It’s on. My wife and I are competing against each other to see who can lose the most weight. Not lbs but percentage of body weight. I stand at 6’1″ and weigh 260 lbs. Angela is 5’3″ and is at 145.
Why are we doing this besides the obvious? I need a good kick in the ass to get off my hind and get in shape. What a better way than to compete against my lovely wife. Not only will I be exercising like a fiend, I’m going to educate myself about nutrition and be disciplined about my eating habits. I’m 33 now and probably a few lbs and years away from diabetes. Not going there.
I also want to increase the energy I have throughout the day and be healthy and happy for my woman. I used to love to play basketball, jog and lift weights. Used to is the key word. Ever since my ACL replacement surgery, my knee has never fully recovered. Some days I feel like it has no strength and I’m going to fall on my face. I’ll have to be careful not to over do it with my knee and constantly ice it down every night.
Ashamed is how I feel some days…I have a closet full of clothes that I can’t wear and a limited wardrobe at the moment. I’ve been told, “you wear your weight well.” What kind of compliment is that?
Mother and I in 2002
4 years ago I worked 11 hours a day 4 days a week and was on my feet for those 11 hours. Now I sit at a desk probably 10 hours a day 6 times a week. Don’t get me wrong I love what I do now but I used to rely on my work to help cut those daily calories in half.
Me now, sorta but you get the point
So this is the start of a new healthy lifestyle for myself and Angela and we both need to rely on each other for support and guidance. I’m sure we’ll have days when we want a sugary snack, before I do that all I have to do is grab my stomach and realize I’ll have that piece of fresh fruit.
We don’t really have anything materialistic or any good ideas to compete over for our challenge besides the benefits of being in kick ass shape. Help us out. Give us some ideas. Let the chaos begin. I hope she wins and I’m sure she hopes I win. We’ll see. I’ll update our status on this post through the comment section.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Andy Coon // Jun 28, 2007 at 7:33 am
Week 1:
Me: 254
Woman: 143
What I’ve learned the first week of this lifestyle challenge is that getting nutritional food is difficult at restaurants. I ate at Panera last week and looked at the nutritional chart and was blown off the chart about how many calories and fat their sandwiches had. So I got some soup and an apple. I only worked only twice last week, getting over the soreness. Good start, lets see how long we can keep this up.
2 Alan // Jun 28, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Thats a great start Andy. I found a nice site to track calories and weight when I was dropping some pounds. It’s called fitday.com.
3 Andy Coon // Jul 5, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Week 2:
Me: 250
Woman: 140
I can’t believe how much more energy I have. This is great for me. I look forward to my gym time now. Although I need to take it easy every now and then my knee reminds me that it needs to build itself back up slowly. I’m listening.
4 Andy Coon // Jul 12, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Week 3:
Me: 246
Woman: 140
Yup, another week of sweet victory. I might of won this week of the Battle but my wife won my heart all over again. It’s really difficult to hold your head up high and look your wife in the eyes and tell her you were let go from your job. Not once did she ever question it but got behind me and pushed me to find the best job for me and not to worry about finances. We will be OK. I’m better than OK, I have an amazing woman by my side. When I walked out the door for the last time at my former employer’s office it took a ton of weight off my back. Now that it’s gone and my mind is at ease it is back to work.
The weight keeps coming off and I respect fruits and vegtables much more. I’m beginning to look at candy and all the sweet stuff as enemies. And let me tell you we are surrounded by them.
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