Today was a great day!

I started off the morning by weighing in on my trusty scale we have setup in our guest bedroom. I had a pretty good feeling that I’d see some positive movement on the scale… I was right!  Today is a milestone day as I have officially lost 100 pounds since starting my diet back in March!

Hitting that mark means I lost 3 pounds last week… not bad, I guess. I’d like to keep up that pace or a little better as I try to get down to the ~180lb line.

I decided to post these around the neighborhood today

Overall, I’ve lowered my BMI from 40 (which is, obviously, severely overweight) to 27.5 (still considered overweight, but A LOT closer to a “normal” BMI of 18.5-24.9).

I know I’ve had a lot of thoughts and prayers over the past 7 months… I honestly do appreciate all of them.

A lot of y’all have been very encouraging verbally as well, which has been a tremendous confidence and motivation booster throughout this process.

I’ve still got a ways to go… 40 pounds is still quite a bit of weight to drop, but I know (now more than ever) that it’s possible.

ANYWAYS…

On to today: my day was fairly normal… a little busier at work than it’s been recently, but not too bad. We had our weekly football press conference which ran through lunch… I had a mountain of work waiting for me after I got done with the presser, so I didn’t make it to lunch today. Luckily, my breakfast from Chick-fil-a held me over (along with lots of water).

I got home around 6:30, ate some leftover chicken and roasted red potatoes with Laura for dinner, watched the new episode of House, then took off for my evening run.

I decided to jog around campus this evening… I wasn’t exactly sure how far it would be (George Bush -> Wellborne Rd -> University Dr -> Texas Ave -> George Bush). It ended up being right at 4 miles.

The run tracking app I downloaded over the weekend and tried out for the first time yesterday seemed to cut out part of the beginning and end of my run, so it says I ran 3.8 miles, but I think it’s actually closer to 4 (if not just a tad over). I think I’ll switch back to RunKeeper tomorrow.

Overall, I did pretty well… Aside from a few mandatory stops at traffic intersections, I didn’t slow down at all tonight.

I’m going to keep trucking along… I picked up a supplement called TriFlex from GNC yesterday that I’ve started taking to help my joints (specifically my knees) when I run. Combine that with icing my knees after the run and new shoes, my knees feel pretty good after two consecutive days of running.

Alright well I’m headed to bed… it’s Laura’s birthday tomorrow and she wants me to wake up with her at the crack of dawn to cook her breakfast

Here’s the route I took tonight if anyone cares…