Hello to all my loyal readers. Again I have strayed from posting blogs, for that I am truly sorry. But here it is two days until school starts and I feel like a chicken running around with its head cut off. I have much to do. My room is half setup, my lesson plans; well there are plans to do those.
Football is in full swing and my mind is racing, do I run a 3-3 or a 4-2 to try and stop Sherman County’s 200lb running back and their mobile quarterback. Then next week we have Lowell who has another big back and a mobile quarterback. Great we start the season off facing two of the top 5 teams in state. Hang on boys, football season is about to hit you like a freight train with numbers 44 and 51 on its chest.
The weight loss journey is still happening amongst all the other things. Today I weighed in at 375lbs which puts the total weight loss at 55lbs since the begging of June. Not bad for a summer. Now to keep it up during school. My goal is to be down 130 by next June. We shall see how that pans out during the winter, typically the hardest time to lose weight. OK well school work is staring me in the face and I need to get it done. Bye Bye
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The casualties of a lifestyle change
When we began this journey back in May; Laura and I knew there was going to be some loss. We knew that we would have to stop eating the “good food” and start eating “good for you food”. We expected to stop seeing servers at the restaurants, or the drive-thru window attendants at the local McDonalds. We fully expected to lose our minds. After all we had been living unhealthy for many years. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. What we didn’t know? What we didn’t expect; the feelings that would come along with those losses and the fall-out because of our lifestyle change. It’s not like losing a football game and being able to go back and dissect film to see what went wrong and correct those things to prepare for the next game. This is life. This is permanent stuff, you don’t get a mulligan.
We weren’t prepared for the feelings that rush into our minds when we drive in to Portland or Salem. The feeling of instantly being hungry and therefore trying to find a place to stop and eat, even though we just had breakfast and hour prior. Those feelings of comfort that flood the brain when you step foot into your parents house and you instantly relate all those feelings to the food mom used to make. The thoughts of, “hey look the news is on, it must be dinner time”. We realized that most of these feelings or thoughts were merely habits that had to be broken. We had taught ourselves to eat out every time we went somewhere. We realized that just stepping out of the comfort and protection of our home was risky; like going grocery shopping. Laura has to take a list of exactly what we need and we both have to help each other stick to the list. If either one of us goes alone, it’s almost a guarantee we will come home with something we don’t need. At home, we know the junk isn’t there, there isn’t food that we could try to convince ourselves “it’s just a bite”, or, “I can work that bite off, I’ll have 2 or 3 more”. We realized this is our journey, and we could not expect others to adhere to our strict diets. It is way more difficult to stop yourself from taking a cookie at mom’s house than you realize, or trying to eat dinner away from home.
What it truly boils down to is one thing; we had to stop being selfless and start being selfish. It had to become all about ourselves. For the past 20 years I personally would have done anything for everyone else, or anyone that asked, and had done nothing for myself. Yeah I accomplished a few major things along that way but did I really do them for myself? And even in the early days of this summer I was doing things for others and not for myself. I was consumed with trying to make challenges work so others could be involved, but the real reason was to help myself, not others. Now having said all this, I realize that I can still be helpful to others. I can still be there to help when someone needs it. I can still balance life, but it’s in a new way. And with everything new, it takes adjustments. So to those that maybe have been feeling left out, or feeling like we have abandon them, hold strong. We are still here, just getting smaller, smarter, and a little more selfish. But you have to ask yourself, are the results worth it? HECK YES they are.
We weren’t prepared for the feelings that rush into our minds when we drive in to Portland or Salem. The feeling of instantly being hungry and therefore trying to find a place to stop and eat, even though we just had breakfast and hour prior. Those feelings of comfort that flood the brain when you step foot into your parents house and you instantly relate all those feelings to the food mom used to make. The thoughts of, “hey look the news is on, it must be dinner time”. We realized that most of these feelings or thoughts were merely habits that had to be broken. We had taught ourselves to eat out every time we went somewhere. We realized that just stepping out of the comfort and protection of our home was risky; like going grocery shopping. Laura has to take a list of exactly what we need and we both have to help each other stick to the list. If either one of us goes alone, it’s almost a guarantee we will come home with something we don’t need. At home, we know the junk isn’t there, there isn’t food that we could try to convince ourselves “it’s just a bite”, or, “I can work that bite off, I’ll have 2 or 3 more”. We realized this is our journey, and we could not expect others to adhere to our strict diets. It is way more difficult to stop yourself from taking a cookie at mom’s house than you realize, or trying to eat dinner away from home.
What it truly boils down to is one thing; we had to stop being selfless and start being selfish. It had to become all about ourselves. For the past 20 years I personally would have done anything for everyone else, or anyone that asked, and had done nothing for myself. Yeah I accomplished a few major things along that way but did I really do them for myself? And even in the early days of this summer I was doing things for others and not for myself. I was consumed with trying to make challenges work so others could be involved, but the real reason was to help myself, not others. Now having said all this, I realize that I can still be helpful to others. I can still be there to help when someone needs it. I can still balance life, but it’s in a new way. And with everything new, it takes adjustments. So to those that maybe have been feeling left out, or feeling like we have abandon them, hold strong. We are still here, just getting smaller, smarter, and a little more selfish. But you have to ask yourself, are the results worth it? HECK YES they are.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Week Six Weigh-In and Challenge
Well do to being ill this morning we had to cancel the challenge. We will not be making it up this week, so we hope to see you next Monday. We did however still weigh-in this morning.
Let me start with Jay. Wow he did amazing this week. Monday through Wednesday he was gone to football camp worried that it would be hard to make good choices and workout. Then Friday through Sunday he was with the football team at the Buckeroo selling programs, add in a couple BBQ’s, JUNK food at the Buckeroo, and not a lot of time to workout. He was going to be happy just to lose a couple pounds. This morning he weighed in with a loss of seven pounds. In just five weeks Jay has lost 36 pounds and is less than 400 pounds now. It has been sometime since he has been less than 400 pounds.
Being Jay’s wife I would have to say the biggest change that I see in him daily is the mental challenges. For someone with a low self-image, it is hard to believe in yourself, receive compliments and know that it is okay to finish what you start. This has started to slowly change for Jay every day.
As for me, I did not have a very good weigh-in this week. I don’t know what happened, but I gained one pound. I worked out harder this week then I have all summer and stayed within my caloric range, but for some reason unknown to me my body decided to gain a pound. Hmmm.
I would like to thank everyone for the support, prayers and words of encouragement that we have been receiving.
1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Let me start with Jay. Wow he did amazing this week. Monday through Wednesday he was gone to football camp worried that it would be hard to make good choices and workout. Then Friday through Sunday he was with the football team at the Buckeroo selling programs, add in a couple BBQ’s, JUNK food at the Buckeroo, and not a lot of time to workout. He was going to be happy just to lose a couple pounds. This morning he weighed in with a loss of seven pounds. In just five weeks Jay has lost 36 pounds and is less than 400 pounds now. It has been sometime since he has been less than 400 pounds.
Being Jay’s wife I would have to say the biggest change that I see in him daily is the mental challenges. For someone with a low self-image, it is hard to believe in yourself, receive compliments and know that it is okay to finish what you start. This has started to slowly change for Jay every day.
As for me, I did not have a very good weigh-in this week. I don’t know what happened, but I gained one pound. I worked out harder this week then I have all summer and stayed within my caloric range, but for some reason unknown to me my body decided to gain a pound. Hmmm.
I would like to thank everyone for the support, prayers and words of encouragement that we have been receiving.
1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
J&L Biggest Loser Event Six
Starting off July, our event will be on Monday, July 5th at 10:00 AM. It will be held in the old gym at TCC/CCS. We would love to have you come and complete this challenge with us. We will be doing 100 up downs.
Hope to see you there!!!!
Those of you that need to weigh-in; we will still be doing that at Sarah’s house at 9:00 AM, then traveling over to the gym for the challenge.
Thank you for all the support!!!!
Laura
Hope to see you there!!!!
Those of you that need to weigh-in; we will still be doing that at Sarah’s house at 9:00 AM, then traveling over to the gym for the challenge.
Thank you for all the support!!!!
Laura
End of the First Month!!!
Jay has lost a total of 29 pounds and 36 inches!!!
Laura has lost a total of 16 pounds and 27 inches!!!
Lets hope that the second month will bring the same results.
Laura has lost a total of 16 pounds and 27 inches!!!
Lets hope that the second month will bring the same results.
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