Weighing In

The time had come for John and me to start trying to lose weight.  He had gained a few pounds with me during each pregnancy and was actually up about 20 pounds from our wedding four years ago.  Me, I had an instant weight loss plan called giving birth but even that doesn't take it all off and also leaves you with a completely different body shape.  I was actually down to my pre-Owen weight but mostly concerned with the weight that Megan left me with, also up about 20 pounds from our wedding.

We decided to do Sunday morning weigh-ins and our first one was on July 29th.  John weighed in at 270.5 and I was 140.5.  Our goal is to see if John can lose 20 pounds and me 10 pounds before Thanksgiving.  My brother and his fiance are planning a destination wedding for the weekend before Thanksgiving so we'll be going to Florida.  How nice it would be to look a little more fit for the trip!

I am so proud of John so far.  Just two weigh-ins after the initial one and he's already down 8 pounds!!!!!  He downloaded an awesome app onto his iPhone where he can program how much he currently weighs and how much he wants to weigh by Thanksgiving and it tells him how many calories he is allowed every day.  From there he can enter in recipes or scan product UPCs right onto his phone and it will keep track of everything for him.  John's doing a great job not cheating and staying right in line with his allowances.  Yesterday he even passed up really big Bavarian cream filled donuts at work AND cake!

Unfortunately, I am not doing quite as well as John.  I'm in a tough situation because, although I would have no problem cutting back on food, since my body is still making milk, I need the extra calories to keep my supply up.  I have a couple pounds so far so my weight loss will just be a little more gradual.  I'm also hoping to tone specific areas as well as lose weight overall.

In addition to just watching what we eat we are also walking about four nights out of the week, generally for a half hour or 1.5 miles.  John found another app for his iPhone that uses GPS to track the distance we walk, the duration of the walk and then calculate the calories burned.  Then he knows how big of a bedtime snack he can still have :)  We do allow ourselves a free day, Friday, where we don't count calories.  So far John has enjoyed pizza, fair food and burritos!

Hopefully this will result in more of a lifestyle change and last longer than just through November.  We joined Safari Island today so we will have a place to walk and work out during the cold months.  Hopefully we take full advantage.  I know Megan is looking forward to all the swimming opportunities!