Getting over a 24 hour bug:

So getting the 24 hour flu really screws up your weight loss tracking.  Yesterday I weighed 289 and this morning I weighed 283.  That is a whole lot of water weight to lose in a day.  Anyway I still believe I am heading in the right direction and once I get back to 100% I will proceed back on course, but at least for this weekend I think I am taking a little break and rest up.

Weight watchers works?

So it seems that weight watchers has a lot in common with calorie counting...It works when you stick to it.  This morning at the gym my weight was a shade over 289 so that means there is a 2 pound difference from when I started. Now I am sure that me making sure to get my 3 - 4 days of exercise in has something to do with it. But  I have to admit that weight watchers is no harder to do then calorie counting, in fact it might be a little easier? I preface that with the fact that I am using an app on my droid and the app I selected does a pretty good job.
It's a good feeling to get back on track and having my wife along for the journey makes it better since I have an accountability partner in my house who keeps me in line.

BTW, I really want winter to go on by, so I can get back to my running routine outside...treadmills and elliptical machines are a really bad substitute.

Mid-Week change

My wife has expressed interest in starting weight watchers for her New Years Resolution and being the good supportive husband that I am...I am going to do weight watchers with her.  We decided to buy the books on ebay and we both found an app on our respective smart phones that will assist in this endeavor. I don't quite understand the weight watcher method yet so I hope the books help.  I placed all my info into the my app and it gave me 61 points to use per day (woohoo cookies here I come).  Yesterday was a very normal day for me (eating wise) and I only used 47 points, 9 for breakfast, 11 for lunch, 19 for dinner and 8 for snacks. So I had 14 points left over?  Is this good or bad? Does it mean I didn't eat enough?  If I look at what I ate via calories, I was right at my 2100 calories. So this is going to be an adjustment for sure.

Week 1 down:

Week one of my re-dedication is done.  And it went pretty well for me.  I didn't get to the gym the magical 5 times this week but I did go my usual 3.  I also learned that I need to self control better for my dinners.  I am doing perfectly fine with breakfast and lunch (averaging 400 - 600 calories) but I seem to go a little overboard on my dinners.  My weight stayed the same through out the week, 291.  I really need to get to the gym on tuesday and thursday just so I can get my cardio in, which will help jump start my weight loss.
I think I am going to look for a 5k around that occurs around April so I have a target to shoot for when I need motivation for my cardio training. I'll let you know what I find!

Round 1: FIGHT!

Alright so my final push to 250 started today! First the good, I got to the gym and I stayed within my calories today. Now bad is my starting weight is a little higher then anticipated, 291...ouch. 
But that is OK because it is a start. I have decided to go to the gym 5 times a week. My plan is to go in at 5:00 am and be done by 5:40 am. Hopefully I can stick with it...3 days are for lifting and 2 are for running.
The difference this time around is that my wife is going to be my accountability partner over the next several months I look forward.to her keeping me on the straight and narrow.
I am shooting for just over a pound per week so this journey should be over in August.  Stay tuned for more frequent updates and all the related excitement that goes with it!