Chub Club - Results

The Chub Club competition that I have been competing in has come to an end and I WON!!! WAHOO!! In the end I won $335, which will definitely help with Christmas this year. My results are as follows:

Weight:

184.6 to 159.4

Measurements:

Arm - 11.5" to 11"

Thigh - 22" to 21"

Calf - 15.5" to 14.5"

Bust - 41" to 36.5"

Chest - 35.5" to 33"

Waist - 39" to 36"

Hip - 47" to 41"

I'm not really sure how accurate the measurements really are since I didn't really pay to much attention to the tape being in the same exact spot every week. And the weight is about 2lbs higher than on my home scale. But overall I am very happy to see some results :) Below is the picture I took for the virtual biggest loser, which ended about the time the chub club started and then a picture I took this morning (um, sorry about the quality, I suck at picture taking)

Before

After

Not a huge difference but still there.

I wanted to find a picture of myself from before I lost all this weight, but my choices are poor since I hid from the camera at every turn, but here is goes....my weight loss progress in pictures:

 This is me the day before my wedding (Nov 2007) I weighed about 230-235

Now, this is me about a month into this lifestyle change - I weighed about 236 here (from the side, sitting down is never flattering, even now I refuse to take a picture at this angle but this is the closest I have to a beginning picture this year):



Now the one from this morning side-by-side with the one 3 years ago:



 I have come a long way and needed the visual reminder myself of how much work I am put into this. It is no longer a marathon, but more of a 10k. I can't give up now, I have come too far.

Random Rambles

I am in week 11 of 20 of the Ragnar Relay beginner training and it is getting to the scary point. Tomorrow, I have to run for 60min total which I think I can manage but just two weeks from now I have to run 80min and a month from now 120min (2 hours!!). I cannot fathom being able to run that long, can my body really do this? Will I be able to run for the length of an average Movie? A couple of months ago I thought I would never be able to run an hour and I am very close to that (55min is my longest time) but I have had over 5 months to work up to an hour and I am supposed to double that time in just a month. Crazy.

On a different note, I am no longer losing weight. I thought it was because I was snacking too much or my portions were too big, so for the past week I have been measuring my food and entering in all my calories. Not one piece of food has entered my mouth without being counted and I still am not losing weight, which is frustrating. I am getting to the point where I feel like I am not going to lose anymore weight and never reach my goal. I am about 12lbs from my lowest weight ever and it feels like I may never get there. I am not quiting but this is getting harder.

Finally, I wanted to post my beginning weight for the Chub Club so that I can keep track of how well I am doing every week. So here it goes:

Week 1 Starting weight: 184.5
Chub Club goal weight: 170

That means that I need to lose basically 15lbs in 12 weeks. It shouldn't be too hard but at the rate I am going it might not happen. I am not going to beat myself up if I try my hardest and don't meet my goal, as long as I lose something I should be happy, right? Right.

Chub Club

I started a post on Wednesday about how much I enjoyed my run that morning. I had run for 2.5 miles and felt awesome during and after I was complete. I felt empowered, my body was strong, and I was in a good mood all day. Flash forward to today. I went for a 2 mile run this morning and HATED it. I was tired, out of breath, slow, and just overall not feeling the vibe. I think this is why so many people don't run (this is just a guess) because even when you think you've got it down, at least on small runs, you go back to feeling like it is Day 1 all over again. At least this time I have the memory of how great it was on Wednesday and will just keep going with the hope that my next run will feel like that (it better, it will be 55minutes long...).

In other weight loss news...I have been doing a Virtual Biggest Loser contest this summer that is coming to an end soon. I have to say that I thought this would motivate me but I found myself not caring if I didn't win the big prize - after all I only put in $10 - and I have found myself slowly snacking more and more. If the summer has been hard I can only imagine how hard the fall & Holidays are going to be. I love baking an it is almost impossible for me to go through the fall and the holidays without baking things. So I need more motivation. So I joined something called the Chub Club. Its like the virtual biggest loser only in person (we have to weigh in In Front of each other)and with a lot more money to lose. The rules are as follows:

• Beginning on Sunday, August 8th and ends on Sunday, November 7th. This will give me 16 weeks exactly and give me the extra push before the holidays (during which I basically want to just maintain my weight or lose a few lbs)


• The initial buy in will be $50.00 (that's a lot of money to me - I have to go into this trying to win)

• After that, it will be $10 every time you weigh in and have gained weight and $5 for every time you weigh in and stay the same. (money motivates)

Pretty strict weigh-in rules and I seriously debated whether to go into this because if I keep doing what I have been the last two months then at the very least I would have had to pay out $5 frequently but I guess that's where the motivation comes in. The hope is that when I am thinking about not measuring out my food and just eating til I feel like it is a serving, I will remember that now if I gain weight or even not lose weight, I've got to fork over the big bucks! I am excited for this but a little scared. I think it will motivate me but there is a small chance I could end up paying out a lot of money. I will keep you updated. Have a happy Friday!