Here's the skinny: I've been near 300 lbs. for years and need to lose weight. I'm married to a wonderful lady, and we have a family. One of our boys often asks if I'll run with him. I've always had to tell him, "No." In August of '09, my wife learned about a couch-to-5k running program, and I agreed to try it with her. This blog chronicles our progress on that training program. I hope I'll soon be able to surprise my son by telling him, "Yes, I'll go running with you!"

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Almost forgot: 100 Pushups (plus team status)

With all the excitement over my current weight loss, I forgot to post my progress on the 100 Pushups challenge.

I completed week two of the challenge last night, with a total of 87 repetitions.  My neck and shoulders were sore last night (I woke up with a headache). I'm now on to week three--further than I made it last time.

Here are some additional details on where I fall in with my other workplace losers (I'm on Team 5):


Only Week 2 Ranking
TEAM 1 TOTALS
4.91%
TEAM 4 TOTALS
2.76%
TEAM 3 TOTALS
2.64%
TEAM 5 TOTALS
2.45%
TEAM 2 TOTALS
1.87%

Total Weight Loss Ranking
TEAM 5 TOTALS
20.90%
TEAM 4 TOTALS
12.45%
TEAM 3 TOTALS
8.09%
TEAM 1 TOTALS
7.82%
TEAM 2 TOTALS
6.18%

Top 5 Individual Ranking for Week 2:
M.S.
2.52%
J.R.
1.68%
Andrew Riemer (ME!)
1.68%
S.M.
1.55%
D.M
1.37%

Top 5 Total Individual Ranking:
J.S.
6.59%
Andrew Riemer (ME!)
5.67%
J.B
5.51%
D.M.
5.40%
N.Y
4.21%
 

The one benefit I have, going forward, is that I have a lot more to lose than the rest.  That gives me the potential to keep losing (though I know it will get harder) even when the others start bottoming out.

Anyway, that's all for now.

BWL Weigh-in for Week Three

I had a welcome surprise on the scale this morning: 269.6!

This is the first time I've been below 270 since high school!

I can't explain how good it feels to see some real progress.  I finally broke the 270 barrier!

I hated yogurt when I was a kid.  I'm sure glad I love it now!