Women’s Results

Name                           % lost

Cassie Erdmann           11.8%

Terri Erdmann 11.5%

Larissa Margraf           10.4%

Johanna Schultz          9.8%

Chris Roberts  9.8%

Lois Rogari      9.4%

Jasminka Selimovic      8.3%

Morgan Bernitt 8.0%

Lisa Edwards   7.8%

Catherine Bunnell        7.6%

Donna Smith    7.4%

Barbara Korteling        7.0%

Andrea Beck     7.0%

Cindy Wilcox    6.9%

Roberta Griffis 6.8%

Heather Kretschmer    6.7%

Tina Quatela    6.7%

Linda Barney    6.5%

Sandy Morahan           6.3%

Kristina Young 6.3%

MaryAnn Swingle         6.0%

Diane Yaddow  6.0%

Jeanne Snyder  5.9%

Jacqui Sturgis  5.6%

Chey Bodie       5.6%

Mary Fitzgerald           5.6%

Erin Stinavage 5.4%

Emily Bunnell   5.3%

Teresa Bates    5.0%

Karen Menza   4.9%

Laurie Greco    4.9%

Cassandra Egan           4.5%

Keara Drew      4.5%

Linda Pontosky 4.5%

Meghan Gilleran          4.4%

Diane Mitarotonda      4.4%

Linda Miller     4.2%

Jan Traynor     4.1%

Sarah Frammigin          4.1%

Michelle Bunnell          4.1%

Carolann Krehel           3.9%

Kathy Schaffer 3.8%

Diane Dailey     3.7%

Robin Mead     3.6%

Jamie Mills       3.6%

Alixandra Fils Aime      3.6%

Samantha Syrylo          3.4%

Sue Grasse       3.4%

Tammy Jensen  3.3%

Patsy Schwegman        3.3%

Megan Sherman           3.2%

Jennifer Murray           3.1%

Marleen Mullen 3.1%

Laurie Peterson           3.1%

Sharyl Kreiter  3.1%

Elizabeth Lopez           3.0%

Deidre Patrisso 3.0%

Carolann Schwartz      3.0%

Joann Bates     3.0%

Chelsea Grasse 3.0%

Christine Goda 2.9%

Evelyn Lippert  2.9%

Brandy Porosky           2.8%

Vera Shields    2.8%

Janine Fotusky 2.8%

Katherine Prati 2.7%

Alyssa Schweighofer    2.7%

Bethann Holbert          2.7%

Kristen Montauredes   2.7%

Heather Kennedy         2.5%

Laurie McKean 2.5%

Sandra Boyd    2.5%

Georgette Ursich         2.5%

Wendy Simons 2.4%

Kathleen Chicoski        2.4%

Karen Hopkins 2.4%

Nancy Roberts 2.4%

Kathy Grandjean          2.3%

Nicole Wilson  2.3%

Cynthia Sprong 2.3%

Kristen Orellana Anton 2.1%

Cynthia Eike     2.0%

Lori Wood        2.0%

Grace Frisbie   1.9%

Sharon Gill       1.9%

Perri MacLauren          1.9%

Nichole Yannone         1.9%

Jessica Lurvey  1.8%

Juliana Demasi 1.8%

Dehlia Smith    1.8%

Natalie Cottell 1.7%

Chris Maloni    1.7%

Arleen Peck      1.7%

Nicole Branning           1.4%

Loretta Gentile 1.4%

Bonnie Drake   1.4%

DJ Daniels        1.3%

Nancy Camper 1.2%

Betsy Austin    1.2%

Melanie Deighton        1.2%

Amy Costantino           1.1%

Kim Masker      1.1%

Jennifer Stanton          1.1%

Terry Dippel     1.0%

Brittany Kroll   1.0%

Katie Bowen     0.9%

Emily VanOrden           0.8%

Maureen Allen 0.8%

Heather Trojnacki        0.7%

Melissa Austin 0.5%

Connie Lindsey 0.3%

Jennie Quatela 0.3%

Dawn Mitchell  0.3%

Sarah Canfield 0.2%

Judy Castek     0.2%

Patricia Stuart 0.2%

Heather Krisovitch      0.1%

Tina Hoehn      0.0%

Myra LeBlanc   0.0%

Heather Boyd   0.0%

Lauraann Ohman         0.0%

Audrey Josefek -0.1%

Karen Tucker   -0.1%

Ashley Trojnacki          -0.1%

Lisa Frisbie      -0.2%

Shannon Guinard         -0.2%

Laurie Ordnung -0.3%

Brittany Zebrowski      -0.3%

Leann Parenti  -0.4%

Linda Meyers   -0.4%

Theresa Nurnberger    -0.6%

Marilu Justice  -0.7%

Lynn Gormley   -0.8%

Lori Mulvey      -0.8%

Joye McNulty   -0.8%

Sally Rapp       -1.3%

Jennifer Marold           -1.4%

Kathryn Moyle -3.0%

Alexandra Blaine         -4.9%

Men’s Results

Name   % lost

Craig Moyle     13.1%

Don Pontosky  10.3%

Paul Bunnell     9.6%

Jeff Lesek         9.5%

Kyle Curtis       8.1%

George Heeman Jr        7.8%

Al Beck 7.6%

Steve Fountain 6.9%

Samuel Ingenito           6.8%

Edward Holmes 6.6%

David C. Mitchell         6.4%

Scott Faatz      6.3%

Richard Roberts          5.5%

Lee Swingle      5.1%

William E Bowen          4.9%

David Jagger    4.9%

Mark Goda       4.6%

Mike Poska      4.4%

Kevin McGinnis 4.3%

Clyde Kreider   4.2%

Josh Schweighofer       3.2%

Bill Murray       3.0%

Tim Lauffenburger       3.0%

Terry Roberts  2.9%

Chris Stein       2.5%

Joe Sarge         2.3%

Mark Kasper    1.9%

Terry Schwartz 1.8%

Kevin “Seven” Kearney 1.8%

Seth Pennington          1.7%

Kevin Bernitt   1.5%

Peter McNulty 0.9%

Justin LeBlanc  0.8%

James Bowen    0.8%

Anthony Meyers          0.4%

Chris St. Clair  0.4%

Vito DeLaOrange         0.4%

Mike Ruddy      0.4%

John Gustafson 2         0.0%

Paul Diamond  0.0%

Craig Bodie      0.0%

Don Barney      -0.4%

Walter Mendler -0.5%

Ken Crum         -0.6%

Mark Wilmot    -0.6%

Bob Nurnberger           -0.8%

James Clark      -0.9%

Charles Miller  -2.3%

Female Results- Week 5

Name                         % lost

Cassie Erdmann       10.9%

Terri Erdmann          10.6%

Johanna Schultz          9.3%

Chris Roberts  9.3%

Larissa Margraf           8.8%

Diane Yaddow  7.2%

Jasminka Selimovic      7.2%

Barbara Korteling        7.0%

Lisa Edwards   6.8%

Andrea Beck     6.8%

Heather Kretschmer    6.7%

Morgan Bernitt 6.7%

Sandy Morahan           6.3%

Roberta Griffis 6.0%

Lois Rogari      6.0%

Cindy Wilcox    5.9%

Tina Quatela    5.8%

Laurie Greco    5.8%

Donna Smith    5.5%

Emily Bunnell   5.2%

Diane Dailey     5.2%

Robin Mead     5.2%

Jacqui Sturgis  5.0%

Catherine Bunnell        5.0%

Mary Fitzgerald           5.0%

Erin Stinavage 4.9%

MaryAnn Swingle         4.8%

Kristina Young 4.7%

Jeanne Snyder  4.5%

Chey Bodie       4.3%

Linda Barney    4.2%

Karen Menza   4.2%

Laurie McKean 4.2%

Joann Bates     4.0%

Grace Frisbie   4.0%

Jan Traynor     3.9%

Cassandra Egan           3.9%

Patsy Schwegman        3.9%

Diane Mitarotonda      3.8%

Meghan Gilleran          3.7%

Laurie Peterson           3.7%

Jamie Mills       3.6%

Linda Miller     3.6%

Samantha Syrylo          3.5%

Vera Shields    3.4%

Megan Sherman           3.3%

Teresa Bates    3.2%

Sharyl Kreiter  3.2%

Keara Drew      3.2%

Brandy Porosky           3.2%

Chelsea Grasse 3.2%

Michelle Bunnell          3.1%

Jennifer Murray           3.1%

Emily VanOrden           3.1%

Alixandra Fils Aime      3.1%

Jessica Lurvey  3.1%

Tammy Jensen  3.1%

Deidre Patrisso 3.0%

Carolann Schwartz      3.0%

Kathy Schaffer 2.9%

Sarah Frammigin          2.8%

Janine Fotusky 2.8%

Brittany Zebrowski      2.8%

Alyssa Schweighofer    2.7%

Lori Wood        2.7%

Kristen Montauredes   2.7%

Christine Goda 2.7%

Sue Grasse       2.6%

Elizabeth Lopez           2.6%

Evelyn Lippert  2.5%

Marleen Mullen 2.4%

Wendy Simons 2.4%

Kathleen Chicoski        2.4%

Karen Hopkins 2.4%

Nancy Roberts 2.4%

Kathy Grandjean          2.3%

Nicole Wilson  2.3%

Cynthia Sprong 2.3%

Sandra Boyd    2.2%

Bethann Holbert          2.2%

Kristen Orellana Anton 2.1%

Cynthia Eike     2.0%

Georgette Ursich         2.0%

Dehlia Smith    2.0%

Katherine Prati 2.0%

Sharon Gill       1.9%

Perri MacLauren          1.9%

Nichole Yannone         1.9%

Katie Bowen     1.8%

Juliana Demasi 1.8%

Natalie Cottell 1.7%

Kathryn Moyle 1.7%

Chris Maloni    1.7%

Heather Krisovitch      1.7%

Linda Pontosky 1.7%

Melanie Deighton        1.7%

Arleen Peck      1.7%

Heather Kennedy         1.6%

Loretta Gentile 1.6%

Bonnie Drake   1.5%

Nicole Branning           1.4%

Dawn Mitchell  1.4%

Kim Masker      1.3%

Betsy Austin    1.2%

DJ Daniels        1.2%

Nancy Camper 1.1%

Amy Costantino           1.1%

Jennifer Stanton          1.1%

Terry Dippel     1.0%

Maureen Allen 0.8%

Carolann Krehel           0.7%

Heather Trojnacki        0.7%

Brittany Kroll   0.6%

Melissa Austin 0.5%

Connie Lindsey 0.3%

Sarah Canfield 0.2%

Judy Castek     0.2%

Jennie Quatela 0.2%

Patricia Stuart 0.2%

Tina Hoehn      0.0%

Myra LeBlanc   0.0%

Heather Boyd   0.0%

Lauraann Ohman         0.0%

Leann Parenti  -0.1%

Ashley Trojnacki          -0.1%

Shannon Guinard         -0.2%

Laurie Ordnung -0.3%

Linda Meyers   -0.4%

Theresa Nurnberger    -0.6%

Marilu Justice  -0.7%

Lynn Gormley   -0.8%

Lori Mulvey      -0.8%

Lisa Frisbie      -0.8%

Joye McNulty   -0.8%

Audrey Josefek -1.0%

Jennifer Marold           -1.4%

Sally Rapp       -1.4%

Karen Tucker   -1.7%

Alexandra Blaine         -2.0%

Male Results- Week 5

Name   % lost

Craig Moyle     10.8%

Paul Bunnell     9.5%

Jeff Lesek         9.1%

Don Pontosky  8.6%

George Heeman Jr        7.3%

Kyle Curtis       7.1%

Al Beck 7.1%

Steve Fountain 6.8%

William E Bowen          6.0%

Scott Faatz      5.6%

David C. Mitchell         5.5%

Richard Roberts          5.3%

Edward Holmes 5.2%

Lee Swingle      4.6%

Kevin McGinnis 4.0%

Samuel Ingenito           4.0%

David Jagger    3.7%

Clyde Kreider   3.7%

Mark Goda       3.3%

Terry Roberts  3.2%

Mike Poska      3.2%

Tim Lauffenburger       3.0%

Seth Pennington          2.8%

Mark Kasper    2.6%

Joe Sarge         2.3%

James Bowen    2.3%

Kevin “Seven” Kearney 1.8%

Mike Ruddy      1.7%

Chris Stein       1.5%

Kevin Bernitt   1.5%

Josh Schweighofer       1.4%

Vito DeLaOrange         1.4%

James Clark      1.3%

Bill Murray       1.1%

Peter McNulty 1.0%

Terry Schwartz 0.9%

Don Barney      0.6%

Justin LeBlanc  0.5%

Anthony Meyers          0.4%

Chris St. Clair  0.4%

John Gustafson 2         0.0%

Paul Diamond  0.0%

Craig Bodie      0.0%

Ken Crum         -0.6%

Mark Wilmot    -0.6%

Bob Nurnberger           -0.8%

Walter Mendler -1.1%

Charles Miller  -2.7%

Weight No More: Week 5 Weight Loss Totals
Women-769 Pounds
Men-350 Pounds
Total 1,119 pounds

or…

 She Said

We have taken this Weight No More contest as an opportunity to return to the healthy lifestyle we used to live-whole foods, daily activity, more energy, better sleep, lots of water, and a lot less coffee.  There have been plenty of small wins in the last few weeks:

1. I’ve stopped making excuses and started working out again.
2. We bought fruit that didn’t go bad before we could eat it.
3. The dogs have had some nice, long walks,
4. For the very first time in 32 years, I drank the recommended eight glasses (64 ounces) of water in a day! (Only one day.)

It’s all about progress and making better choices every day.

That being said, there have been plenty of poor choices along the way too:

1. We ate an entire pint of ice cream in 2 days.
2. I counted 4 minutes of stretching as “yoga.”
3. Mr. B drank (the NOT recommended) 8 cups (64 ounces) of coffee in a day.
4. We let the girl child count pizza sauce as a vegetable.
5. We followed up a great hike with three rounds of whiskey & ginger ale.

It’s about half way through this year’s Weight No More contest, so it’s time to get serious! As a family, we are headed in the right direction, but we haven’t pushed it and made any difficult or uncomfortable commitments. There are changes to be made that won’t be easy at first but are necessary to meet our goals. These are things like:

1. Sticking to suggested servings and portion sizes. Yeah, an apple with peanut butter is a healthy snack, but not if you’re using a measuring cup as a serving size. (A serving of peanut butter is two tablespoons. Please don’t look in my lunch box.) It’s not just snacks that need to be measured out; cereals, cheese, pasta, etc., are easy to over serve. How difficult is it to check the side of the box for how much you should put on your plate?! (Not as difficult as it is only to eat that much!)
2. Cutting out snacks before bed. Healthy snacks or not, we all know you don’t have to eat after 8 pm. It’s simply a mindless habit we’ve fallen into.
3. Consistently prioritizing our health & well-being over other commitments. What can we get done and what good will it be, if we’re tired and hungry and using stressful work days as an excuse to ignore what our bodies need? We already have the answer to this- it’s what our family has been doing, and we know it doesn’t work because that’s why we’re in the contest this year! (Yeah, I’m looking at you, Mr. B., no more mulligans!)

We have six more weeks until the final weigh in. It’s time to double down and make those changes for good!

Making better decisions more of the time is a start, but making the best decision most of the time is the goal.

 

 

 

He Said

Halftime, time to look in the mirror and look at the progress ( or regress) I have made since the beginning of the Weight no more contest. I have named the theme of this reflection the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Working out. The good. I have worked out more the last 4 weeks than I have in several years. The bad, it has been sporadic, different times of the day and lacking focus. The ugly, I have not worked out enough to see results in my quest to lose weight.

Water. The good, water has been a much larger part of my daily routine. I have been getting the “recommended” 8 eight ounce glasses daily. The bad, after some research, it seems water intake should be based on your weight and activity, the more you weigh and the more active you are, the more water you require. It actually makes sense instead of the standard 64 ounces no matter your size.  My recommended daily water intake is 136 ounces. I see many more trips to the bathroom in my future. The ugly, coffee. I am still drinking too much coffee and although it does count toward daily fluid intake, the cream and sugar adds to my daily calorie intake.

Food. The good, as a family we have been eating more fruits and vegetables on a consistent basis (I would be doing much better if coffee were considered a vegetable) The bad, adding butter and cheese to your vegetables is counter productive as is adding a banana to your bowl of ice cream.  The ugly, there was a lot of ugly this week. To start, as soon as I finished last weeks column where I took a mulligan, a co-worker brought in a dozen glazed donuts (Thanks Ashley) I ate 2.  The pizza I grabbed on Friday had pepperoni and sausage.  The pint of ice cream that Mrs. B said we finished in 2 days was actually a half-gallon of ice cream.  The last ugly of the week I will call Super Bowl of chips and dip.

This week I will focus on more of a structured exercise routine, setting aside time in the morning and evening for strength and cardio. The other focus will be on eating, concentrating on when I eat, and how much (no more 9 pm dinners followed by 10pm dessert).

We have made some progress in our goal to lose weight and make healthier choices in what we eat and what we do, there is, however, a lot more wok to be done….

 

 

WOMEN’S RESULTS

Name	% lost
Cassie Erdmann	10.0%
Terri Erdmann	9.1%
Chris Roberts	8.1%
Johanna Schultz	7.3%
Jasminka Selimovic	7.2%
Heather Kretschmer	6.7%
Larissa Margraf	6.6%
Sandy Morahan	6.5%
Diane Yaddow	6.3%
Barbara Korteling	6.3%
Andrea Beck	5.9%
Lisa Edwards	5.8%
Tina Quatela	5.8%
Donna Smith	5.5%
Laurie Greco	5.4%
Robin Mead	5.2%
Cindy Wilcox	5.1%
Lois Rogari	5.1%
Mary Fitzgerald	5.0%
Diane Dailey	4.9%
Megan Sherman	4.4%
Diane Mitarotonda	4.4%
Jacqui Sturgis	4.3%
Linda Barney	4.2%
Erin Stinavage	4.2%
MaryAnn Swingle	4.1%
Kim Masker	4.0%
Kristina Young	4.0%
Karen Menza	3.9%
Jeanne Snyder	3.9%
Cassandra Egan	3.9%
Roberta Griffis	3.9%
Georgette Ursich	3.9%
Catherine Bunnell	3.8%
Jan Traynor	3.8%
Emily Bunnell	3.7%
Vera Shields	3.7%
Meghan Gilleran	3.7%
Chey Bodie	3.7%
Laurie Peterson	3.7%
Jamie Mills	3.6%
Samantha Syrylo	3.5%
Patsy Schwegman	3.5%
Linda Miller	3.4%
Joann Bates	3.4%
Keara Drew	3.2%
Brandy Porosky	3.2%
Jennifer Murray	3.1%
Emily VanOrden	3.1%
Jessica Lurvey	3.1%
Tammy Jensen	3.1%
Arleen Peck	3.1%
Grace Frisbie	3.0%
Deidre Patrisso	3.0%
Carolann Schwartz	2.8%
Janine Fotusky	2.8%
Brittany Zebrowski	2.8%
Alyssa Schweighofer	2.7%
Lori Wood	2.7%
Bethann Holbert	2.7%
Kristen Montauredes	2.7%
Chelsea Grasse	2.6%
Marleen Mullen	2.6%
Michelle Bunnell	2.6%
Sue Grasse	2.6%
Christine Goda	2.5%
Sarah Frammigin	2.5%
Juliana Demasi	2.5%
Elizabeth Lopez	2.4%
Wendy Simons	2.4%
Sharyl Kreiter	2.4%
Loretta Gentile	2.4%
Karen Hopkins	2.4%
Nancy Roberts	2.4%
Kathy Grandjean	2.3%
Laurie McKean	2.3%
Nicole Wilson	2.3%
Cynthia Sprong	2.3%
Kathryn Moyle	2.2%
Nancy Camper	2.2%
Sandra Boyd	2.2%
Jennie Quatela	2.1%
Cynthia Eike	2.0%
Evelyn Lippert	1.9%
Kathy Schaffer	1.9%
Perri MacLauren	1.9%
Nichole Yannone	1.9%
Dehlia Smith	1.9%
Katie Bowen	1.8%
Katherine Prati	1.7%
Natalie Cottell	1.7%
Heather Kennedy	1.7%
Morgan Bernitt	1.7%
Linda Pontosky	1.7%
Heather Krisovitch	1.6%
Chris Maloni	1.5%
Nicole Branning	1.4%
Teresa Bates	1.3%
Bonnie Drake	1.3%
Betsy Austin	1.2%
DJ Daniels	1.2%
Carolann Krehel	1.1%
Jennifer Stanton	1.1%
Shannon Guinard	1.1%
Kristen Orellana Anton	1.0%
Judy Castek	1.0%
Terry Dippel	0.9%
Melanie Deighton	0.8%
Maureen Allen	0.8%
Sharon Gill	0.7%
Heather Trojnacki	0.7%
Dawn Mitchell	0.6%
Melissa Austin	0.5%
Amy Costantino	0.4%
Connie Lindsey	0.3%
Kathleen Chicoski	0.3%
Sarah Canfield	0.2%
Patricia Stuart	0.2%
Linda Meyers	0.1%
Tina Hoehn	0.0%
Leann Parenti	0.0%
Myra LeBlanc	0.0%
Heather Boyd	0.0%
Lauraann Ohman	0.0%
Ashley Trojnacki	-0.1%
Laurie Ordnung	-0.3%
Alixandra Fils Aime	-0.4%
Karen Tucker	-0.6%
Audrey Josefek	-0.6%
Theresa Nurnberger	-0.6%
Lori Mulvey	-0.6%
Marilu Justice	-0.7%
Jennifer Marold	-0.8%
Lynn Gormley	-0.8%
Joye McNulty	-0.8%
Brittany Kroll	-1.0%
Lisa Frisbie	-1.2%
Sally Rapp	-1.4%
Alexandra Blaine	-1.9%

 

MEN’S RESULTS

Name	% lost
Craig Moyle	8.8%
Jeff Lesek	7.5%
Paul Bunnell	7.4%
George Heeman Jr	6.3%
Don Pontosky	6.3%
Al Beck	5.8%
Edward Holmes	5.7%
Samuel Ingenito	5.3%
Steve Fountain	5.3%
William E Bowen	5.1%
Lee Swingle	5.0%
Richard Roberts	4.8%
Kyle Curtis	4.8%
David C. Mitchell	4.2%
David Jagger	4.2%
Mike Poska	3.8%
Scott Faatz	3.6%
Kevin McGinnis	3.6%
Mark Goda	3.3%
Tim Lauffenburger	3.0%
Seth Pennington	2.9%
Terry Roberts	2.4%
Josh Schweighofer	2.3%
Joe Sarge	2.3%
James Bowen	2.3%
Mike Ruddy	2.2%
Mark Kasper	2.1%
Clyde Kreider	2.1%
Kevin “Seven” Kearney	1.8%
Bill Murray	1.8%
James Clark	1.3%
Peter McNulty	0.9%
Justin LeBlanc	0.5%
Vito DeLaOrange	0.5%
Anthony Meyers	0.4%
John Gustafson 2	0.0%
Paul Diamond	0.0%
Craig Bodie	0.0%
Chris Stein	0.0%
Chris St. Clair	-0.2%
Terry Schwartz	-0.4%
Ken Crum	-0.6%
Mark Wilmot	-0.6%
Kevin Bernitt	-0.8%
Bob Nurnberger	-0.8%
Walter Mendler	-1.1%
Don Barney	-2.2%
Charles Miller	-2.3%

Female Contestants: 723 Pounds
Male Contestants: 291 Pounds
Total: 1014 Pounds
In other words, we’ve lost about the same as the weight of a Grand Piano.

HE SAID/SHE SAID

When I asked if Mr. B and I could write He Said/She Said for Weight No More this year, Tina asked, “What do you have to write about? You work at the Y and your family eats well.” I was holding my fourth cup of coffee, a bag of salt & vinegar chips for lunch, and I had just gotten winded walking up the stairs. “This is the first vegetable I’ve eaten all week and I never actually work out at the Y- I’m only wearing workout clothes because none of my jeans fit.” So here we are.

Mr. B. & I have been married for 5 years and for the first few, we did have a healthy lifestyle. All of our meals were vegetarian, made with fresh vegetables straight from the garden. Everything was made from scratch, even our yogurt, bread, and beer!  I think we got away with buying just coffee, rice, flour, and sugar on most of our grocery trips.

Then our daughter started Kindergarten and there was a lot more rushing around in the morning and less time after homework at night; We started buying cereals for breakfast and snacks for school. That year, I was diagnosed with Celiac’s Disease, an autoimmune disorder that lets my body attack my digestive system any time I eat wheat, barley, or rye.  We started buying gluten free breads and pastas that sound healthy, but are heavily processed with extra sugar and fat to make them tolerable. Soon Mr. B.  started work at the paper and I went back to school. We both started staying up late working on the couch and eating snacks. Then we were up early and rushing around, and out the door with a third cup of coffee, and forgot to grab lunch, and there’s a meeting tonight, so just grab pizza on your way home, and suddenly…here we are. We have not maintained any of our healthy habits from 5 years ago; we are tired and heavy and on a dangerous path.

For me, Weight No More isn’t about fitting back in those smaller sized jeans, though that would be nice, they were expensive. It’s not even about the number on the scale, that’s just a numeric representation of my relationship with gravity.  I’m not worried about the pounds, just the bad habits that put them on.  The next ten weeks will be our family trying to make our way back to the energetic and vibrant life we started together.