This all started as a contest that I set up with him at basically a whim. We were talking weight and of course we both have plenty to loose! We both wanted to loose about 35 lbs and so I said we should have a competition, first one to loose the weight wins, of course. No I did not do percentages, yes I had forgotten that men loose weight just by spitting, as one friend said. It's just what came to my head.
I honestly didn't think we'd stick to it. We've certainly lost weight before, or tried to and have obviously not stuck with it, although the weight has stuck to us.
He's done amazingly! He discovered about two months in that missing his workouts really, really impacted his stress level at work and so now he has a double motivator for running. It's very rare for him to miss a workout. The only day he doesn't run is Sunday. (we're not going to talk about me.....cause unfortunately the only to say is that I gained weight, not lost it!)
In January, I shot myself in the foot and loaded an app on his phone that allows him to easily track his calorie intake and his exercise. He immediately became OCD with it and dropped more weight in the last two months than he had the previous three months. He tells me all the time how happy he is that I did that for him....... I did it for myself too, but I'm really struggling with my eating habits, so the only thing I became OCD in was avoiding the app.
When he started he was wearing a XXL in shirts and size 40 pants. This Friday we went shopping and he bought a size L shirt and size 36 pants! He's back to the size he was when we got married 17 yrs ago (our anniversary was yesterday!). Pretty amazing. He did opt to buy XL button down shirts as he's not comfortable with how "tight" they are on his chest, personally I thought he was looking pretty hot in them! And I did not think they were to tight. But the polo he's wearing below is a Large.
He's lost over 43 lbs since Oct. 11th, 2010! Way to go honey, I'm so proud of you! (please excuse the quality of pics, I was trying to get them done between his coming home and our leaving for church. He's working 6 nights a week, 13hrs a night, right now)
Yes, he did reach his original goal weight, but in the mean time his co-workers heard about our competition and decided to do their own. They all put some money in a pot and their deadline is June 1st. So Brent is going to continue to see how much weight he can loose until then. He would like to see 220 if possible. He's now at 243.And his prize...... a three day weekend in a hotel, playing golf and hanging out with me, with no kids. Mine was supposed to be three days in a hotel by myself.....I at least get the three days still and when he's playing golf I will be by myself......so I think I might be cheating a bit here.....
We have another deal going and if I can loose 35lbs by June 1st, I still get a prize. So I am still trying to get it done. You would think keeping up with two teenagers, another one who turns 12 in June and the younger two would burn it all off me, without any effort!
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