Monday, May 10, 2010

Weekly Weigh In

Starting Weight: 252
Current Weight: 197.8
Weekly Weight Loss: -2.8 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 54.2 lbs
Starting BMI: 36.2
Current BMI: 28.4

I've made it to onederland.

I'm a little surprised I'm not feeling a little more euphoria about that than what I am right now. Don't get me wrong, I'm very pleased about passing that milestone. It's something that didn't seem remotely possible a few months ago. But I guess I feel like I've got farther to go, farther I can go, and I don't want this to feel like it's the finish line.

Over the last couple of weeks I have seen a lot of family and friends that I haven't seen since I started living a healthier lifestyle, and their reactions have been quite dramatic. I saw my grandmother at Easter, but when I saw her yesterday it was almost as if she didn't recognize me.

And I have a whole new reason to get (and stay) in shape. I found out last weekend that I will be the head coach for my sons travel hockey team next season. Besides my son I will have 19 other 13-14 year old boys that I am going to have to keep up with in practices and on road trips. I'm very excited about this, but it is going to be a huge challenge for me. This is something I wouldn't have even considered back in January when my weight was at its highest, but now I have more confidence and am ready to start doing things outside of my comfort zone.

4 comments:

  1. Congratulations on onederland! So because you have farther that you want to go on your goals, what's next?

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  2. Thank you! I'm not sure what's next. I start week 5 of the C25K program this week. I'm looking forward to hopefully pushing myself to run a 5K this summer. And to get into the "normal" range of BMI for my height I need to get down to 174. That doesn't really seem possible right now, but getting down to 199 didn't seem possible a few months ago.

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  3. Congratulations! I just recently it the "normal BMI" milestone and just like you on the onederland thing, I didn't wanted to make a big deal out of it. Still too much road ahead of us to celebrate, uhu? I have my first 6K in two weeks, I never un before in my life 2 motnhs ago, and still haven't finished the 6K at training *gulp* I guess it is needed to really get out of our comfort zone to make it happen!

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  4. It's great to get those "I didn't even recognize you" comments. Great job, and kudos on making it to Onederland. Awesome accomplishment!

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