5....18.5

Fat March

Last night on ABC, FAT MARCH. LOVED IT!! Sooo inspiring! Made me want to go walking!

Catch it!

Rich.

PS. I have to work Overtime tomorrow, so my numbers won't get posted for my weekly update until the evening. Sorry.

Rich

OH OH OH, I almost forgot. I was directed to this You Tube Video by someone who saw my video on You Tube. Check it out, It's REALLY good!.

School Days

Can you believe it? In Albuquerque, I registered my son for school today, my daughter 2 days ago. School starts on Tuesday!!! (I'll try to contain my excitement). Seems like every year, they're pushing back the start date and extending the school year. Can you hear "It's the most wonderful time of the year" playing in the background.. lol.

Busy day today. Nothing special with YOAD, I did sign up with Spark People and LOVE their calorie counting program. Check it out.

Take Care,
Eat Well.

Rich

75 Down, 25 to GO!

It was a stellar week. I lost a whopping 9 pounds this week!! I'm down 75 pounds, which is 3 pounds from my mini goal of 219 (The lowest I've ever weighed in my adult life) and just 25 pounds away from my ultimate goal of losing 100 pounds!! Yay!

If you remember last week, I spent several days, not exercising and eating whatever I wanted. The result was that I gained 2 pounds last week. Well here's what I was thinking.. Since I hit a plateau, I was trying to figure why. I was still exercising, still eating right, but yet, my body quit losing weight, it went on strike. So I thought, "ok, my body must be thinking that I'm starving, that I'm losing too much weight and it was starting to hold on to what it still had." So I ate a lot of 'No No' foods, lots of carbs, lots of calories and gained 2 pounds last week. I went back on YOAD, did my hour of walking and this week I've lost 9 pounds. My body must be saying 'Ok, crisis over, the guy's not starving, let's lose some more weight'. Now, this is NO WAY scientific, it was just what I was thinking. I don't really know how many calories I eat during a normal YOAD day, but it seems like maybe I should be increasing those so my body doesn't go in starvation mode.

Anyway, Here's the numbers, I've condensed the list to list results for every 5 weeks up to week 20...

Week.....Date.......Weight.....Lost.....Waist....Lost

Start.2/28/2007.......297.....n/a.......57......n/a
5.......4/04/2007.......271.....26........52........5
10.....5/09/2007.......254.....43........47........9
15.....6/13/2007.......240.....57........44.......13
20.....7/18/2007.......229.....68........41.......16
21.....7/25/2007.......229.....68........41.......16
22.....8/01/2007.......231.....66........41.......16
23.....8/08/2007......222......75........39.......18

It's Time for a Sequel - Enjoy

Music by STYX.

Take Care, Eat Well,

Rich

If you think your job sucks....

I just had to share...

Rich

Graphing

I was just playing around with graphs and thought this dramatic visual was worth posting..

The Biggest Loser

I SOOOOO wanted to be on NBC's The Biggest Loser. I just could never get time off from work. Now, they're casting again (details to follow) and I think I'm too skinny to qualify. How ironic is that!!!???? Anyway, if you're interested or know someone that is, here's the details!!



Oh, by the way, another 1 hour on level 4 treadmill today. 628 calories gone, 3.6 miles walked!!

Here's the skinny on the Biggest Loser....

CASTING FOR THE BIGGEST LOSER - ON NBC!

NBC'S THE BIGGEST LOSER IS BACK!

We are searching the country for individuals OR teams of two to compete together and who need to shed the pounds on season 5 of NBC's hit show, and compete for big cash prizes!Now you can audition with a friend, family member, or co-worker -

This is your chance to TRANSFOR YOUR LIFE!



LAST YEAR'S WINNER LOST 214LBS* AND WON $250,000!!!

(*results not typical)

We will be casting in many cities across the US, including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Chicago!COME BE A PART OF THE BIGGEST PHENOMENON IN REALITY TELEVISION.We are looking for OUTGOING & CHARISMATIC individuals with PERSONALITY who have the WANT, DESIRE and COMPETITIVE EDGE to vie for this all-expense-paid chance of a lifetime.WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONTESTANTS READY TO SHED THE POUNDS ONCE AND FOR ALL!
You must be at least 18 years of age and a legal resident of the U.S. to apply.

TO SUBMIT:Be sure to mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com for priority consideration, and email ALL the information requested below to:mailto:jthomas.prtv%40gmail.com

YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1. A picture of yourself (and your partner/teammate, if applicable)
2. What city you live in
3. A brief paragraph about why you should be on the show
4. Be sure to mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com! Good luck!

Take Care, Eat Well,
Rich

Treated like Royalty, Treated like a Peasant

I touched on this in one of my comments under one of my posts. We were discussing being 'hit on' since I've lost weight. In all honesty, I don't think so. BUT what I have noticed is that people, complete strangers are A LOT nicer to me. People smile at me more, people are more helpful. Now that I've been in both camps (really fat, and the not so fat camp), I can tell you, YOU GET TREATED LIKE CRAP WHEN YOU'RE FAT. Let me vent again... YOU GET TREATED LIKE CRAP WHEN YOU'RE FAT. People have intentionally gone the other direction when I approached them for help at a store when I was 300lbs. NOW, people seem to go out of their way to help me. People smile at me more, people are more helpful and a lot more friendly. All the attention is unnerving at times, but I think I'm loving it!!

Being fat is something most anyone can change. I've felt the harsh treatment thrust against me when I was 300lbs, it was mean, cruel, unwarranted and totally discriminatory. I am lucky, all I had to do was lose the weight and change, and all that harsh treatment disappeared, gone, poof. I can only imagine what's it's like for others that can't change and face the same horrible treatment. People, like blacks, hispanics, gays, handicapped, etc. don't have that option to change. They can't flip that switch and be treated better. It gives me a whole new perspective. Since they can't change, it's left to society then to change, to look beyond weight, skin color, sexual orientation, religion, physical ability. I've said "we're all in this together" several times in my posts and this was refering to my our common weight loss journey. Seems like it applies to our common journey through life. We're ALL in this together.

Peace out.

Rich

Back in the Saddle

I'm back in my routine. I did 1 hour at level 4 on the tread mill today (Watched "ZODIAC" during the work out, the time just flew by as I burned nearly 600 calories). I had my staple of cheerios for breakfast, yogurt (Activia) for morning snack, Salad for lunch, Almonds for afternoon snack. I'm thinking about dinner and thinking about an afternoon stroll when it get's cooler outside. I walked yesterday and felt my wellness feeling return. I feel really good today except for my ever present back ache. I went to my chiropractor today, he did his magic and I feel better, but know it will only last for a short time. Blah.

Anyway, back on track, stepping things up a notch and hope to blow away my numbers come Wednesday.

Oh, I also checked on some pricing for a tummy tuck to get rid of all this extra skin and well, err, ummm, guess I'll be carrying the stuff around a while. 'nuff said.

Take Care,
Eat Well.

Rich

Just What I Expected

Ok, after my little 4 day vacation of not walking and eating whatever, I gained 2 pounds. This is the first time I've gained on YOAD, but I guess I wasn't really 'ON' Yoad this week. It was an experiment. I have a theory, and I'll see next week if I was right. I'm not upset about the 2 pound gain, actually I expected to gain more than 2 pounds. But trust me, I have NOT given up and I am back on track now.


Here's the numbers...

Week.....Date.......Weight.....Lost.....Waist....Lost
Start.2/28/2007.......297.....n/a.......57......n/a
1.......3/07/2007.......289......8.........56........1
2.......3/14/2007.......280.....17........55.5.....1.5
3.......3/21/2007.......275.....22........55........2
4.......3/28/2007.......274.....23........53........4
5.......4/04/2007.......271.....26........52........5
6.......4/11/2007.......267.....30........52........5
7.......4/18/2007.......265.....32........51........6
8.......4/25/2007.......262.....35........50........7
9.......5/02/2007.......259.....38........48........8
10.....5/09/2007.......254.....43........47........9
11.....5/16/2007.......253.....44........46.......10
12.....5/23/2007.......249.....48........46.......10
13.....5/30/2007.......247.....50........45.5....11.5
14.....6/06/2007.......241.....56........44.5....12.5
15.....6/13/2007.......240.....57........44.......13
16.....6/21/2007.......240.....57........44.......13
17.....6/27/2007.......237.....60........43.......14
18.....7/04/2007.......233.....64........43.......14
19.....7/11/2007.......230.....67........41.......16
20.....7/18/2007.......229.....68........41.......16
21.....7/25/2007.......229.....68........41.......16
22.....8/01/2007.......231.....67........41.......16







Take Care,Eat Well,



Rich

Taking a Break

Ok, I'll be honest here. I've taken the last 4 days off. By 'off'', I mean, not walking my hour a day, and eating whatever I wanted. Tonight I feel like crap. I'm groggy, tired, feeling very blah. I fear hopping on the scale tomorrow. Have I given up? NOT ON YOUR LIFE. Call it a little experiment on my part. Tomorrow, it's back to the routine. Promise.

Never give up, never surrender.


Rich

Good News in the Mail Today

okokokokok, I'm sooo over being bummed yesterday, especially after I got my mail today. I got the results of my blood tests I had done while having my annual physical a couple of weeks ago.

My Total Cholesterol is 149!!
< 200 is desirable,
200-239 is Borderline High,
>240 call the mortician.

My LDL (Bad, Lousy, Cholesterol) is 90!!!
<100 is Optimal
100-129 Near optimal
130-159 Borlerline High
160-189 High
>190 Don't make plans for Christmas

My HDL (good Cholesterol - Higher is Better) is 49!!!
< 40 LOW
>60 HIGH

My Triglycerides is 49!!! Triglycerides is blood fat. May be associated with heart disease and stroke.
<150 is Normal
150-199 Borderline High
200-499 HIGH
>500 - Just squeeze some of your blood in the pot, you can fry chicken with it.

Not too shabby for a 43 year old still technically 'obese' guy, eh? Thank you Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen for not only helping me lose the weight, but making me a very healthy man.


Take Care,
Eat Well,

Rich

Bummer

Another week, and well, umm, errr...... I didn't lose anything. I've increased my walking to an hour a day, ate good, didn't cheat and I still didn't lose. I'm disappointed, I'm only human, and really bummed. Have my expectations been artificially elevated because of my huge success in previous weeks? Maybe. Will I give up, quit?? N E V E R. "Never give up, NEVER surrender". I didn't take any pictures this week, they'd just be the same.



Here's the numbers...
Week.....Date.......Weight.....Lost.....Waist....Lost
Start.2/28/2007.......297.....n/a.......57......n/a
1.......3/07/2007.......289......8.........56........1
2.......3/14/2007.......280.....17........55.5.....1.5
3.......3/21/2007.......275.....22........55........2
4.......3/28/2007.......274.....23........53........4
5.......4/04/2007.......271.....26........52........5
6.......4/11/2007.......267.....30........52........5
7.......4/18/2007.......265.....32........51........6
8.......4/25/2007.......262.....35........50........7
9.......5/02/2007.......259.....38........48........8
10.....5/09/2007.......254.....43........47........9
11.....5/16/2007.......253.....44........46.......10
12.....5/23/2007.......249.....48........46.......10
13.....5/30/2007.......247.....50........45.5....11.5
14.....6/06/2007.......241.....56........44.5....12.5
15.....6/13/2007.......240.....57........44.......13
16.....6/21/2007.......240.....57........44.......13
17.....6/27/2007.......237.....60........43.......14
18.....7/04/2007.......233.....64........43.......14
19.....7/11/2007.......230.....67........41.......16
20.....7/18/2007.......229.....68........41.......16
21.....7/25/2007.......229.....68........41.......16

Take Care,
Eat Well,

Rich

Motivation

I stumbled across this really cool website. It let's you create your own personal motivational posters FOR FREE!! Gotta love the free stuff. It's really easy to create, save and print your own customized motivational poster. Here's one I made that now is posted on my refrigerator!!

Take Care, Eat Well.

Rich.

This Makes it ALL Worth It.

When you post a video on You Tube (like my "The Incredible Shrinking Man" video), you plug in your email address and when someone leaves a comment on You Tube, you get sent a notice by You Tube that someone has left a comment. I received this comment today.........

"HI DADDY ur not fat anymore YAY!! I LOVE YOU!"

Wow! That, my friends, makes it all worth it.


Take Care,
Eat Well.

Rich

Another One Bites the Dust

It's been another successful week. Another week of walking an hour a day, another week of eating good, another week of eating right, another week of eating healthy, another week of losing weight. I have 10 more pounds to lose to reach my mini goal of 219 (my lowest weight in my adult life.) and only another 32 pounds for my ultimate goal of losing 100 pounds.

Here's the numbers...
Week.....Date.......Weight.....Lost.....Waist....Lost
Start.2/28/2007.......297.....n/a.......57......n/a
1.......3/07/2007.......289......8.........56........1
2.......3/14/2007.......280.....17........55.5.....1.5
3.......3/21/2007.......275.....22........55........2
4.......3/28/2007.......274.....23........53........4
5.......4/04/2007.......271.....26........52........5
6.......4/11/2007.......267.....30........52........5
7.......4/18/2007.......265.....32........51........6
8.......4/25/2007.......262.....35........50........7
9.......5/02/2007.......259.....38........48........8
10.....5/09/2007.......254.....43........47........9
11.....5/16/2007.......253.....44........46.......10
12.....5/23/2007.......249.....48........46.......10
13.....5/30/2007.......247.....50........45.5....11.5
14.....6/06/2007.......241.....56........44.5....12.5
15.....6/13/2007.......240.....57........44.......13
16.....6/21/2007.......240.....57........44.......13
17.....6/27/2007.......237.....60........43.......14
18.....7/04/2007.......233.....64........43.......14
19.....7/11/2007.......230.....67........41.......16
20.....7/18/2007.......229.....68........41.......16

I'm wearing 38" Dockers in these pictures!!! Can you believe it!! 38" Docks!!!

Take Care,
Eat Well,

Rich

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