we're all winners!

This week was a win for all of us, Darin in particular did the best.  He lost 2.8lbs!  He is getting very close to beating Jen as far as percentage of weight-loss goes.  Here are the charts showing where we stand in the challenge: (to enlarge image just click on it)

Our weekends seem to be the worst time for us, as far as the healthiness of our food goes. Darin and I are both doing good with making sure we get our exercise in, but we tend to splurge a bit on the weekends food-wise.  This past weekend Jen came up to celebrate Darin's birthday.  The two of them went to the Lehigh Valley Zoo and drove my car through a creek while I stayed at home and ran on the treadmill.  When they were done driving my car through the wilds of Lehigh County, we went to the mall and then to the Sands Casino in Bethlehem.  There we indulged ourselves in some tasty burgers at Emeril's Burgers and More.  Darin and Jen both built their own burgers, I got the burger of the month which was the Caprese burger and was quite delicious.  The onion rings were also very tasty.  Jen also decided to balance out her unhealthy burger with an equally unhealthy but yummy bananas foster milkshake.  After dinner Jen and Darin enjoyed handing over their money to the Sands' slot machines, while I cursed at the machine for taking my money and promptly stopped after I lost a total of  $1.87.  (I could have used that money for something much more enjoyable like a Dunkin Donuts coffee! haha)  Despite losing my hard earned money to the Sands casino, all in all it was a fun night, and I look forward to going back for my birthday!

Darin:  176.6
Jen: 128.0
Kim: 142.0

*update*
We will be having a viewing for our treadmill this saturday at 10am if anyone is interested.  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of the treadmill to Kim and Darin's account at People First.  Thank you!

glass half full?

I'm trying to look at the glass as half full, but its really quite difficult when the other two competitors are blowing past me in their weightloss.  Perhaps I'm not meant to lose weight?  I don't know, but at least I did lose some weight since last weeks weigh-in.  Or i could take my dad's wise words of advice, "Imagine how big you would be if you didn't exercise!" 

On Saturday Darin and I did a 9mile hike with my dad at the Pinnacle.  It felt great to finally go hiking again after a long cold winter.  This was Darin's first hike with my dad and I, and he did great! We burned lots of calories and then gained it all back with a late night run to the StarLite Diner with Jamie.  whoops!

Here are some pictures:

Darin and I at the rock pile that signifies we made it to the Pinnacle!

The view from the lookout:

Can't wait to get back up there!  And don't worry Jen, when its a little warmer out, we will take you there.

This weeks weights:

Kim: 143.4
Darin: 179.4
Jen: 129.0

1 step forward, 2 steps back

this blog post will be incredibly short because i'm pissed off that as soon as i lose any weight, i gain it back.  congrats to jen and darin who can actually lose weight, i however, am destined to fatness.

Kim: 144.2
Darin: 181.6
Jen: 131

heres hoping next week i will be back to where i was last week.

a win for Kim!

I lost the most weight this week, yay for me!  I of course am still in last place for the overall competition, but I'll take whatever win I can get! 

I'm quite proud of Darin and I, after a pretty food and drink heavy weekend, we both still managed to lose weight this week.  Friday was of course Darin's birthday.  We went to my cousin Andrea's house whose birthday was also Friday for a little get-together, so we were munching quite a bit.  After Andrea's we met up with some friends from college at Basin Street for beer and a last minute decision for some wings (I only had 2 or 3 out of the 10 we got).  Saturday Ziggy and Ashley came over for dinner.  The appetizer was italian bread with sundried tomato pesto spread.  Dinner was salad and lasagne, followed by lots-o-merlot.  Ziggy finally proposed to Darin too!  He is officially "Best Man" in Ziggy and Ashley's wedding.

So, after those two heavy nights, the fact we still lost weight is great.  The weights for this week's weigh-in is as follows:

Kim: 143.2
Darin:  184.6
Jen:  131.8

jazzercise

I'm finally feeling good about my diet and weightloss!  I lost another pound this week and am feeling like if I keep this up, I will continue to see results!  Actually, everyone this week was a winner!  Jen of course, is still blowing away Darin and I, but I'm convinced thats just because she gave up her twice-daily Starbucks run.  Yesterday was my first aerobics class, it was a good workout!  I definitely learned that I lack certain hand/leg coordination, especially when you are supposed to move your arms in small circles while moving your legs at the same time.  So, although I probably looked like a complete doofus to whoever might have been watching me, I still got a good workout.

This week's weigh-in:

Kim: 144.5
Darin:  185.2
Jen: 132.2

Good job everyone!  Keep up the good weight-loss!