SparkDad

With my current weight loss I am paying close attention to what I am eating. My goal is to get to 180 pounds by April 1. I am working really hard to get there and then of course maintain it.

Starting at 214 I was not huge, but I am definitely not at my optimal weight. Now as I was writing this post, I thought “What is my optimal weight?”, so I went out and found a health calculator   .

Health Calculator

You can read the rest of the weight loss challenge posts here.

Last week was a rough week for me in my weight loss challenge. First of all I only went to the gym 2 times last week. I did get a workout on the elliptical at the house, but I find that it is a lot less of a workout. I burn fewer calories during a 20-30 minute workout than I do on the treadmill.

Secondly, my diet was terrible. I succumbed to temptation and ate several cup cakes left over from the Dia de la Candaleria. Our neighbor Veronica made these cupcakes which where carrot cake with cream cheese topping. Oooh! They were good! So after devouring 4 of them I gave them away to another neighbor : ) In addition I had Chick-fil-a a couple of days. Granted I had grilled instead of fried it was still not homemade.

In addition Mama and I went out for an early Valentines night out. We ate wonderful food at Mark’s restaurant in Houston. We both had seafood, but it was all very rich. Add cocktails and a bread pudding for desert and you have a recipe for diet disaster!

So this morning when I was schedule to weight in I was very worried. I woke up and took care of all bodliy functions and then stepped on the scale…..

199 pounds! I broke 200 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!

180 here I  come!

- Spark Dad