Deadline Day!

On the eve of my 40th birthday (6/14) I'm pleased to post that I hit my stretch target to "weigh no more than 200 pounds" by this day. In fact, I blew it out of the water clocking in at 193.6 today. This was due to six months of rigorous dieting (<1800 calories per day) and lots of exercise (running 5k's, rowing 10k's, and cycling, cycling, cycling). It's been awesome getting into shape, really for the first time in my life; I'm really looking forward to setting new goals and keeping it going!

I have to thank Jim B for the exercise encouragement all along the way, Scott and Christian for keeping me motivated on Lose It! and of course Tina for supporting the diet and exercise regimens (and listening to me blubber on about this all year). It's been a great run (that's still going!) and I'm thrilled to have reached my lowest weight in at least 15 years.

Below is a picture of the scale at the NBCU gym that I've been pacing on for the past six months. This weight actually includes the 0.2 pounds for the Blackberry which has not been counted all along, but I'll leave it in for fun.

From Fitness

There will be more posts, but I am going to shift the focus to exercise goals and fitness ... Next goal is to finish rowing 120,000 meters by 6/22 and to get my foot repaired so I can meet my running goals as planned! Until next time ...

From Fitness

Here is the weight trend since September 2010 when I was at my heaviest. The red line was the slope I had to hit to achieve the stretch goal of 195 lbs. On 5/15/11, I started using the ergometer (rowing) at work and it helped push the weight loss right when I needed it to hit the stretch goal. That means that even my stupid injury helped me get to the goal!