Very happy to be "Just Overweight".

Well, this is the first time in many years that I am not " clinically Obese". My BMI is under 30 for the first time in probably 20 years. I do not put too much stock in the Normal, Overweight and Obese categories simply because I felt as good last week as I do this week. The only thing that has changed is I lost a couple more pounds and medically changed categories. Do not get me wrong, I am excited to be out of that Obese category but my goal is to be healthy, not in a " normal category".

The good news is I am still losing a lot of inches, much faster than my weight loss at this point. I am down to a size 40 pant now, that is amazing to me considering I was in a size 52 just about 5 months ago. This makes shopping a lot more fun.

I have finally reached the point of hiring a personal trainer. I have been working out on my own for several months now to lose the majority of my weight. I wanted to make sure I was completely recovered from my surgery before I committed to a more demanding workout program. My first evaluation is tomorrow and then have committed to meeting with the trainer twice a week. I need some help in getting rid of this last 30lbs to reach my final weight loss goal. Wish me luck.

Back from Vacation

Hello all, I am back from the D.C. area and hard at it back at the gym. I was gone for over 10 days and was ready to be home. Even though I did not have a gym while I was gone, I walked several miles every day. The National mall in  D.C. was amazing.
We went to Virginia Beach for a few days and walked the boardwalk several times a day. Our hotel had a workout room but after walking all day, I did not even want to look at it. We spent a lot of time in Williamsburg, I really enjoyed the history of that town.

I was away from the scale for over 10 days, that was real nice. I ate real healthy while I was gone but I was concerned that missing the gym time would hurt my progress. I only lost two pounds while I was gone but I am still losing more inches. Even though I am down from a 4x shirt to a 1x and down from a 52 pant to a 42, it is almost time to go down another size.

I started back at the gym on Thursday morning, today was my 2nd day at it and it was not as tough to get back in the swing of it as I was expecting. After my last trip, it killed me to get started again. I am increasing my cardio and my lifting over the month, I have a goal for my next medical physical.

The 25th of this month will be my 5th month post surgery. I am having my 6 month blood panel workup at the end of November and I am excited to see even more improvement from my 3- month workup. I have not been this healthy in over 25 years and I am on a mission to develope and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

More to come.

Hard to get back to it.

It has been a while since I have posted, I was out of the country on business and now I am paying for it. When I got back to the states, I had a horrible sinus infection and laid off the gym until Saturday. Once I started back, I thought it was going to kill me. I am down to 238 lbs which is a good thing but the eliptical machine is a tough challenge again. I was up to 25 minutes on it and going strong, now 5 minutes brings me to my knees. It is like starting over again. I am still losing inches and my clothes size keeps going down. I am going on another trip on the10th but I am hoping I can keep my exercise going, I do not want to lose momentum this time.

The weather is a lot cooler now so my bike riding is going to pick up, hopefully the 100 degree days are over.