Jessie and Tracy

Our friend Sam will be joinging us for weekly weigh-ins for now on.  Good luck to you Sam!

I've posted some new pictures.  As you can see Jessie is really looking awesome!!  I'm so proud of her, the weight just seems to be falling off.  I know that she's tried very hard completing 18 miles for walk kansas last week.  You may notice i don't really look any different.  I've lost 30 some pounds but its really hard to see where the changes have accured.  I've always struggled in this way, so i dunno really.  I'm sure i'll have to drop ALOT of weight in order to really show a difference.  I have noticed some difference in my clothes and i have more energy.  So those are the things i'm trying to focus on right now.  If i concentrate too much on the way i look then i'll easily get frustrated.

Congratulations to all of you who are still losing and keep up the good work!!

For the first week of "Walk Kansas" Jessie and are are off to a good start.  Finishing up the week we ended with a total of 39 miles!!!  16 Miles for Jessie and 23 Miles for myself.  This oppurtunity has given us the push we needed and a goal to reach every week:)

First of all Jessie lost a pound this week....GO JESSIE!!!  I'm back up a pound in my weight.  It seems to be the pattern with me.  Maybe next week i'll be down again.

My concern is my sleeping patterns.  The last week or so i've been SO tired.  I haven't been able to get out of bed in the mornings to do any exercise before work.  I'm finding it hard to even be awake and alert enough to drive to work in the  mornings.  I don't know why the change has taken place or why i'm so tired.  I've still been watching what i eat and getting the right amount of calories.  I just haven't been able to work out as much and i'm lacking energy.  I'm still working out at the gym in the evenings.  Anyway i don't know if i'm creating this slump because i'm getting to that point where i start to jeaprodize myself or if there really is something else thats going on thats making me so tired.  Maybe i should just try pushing through the sleepiness, getting up and working out and finding out if the sleepiness passes. -Tracy

Jessie and I have signed up with a walking team who pledge to walk the 423 miles that equals the distance across KS.  The teams are groups of six and all members of the walking team split the mileage among themselves.  Its a pledge to be a healthier individaul and a healthier Kansan.  The program also incourages the particiapants to track their daily fruit and vegitable intake, and incourages getting your heart rate up along with information on how to read your heart rate.  We thought it would be a fun program to join.  Anyone who wants to take a look at what we are doing can visit www.walkkansas.org Since "Walk Kansas" became a state-wide program in 2002 it has grown from aprox. 5,000 participants to over 20,762 in 2007!  Jessie and I are excited to be taking part in the 2008 event.