Mark's Total...

12 lbs. Not quite my goal of 15 but close. Now if I can only avoid gaining it all back during the reunion!

Radio Silence...

Now that we are just weeks away I need to get under the radar as to not alert my competition...
See you all at the reunion!

Stealth Mode On.

I have a new goal...

Ok so I had lost weight last week and then we drove to Washington to pick up the kids, needless to say I gained it all back. SO, because it seems I don't have a chance at Biggest Loser this year, I have a new goal. I am going to run (ok, jog) a 5k. And I don't have much time left to train, in fact you guys are all gonna have to help me. The 5k is July the 25th, so that means I am going to have to train while we are at the Wardle reunion. I started jogging on top of my nighly walk a couple of weeks ago, and have gotton up to joggin over 20 min (5 songs!.. that's how I count) without stopping, so I know I can walk the 3.1 miles, but I would really like to jog it! So I have three weeks to get there. So, add to your packing list, jogging shoes! Plus I have a new weight loss goal for Wardle Weightloss 2010! New goals all around!

Tyler maintained.

yeah!

I lost that pound from last week so I am back to where I should be. and I can feel that I will lose more this week. I can feel it in my bones!

Tyler Maintained.

No dice...that's twice!

Too bad, so sad!

GRRR..

I gained a lb... I would like to blame, my hair, it is growing at an unusually fast rate, just puttin on the pounds you know... if you don't buy that excuse then I would like to propose, that I ate way to many smores on our camping trip this weekend, and if for some odd reason you don't believe it was only the smores I propose it was the potoato chips, and other junk that happened to make it to the trip, I would like to excuse the watermelon from the list though, I am sure it wasn't the watermelon....

Tyler maintained.

A weightloss riddle for you...it's true!

Who loses weight with a day at the lake,
When Hotdogs and Snacks and Smores all attack?
Who, oh who could it be?





...NOT ME!
Better luck next week I hope!

Help!

Ok so I have maintained again... does anyone know how to loose the last 5 lbs to get to a goal? Apparently eating most of Tylers homemade cheesecake with ice cream and Carmel is not the way to do it... so I think I am missing something (and no unfortunatly I am not able to try Mark's jumpstart diet, I would cheat on day one...) I've got a month and a few days and I am feeling pretty helpless...but I sure am excited about going camping this weekend!

The Wierd Weight Changes of Marathon Week

Yep, this was marathon week. I ran 26.2 miles yesterday and finished just under 5 hours (4:50:53) which is a lot faster than I thought I was going to run it. I ran the first half of the marathon in 2:20 and thought I ran the last half sooo much slower (The last 4 miles I would walk 1-2 minutes and then run the rest of that mile - a strategy I was taught by a 70 y/o marathoner I met at the beginning of the race) but I only added 10 more minutes to that last half so I was pretty excited about that!

Anyway, this is a weight loss blog not a "go-on-and-on-about-my-marathon" blog so I will get back to the weight issue...

I carb loaded this week (lots of pancakes, french toast, spaghetti, lasagna, and ravioli...yummy!) with the goal of maintaining my weight within a half pound. Sure enough I weighed in at 4am Saturday AM at a 1/2lb gain and then left for the marathon. I thought it would be fun to weigh in after the marathon too. Despite drinking a LOT of water and a medium sized berry julius in the hour between the marathon and when I weighed in at home, I had lost 3 lbs. Of course I was probably still quite dehydrated and had no food bulk in me at all!

And now, after a cheese stick, a Six-dollar Western Bacon Cheeseburger, several brownies, and 3 slices of pizza (not the wheat kind), I ended up this morning completely even with last week.

That's right, this was a VERY long post to essentially say...I maintained! But it sure was a fun way to do it!

Wheat Pizza to the Rescue!

Yesterday was a busy day so we thought we'd order pizza so we could keep working while we waited for it. Papa John's has a whole wheat pizza that is actually pretty good. We tried it a few weeks ago and then again yesterday.
Usually with pizza I can easily eat half a large and sometimes more (in fact I find it hard to NOT eat half a pizza!!!). Luckily the Wheat stuff, while yummy, fills me up after only one or two slices. So, thanks to chosing the wheat last night, I can still report a pound weight loss this week. Yeah Wheat!

HA!

Love the new background and I have to say the whole month of May came and went and I missed it and all of a sudden we have a little over a month to get the weight off?.. EEK! Somebody give me some Hollywood secret to get these pounds off!

Who would have thought...

I pulled a muscle (at least I hope that is all it was) on Monday so I didn't run the rest of the week in order to recover. I was fully expecting some bad news when I mounted the scales today but was pleasantly surprised. Down 2 lbs. It was probably from the week before when I forgot to weigh myself but I'll take it.
My foot still hurts a bit today but I hope it will be okay as I try to do my training runs this week...I need it to heal for my marathon! Otherwise it's $60 down the drain!

in Idaho...

we maintained...grrr

This week...

We maintained... thats all.

OOPS!!!

I forgot to weigh today. My marathon training has me eating more carbs starting last week until the marathon on the 13th and the book really encourages me NOT to lose any weight during these 4 weeks in order to "build up" my Glycogen supply. So I am tempted just not to weigh myself for a month...but then I am worried I will gain tons! Hmmmm.

One more down in Provo Town...

nuf said.

Maintence city...

My chances are getting smaller and smaller.. the closer july gets... We are stuck in maintenance mode...

Mark vs Munchies...the final match.

After a 2 wk wait for this highly anticipated final match we have a winner. Mark gave the Munchies a steady beating while in the Dominican Republic resisting the various chips and snacks available. Nevertheless the Munchies fought back with tasty fried empanadas for dinners and an amazing final effort last night at the family birthday party where he POUNDED Mark with Pizza, Licorice, Cake and Icecream. Mark tried to stay in the game by burnng some calories at the foosball, pingpong and airhockey courts but was it enough...IT WAS! 3-2 win by 1 lb! Mark emerges champion in an international - all out - down to the wire - match that will not soon be repeated! [crowd roars]

(of course now that we're back in the States with alot more snacks available...we will see how well he maintains his victory!?!)

Plateu city

Well we both hit a plateau this week, maintained... (with all that pizza, candy and Mom's good food.. this is great!)

We also saw Amy, who looked amazing and reported 15 pound weight loss! (which I think was her goal)

How did everybody else fair?

Way down in Idaho

Tyler is down 3 lbs for a total of 4. and I am down 4.5lbs.. or a total of 17.5... Its was a good week! How did you all do?