Mister

At work the other day I had an unexpected connection with one of our patients. I asked if anything had changed in his health history, and he said that he had lost 40lbs this year. Naturally, I asked how, of which he responded by telling me he used a fitness calorie tracker online to start watching what he eats. (He used myfitnesspal.com!) He said that he didn't realize how much he was eating until he started tracking it, and was suprised to see how quickly it added up for him. He stayed on track, and now no longer has to take his cholesterol medicine, and is not at risk for diabetes. In fact, the day that I met him, he woke up and weighed 201 that morning and therefore was only one pound away from his original goal!
The meeting with him inspired me to believe that even if I was 65 I could put my mind to a goal- and with hard work, could accomplish it! Our bodies are so much more capable that what we give them credit for.
Thanks, mister for inspiring me, and I was so happy to meet you on the last day that you are in the 200s!

Your Not-So-Typical Before/After Post

Ugh. I'll cut to the chase- ever since I got back from my friend's wedding, I've been letting myself slack. I certainly haven't given up, or even come close... I just think I lost a little motivation for two reasons:

1: I'm pretty certain I'll no longer make my goal of under 200 by January 1st
2: I no longer have a huge event (a wedding) to tone for.

So, in an effort to be honest with myself and accountable to you who are reading this, I'm going to do some before and afters... comparing my habits now to last month's habits.

Before: Didn't eat one candy from the stash at work.
After: I'll let myself have about 5 or 6 a day. Those stupid "minis" add up.

Before: Cardio three times a week, lifting twice a week
After: Cardio twice a week, lifting maybe once....

Before: Sweets three times a week
After: Sweets every day

Before: No bread, hardly any flour products
After: Just ordered grilled chicken linguini from OCharley's, and I had a roll. I also have been eating some toast or something every once in a while.

Before: Lots of water
After: Some water, lots of coffee

Before: No eating after dinner
After: Snack after dinner if I can't help myself

Before: Big, healthy breakfast
After: Maybe a McMuffin?

I'm not making huge changes that completely throw away what I've accomplished, but all those little changes or exceptions are not allowing me to lose any substantial weight this month. Check out my weight log for the last 30 days. Can't get past 216, and it's pretty obvious why.

November 2011: Before & Afters

I finally took some more before/after pictures, and had another cool moment to go along with it..... 

Tonight I carried that jug in from our van and thought, hey! I should....

Yes, I weighed it.

Any guesses? 

44.8 lbs! 

Never again do I want to carry that jug around all day. 

I decided to snap a picture (remember my last a-ha picture with the 20lb dumbbell??) of that milestone weight loss that I've finally jumped over- 50lbs!