Day #105- New Challenge!!!

Posted October 28, 2008

Starting weight (7/15/08):    279.8    (1/8/08):    285.2
Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):       1400  / 30.0
Sunday’s calories & net carbs:  1477 / 26.6
Yesterday’s calories & net carbs:  1430 / 37.6
Sunday’s exercise:    1 1/2 hour shopping/walking
Yesterday’s exercise:    zero / zip / nada
Weight Friday:  248.8    Weight Yesterday:  248.8    Today:  249.6
Change today::  +0.8 lbs.   Loss-so-far:  30.2 lbs.  /  35.6 lbs. 

I’m editing this at 11pm because I just got a huge shot of ENTHUSIASM and I just HAD to share!!  Wooohoooooo!!!!

Ya mighta noticed I have a pretty extensive blogroll over there on the right…  Well, one of my sources of inspiration is a blog by “zeusmeatball.”  His blog is incredible, if you haven’t already, you should definitely check it out!  ANYway, he upped his own game today by deciding - just nine weeks before the end of the year - to aim for a total loss of 200 POUNDS in 2008!  To reach this goal he will have to lose an average of 4 lbs. a week from now until January 1st.

His conviction was so infectious!!!  I decided right then and there that *I* wanted to up *my* game too!!

SO - FOR THE NEXT NINE WEEKS, IT IS MY GOAL TO LOSE AN AVERAGE OF 3 LBS. PER WEEK.

For the past 4 months, I have averaged 1.66 lbs. per week.  So I’m lookin’ to almost double that!!!  I HAVE A NEW EXERCISE TOY!!!!  I CAN DO THIS!!!!

———–Speaking of which, here’s my entry from earlier this evening, lol——————

My elliptical was delivered today!  It didn’t get here until late this afternoon, though, so hubby hasn’t had a chance to work his magic.  (He even wants to paint it!)  We had them leave it outside (just until after it’s been lubed and cleaned up).  I, of course, jumped right on it to test it out - and it’s just as creaky and hard to pedal as it was at the store.  But it doesn’t look bad:

my elliptical!

I’m just so happy to have it here!!!!  =D  =D  =D   I know myself well enough to know that if I have to go to a gym to use one of these babies, it ain’t gonna happen.  Having one that I can hop on and use whenever I want, I’m much more likely to actually DO it!

Hubby loves, loves, loves a bargain.  He loves to buy stuff cheap and fix it up and then sit back and admire his frugality, ingenuity, and craftsmanship.  This is a good thing because it means that I can have pretty much anything i want - as long as I can get whatever-the-item-is at a good price!

Oh, and sterling!!!!  I LOVE the idea of using my saved $$’s to buy a HRM!!!  If the monitor on the Elliptical doesn’t work, then that’s my next weight-loss-related purchase!!!  Excellent excellent suggestion!  Thank you!!!

CARTOON OF THE DAY
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5 Comments so far

  1. sterling on October 29th, 2008

    OOOOOH! You, in turn, have motivated me with a goal! It’s on! I committed on my blog. New Years baby - we’ll be New Years babies.

    Your elliptical looks great! Wonderful that it includes the arm action, not all do. You’ll be gliding through the air enjoying what I fondly term (over and over) the madness.

    Are you gonna let him paint it? I couldn’t endure waiting for the paint to dry! If you have more patience though you should totally rock racing stripes or pink. Maybe a combo of both?

  2. anngirl on October 29th, 2008

    Great job!!!!!!

    Awesome!

  3. inkheartmeg on October 29th, 2008

    Hi, Thanks for the information on zeusmeatball. I am going to check it out! Congrats on your new “toy”. I use it at the gym and love how quickly it burns calories!

  4. jessicaeva85 on October 29th, 2008

    You got one! How exciting! I hope you have so much fun with it, I never use the ones with arm action as Sterling put it. I am so uncoordinated; I have to stop “pedaling” to take a drink of water haha.

    Now that everybody is making goals I wanna think of one too….

  5. jessicaeva85 on October 29th, 2008

    P.S. LOVE the comic for today.

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