Cubs game.... Okay so I went to a Cubs game on Tuesday and totally wrecked by diet... Had too many drinks and didn't eat well. Then followed with a day of recovery...again not eating well... That one event set me back a week. I need to learn continue my healthy lifestyle on weekends and special events.

Thanks Steve. Good luck to you too. It looks like your weight is heading in the right direction. :)

Hi Steve, thanks for the comment! It sure does take a while to lose the weight, but I'm so excited about progress in the gym and how I look that it usually doesn't really bother me. The end of last year I could barely bench press 135 for 2 reps, now I can do it for 10 and press 185 for 2 reps - the progress is intoxicating :)

Keep up the great work, intensity, and eating well (and enough), and you will continue to see amazing results!

OH MY GOD...

I took some pictures of myself to track my progress... And I can't believe the degree of my obesity... I had somehow talked myself into the fact I wasn't "that fat." Well I am...

I am focused and I continue to march ahead and I am excited about the changes that will come... (someday). A link to my photos are listed below...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26772364@N03/2509275653/in/photostream

Its an incredible journey.....good luck in losing weight. I seem to be losing the same 10 pounds. I am struuggling to lose them and keep it gone. I join the jillian michaels site, from the biggest loser, My membeship is for 5 weeks so i am giving it a try.

I feel really good about this week. I had a great weekend... As I usually gain some weight on the weekend. I only gained one pound (because I ate more yesterday) and I worked out for an hour yesterday. So this morning I woke up at 6:30 and headed to the gym and for some cardio and I am going at lunch for some light weight training... Even in this short time I can tell some improvements, yet I have lots to go. We are going to Mexico in November and I really want to be in great shape by then. I don't want to feel out of place or ackward while laying and and enjoying my vacation... I want to be able to climb the pyramids without gasping for breath... So I plug on and wait patiently for progress...

I worked out this morning by doing a little over an hour of cardio... I felt really good..