Day 116

Yesterday was day 116, I know I said I would post pictures every month or two months but yesterday was a milestone day.

We went to the fair and I was weighed on the "guess your weight" game. Last year in July I did it and I weighed in at 475lbs, and the time between then until I started this journey in March of this year (8 months) I know I gained a lot more weight. I know I weighed over 500 lbs, but don't know the exact number, so we'll say I weighed 500 for weight loss sake.

On to this year the guy at the booth walked around me a few times and he guessed 145lbs, I said this leg? He laughed and then guessed 444lbs, now I know this is a fair game and I do not know how accurate these things are but the one I was weighed at 1 year ago was the exact same booth, and I one last year (he guessed 485lbs, I weighed 475lbs) This year the guy was right on the money I was teetering between 443-445!!! So being generous and using the 500lbs mark I have lost 55ish lbs in 116 days!!!

Here are some new pictures from last night with the day 1 and 15 side by sides again...

Day 1 and Day 116:

Day 15 and day 116 side view:

I still have not made it to the gym, but I was watching my older brother's house and pets for him last week so my plan to come home swim and then work out didn't go so well. I am going to pack my bag in the morning with swim trunks, goggles, towel, and workout clothes and keep it in my car so I can use after work (obviously clean workout clothes and dry towel/trunks each day :P ) And if anyone wants to join me for a swim or workout session at around 8:15ish on Tues, Wed, Fri, let me know (Monday I will most likely go around 1:30ish, Thursday is my day to hang out with Fatty, Saturday is usually family day and we usually swim or do something energetic, and Sunday is my day to relax and spend time with my Dad usually, pretty much my free day) Thanks again for the support, it is surprising to see how many people are supportive and all for someone getting healthier!

Day 105

It's only been 17 days since the last post but I had a few people ask me to do side by side pictures so here are pictures from Day 1 and Day 105 (front), and Day 15 and Day 105 (side).

So there you go :) I've been swimming a lot recently, still haven't made it to the gym but I did do about a half hour straight of laps in the pool earlier this week. Thanks again for the support from everyone, it helps!

Back to Life

I am back from vacation as of Monday night, it was nice getting away for a week but like all vacations it went by way too quick. We stayed at my Aunt Loreen's house like usual, played basketball, football, bingo, dice game, cards, mud boggin, went to the beach, made bonfires, ate at Katy's Ice Cream Shop, and relaxed a lot :)

I drove a Ford Bronco in my Aunt's field that was just drenched in a nice rain storm, I was getting almost sideways from drifting through the mud, and I got us pretty deep in a big mud hole that 4Lo got us out of. My Cousin also brought out his ATV but I was exceeding the weight limit, hopefully next year I'll be able to ride if he still has it. 

My Cousins/2nd Cousins and I are all really close so we pretty much hang out all week and mess around and do whatever. We went to a gas station at 1 in the morning and got some pizza and basco sticks, and the next night we went to Mobile and saw some drag racing until about 3 in the morning. We went to the beach on Sunday, it was 93 degrees, and played catch and messed around and had a good time cooling off and getting burnt. We also played bingo and the dice game, roll two dice get doubles win a prize unless it's double 3's and all your stuff goes back, and won stuff that my Mom and Aunt's brought.

Katy's Ice Cream Shop made a nice profit off of us and it has become tradition to go there at least once whenever I am in town, we went 3 days in a row :) (For my weight loss fans I had a berry fruit tumbler fresh fruit and vanilla ice cream every time I went). My Aunt is also a really good cook and we got some good home made breakfasts and dinners while there. On Sunday after burying my Grandpa, nice ceremony my Great Uncle did it and did a really nice job, my Aunt made a big Turkey dinner with all the fixings. Speaking of my Great Uncle, Eldy, he took us to a few scrapyards and then to lunch at McDonald's and later in the week bought us all pizza and cheesy sticks.

I had a great time and can't wait to go back again, hopefully it won't be a whole year and I'll get up there to see my family sooner.