Weighing In: Halfway & Goal

As you might remember, John has been working extremely hard the past eight weeks to try and lose some weight. He's been diligently counting the Calories of everything that he puts into his mouth and also using the Couch 2 5K application on his iPhone for a guided workout and preparation for the Monster Dash in October.

John started out weighing 270.5 at the very beginning of August with a goal to lose 20 pounds by Thanksgiving. Well, as of Sunday he actually surpassed his goal. We're only halfway to Thanksgiving but he weighed in at 249 on Sunday! And he's not stopping there. I've been getting text messages from him all week with his daily morning weight which seems to keep getting lower every day.  We're thinking this is the lowest he's been since we met.  (We think but aren't quite sure since we didn't own a scale until after we were married.)  With another two months before Thanksgiving John is excited to see how low he can get his weight down to.  He wore his "skinny" jeans the other day and also thinks it will be great to get a whole new wardrobe some day.  I think the number one motivation factor for John right now is that he's actually seeing results at least on the scale.  I think he's looking great too!

With John counting Calories, he's allowed to eat 2,360/day with it still figuring in a steady weight loss.  I signed up for the same counter and it's only giving me around 1,300 - almost half of what John's allowed!  Must be great to be a guy!  John likes the days he goes running because he also earns about an additional 300 Calories which means he can have a big bowl of ice cream before bed!

I am down from 140 to about 133 pounds.  Now that I am almost off the pump, I'm hoping to drop below 128 before Thanksgiving.  I no longer have to eat the extra Calories or drink like a camel all day long, both  which are needed in order to keep the milk supply up.  I'm not sure if I will be able to follow the Calorie counter as strictly as John has been but at least my eyes are opened to how much I really had been eating in the past!  No wonder Americans as a culture are so overweight!