Post Thanksgiving….

So, these last few days I have been down at Cannon Beach, OR with my family for the the Thanksgiving holiday.  Unfortunately during my time there I did eat a little more than I should have, I ate things I shouldn’t have, and I slacked off on my exercises.  So, I gained 1.6lbs from before I left.  Even though I gained, my measurements were still on the decline…so I guess it wasn’t all horrible, and 1.6lbs is something I can easily recover from.

I hope everybody else had a great Thanksgiving, and is gearing up for the Christmas season….lots to do , and lots of food to stay away from

6 Weeks Down

So today marks the end of 6 weeks, and the start of week 7.  Even with my going out to dinner at Applebees, I still managed to drop another 5.2lbs.  This is a great feeling so far.  I couldn’t help it and decided to take another picture this week.  Instead of the every month picture.  This is the same clothing I wore for my initial picture and the 4th week.  So, here we go.

Start

4 Weeks In

6 Weeks In (current)

A little more improvement shown, and still feeling good

Random Picture

Well, I dunno why, just though I’d take a random picture today.  Normally I will only take pictures every 4 weeks, but I hadn’t taken any in actual clothing, just in workout stuff.  I’ll throw up the original just for giggles….lol.

 

Something to shoot for

Here is a picture from 1998 when I was graduating from USMC Boot Camp.  I still have all my uniforms…and well, we are going to see how long it takes to be able to fit back into them   One month down so far….wonder how many more to go.  I’m on the right.

 

Week 5 Weigh in

Well, this week I weight in at 241.2 lbs, leaving me at 4.6lbs lost this week…and a total of 23.8lbs.  I am well on my way to making my goal of hitting 235 by Nov1….I may have to adust my goal to get down into the 220’s.  It will be a great day when I can see the scale reading in the 230’s though…as I have not seen that for quite a few years. 

Not much to report this week, just looking forward to thanksgiving when I go to the Oregon Coast.  I know I’ll end up off plan for a night or two, but I will be walking the beach a LOT and being as active as I possible can.  I will still be recording everythign I eat too…so I will make sure I try to keep on track

Job Hunting…

So I got word yesterday from the City of Richland that I did not get the job with the Dispatch around here.  I have to admit, while it sucks because I do need a job, I am relieved.  Instead of just settling for that job, I am able to continue working out, losing weight and focus on doing what I ultimately want to do…become a Cop. 

I have to say that I am actually more focused now than I have been in the last month.  I will be testing through publicsafetytesting.com in March when they have some testing here in the Tri-Cities.  I will continue to focus on just losing weight up until January…and then I will switch more towards training for the testing.

It’s a sad day job wise…but the bright spot is so much better

Four Weeks Down

Well, 4 weeks have gone by since I started Nutrisystem, and I would like to say I have made some progress. As of today I am down to 245.8 lbs., or a loss of 19.2lbs over the last 4 weeks. I do feel a lot better about everything, and the wondering of if I can actually do this is going away, and turning to a “Hell yes I can!”

So, other than that, there isn’t much to add, but here are some pictures I took this morning…hopefully…I really hope, there is some sort of visible loss.

And to compare here is week 1