Yet another 'before' pic

From the MS walk with Jeanne, these iPhone apps lenses don't help! Anyway hopefully this will become another 'before' pic.

Doggie Dash 2014: Mr. Robert Powell - Doggie Dash 2014

Doggie Dash 2014: Mr. Robert Powell - Doggie Dash 2014



Hey Folks, I'm participating in the Oregon Human Society Doggie Dash,

please go to the link above if you'd care to support the efforts of the Human Society! 

My Saturday was good

So even though I was out past midnight on Friday, I still made it up at 7 to get to weight watcher where I weighed in at 318, putinng me down 8,4 lbs since I started 3 weeks ago. Now, mind you this time I took off my shoes which alone weighed 2.3 lbs. Unfortunately I don't remember if I was wearing those the first day or not! But even so that would still put me at 6.1 lbs down or about 2 lbs a week, which is about right ! 

Then I went to the 5K walkathon for MS to keep company with my friend Jeanne who had to do it in the wheelchair. Even though a simple walk almost kept me winded, and I started to have low blood sugar which luckily I was prepped for, we completed the whole walk.

But then considering we got soaked I went home and climbed back into bed to get warm. :-)

steps steps steps

Yesterday over 13,000 steps and today over 11,425 which really seems like a lot! Sure hope it shows up on the scale on Sat!

End of week 1 - 5 lbs!

Well something must be working!

I lost 5 lbs since this time last week!

Who knew that exercising more and eating less would actually work? :-)

Some photo reference

Walking to health

Hey, over 10000 steps today!
(Perhaps that's why I had a blood sugar of 81 at noon.)

Well, we will see what happens tomorrow at the scale!

Update! Over 11000 steps today!

starting again

So I am back up to my maximum weight ever.
After the Rhythm and Hues bankruptcy I gained alot of weight,
and then since I've been back in Portland, that trend has continued.

So I've finally decided to do something about it. I hired a personal trainer,
very nice, who I've met with 3 times. I finally made it back to Weight Watchers last week, and hit 326 lbs. Pretty big!

Also, my sedentary lifestyle has me pretty weak. Apparently following Mark Twain's old saying 'If I feel the urge to excercise, I go upstairs and lay down until it passes' is not a good adage to live by.

So my trainer, Kristin, encouraged me to set some thought down as a method of motivating my actions. A good idea really, and thus this blog is born.

I don't really expect many, if any, to read it. But it'll be good for me to set some goals, record some progress and see how things are.

So, today I've already walked 9465 steps, part of that being the 2.4 miles I've been walking with my co-workers. Also, I believe I am still on target for today's point counts, but I'll have to verify on my WW tracker.

Goals Still For This Week:

   - Stop by the gym at Mt. Scott to check it out, and possibly get a card
   - walk twice tomorrow w/the co-workers
   - drink the water!
   - stay on program
   - get up early and walk the dogs
   - take a picture(s) for this blog!

Long term goals for a year, year and a 1/2 from now?

   - get back to 185
   - lower my insulin or eliminate it
   - survive my father (that's a biggie)
   - re-integrate exercise and activity as a daily necessity in my life

Perhaps, as in many other things, 3 times is a charm!