First Two Weeks

I didn't want to make this blog public until I had already put in some time working on the goal. It's been two weeks since I weighed in on my sister's scale. She and I are competing (Biggest Loser style) to see who can lose the biggest percentage of weight in the first three months of this year. Winner gets their car cleaned and detailed by the loser.

I initially weight in at a whopping 244 lbs. I know, that's a lot! I hadn't been that heavy in about 5 years. I've managed to do several runs, 2 six milers, some walks and one trip to the pool in this two weeks and I'm already feeling much better. I've been eating much healthier as well and I"m remember what it feels like to be hungry (a feeling I had almost forgotten after spending a week back at my parents with my mom cooking and cookies freely available.

When I stepped on the scale today it read 232.5. Now, this was a different scale and it was in the morning rather than the afternoon, so there's usually some fluctuation, but 10 lbs or so is a pretty good start, so I'm feeling good.

I'm using a Nike+iPod pedometer to help me track my runs. You can follow along, my ID is Nate in SA. Here are my two 6 mile run graphics:





I've also been eating quite a bit better than previously. I'm not doing any specific diet. I've done diets like South Beach before and had good success, so I've incorporated much of the same ideas, however, I didn't go through the two week extremely low carb phase to send my body into "ketosis." So, I'm eating a lot of whole grains, greens and lean meats, and skipping on the sugars and simple carbs. Then I'm trying to use the novel idea of leaving the table a little bit hungry, or at least not completely full. I've signed up for a service called dinnerplanner.com that gives us great menu ideas with a grocery list. We're doing the healthy option and we really like it. I'll review it more in a separate post.