Update #4: Post Weigh-in Update

Today was the big day, final Weigh-In for the Lose to Win contest.  My final weight for the competition was 184.6, or a total weight loss of 33 lbs.  The puts me at a net decrease of 15.2% from my starting weight, which I hope is enough to keep me in 1st place.  My nearest challenger was down 9.5% two weeks ago (she stopped weighing in on Mondays to keep me from knowing her progress) so she'll have to drop another 5.7% of her body weight to win.  Anyway, I'll be on vacation next week when the final results are announced so I am going to just kick back and see how it all shakes out!  I did treat myself to a rather tasty lunch today (see below) but I was only able to eat half the steak and baked potato.  Should taste good tonight, though, if my kiddos don't beat me to it.  Maybe I'll have a Kit Kat, too.

Have a great weekend!

Update #3: Two days until final weigh-in

This will be final update before I weigh-in on June 18th for the "Lose to Win" contest. To date, I've lost 31.5 pounds and I am in 1st place in the contest. I've been really working hard this week and I've only been eating about 650 calories a day this week. That may sound a little extreme but the person in 2nd place is right on my heels and I don't want to lose this contest in the last week. There's 500 cash bucks on the line and it's GO TIME! Regardless of whether I finish first or second is really irrelevant, though. I will have met my goal of reaching my "fighting weight" of 180 lbs (by the way, I am updating this blog entry on my iPad!) and I am wearing clothes I haven't been able to fit in for almost two years. My doc has given me clean bill of health and says I have the heart of a 25-year old. Which is good news because next week we'll be in Disney and I am sure we'll be doing plenty of walking! I'll update the blog next week once the final standings are announced. In the meantime, it's time to go for a run..


Click the link below to see current standings.
Https://www.villasport.com/tw/images/pdf/LoseToWin/TW_LTW_Individ.pdf#zoom=90

Sporadic Update #2, I think??

I just realized that my last post was on May 3rd, almost a month ago.  Needless to say, I've been pretty busy at work, church and working out!  I am happy to report, though, that I currently weigh 188.5 pounds and I am only 8.5 pounds away from achieving my goal.  On top of that, I am currently in second place in the Lose to Win contest at Villa Sport.  I've got three full weeks before I do my final weigh-in so I think I have a good shot at reaching 180 pounds and winning the contest.  First prize is $500 so that is nice chunk of change for doing something that I needed to do anyway.  Also, I feel so confident that I will reach my goal in three weeks, that I went to the Apple Store today and reserved my 64 GB Wi-Fi + 3G iPad.  There's about a three week backorder delay so my iPad should be arriving very close to final weigh-in.  Lara, the girls and I went to the Baybrook Mall yesterday to do some shopping for the girls and we had a chance to play around with the iPad.  Lara and I were checking out the MLB 2010 app on the iPad and it totally blew us away.  It's always a good sign when the female partner in the "spousal partnership" thinks that the purchase of a new iPad would be "pretty cool".  All I need to do now is find a campfire app for the iPad and I'll have 100% buy-in from Lara.

~Peace