Weekly Progress Pics, Big Milestones looming

I am getting very very very close to some big milestones that mean a lot to me.  Sub 200 and sub 40 inch waist.   I will get there soon.  Except for Thursday when I had the racket with my back spasms, I worked very hard this week, both with the eating and exercise. 

It’s hard not to let the scale define you when you are on this journey, and I am fighting letting the numbers decide how I feel.  This week I am very happy with the progress my pics are showing.  Here’s to another great week. 

Weight Watchers Week 16 weigh in and progress pics

Well, it was a loss, but not much.

I weighed in officially at 207.4 this am.  I have been 207 or 208 the last 5 weight watcher weighins.  I am not going to lie and say its not frustrating.  But as I have been telling myself over and over, all I can do is eat right, do the exercise and keep a positive attitude and the rest will fall in place.  My weight has no choice but to drop if I do those things.  However slow it may come, it will come.

I am not stepping on any scale this week other than the Weight Watchers scale next Saturday.  I am really going to bare down and stay away from my trigger foods, a big one of which is chocolate chip cookies.  Those were the food indiscretions I talked about last night in my blog.  I had a few of em each day wed, thur and fri after nat made some for the kids. 

I have Kempo X up on the agenda for exercise today and a rest day tomorrow (Stretch X) but I may do cardio X I don’t know we’ll see how I feel.  I used my dumbells last night for some of the leg exercises and i liked it.  I am excited about having the weights to add to some of the movements in P90x, and I also got two more heavy duty resistance bands for exercises I still want to do with those.  I am expecting a really good week of workouts this coming week, and I will break this 207 weight watchers scale barrier.  I weighed myself for the first time all week on my scale on my way out the door this am, and before putting on my shorts and t shirt I was 205.5.  The lowest I have seen on my scale was a week ago yesterday I think (or was it two weeks ago?) and it was 203.1.  So I am not far off.  I know I am starting to build some muscle, so I will do my best to not allow the scale define my success or progress.  This is why I take progress pics once a week.  You can see this weeks pic below.

Off to enjoy the day with the family. 

Another weekend coming to a close

Well another weekend is wrapping up and its back to work in the morning.  I have a short week this coming week being off this Friday.  It’s been crazy busy at week, and I am looking forward to having the day off Friday.  I have no idea what the weather is supposed to be this week, but I break from all this heat/humidity would be great!  It’s pouring rain outside right now but still humid as can be.

Here is this week’s progress pic.

I am going to attempt to stay away from that nasty beast (the scale) this week.  I HAVE to weigh in for the final weigh in of a Biggest Loser challenge at work on Wednesday, but that will be the only time I go near a scale until next Saturday morning’s, weight watcher meeting weigh in.  I am going to have a great week this week, with great decisions.  As alluded to in the link I posted this afternoon, I am going to keep making good, healthy decisions, and in the long run the results will come!

Stinking Allergies

Well the summer brings the sun, the beach, longer days, and for many of us Allergies.  Mine are absolutely nasty this year. I thought it would be a bright idea to go for a 10 km bikeride in the woods this am and I didn’t think i was going to make it back i was so stuffed up!

My wife and I went to the beach tonight, and just sat on the beach and relaxed for an hour before going for a walk.  Was nice, except for the teenagers drunk and loud and being, well teenagers.  Yep I was one of them once upon a time a million years ago.

Here is a pic taken from today, and a pic from when this latest chapter started back in March. 

I have tomorrow off and I plan to hit the exercise hard this week!  Make it a great week, and for those of you reading from the States, Happy 4th of July!