I woke up this morning at 8:00 a.m. and decided I had to know how much I weighed. I had worked out all last week. I ate sensibly and healthy. I had to have lost something. So I got dressed in my workout clothes and headed over to my doctor's office. I was the first one there and STILL had to wait about 15 - 20 minutes. Typical.
So I finally get access to the scale. I set it to my last recorded weight of 425 lbs. Everything is in place and I step on the scale. I hear the "beep - beep - beep" from the Biggest Loser show playing in my head. As soon as I stepped on the needle moved. "Damn, it moved. I hope I didn't gain." But I didn't. The needle stayed down which meant I had to move the weight down. "tap - tap - tap" Stopped on 422. Still need to move down. Ok. "tap - tap - tap" Stopped on 420. STILL need to move down. "tap - tap - wait - tap" Stopped on 417 and the needle was right in the middle. That means I now weigh 417. I took a quick look at everything. "That marker is where it's supposed to be. That counter weight is where it's supposed to be. That marker stopped on 417 and the scale is balanced." I lost EIGHT POUNDS IN ONE WEEK! That's "Biggest Loser" numbers right there! I could not believe it. I got off the scale and had to take a long look at it. Yup, it said I had lost 8 lbs. It was one of the most amazing feelings I have ever had in such a long time. I did it. I AM doing it. I am losing weight! I updated my facebook status and received congratulations and words of encouragement all day long. I got home and jumped on that elliptical and ran for 28 minutes straight. I think I may have overdone it because my legs were hurting the rest of the day. I need to remember to start slow. I'm still in the early stages of this and don't want to over exert myself. My next cardio runs will be kept to about 20 - 25 minutes.
I was watching the latest episode of "The Biggest Loser" tonight. After the show their new weight, they get a percentage of how much they lost compared to what they weighed last week. So for me losing 8 lbs. from 425, that is 1.88%. So far I have lost 18 lbs. for a total percentage of 4.14%. Seeing these numbers and knowing the results only pushes me on and on. I know it is going to be rough but this is something I have to do. This is something I have to do for myself. No one is going to do it for me.
