Almost 60 lbs down... Before and After Pix on Profile

scott608

Thanks Judy! Best wishes to you. Keep pressing on! I've got a little vacation time coming up on the beaches on Floriday... I can't wait to feel the warm water!!

scott608

Lost 3 more pounds this past week... Yahooo.

58 lbs down... 17 more to go... High Weight = 244, Current = 186

scott608

Oh my word, I can't believe how good the Weight Watchers Creamy Chocolate Smoothie Drink mix is!

8 oz of milk, packet of mix, 1 banana, 5 cubes of ice... mix it up in a blender, finely. Wow!

joycemhall

congrats on your accomplishments. It helps encourage us newbies to stay on task with our goals.

dlaplume2

You are making good progress. You are changing your lifestyle. We all have times where things like exercise and eating right doesn;t fit in with it. The important thing is to reign in the horses and get back on the wagon ASAP. WInter is your season but you made improvement from one winter to the next and next winter will be better.

Best wishes to you

slow and steady wins the race, it also help keep up your endurance!!!

anthodito

I started to lose weight last April. My tools were simple. I walked over a mile a day and stopped eating white foods (refined flour, sugar, rice) My heaviest weight was 308 lbs. Between last April and this past January I lost forty pounds. In January I joined a gym and have continued to lose weight. More importantly I am getting a better body self image. I have added muscle mass and increased my strength. I want to go down to 180 pounds eventually. My current weight is 258 pounds.

scott608

Wow... Thanks for the encouraging posts everyone. You're stories are amazing. Keep it up too! Let's post our victories. We're all heading in the right direction.

Cathy92

Congratulations, You look amazing in your pictures. I really like the biking picture.

staggysharl

well done scott im new to this site and was wondering if you could help me?

when you do the excercise and they give you extra calories are you suppose to eat more or just have them as extra?

many thxs and well done 2u again:)

sharl

scott608

Sharl, you are free to eat those calories, and you'll still lose according to plan. If you choose not to lose, then you wlll lose a little faster, but be careful, you'll need to eat at least 1200 calories a day, or you could put your body into "starvation mode" where it holds onto your weight even though you're exercising... It usually puts a little warning at the bottom of your day (food tab) if you're getting too low. I usually try to exercise hard... (600 - 1000 extra calories per day) eat most of those back, but save about 300 calories per day which helps me lost just a little faster than the "plan" me and the computer came up with. Hope that helps. - Scott

scott608

Thanks. I've really gotten to the point where I LOVE exercise. The endorphins that exercise provides are a REAL pick-me-up. I look forward to them (almost) every day. :-)

Scott

Janworkingitout

Great job Scott! You look amazing...keep it up!!

scott608

Who's still pushing? I'm shooting for 2 pounds per week. Tons of work, but last week I hit 3 pounds in a week, and it was sweet. I know every week can't be like that.

scott608

3 more pounds gone.

We'll I crossed over the 60 lbs lost mark this week (61 pounds down from 244), and I've got 14 more pounds to go to get down to 169. Let's roll!!

Rainbow_Brite86

AWESOME JOB!!!

scott608

Just cooked an awesome breakfast. I can actually have two pieces of thick cut bacon now, and not feel guilty about it. Skipped the bagel today, but feel totally satisfied. The fresh peppers, onions, and mushrooms on the 3 egg white, 1 yoke omelet really rock.

scott608

New picture posted in profile section. 183 lbs today, 14 pounds away from target weight.

First shirt-off pic

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/photos/view/5761477

scott608

Sun never showed itself today, it was supposed to come out by 5 pm. Had a great time running with my 5 year old in the backyard playing baseball. ;-)

sherrymo6

What an accomplishment. i just have to ask......where was the picture taken with the mountains in the background. How beautiful!!!

scott608

It was 150 miles south east of Anchorage, in Alaska. I was there on a mission trip with my church, reaching out to native kids at a summer camp. Absolutely breathtaking! - Scott

scott608

Oops, I meant to say south west. It was off of Lake Clark, in the little town of Port Alsworth.

scott608

Wow... beautiful 72 degree afternoon. Just completed my first 100 miles on the bike... only 2,400 more to go for the season ! (Probably more realistically 1,900). But it doesn't hurt to shoot high, right?

scott608

No time for exercise today, better eat right!!

hull37

well done keep it up

scott608

Very happy my wife is doing this with me. :-) She's a great encouragement.

scott608

Just got back from a week of Florida vacation. I ate great considering I was on vacation (more of a maintenance mode), but still will not weigh myself for 1 week. Now back to Chicago spring, and strict weight-loss. :-)

MeekMeals

WOW!!! You look like a totally different person!!! awesome job!!

scott608

Biking in the rain this afternoon. I'm hoping to be at my target weight before the first week of June, only 6 weeks left to do it.

cmsu64113

wow awesome! I need to lose about that same, I am going to see if I can by june to, going to try and workout twice a day for 30days!

scott608

Great goal. I'm with you!