Five weeks are now officially in the books. In an earlier post, I stated that I would never allow myself to climb over 250lbs. Then, a couple of years ago I flew by 250lbs. and didn’t look back as I climbed into the 260’s! I remained active during the “dead weight” years. This week I have dropped below the 250 mark and it is great to think I have hit a major milestone. My next milestone becomes 240.

A bigger goal for me becomes the week of November 11th. That is 11 weeks from tomorrow. I have earned an award in which my company is flying me to Orlando during the week of the 11th. As part of the reward I will be able to bring my wife along to participate in the ceremony where I will be recognized. It is a really big deal for my career and I’m honored by the nomination and award. What is great is I can use this as a mini-major goal from a weight loss standpoint. I’m 249lbs as of this morning. If I can lose 2lbs a week (very reasonable and I have kept up this pace over five weeks without feeling like I’m dieting) than I would be very close to 225lbs during the trip. If I can keep up my current pace of 2.5lbs a week, then breaking 220 is doable. So with that said—I’m setting a goal of being at 225 when I leave for the trip with an aspiration goal of 220! Wish me luck.

As a side note—I’m hoping this mini goal is just what I need! I have done very good on my diet until last week. I was out of town and struggled to stay on track. This week I started out eating well—but by today I broke down and ate garbage. I have found it easier and easier to skip on my calorie journal and it is time to turn this around. I have also been so busy with work that I go to be after 2am and end up skipping morning workouts.

Now that I have established my goals for the trip…my goals this week are clear:

Enter MFP daily (outside of my free meal).
Workout each morning.
Participate in the 100 push up challenge.
Run 10 miles.