Buc's - Biggest Loser Million Pound Match-Up

While I am no longer participating in the BL challenge, I want to wish everyone well and no one more so than Buc.  He is an extraordinary man and I hope each one of you will continue to support him on his journey towards a healthy body and life.  Buc deserves great happiness and for any of you who ever get to email or meet him,  you will see what a terrific person he is.  This is a journey worth making, a quest for health and peace that you will fulfill!   I believe in you.

I'm back from a rough couple of up and down weeks weight wise. I didn't have to make a choice on cutting my walking miles. My doctor did last week. I go in tomorrow to see what he says is wrong. Hopefully nothing more than tendinitis. So my numbers are down big time, but I did manage to lose another 4.8 pounds. Not great, but at least it's down and I'm now at 294. I talked to the nurse about my weight when I first started at this doctor's office back in '95. My weight was 317 back then, so this is my lowest in at least 15 years.

 

I've also had to face something over the past 2 weeks that Paul had to deal with concerning his love for Kelly this past season on Biggest Losers Couples. Much like him, I've had to let go of my pipe dreams of getting back together with Bev. A very hard pill to swallow to say the very least. A sad occasion for me, but I am truly happy for her that she has found a great guy and I wish them nothing but the absolute best. I've shared some amazing times with Bev and have never felt closer to anyone in my life. She deserves nothing but the very best and I hope she has found it.

Last week was a rough one for me personally, but fortunately I haven't turned to my old friend, food. Searching for comfort that it can never provide. Just the temporary lift, quickly followed by the self loathing for slipping up again. It happens to the best of us and I know I'm not out of the jungle yet, but at least I haven't yet. As for last week, I hit highs again on walking mileage ( 24.5 ), riding my recumbent bike for another 44.2 miles and a total of 68.7 miles. I'm amazed when I tally up my totals at the end of the week. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep up this pace though, it is very draining. My dear friend, Bev, entered my loss last week twice, so my numbers now stand at total weight 298.8 with a loss of 7 pounds for the week. I haven't been below 300 since back in the 90s, so I guess it was a pretty good week.

 

As I said all those miles are getting tough to keep putting up, but I do enjoy seeing the high weight loss numbers they are helping turn out. I'm thinking of dropping back to the 50 to 55 mile a week range and concentrate more on my eating habits. Any thoughts on the matter? I'm not sure yet for sure what I will do, but any imput would be greatly appreciated. Hope you all are doing well, losing weight and getting healthy. Take care.

Had my most productive week yet in mileage. I walked for 22.5 miles and biked for 43.6 miles for a combined total of 66.1 miles. I took off another 3.6 pounds last week, so it was a decent week loss wise too. Hope everyone is having a great week. 

It was another good week on the scales and miles. I lost another 5.8 pounds (largely due to Bev reminding me just how important journaling is for me) and put in 21.1 miles of walking and 42.2 more miles on my recumbent bike. It feels great to be back in the game and taking the pounds off. If I can put together another couple of good weeks together I can accomplish 2 more goals, getting below 300 and going over half way on the total I'd like to lose. I know I've still got a long ways to go, but thanks to my incredible teammate and this wonderful BL community that we are a part of now, it's definately not a lonely journey. And that goes a very long way in making it all possible. So thankyou one and all. And of course a huge thank you to Bev, she always seems to keep full faith in me, even when I doubt myself the most. Thanks for the roses darlin. I hope to be able to repay you some day for all that you have done for this old hillbilly! lol