Its hard to keep going

I went to the gym today. It was a biotch to get up this morning. But I did it. My weight yo-yo's like a bear. I hit a new low every Friday, and then by Monday, I seem to gain it all back and then some. Then I spend the rest of the week working hard at the gym, trying to watch what I eat, and thinking "well, this will be the week I slide, and don't lose anything." Yet, somehow, I hit a new low, albeit only 1-2 lbs less than the previous week, and we move on. Just once, I'd like to have a weekend where I go to the gym on Monday and I am no heavier than I was on Friday when I left. That would be nice. Trouble is that weekends are my cheat time with eating. The bigger trouble is that I use the whole weekend to cheat. I really need to stop that.
I was contemplating doing a cleanse this week, just cuz I felt so yucky from the weekend. We'll see. I get bummed because I know I should be doing more weights at the gym, but they are hard. And I know that I should be doing Jillian's workout, but it is HARD. I don't like doing jumping jacks, and skipping rope at the gym - I feel silly doing it there in front of everybody. So, for now, I just keep going.

Two Labor Days: 130 pounds apart

So, like I said, I've been having success. FINALLY! I really need to go into detail on what I've been doing, and what has transpired in the last 8 months. The short story is that I'm down 130 lbs. I feel GREAT!

This past weekend, we were up at our cabin, and went to visit a cave in the mountains. The last time we went was on Labor Day 2006, so its been exactly 2 years since we were last there. Just before we went inside, I had my sister snap a picture of me and my family with my camera. A few minutes later I'm reviewing my pictures on the screen on the back of the camera, and I find the ones of my family. Out of nowhere, I exclaim "Damn, I'm skinny". Both my sisters bust up, and just laugh. Like "Duh!!"

When we got back to the cabin, I pulled up a photo on my laptop from visiting the cave 2 years ago. Its one of the pictures I hate most of myself. I think you'll see why below. I was blown away by the difference. See for yourself.

Labor Day 2006

Labor Day 2008


A picture is worth a 1000 words, right? What a difference! I almost can't believe it myself.

It's the thing to do

I started this blog last year as a way to chart my weight loss. Many, many people have done this before. Nothing new. After failing at my attempt last year, I kind of put this aside, and I've only made one post this year so far. Well, now everybody and their dog has a blog, including my two sister's families. While this is not really a blog about my family, I think I will pick it back up again. Just to journal my weight loss and the success I've been having.