Wellness Challenge Update

So, it's been ten weeks since Amy and I started our wellness challenge.  That's quite a while for me to consistently be working toward something health-wise.  All you lifetime exercisers can leave now.  For me, this is quite the accomplishment.  We met our goals for being healthier, and I think it's paid dividends beyond the weight loss.  That said, I have lost and kept off ten pounds.  Weighing in this morning, I sat at 288.1 pounds, but have been as low as 286.  What makes me the happiest is that the weight seems to be staying off; it's not dropping and picking up.

Now the next chapter begins.  I feel better, with the exception that I ate too much sugar (as a small reward) last night, and now I feel sluggish.  If anyone says dares mutter "I told you so," they will be horsewhipped immediately.

We've redesigned our challenges for the next several weeks until we pass through the holiday season.  One of my goals is to maintain what I've done and not regress.  Also, this time we're including points for having a decent bedtime, which will be hard for me, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

P.S.  Even if I might not look any smaller, I hitch up my pants more than I used to, even with the belt cinched tighter.

Wanna Good Workout?

Last night, due to some car troubles and bordering-insanity scheduling with the kids' parent-teacher conferences and my need to be with my scouts, I had to do some inventive running.  Hefting Sam up and down hills and across busy highways (with two others in-tow) really works your body.  My muscles woke up this morning screaming to go back to bed.  It also didn't help getting a shot in each arm and playing basketball after scouts.  Sam is small enough to carry, but large enough to weigh you down and really feel it.

It still doesn't validate my dinner tonight: McDonald's.  Blech!  I just wanted an orange drink...one of those cravings that escaped childhood.

I also went to our district health fair--where I got shot.  It was interesting to see the results of the partial panels they took of my blood.  When I see my normal doc, my blood results show high cholesterol and healthy blood pressure.  Yesterday, I was told that my cholesterol was amazingly healthy and I had high blood pressure (Smoke pouring from the hood of my car might have been a factor, but who am I to say?).  Kinda weird.

Oh, yeah, and I'm 39% fat. Hmmm....

And then I stayed up late reading a book with a subplot about a high school senior who lost weight to impress a girl.  Payback Time by Carl Deuker is a good read.  (Check out my goodreads.com review.)  Think I can do it?

Update

Up to ten in a row!