begin again

well, I see it has been quite awhile since my last post. I never gave the final weigh in or inches lost! I had gotten pretty busy and I guess I just forgot. Well, anyway - the final results of the first six weeks was that Norm lost 30 pounds and I lost 20 - between the two of us we also lost a total of about 40 inches - we were, to say the least, thrilled. Then we had a vacation and several holidays, but we tried to stick with the diet when we could and I ended up losing an additional 6 pounds since the official end of the diet but Norm gained 7 back. We are restarting with purpose today, and will be very good for at least two weeks - we are going on a two week vacation soon and hope to be good most of the time, though we won't stress out about eating things we shouldn't. Norm will do quite a bit of golfing and I will walk and swim so we hope to be able to maintain again. I will try to start my postings again on a weekly basis - with Monday continuing to be the weigh in day. Carol did well also, I think she lost 18 pounds in her six week quest and we are hoping that she gets back on the bandwagon this week so when she buys her wedding dress in March she will be very happy with how it looks on her! It was already lovely (if she chooses one of the two she has already tried on) so I am sure with another 10 to 15 pounds she will be very happy with herself and how she looks in it! Well, it was cereal, milk and juice for breakfast this morning and now I am drinking only my first 32 oz water bottle - guess I'd better start drinking it up! I do have a colonoscopy scheduled for Thursday so not sure how that will affect my weight loss this week - we shall see - I would think it would help but who knows! Guess that is all for now - post again next Monday!

Saturday 10/03/09

Well almost another week on the diet has passed. Norm is feeling the urge to have a nice juicy cheeseburger! and fries! We are going out to eat with Greg and Trish on Tuesday and we won't officially be on the diet anymore, so he will get his burger soon! One more day of official dieting for this six weeks and then a couple weeks of modified dieting because of vacation. Then we both plan on being determined to do at least one more six week rotation and see where we stand at the end of that time - will be just around Thanksgiving . . .heading in to the holidays. I think we have both learned a lot so far and we are pretty sure that we will have the fortitude to limit ourselves on our vacation so our weight won't go up (much!). I think it will be easy to do the breakfast and lunches most of the time and continue with the water guzzling. And any days we don't go out to dinner we will try to limit our calories. All in all this has been a success. Tomorrow evening we will do our measurements and then Monday morning we will do our final weigh in - - I will post the results! I am hoping for 2 more pounds and Norm is hoping for a big loss too! See you then!

Weigh in #5

Lost another 3 pounds this week so total at 5 weeks is 18! I am pretty happy with that = of course I'd always like to have lost another one or two, but I can't complain. One more week and then we are going to eat right some days and others have some of what we really want. Then vacation etc. and then we will be back on beginning Oct. 26th. I will continue to blog through the next four weeks, and we will see how much we gain or lose during our time of not being too strict. Could be scary! But, that will have to wait. For now it is the last week of our 6 week program. I am looking forward to exercising tonight and I am trying to do better on my water intake. I did better this past weekend than the one before, but this week we are up to 6.5 bottles and that is a lot! But I am already halfway done with my second. Plan to have the third with lunch and the fourth with the afternoon snack. Then I will really push to get the fifth in before dinner and hopefully have the six with dinner - then it's only a nice big glass of water with my evening snack and I will be done. For some reason I can fit the water in a lot better on the days that I work - I haven't figured out why yet, but I am trying! Thats all for now!

Tomorrow - Weigh in #5

Well, tomorrow is weigh in day #5. We both expect that we will have lost some additional pounds, but we are of course not sure. We are wearing smaller sizes so that we don't feel too comfortable in our clothes and that makes it a little harder to tell if we have lost as the tighter clothes are keeping us on our toes! We have both been thinking about things we may enjoy during our little over two week break. We hope to eat sensibly most of the time, and watch our calories, but we will be on vacation the first part of the two weeks and Norm will be out of town the second week so it may be a test for us. We are planning on re-starting the six week program on the 26th of October, our first six weeks ending the morning of October 5th. That really looks like three weeks off doesn't it? From the 5th through the 8th we will continue to try to watch with one dinner out with Greg and Trish. But if this is supposed to be a new life style for us I know we need to think about what we are going to eat. I will write again tomorrow after weigh in!

Friday again! already!

Goodness this week went flying by! I can't believe that I haven't blogged since Monday! Oh well. Norm and I have both had a good week. Weekends are hard for me to get my water in, but I will try extra hard this weekend and hopefully the scale will reflect how good I have been. Norm says he doesn't feel like he lost much this week so far, but I don't think you can really tell by how you "feel" - maybe how you feel to others! Hahahaha! I think he is looking slim and you can really notice his weight loss - not so sure about mine! Steak, peas and beets (yuck) for dinner sounds delicious doesn't it - NOT - oh well - the steak will be yummy anyway. I am going to mash the beets and make them like a sauce and hopefully I will be able to eat them all tonight - I haven't made it through all the beets (only 1/2 cup!) since the second steak dinner! Oh well, I will keep trying! I feel good and thats what counts! Talk to you later!

Sally

15 Pounds and counting!

As of today I have lost 15 pounds! I am pretty happy but of course would have liked to see another one or two gone - but that will come in time. Norm lost more than me again this week, and he is doing well. I can't remember his total right now, but last week was 20 pounds for him and I know he lost maybe 4 more? So he is actually doing great! He even had breakfast out with some friends two times last week - of course he watched what he ate, but still! I guess that is all I will write today. I have to make cupcakes and am hoping I can resist the batter, frosting, and filling - shouldn't be too hard because they are all coffee flavored and I don't like coffee, but still . . . adios!

New Jeans!

Well! Yesterday we were going to take a motorcycle ride after work, so when I got home, I changed into jeans and a t-shirt. My jeans felt sloppy (loose that is!) so I pulled an old pair out of my drawer - you know - the ones I kept hoping SOMEDAY to be thinner . . .well they are actually two sizes larger than I would REALLY like to wear, but they are one size smaller than 3 weeks ago . . .anyway, I put them on and they fit - I didn't even have to suck my fat gut in to button and zip them. Yes, they were snug, but no more snug than the ones that are now loose were three weeks ago! I am really thrilled and each day and change makes me even more committed to the diet and exercise plan. I actually am happy on the days I know it is exercise day and am looking forward to weigh ins on Mondays! I know that Carol is currently the only one reading this blog, but she just started the diet this past Monday and I know she will be happy with the results too! Go Carol - I'm rooting for you! So I guess that is all for now, just a quick note on the good news!! Oh, and two pair of pants that I had bought for work and have never worn because I didn't try them on at the store and they didn't fit! now fit - I just have to hem them!!! Yahoo!