Then & Now - March to November

34at35

We just returned from a wonderful weekend of skiing. When I was uploading the pictures from the camera to my computer I came across a photo of us on the same slopes at Copper Mountain last March. I am now about 50 lbs lighter than I was then. So I decided to put them together and share with you. As you can tell, my wife hasn't changed much but I sure have! In fact, I'm wearing her old blue ski coat because mine is now too big! I also found that it was much easier to ski wihout all the extra baggage. My knees didn't hurt, I never got out of breath, and tonight I'm not even sore. (Maybe tomorrow I'll feel differently). Also, don't know if this will work but I'm going to try to embed the link to the video she took of me that I saved on my Picasaweb photos page.

First the then and now picture:




Then the video: Let's hope this works!

34at35

Rats didn't work. Oh, well, to see the then & now go to my photos page.

ali258

Looks like your wife picked up a skinny new boyfriend! Congratulations on your success! :bigsmile:

-Alison

34at35

Rats didn't work. Oh, well, to see the then & now go to my photos page.

Let's try this:

AmandaJ

You are doing great!

TNTPete

Thanks for sharing!! You look AMAZING!

LJCannon

You both look awesome!!! It is hard to believe that was only 7 months ago. You are well on your way to being a healthy, fun Grandpa who will be playing with his grandaughter for years to come.

LJCannon

I found out this week that the owner of "My" Curves called the local newspaper after I lost 100 Pounds last month. The reporter called her back this week and wants to come out to Curves the week after Christmas to talk to me and take pictures. The article will be about Curves pending move to a new location in January, and about my success.:happy:

I started going to the Community Center 2 times a week this week. It is free and they have an Elliptical, Treadmill, Bicycle, and a "Total Gym" thing, plus free weights. I'm just doing the Elliptical, bike, and treadmill, in addition to my Curves workouts and walking most evenings. I'm hoping to lose a couple more pounds before he takes my picture.
Plus I have a lot of free time because I am only working part time right now.:grumble: I'd like to be working more, but I decided to take advantage of the free time while I have it.

bettersusan

Wow!! That is AMAZING! You have GOT to feel great! So glad to see you are enjoying life and you're wife is beautiful, by the way! I know she is SO proud of you. Isn't it amazing how much more energy you have to get out there and live?! Wish everyone could do MFP. I just want to share it!

34at35

Wow!! That is AMAZING! You have GOT to feel great! So glad to see you are enjoying life and you're wife is beautiful, by the way! I know she is SO proud of you. Isn't it amazing how much more energy you have to get out there and live?! Wish everyone could do MFP. I just want to share it!

Better Susan

Don't know if you were referring to my or LJCannon's post but if it was to me and my wife, Thank You! and yes, it feels great! I'm now only 7 lbs away from my goal. Went shopping last night on the way home from skiing with my wife for pants at Kohls and found that the 34in waist fit the best! Hooray! That's one of my goals.! So she bought me a pair for Christmas! Can't wait to wear them!

For anyone who is interested in seeing what it feels like to be skiing, I took a short video over Thanksgiving but couldn't get it to play on MFP. So I've posted it here. Just copy and paste the whol link below into your browser address line. It will take a little while to load but you should be able to view it. If you have your sound on, all you'll hear is the wind, until the very end when I turn the camera towards me and say "Like that?"

Here's the link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=hakkarir7&target=PHOTO&id=5408653225506994978&aid=5408647601196542625&authkey=Gv1sRgCL3YqNOuzuu_Og&fe

We're just enjoying doing things so much more now that I've lost the weight!

Everything is so much more fun now that I'm thinner!