A Quick Milestone
2008/08/22 at 7:09 am | Posted in Discipline, Exercise, Health, Life, lifestyle change, Milestone, Motivation, weight loss, weight watchers | Comments OffTags: diets don't work, Milestone, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit
Originally posted on August 22, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
Just a quick note to say that as of today’s weight of 206.5 lbs. (which could most definitely change by the time Tuesday’s Weigh-In rolls around), I have reached the 90 lbs. lost mark with a total of 90.6 lbs.
I’m patting myself on the back as I type which is pretty darn difficult to do if you really think about it. But does this mean it’s time to rest? I think not! This will continue until I reach my goal and then go further!
Last night our family went to a local Concert in the Park with our neighbor and his daughter. And kids being kids, they didn’t want to sit around and watch the show, no. They had more fun running around and I decided to join them.
We ran. We spun around. We played Hide-And-Seek. We got tired. And while we all got caught up in the moment and thought about how much fun they were having, the thought of staying active was always in the back of my mind and it most definitely felt good.
Then, of course, I did my usual 30 minutes of Wii Fit when the kid went to bed.
My point of all this?
Don’t be lazy! Stay busy! Trust me when I say that every little bit of movement helps! Nobody’s going to lose the weight for you and the answer is not in a stupid little pill that some site will most likely be pushing when they steal the content of this post.
If you want it, you have to work for it. Simple as that.
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Another Milestone
2008/08/07 at 6:58 am | Posted in Discipline, Health, Inspiration, Life, lifestyle change, Milestone, Motivation, weight loss, weight watchers | Comments OffTags: diets don't work, subway, veggie delite, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers
Originally posted on August 7, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
For years, I had labored under the delusion that I was perpetually 210 lbs.* because that’s what my California driver’s license had listed. This made for interesting looks on those few occasions when I was pulled over or the many times when I was asked for I.D.
But my friends, today things are different.
As of this post, I now weigh 210.1 lbs. which is just a hair shy of what my driver’s license reads. It’s so close that I’m going to go ahead and count it as being yet another Milestone in my weight loss progress. By tomorrow I should be there so what the hey, good enough. I can now proudly show my license when asked and not be ashamed about the listed weight. The picture, on the other hand, will need to be updated since I look like King Big Mac**.
And at my current weight it also means that I’m getting closer to kissing the 210s goodbye! Wow…remember when I felt stuck in the 230s and 220s? It wasn’t that long ago, peeps!
Moving along…
In a previous post, I had mentioned that shaving has become a little more routine since my face isn’t as chunky as it once was. Back then I had to shave every other day as opposed to every third day.
Well, now I’m shaving every morning. For a guy that couldn’t grow facial hair if he tried, believe you me when I say this is really odd. I need to invest in some more shaving cartridges. Or maybe I’ll add them to my Amazon Wish List…
And WOO HOO! It’s Subway Thursday! Today’s the day I stroll on down to the local Subway for my footlong Veggie Delite so that I have lunch for today and tomorrow. $5 for two days of lunch is a pretty good deal.
That’s it for now. See ya later!
* Paraphrasing from the movie A Christmas Story. At least I give credit. ** King Big Mac refers to a term uttered by late L.A. radio DJ Bruce Vidal, who my brother worked with many years ago. Bruce once said that he looked like “King Big Mac” in a picture my brother took of him because he had a mouthful of food at the time. We still use that phrase today. We miss you, Bruce!
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Weekly Weigh-In #20
2008/08/05 at 7:11 am | Posted in Discipline, Exercise, Food, Health, Life, lifestyle change, Milestone, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight watchers, wii fit | Comments OffTags: diets don't work, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit
Originally posted on August 5, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
Does Week #20 bring good news? Let’s see.
- Weekly Weigh-In #20: 212.1 lbs.
- Last week’s weight: 212.7 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -0.6 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.1 lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 85.0 lbs.
While this week’s results aren’t all the surprising given my crazy food weekend, the loss keeps me within my recommended range and that’s definitely a victory in my book. A loss is still a loss no matter how you slice it.
But what could make such a small even better? I’ve reached the 85 lbs. lost mark–finally! I’d been struggling at 84+ lbs. lost for a long time but some hard work and my willingness to get over that mark got me there. And I’m happy about that.
For this, the 20th Weekly Weigh-In, I thought I’d share my last 19 results with you. Go ahead and check them out and see what I was thinking back then and how, no matter what my thoughts, I was never ready to throw in the towel (and you shouldn’t be, either). You’ll also see that there were times when I thought I was “stuck” in the 240s/230s/220s etc., revisions to my stats, different exercise routines, etc. If you need to find some motivation in reaching your goal, these might just help you. (Note: all links open in a new window or tab.)
But no matter what my weight was at any given time, I was still determined to reach my goal which is now just 12.1 lbs. away–that’s it!
Well, my stomach’s grumbling. Better feed it some good stuff. And remember, folks: easy does it. I know that firsthand. So don’t rush your weight loss or you’ll only end up disappointed.
See ya!
#1: 251.0 lbs.
#2: 248.0 lbs.
#3: 245.0 lbs.
#4: 241.9 lbs.
#5: 238.5 lbs.
#6: 236.9 lbs.
#7: 233.0 lbs.
#8: 232.5 lbs.
#9: 233.5 lbs.
#10: 230.7 lbs.
#11: 228.9 lbs.
#12: 224.3 lbs. (sick)
#13: 225.7 lbs.
#14: 221.8 lbs.
#15: 218.8 lbs.
#16: 216.4 lbs.
#17: 217.3 lbs.
#18: 214.4 lbs.
#19: 212.7 lbs.
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Weekly Weigh-In #19
2008/07/29 at 7:16 am | Posted in Exercise, Food, Health, Life, lifestyle change, Milestone, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight watchers, wii fit | 2 CommentsTags: diets don't work, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit progress
Originally posted on July 29, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets.
Ah, Week #19. Here we go.
- Weekly Weigh-In #19: 212.7 lbs.
- Last week’s weight: 214.4 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -1.7 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.1 lbs.
- Weight loss to date: 84.3 lbs.
First off, and I hate to add what seems like such meaningless and futile text, I came across yet another so-called weight loss blog using one of my posts. If this were my personal blog then I wouldn’t care, but since I’m losing weight the right way, I take offense to sites that use my posts to push weight loss pills. As such, from this point on I will include the text you see above in each post here on 200by40.
Now that that’s out of the way…
This week sees a loss of almost 2 lbs., which is about my doctors’ recommended average per week. Anything more than that is definitely a bonus so I’m happy with the results. But truth be told, I was 212.5 lbs. a few days ago, just before my aunt’s big 84th birthday celebration where I ate quite a bit. I’m not concerned; this was a once-in-a-lifetime thing so I took advantage of it. Not only that, she’s got a pool so I was able to work some of that food off very easily. It’s back to the program today as it always is after a heavy weekend.
If you’ve been following my Weekly Weigh-Ins since the very beginning, you’ve seen some changes. With last week’s weigh-in numbers, I started to include my total weight lost. This gives me and everybody else out there an easier way to keep track of things…just in case you can’t see that little Traineo icon on the right…
One of the stats I’ve since dropped has been the “If I Lose…” stat since, well, I began to feel it was screwing my progress up. In the beginning I was losing somewhere near 3 lbs. a week average so including that stat was fun as it gave me an idea on when I would reach my goal.
Today, July 29, is when I should have reached my goal based on my then-average weight loss in pounds per week. But here I sit with less than 13 lbs. to go instead. Oh well; the plan was to be there by my 40th birthday which I will no doubt achieve.
This week’s Milestone: size 38 pants! That’s right, guys, I’ve officially dropped 10 sizes the right way. If this isn’t proof that one doesn’t need pills or surgery in order to achieve their weight loss goal, then I don’t know what is (*thumbs nose at lap-banders everywhere*).
On the exercise front, Wii Fit continues to whip me into shape! Here are the latest results, taken after today’s Body Test:
I was about 233 lbs. when I started in May. I’m now on my 66th day and at this point the bar graph can’t be seen in its entirety, so I had to zoom out and show it this way. Even so, you can see how much progress I’ve made.
And I promise a new Progress Photo is coming. Ann took one of me at the party but I was holding my cousin’s one-month-old son (which really made me want another 
) and you can’t really get an idea of what I’ve achieved. But I did get that wonderful new baby smell all over me.
That’s it for today. More news as it happens. See ya, and stay focused!
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Weekly Weigh-In #16
2008/07/08 at 7:31 am | Posted in Discipline, Exercise, Food, Health, Life, lifestyle change, Milestone, Motivation, Weekly Weigh-In, weight loss, weight watchers | Comments OffTags: diets don't work, lifestyle change, Weekly Weigh-In, weight, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers
Today’s results!
- Weekly Weigh-In #16: 216.4 lbs.
- Last week’s weight: 218.8 lbs.
- Gain/loss of: -2.4 lbs.
- Weekly average lost: 2.3 lbs.
I don’t have much to say today as I’m still a bit under the weather, but I do know that I’ve passed yet another Milestone: 80 lbs. lost!
More later once I get back from the doctor and if I feel better. I’m kinda run down today so I may just take it easy today instead.
Hope you’re feeling better than I am and your program is giving you the results you want. So far, I’m not disappointed
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