Chugga chugga chugga chooo chooo

Just chugging right along, doing all the right things, seeing improvements in all aspects.  That being said, my feet are no friend of mine, not now at least.  I spend all day with 5000 lbs steel nosed boots on walking around on concrete and pavement.  Couple that with my obesity and well, my feet they no lika me lol.   It will improve though.  It better, I have me a 5k to run next year.

Someone asked me why a year away?  Well, truth be told, I am not confident in my ability to run a 5k until I loose another 60-70 lbs and I think in order to do this right this time I need to take my time losing this weight.  So, a long term goal, ie the 5k in a year, as well as short term goal, ie: the time it takes me to get around this trail.  These, coupled with the scales and the measurements, which I will be adding to this post in a bit, will do alot to keep me motivated for the challenges.

So, measurement, why are they important?  Well, to me they serve a couple of purposes.  They track, they indicate progress or lack of, they tell a story the scale may not always tell and they motivate.   Here's some of my numbers from last year, they motivate me now to do better, knowing what I did last year.

The first set of numbers are where I was at the start of Biggest Loser, the second set is where I was about 3-4 weeks after.  The final set where I am now :(.   These will improve as well.

Start                    14weeks later

Chest –         55.5                   47 (-8.5 inches)
Abdomen –56                       45 (-11 inches)
Hips –           53                       42 (-11 inches)
Thigh –        32                        23 (-9 inches)
Calf –            18                         17 (-1 inch)
Bicep –         18                        15 (-3 inches)

As of August 9th........

Chest - 52 inches

Abdomen - 47 inches

Hips - 45 inches

Thigh - 25 inches

Calf - 17 inches

Bicep - 15 inches.....

Wow, that's actually not as bad as I thought it would be lol.... yay me.... still though.... a ways to go!

Thanks for reading folds!