Finally Back

Man, talk about an act of congress to get back in here. I forgot my password and couldn't figure out how to get a new one. But finally after many, many attempts I am back and now I must give updates from the 22nd. WOW how time flies.

Well, first of all, I made it through the first round. I worked my butt off making it happen, but my first weigh in on 9/28 went something like this:

09/28/10 Weigh In: 257 lbs.

Lbs. Lost 12

Percent Lost 4.5%

This weigh in put me in second place in weight loss, but third place in percentage of weight lost. Bottom line is that I was safe. Whoo Whoo!!!

Now I am preparing for weigh in on 10/12 and I am nervous as heck about this one. I have been good and bad since my last weigh in. Good in that I have been working out at Welstar, Just Fitness and Curves at least once a day and sometimes twice a day depending on which workout is scheduled. I have been going to Boot Camp on Saturdays and walking like a maniac on Sundays.

But I couldn't seem to get past the five pound loss mark and starting to get discouraged. The thing is, that it finally dawned on me that I have to be in the top three this weigh in, if I am going to avoid the vote off in the bottom two. So the way I figure it, I have to have at least an 8 lb loss or more to cement my place. Not knowing what my other teammates have done, I have to really step up my workouts and eat a lot less without allowing my body to go into starvation mode.

I spent this past weekend with my kids in Columbia and did very little exercise. That was when I started to sweat things a bit. But, I got home Saturday night and spent and hour at the gym and today I walked four miles in sweats, knee pads and workout shoes. I am seeing things drop again. Can I lose an additional three lbs before Tuesday's weigh in? That remains to be seen. I think I can, but will see how the scales measure up tomorrow morning. I can't avoid the scale if I am going to stay on track even though everyone says don't get on the scales but once a week. This is too important to not do that as it keeps me working towards the prize.

I will write again tomorrow from work as to how I fared today. Keep those tootsies crossed for me. I am nervous about Tuesday.