Erik @ 80 Pounds Lost!!!

After a s-l-o-w couple of weeks, Erik FINALLY hit 80 lbs lost!!! WOOHOOO!!! GO ERIK!!!!! It's so frustrating when you're >< this close to another milestone and your body teases you.....and that's what's been happening to him the past couple of weeks. So, he made a progressive collage pic to show where he has come from April 16, 2010 till today. That's 16 weeks and 2 days. :) Isn't it CrAzY?????? :)

Sixty!!!

Finally hit 60 lbs this morning!!! Wooohooo!!!!! Here's updated pics! :)

Website

Along with becoming health coaches, we have now been hooked up with our own website. This website has a couple of videos go into a little more detail about what this program is all about. Check it out at www.TeamSimper.com

Short term investments.....

So, I decided that since I'm at nearly 60 lbs lost, 59 to be exact, that I needed to make a couple of short term investments to my wardrobe. I can still wear stuff...but things are so loose that they are not comfortable loose....they are uncomfortable. I also decided the act of pulling my bra straps back up in public was not exactly attractive. lol So, got a new bra that FITS and then picked up a cheap pair of denim capris to help get me through the rest of the warm months and a new shirt as well. Think I'm gonna pick up another pair of capris too. It felt so good to be in clothes that actually FIT. I think I spent so long trying to stuff myself into clothes that didn't particularly fit me and then going the opposite direction and have been trying to hold off buying new stuff that won't fit for long either, that I've forgotten how good it feels to be in well fitting clothes! Must have made a difference in my appearance having the girls back in their proper place and well fitting clothes because I got so many compliments last night. :) I walked out of the Church feeling so good about myself! :) It was awesome!!!

Something else that's awesome is that I looked at a BMI chart this morning and have now gone from being "extremely" obese to just plain obese. Gosh, I hate the word "obese." It's just a gross sounding word. But, I'll take just being obese over extremely obese and will be thrilled when I'm just called overweight. lol
Still got a ways to go, but these are exciting milestones!!! :)

Happy Anniversary to us!!!!!

Today is our 13th anniversary!!! :) Erik is now close to the size he was when we got married.....though a little less hair! lol I still have all my hair, but have a ways to go to be the same size. ;) I still have my wedding dress though and though I obviously won't be wearing it anywhere, I WILL be able to say I fit in to it again someday and maybe even say it's too big for me! :) I was very happy at that size, though I honestly don't remember what I weighed back then. When I fit back in that dress, I will be a very happy girl! :)

Here's a pic of us on our wedding day. Gosh, we were so young and cute and thin!!! :)



There's a pic on the side bar of what we look like now. :)

Just for fun, I'm posting this video I took of Erik last weekend. Our 5 year old is OBSESSED with doing cartwheels (one handed, no less!) and wanted me to take video of him doing them. So, Erik decided that he would do cartwheels too! :)



Not bad for an almost 35 year old, eh? lol He definitely wouldn't have been doing that nearly 80 pounds ago! lol

We haven't looked or felt this good in a long time and I'm so excited to think that this time next year, we'll both have reached our goals and looking and feeling completely FABULOUS. Oh, and I WILL be posting wedding dress pics when that day comes! :)

Today.......

Thought I should post a little update. My weight has been up and down over the past week. It drives me absolutely bonkers. I'll drop two pounds and be up a pound the next day. Then I'll drop half a pound and stay there for several days or continue to bounce back and forth. This is why, my friends, it's a VERY bad idea to weigh in every day. Seeing the scale doing this can really make you crazy! lol But, do I learn a lesson and weigh in just once a week or every two weeks? OF COURSE NOT!!! ;) I must be a little OCD or delusional enough to think I have some sort of magical control over my scale that it will say exactly what I want it to every day. Of course, if that were possible, I'd weigh about 115-120 already and wouldn't be trying to lose weight! lol Maybe I just like to torture myself?
Things that make you go hmmmmm........

Erik's been in a holding pattern for several days now too. But, that part is okay, with me at least (lol), because it gives me a chance to lessen the gap between our loss numbers. ;) Of course, when he breaks his plateau, he'll drop another 20 lbs like it's nothing.....like he always does!!!

Actually, when this happens, I think it's the body's way of catching up to the loss and where pounds aren't lost, inches are! I really, really, really wish that we had taken measurements so that we could rightfully claim the number of inches lost and not just pounds. So, my advice to my "coachees" or anyone else losing weight....take your measurements!!!!

As it stands, Erik is at 76.6 and I'm at exactly 55 pounds lost. :) Wish mine was coming off as fast as Erik's....but it is what it is and it's definitely something to be happy with! :) At this point, I'm just hoping that I can make it through the rest of the really warm time this season without *having* to buy new pants. Everything is way loose, but there is no point in buying more summery type clothes....because they will not fit to be worn next year! When I shop, I just want to buy some slacks and jeans to get me through part of the cooler season before really having to downsize again! :)

I am sooooooo SORE!!!

Beginning this week, I have gotten back on the workout wagon. My foot was really bothering me when we were on vacation in Nashville and right after we got home, Erik's sister and niece came to stay with us and his sister was sleeping in the guest bed in the basement rec room, where my treadmill is located. I workout early in the day and she woke up much later than my workout time. So, needless to say, I hadn't been doing much for a couple of weeks.

Sister went home and foot is feeling better, so back on the wagon I went. Been doing the treadmill every day and have upped the pace, but actually decreased the time. Burning same calories in less time and that's what I'm focusing on. If you burn too many calories on this plan, it can be counter productive to weight loss.

Sis in Law came back yesterday....she's doing some freelance work in Knoxville, thus why she's staying here. So, the treadmill isn't available once more. I decided I needed to do something anyway and decided to walk my neighborhood. I just havta say, that being on my flat treadmill, in my dry, 68 degree basement is A LOT different than walking the steep, STEEP hills in my neighborhood in 75 degrees with 90% humidity. It was actually foggy, so that was kinda cool. But, OH MY GOSH.....I thought I was gonna die. I was absolutely drenched in sweat by the time I came home and I am REALLY sore. I definitely worked muscles that I don't on my treadmill! lol I hope I'm able to walk at all tomorrow!!

Everything else is still going great. Official weekly weigh in day is tomorrow....so, we'll see what's dropped in the past week for both of us. Our next order is on its way and I'm super excited to try the new pancakes and soft serve ice cream that came out on the 12th. Haven't had pancakes or ice cream in forever and I've heard great things about them!!! :)