91 Days to Go! (personal plea)

223.6 lbs was the weigh in this morning. The weight loss has stalled, BUT I think the fat loss is still coming because it feels and looks like I am thinning out still, and it is still only a little over a week.

This is the time of year when people evaluate their lives, whether it is their job, health, relationship with Jesus, parenting skills, ect. I would encourage anyone to find someone who has already succeeded and take a few minutes with them to find out what path to take, because you don't have to reinvent the wheel. The key to success is to stay on the path you have laid out because anything worthwhile takes time and most people jump off the track before they can see the positive results. You can not base your decisions on how you feel from day to day, you need to think BIG picture. I just felt that I wanted to say this because the one thing that I am learning through this process that I am going through is that if I listened to my own inner voice then I would have quit a long time ago and then I would be missing out on the great things that are happening. I am not special, I do not have anything that anyone else does, this is a choice and YOU have to make the choice to stick with whatever you are doing if you want positive change.

Good Luck!

93 Days to go!

Weighed in this morning at 223.4 lbs, so officially after 1 week I lost 9 lbs on the new competition diet. The first 3 days was real tough and I was tired all the time with the lack of carbs, but my body has adjusted and now I feel great. I met with Bobby yesterday and he likes how things are coming, but the major area of concern is the belly area and getting all the fat off of that. Right now the legs, arms, chest and back are tightening up real nice, so the abs will be the last thing to come in the way we want it. Stepped up the fat burners today so we will see what that does. Rhonda has made it to the gym every morning this week and she if following the diet to a T! She has lost 3 lbs after just only 3 days and she is sore, so things are going well for her! Gotta run.....get it.....gotta run!

96 Days to go!

Alright, I been MIA for a few days, but that's ok. I am down to 224.0 lbs this morning, so after 5 days I have lost 8 lbs, so much for only having to lose 2 lbs a week. This is really exciting, but it's not easy, but hey, anything in life whorthwhile takes that extra effort otherwise it's not worthwhile because anyone could do it....right? Gotta go I need to get ready for church!

99 Days to go

weighed in at 225.0 lbs this morning, lost a little over 1 lb. Gotta run as I need to head to the gym and I am runnign late.

100 Days TO GO!!

OK!! We switched gears as of Tuesday morning and went from gain weight/muscle mode to cutting weight mode. I eliminated ALL carbs with the exception of a little Old Fashioned Oatmeal in the morning around workout time.....AND......Drumroll........I lost 6 lbs in 1 day! Went from 232.2 lbs(Monday and Tuesday morning) down to 262.2 lbs this morning. Don't quite know what to make of that, but I guess when you drop 1400 calories a day from your diet all from carbs then you can see that kind of result. Anyway time to go to the gym as he has me working out 2 hours per day 6 days a week. Pic is one I took of myself this morning,,,,yes I was that surprised.

Day 83

Well today is the day that I get my new diet/workout and we start shedding all this weight, I am so excited (I know that sounds crazy). I weighed in at 232.2 lbs this morning, so I am really officially at the highest weight since we started this. I meet with Bobby at 3:00, but I have a busy day today. Here is a picture of Nolan who fell alseep at the dinner table last night.

Day 80

Weighed in this morning at 231.0 lbs. So I was a homeschool teacher and a mortgage professional yesterday, trying to wear both hats while Rhonda was gone.....it went ok. Legs are really sore still, but off to the gym anyway! Gotta go!

Day 79

Weighed in today at 230.6 lbs., I am soo excited to get on with this last part and get this fat off and get cut up, I will be posting monthly pic as we move forward. Been a bust week at work which is good because the first 2 weeks of this year were SLOWWW and kinda got me worried, I think that the snow really just kept everyone homebound, but now people are getting around out there and looking at houses to buy, so that is good news. FYI, I cannot hardly walk today, so feel sorry for me.....workouts with Bobby just kick the crap out of me.

Day 78

Weighed in this morning at 230.6 lbs, had another round of legs workout with Bobby yesterday, so I am sure that I will not have the ability to walk tomorrow. 6 days to go and I start cutting weight......stay tuned.

Day 77

Today I weighed in at 230.4 lbs....6 days left till cutting weight! I also get to start taking my Estrogen blockers and get rid of any trace of woman from me...I will keep you posted.

Day 76

Weighed in this morning at 231.6 lbs......I am sooooo looking forward to next week to start cutting weight. rice, oatmeal, yams....go away. Yesterday was the laziest day I have had in quite some time, but the good thing was that we were able to play with Nolan more than usual and he had a good time. 110 day to go!

Day 75

Weighed in this morning at 230.4 lbs, so it looks like it is official and I am only going to get to 230 since I only have 1 week left before we starting cutting weight, which means I fell about 12 lbs short of my goal of weight gain.....but hey, that's ok because that is less that I have to lose (don't tell Bobby I said that). This puts me at 30-35 lbs to lose in 14 weeks, so just a little over 2 lbs per week which should be doable, gotta head out to church, see ya later!

Day 73

Today I weighed in at 229.6 lbs...short a sweet today because I am out of time! Cold weather has set in and it show there there is NO temperature out there!!

Day 72

Yesterday I weighed in at 228.8 lbs and this mornign I was 229.2 lbs. We have set the date and January 18th is the official start of the competition diet and I start going down the path of losing 30-35 lbs. I got another 5 inches of snow last night, so the city will be shut down in terror!!! Weird that we could have snow in the middle of winter?? Anyway, gotta go and do an Ezekiel study! Here is a picture of Ethan showing off his muscles.

Day 70

It is so nice getting back to the normal routine! I took my 2 deer over to Warrensburg and I am getting them made into, Jerky, Deer Dogs, Breakfast Sausage, Summer Sausage, Summer Sausagew/Cheese, and Summer Sausage W/Cheese & Jalopenos.....MMMMMMM. I have all day at work today to prospect for new business which is exactly what I need. I have a chest workout with Bobby today so this will be my 2nd round of chest with him, so I am excited to see if I was still doing it the proper way. I weighed in this morning at 227.4 lbs and I get my measurements today from Bobby as well.....hmmmm we will see what that says. French Vanilla flavored protein powder sucks for making protein pancakes by the way.

Day 69

Yesterday was spent doing a lot of cooking for the week and waiting for the family to get home and I saw tyhe Chiefs whip the Bronco's IN Denver and Jamal Charles rushed for 253 Yds and 2 touchdowns! Derrick Johnson intercepted 2 passes for 2 touchdowns! WOW! Today is back to the routine and NO MORE TRAVEL for the next 5 months! Today I weighed in at 230.4 lbs, and for some reason I feel like I must be retaining a ton of water. Today pic is a people of walmart pic.

Day 68

I posted all kinds of pic's on facebook of my hunting trip so you have seen what I have for pic's. I had a great 24 hour hunting trip over to KS and I shot 2 deer, now the challage is to find a locker locally. I had to drag both deer by myself out of the woods and the one was well over a mile and the other about a half mile, but it is not the easiest when there is 8 inches of snow on the ground and it is 2 degrees outside....but hey, I had a blast! All that working out helped because for lunch yesterday I had a DOUBLE BACON CHESEBURGER with FRENCH FRIES!!! It was freaking awesome!! I made the executive decision to go ahead and have it since I figured I was burning enough calories so there was no way it would stick with me and I was right because I weighed in this morning at 227.2 lbs which means I actually lost about a half a pound. Back to the gym in the morning, and it is snowing once again down here...feels like I am in Iowa!

Day 66

It's a new year, but NOT a new decade, that doesn't start till next year. We went over to some friends house last night and played cards and still made it home by 11:00 and we WERE awake at midnight and then the boys went over to the neighbors house to sleep over and it's almost 9:00 a.m. and they are still not here yet. I weighed in this morning at 227.8 lbs, and I leave this morning for KS to go deer hunting as soon as I am done with the gym. Pic is of Bear begging for more protein pancakes, he LOVES those things...weird.