Broke 170 pounds on Saturday 7/9/2011

Good afternoon everyone!!!

      Hope you all are enjoying your weekend and its not as hot wherever you may be as it is here in Hutchinson.

      I finally broke the 170 pound mark today.  I can't even remember last time I weighed less than 170 pounds.  Although that weight was after a 7 mile bike ride and 2 mile walk and run I still broke that barrier and couldn't be more excited.  That is officially 47 pounds of weight loss since January 8-9 of this year.  I have lost right at 6" around my waist, you can see my ears when your looking straight at me (Michele Deviney will get this), about 1 1/2" off my neck.  I feel better, look better and all around a healthier person.  I may not have added any years to the end of my life but I definitely will be able to enjoy my life more with this weight loss.  I enjoy walking with Dylan or pulling him in his wagon where that was a chore before.  I have enjoyed looking at the old buildings around Hutch as I am riding the bike. Today I raced an Amish guy driving a tractor from Ave A to 11th St.  I won.  Darn near blew his beard off him as I passed him.  The racing and winning part are a true story.  The beard part not sure about.  That darn tractor was fast.  That race was about 14-15 blocks and near the end of my 7 mile ride so he clearly had the advantage.  lol. 

      I am going to try and get pictures up this weekend of now and when I took my first pictures when I was still around 208-210.  I am still not where I want to be however.  I still want to tone up more and 'unbury' the 6 pack that I believe is hiding under the small layer of gut that is still there.  So the pictures will show a huge difference due to the weight loss but I am still not where I want to be muscle wise.  That is my next project.  I would like to keep my weight in the 170-175 area but build muscle and burn more fat.  I have taken my body fat % from about 32% to 14-15% already which by my calculations means a 'FAT' loss of 43.94 pounds.  So knowing I have lost 47 pounds I have only lost about 3 pounds of muscle.  Or it could be the part of the beard I shaved off also.  Who knows.  Anyways that is really more technical than I wanted to be. 

      I need to get off of here but will try and get pictures posted this weekend.  You all have a great weekend

Darren