Step 6,595,825

The Super Bowl has come and gone, and I'm now ready for the Spring to arrive. I am so tired of the cold weather. I want to get outside and walk around campus or the lake without freezing my rear off. I want to go for a hike. I want to go fishing. I want to take August to the park. I want to play some golf. I just want to get outside. Hopefully, I'll get my chance sooner rather than later.

I've been thinking a lot about the BodyBugg device that the contestants from Biggest Loser wear. It is supposed to measure your calorie expenditure with 90% accuracy. They units are around $250 with a monthly subscription. I would like to know if any of you have tried them and if they work. Please let me know what experience you have with the BodyBugg. I will await some feedback before making a purchase.

Thursday's Steps: 10,499
Friday's Steps: 9,346
Saturday's Steps: 9,796
Yesterday's Steps: 8,921

Step 6,557,263 (357.6 LBS)

I broke my streak this week by being up at my weigh-in. I was sloppy with my eating and lax on my exercising. I continue to struggle with the temptation to overeat. A reader suggested that I may need to try Overeater's Anonymous. That may be my next step. There isn't a local meeting close by, but OA offers online and telephone meetings. I am considering trying the online meeting. I have no problem admitting my addiction, and if OA helps, then I'll give it a shot.


Sunday's Steps: 7,406
Monday's Steps: 12,694
Tuesday's Steps: 11,375
Yesterday's Steps: 12,302

Step 6,513,486

I kept forgetting to update the blog this week. I can make excuses about why this happened. I can make more excuses about why I didn't workout any until 10:00PM last night. I can make even more excuses why I didn't get many steps in, but those are all just excuses and have no place on the road to health. What I will do is to try and do better moving forward. I don't think tomorrow's weigh-in will look favorably upon me. I'll take my lumps and keep stepping.

I was confronted with my addiction to food this week. Chass confronted me about snacking out of foods that she bought for August. She packs his lunch for school each day and usually puts a small treat in with his food. I have been grazing on those snacks almost subconciously. She called me at work to ask if I had eaten some small chocolate crackers. I told her that I didn't remember eating them which was the truth, but I obviously had eaten them. That was a stark reminder of how food affects me. It is almost like the background to how I live my life. It is not the most important thing to me, but it is always a part of my day to day life whether I think about it or not. I will never be successful with my weight-loss until I can overcome the addiction to food.

Tuesday's Steps: 12,007
Wednesday's Steps: 11,875
Thursday's Steps: 8,008
Friday's Steps: 11,291
Yesterday's Steps: 7,761

Step 6,452,539 (356.4 LBS)

I was down again this week. The total was 1.6 pounds. I'm happy with it. I didn't get to exercise much this past week, and I still lost weight. I have now lost three weeks in a row and am feeling the momentum. I am proud of the contestants in my Biggest Loser competition. Most of us are engaged in the process and are updating our losses each week. Even if I don't win, I'll be happy with a big loss by the group.

Now, I need to get moving this week. I was pretty much a rock yesterday. I watched football from my couch from 3:00PM until bedtime last night. It was the first day that I hadn't left my house except to walk the dogs in months. I really needed to relax this past weekend. It's now time to get back to work.

Yesterday's Steps: 5,627

Step 6,446,112

This has been a weekend of short periods of activity followed by long periods of sleep. I got up and went to work for a few hours yesterday morning before coming home and taking a three hour nap. Chass and I didn't really get back out of the house until after 7:00PM. I didn't get many steps in due to all the lounging. This morning, we slept in before getting up to start on a myriad of housework. I plan on hanging out to watch the NFL games later. I may try some walking in place to while watching the game ti increase my activity level. I may also try to flip my workout schedule again and go this afternoon before the games start. Maybe it'll be easier to workout if I am not sacrificing so much sleep to do it.

Friday's Steps: 11,357
Yesterday's Steps: 8,837

Step 6,418,205

My steps are way down. I really need to get on the treadmill at the gym tomorrow morning when I go to lift weights. I usually am short on time in the morning. To be honest, I'd rather sleep than hit the treadmill, but I know what I have to do. I've been doing well eating this week and look forward to Monday. It'll still be a few weeks before I get down to my lowest recent weight of 329. Once I get below that, I'll start to see another change in my clothing. I've got several shirts and pairs of pants on deck that I've never been able to wear. It is even more motivation to keep on course.

Yesterday's Steps: 9,041

Step 6,409,164 (358 LBS)

The Biggest Loser competition continues to motivate me toward my goals. I was down another two pounds this week. It hasn't been too hard to get back in the right direction. I have been eating better and moving more. I went to the gym this morning. I also went on Monday, but the auto door lock was disabled and no one could get in. This happens time to time and is pretty annoying when you think about getting up and getting ready at 5AM only to drive to town for nothing. I have been busy at work on the computer which hasn't given me much opportunity to walk around the store. That should be changing at the end of next week. The weather is also warming up a bit so I should be able to get outside to walk.

Sunday's Steps: 8,116
Monday's Steps: 8,371
Yesterday's Steps: 8,792