I joined a challenge on FitBit.com to lose 50 lbs. The challenge is simply - whoever loses 50 lbs. first gets the first place prize, second gets second place, etc. This challenge started on December 1st so I weighed in for the challenge the evening of November 30, after dinner of course. I couldn't believe what the scale said: 464.4 lbs! That's the heaviest I have been in almost 3 years - up 80 lbs from my lowest when I did Pumpkinman 2 years ago.
This was an eye opener for sure. I was glad I had already decided it was time to get back into the process of getting healthy because this was unacceptable.
That was 2 weeks ago and I have to say that combining a bit more walking with truly watching what I'm eating and going back to the low carb diet has paid off. As of this morning my weight is 441.8! That is a 22.6 pound loss in only 2 weeks. Yes I know this is not truly a sustainable trend and that a large part of the initial loss was fluids, but still it is definite progress in the right direction. I also has me in first place for the challenge as well by a significant margin.
With this in mind over the next couple of weeks I'm going to try to stick to the every Friday updates and monitor my progress on here for even more accountability Along the way I'll look back over the year to see what I've managed to accomplish and set the stage for new goals for 2013.
Also, here is a picture of me at the Viva Bike Vegas event back in October:
This is my before picture. Never again will I be this size. I am hoping to have another picture from this event in 2013 and there will be a dramatic difference between the pictures.
That said here is my FitBit data for the last week:
Steps: 22670
Miles: 11.28
Calories Eaten: 16009
Calories burned: 24612
Net: -8603
As you can see, this is not bad, but it can be better.
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