Slim4Him Update
I officially started my Slim4Him weight loss program February 19, 2007.
Today is May 9, 2007, and these are my statistics.
Start: 103 kg (227 lbs.)
Current Weight: 95 kg (209 lbs.)
Goal: 75 kg (165 lbs.)
That means I’ve lost 18 lbs in roughly 11 weeks. That’s 1.7 lbs. a week. Actually, the first two months, weight loss was virtually non-existent, despite the vaunted power of the South Beach Diet. It was only when I started having regular exercise with twice- to thrice-a-week visits to the gym that I’ve shown some kind of improvement. Guess that’s the final nail in the diet-equals-weight-loss coffin; without exercise, when you go off that diet, you’ll gain it all back. Hwek hwek hwek.
I was starting to wonder if my 18-pound weight loss was starting to show. Today, I visited the office’s Finance/HR department to interview a prospective writer and the ladies there peppered me with compliments on how thin I looked! Praise GOD! With encouragement like that, I’m sure I’ll get there. I’ve already lost 18 lbs total since I started; that’s more than 25% of my total weight loss goal by the end of the year. If I keep at the one-pound-a-week setup, I should lose approximately 32 more lbs. by the end of the year, totaling 60 lbs!
Thanks, by the way, to my gym buddy, Kim, for keeping me motivated! (Dennis, our schedules stink. We’ve hardly worked out together at all!)
I know somebody who knows you (but you don’t know him)and he told me he saw you at the gym. Looks like you’re really taking this to the hilt! :p
Wow! Congratulations! Sana ako din. hahahaha
Benj: Really? How would he know me?! Wow, that’s… um, I don’t know how to react to that. LOL Please ask your friend to introduce himself if and when he sees me next; I have to admit it’s a little unsettling that people know me and I don’t know them.
Maybe he can give me tips; I’ve just been doing mostly cardio stuff to burn off an initial 30 lbs before starting weight training.
As regards taking it to the hilt, well, I really want this, Benj! LOL I want it for my kids, I want it for my wife, I want it for me.
Joni: You’ll definitely get there! You have gym buddies too, and studies show that having someone along with you when you work out increases your motivation. Congrats in advance.
More power! You should make a widget for your weight loss so we could paste it in our sidebars! I’ll tell him but don’t count on him coming up to you and introducing himself. hehe. He actually called you as “James Deen”.
HE DID??
How does he know me?
You motivate me, too, Ganns! I’m not as brave as you - posting your weight and weight loss accomplishments on the web - but wooooohoooooo!!! See you tomorrow then.
That’s called accountability, Kim.
And tomorrow, I gotta do it during lunchtime. There’s no other free time for me.
Accountability? whuzzat?????
See yah next week then. Hope to see you on Tuesday. Vote wisely on Monday!
Congratulations, hon! Keep it up.
How can he not know you?! YOU’RE MISTAH DEEN!!!
No biggie. he’s not going to get you.
But the SMS he sent me said: WTF James Deen is here!
haha. We’re all rooting for you Ganns!