Week 7 (John)

This week we have lost a combined total of 4 lbs. Well, I have lost the 4 lbs. this week and the tables have turned on Amy. She sits with a zero.

Technically she is not sitting, she has begun a walking routine that she hopes will promote her weightloss. I think I will try to keep up with her but not too sure about the power-walking, side-steping, hand-clapping, toe-touching routines that she manages.

I did however reach another goal this past week that I had set when beginning to lose weight. 50 push-ups! I know this may not seem like a lot to some people but at 310 lbs and out of shape I could barely crank out 10. Thus I employed my son to assist me in increasing my output. I would do 10 for 1 week and then I would let him sit on my back or shoulders really and add a little weight for a few days. When I would do them after that it seemed easy to increase my reps so I added 5 more each time we did that. Really I am shocked that after about 6 weeks I went from 10 to 50. I actually did 4 sets of 25 the other night. I am not desiring to increase beyond that point but rather maintain that ability. My next goal is pullups/chinups - I hope to knock out 10 of each, which is astronomical when I cant even do 1 at this point.