Wow!! It's been a long time!

Why is it so easy to make excuses? Why is it so easy to say tomorrow I'll start eating healthy again? Why did I start eating not healthy again? How do I convince myself that I need to change now, not next week?

I will be honest, I have gained back about 25 lbs. I'm not too pleased with myself but I can't be too hard on myself. I still have lost a total of 70 lbs and I am very proud that I've been able to maintain that.

2 Years & 14 Weeks

Sorry it's been a little while since I've update but there hasn't been much going on. As of today I am at the same weight as 14 weeks ago (95 lbs lost), at least I know how to do maintenance. However, I've still got about 50 lbs to go before I'm ready for maintenance.



On another note, I did do the 5k police challenge in September. I didn't do as good as I was hoping for but, I did it. That in itself is completely baffling to me.

My friend (surrogate cousin), Tillie ran the 10k and it only took her about 11 minutes longer than for me to do the 5k. She has run a few races and every one she has done it faster than the one before. Good job, Tillie!!

Check it out!!

A friend of mine has recorded a cd and it will be ready for purchase by October 16. Check out his myspace account to preview some of the songs.

www.myspace.com/walterschroeder

2 Years & 10 Weeks

Well, this week wasn't as good as I hoped it would be but a negative number is much better than a positive number. I lost 1.8 lbs this week. I will continue to write down everything I eat as I know that is what keeps me most accountable. Here's to a new week and another good loss next week.

Update: I finally figured out my pedometer yesterday and realized that I have been doing over 5k for at least a week if not more. YAY!!

2 Years & 9 Weeks

Well, this has been a difficult week. I haven't quite figured out why but I seem to be self-sabotaging myself lately. I have a really good intention at the beginning of the week but then life starts to happen and I end up making some really bad food choices. This week is one of the only weeks where I didn't really want to go to weigh-in but I knew that I had to. The only time I hadn't gone to weigh-in was when I was on vacation or the office was closed due to a stat holiday. So, I went in and I had actually lost .2 and spent about half an hour talking to my consultant trying to figure things out. Starting this week, I have to write everything down and bring in my food diary for my consultant to go over. So, hopefully that will spur me on to do what I need to do instead of just flowing along.

On another note, I have been continuing my training for the 5k run that I have registered for in September. I have been doing pretty good. I realized the other day that I had my pedometer set for walking, not running so I will find out on Friday how far I've actually been running. I have to admit, I am scared and excited at the same time. This is something I've never done before (especially all on my own) but I'm going to do it. Hopefully there will still be someone there at the finish line when I go across it, in other words, I don't care how long it takes, as long as I finish it.

2 Years & 7 Weeks

Last week I didn't do so good. I gained 1.4 lbs but I made up for it this week by losing 2.2 lbs. I really didn't think that I would do that good this week as I went away for the weekend to the states to do some shopping and let's just say that the meals were not ss meals and they weren't 5 hours apart but it was for 1 weekend so that's just how it is. Then on Tuesday, I had the flu really bad so that probably facilitate the loss. Let's just hope the lack of appetite continues so that I can lose some more. My aunt has challenged me to get to my 100 lb total by the end of summer so I have 3 weigh-ins left and 6 lbs so that's only 2 lbs per week, that's doable as long as I stick to it. Here's to another good week.

2 Years & 5 Weeks

So, this week's weigh-in was pretty good. I lost 1.2 lbs for a total of 93.2 lbs. On to my training - today I was able to run the 2 - 8 minute intervals. It blows me away to think that I am doing this but I am loving it.

Please remember to keep Stellan in your prayers. If you have checked out the blog, you will know that his health has improved somewhat but things are still up in the air. They are getting very frustrated with having to stay in the hospital so please pray that God will give them the strength to keep up with what the doctors need them to do.