Official Weigh In Day

Since we started our Biggest Loser Challenge on Jan 2nd, today (the 8th) was official weigh-in day for us.
The results....

• Tim - Lost 7 lbs
• Robbin - Lost 4.6 lbs

That's a good week in our book! Granted, I would have loved to see more gone, BUT, I am happy with the loss. This was without much exercise at all ... but I plan for that to be better next week! I'm really proud of Tim, although I knew he would lose more than me - he's a man afterall!

PLUS - we did better than most of the teams this week! Were those some low weight losses or WHAT?!

I hope you had a great week too! Share your losses as comments below!

Walking

Yesterday was a good day food & exercise wise. I was proud of all the choices I made. When my son was at Karate, instead of sitting there on my big fat butt just watching, I decided I'd do some walking. So, I'm at a little strip mall area and the Karate place is near one end. Looking at the strip mall, I'm thinking it's at least 1/4 mile from one end to the other so I take off walking the sidewalk in front of all the businesses. There are TWO things I discovered while I walked:

1. It's not 1/4 mile long - only 1/10! It sure looked and felt longer! :) So, of course, I had to make several laps in order to even get 1/2 mile logged.
2. In that little strip mall, there is a BBQ restaurant, Sub Shop, Chinese restaurant, Japanese restaurant, Pizza parlor, Indian restaurant & a Seafood restaurant.... Oh yeah, and not too far away right there in the same parking lot is the Outback restaurant!!!

Here I am, trying to do something healthy, and the whole time I'm walking I'm smelling this menagerie of delicious aromas wafting from all these restaurant's kitchens! I trudged along though and didn't let it tempt me. I have decided though that as much as walking while my son was in Karate is a good idea, that location is not a good idea because sooner or later I would give in to the temptation and eat a pizza or something!

So, I was thinking - why do gyms have to charge so darn much for memberships? What about those of us that just want to hop on a treadmill for 30 mins or so a few times a week? So, after having that conversation with my friend over breakfast this morning (1 egg & 1 pc dry wheat toast) I got home and found a special offer in my mailbox that a local gym is offering. It was just the deal I was looking for so I couldn't pass it up - so, I joined the gym with a full 2 year membership for only $200! The only stipulation is that I can't come on Mondays or Tuesdays. I can handle that! Plus, it's women only - and I like that too.

So things are looking good right now. I'm feeling good about what I'm doing and where I'm heading and even though my husband and I don't work out together (he has free gym at work), I fully intend to get busy at the gym. (Now, ask me next month how that's going!!)