No Small Victories

[Frederic 500]

I've decided today is a good day to take stock of my weight loss journey.

Running today I broke my pace record for my entire life averaging 14 min/mile and more importantly I broke my record for fastest mile (13.5 min/mile). I'm still running half the distance and 50% slower than the average man my age who uses Nike+ but I'm running twice as often.

I'm within 5 lbs of having lost 100 lbs (40 of which has been in the last 3 months with the lap band). I still have nearly 150 lbs to lose before my BMI would be "healthy" but I'm starting to suspect I'll reach a "healthy" waist measurement before that since I've lost 6 inches off my wait in the last 3 months and and am on the cusp of wearing 2xl shirts rather than feeling uncomfortable in the 4xls I was wearing a few months ago.

So you may not be at goal but I'd encourage you to share your progress so far; feel free to brag yourself up a bit.

[catfish87 3,471]

Congrats Frederic! Such a great accomplishment!

My most recent: A couple of days ago, there was a 14 year old in my truck....she weighed 120 pounds (she's NORMAL).....I looked at my ticker when I got home.....

[mrsto 2,925]

Congrats on your success, Frederic. That is GREAT to hear! And it's perfectly fine to toot your own horn. You earned it!

[kll724 3,055]

Yeah! Good NSV!

[50for50 72]

Great job - you WILL get there!

[goalseeker 695]

Great post! It's so nice to feel like we have accomplished something great in an area that seems to have always lacked success. Keep up the great work!!