Official Two (and a half) Month Update

I just came from my Doctor's office and here's where things stand after Two Months (and 10 days):

My Current Weight: 322 pounds
Change this Week: 0 pounds
Total Change: lost 47 pounds

My Current Pledges: $82.75 per pound
Amount Raised: $3889.25 or over 15,000 meals!

So, some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that I didn't lose any weight this week. The good news is that, inspired by the success I've been having, my beautiful wife has decided that its time to lose the baby weight. We've been working on using the same plan- which is basically just eating healthier stuff and kind of watching how much of it we eat. So, its more practical as a long-term change and it'll be great to be doing it together; unfortunately, I didn't lose any weight in our first week of doing it together. Part of that was splurging a bit on Easter (and occasionally since, thanks to the giant basket of candy in the kitchen), but I do need to make some kind of adjustment. I'm going to try to accomplish that by increasing my exercise (from "barely any" to "some"), but time is still my most scarce resource so we'll see how it goes.

Hopefully next week I'll be over the 50 pound mark (which will be over $4000)! Oh, and I think we may have picked up one or two more people, maybe. If I can make time, I'll try to put together an update of how much weight everyone connected to the program has lost (and a rough idea of money raised) for one of the next couple posts.

Another Update

Well, I don't have any time this week- so here's a quick update:

Current Weight: 322 lbs
Change this Week: lost 4.5 lbs
Total Change: lost 47 lbs

hopefully i'll break 50 by next post. I'll try to write more then. Have a good Easter, and keep up the good work!

Week 8 Update

Wow, I can't believe it's been 8 weeks already! Here's where things stand now:

My Current Weight: 326.5 pounds
Change this Week: lost 8 pounds
Total Change: lost 42.5 pounds

My Current Pledges: $82.75 per pound
Amount Raised: over $3500 or over 14,000 meals!

Well, I'm back on track. This was a decent week and I wasn't really even all the way back into my program until part way through it. I'm still averaging over 5 pounds per week and if I can keep this up I'll hit my original goal in 3 months instead of 6! I'd still love to hear how other people's weightloss is going (whether you're participating in the redistribution or not), so please post some stories.

and the damage is...

So, here's an overdue update:

Current Weight: 334.5 pounds
Change this 'Week': +4.5 pounds
Overall Change: -34.5 pounds

I feel pretty bad about putting almost 5 pounds back on, although the good news is I'm feeling better and, starting today, easing back into dieting. Being sick was a setback but I'm still averaging 5 pounds lost per week and that means I'm still almost on pace to reach my goal in 3 months (instead of the original 6 month timeline). Hopefully next week will be a good one, and I'll try not to let so much time pass between updates.