Thumbs Up Video
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I am a huge dork in this video, but I’m okay with that, because everyone was so lifeless, and I decided to just go for it and celebrate. Granted, I thought I had lost 2.6 pounds instead of 1.6, but if I was going to take Craig up on his challenge and throw a thumbs up out there, I knew I had to celebrate. The thumbs up is just there for half a second, but I held the thumbs up the entire time I walked back from the scale.
So I did. I threw my hands over my head, and because my shirt has shrank in the laundry (stupid dryer), you can see my gut. Oh well. They have my weight up there, and I’d wager that a lot of guys who weigh 337.4 either have a gut or they are approximately twelve feet tall.
There is also a shirtless picture of me on the internet now! The horrors!
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They took our photo, swore to us that it wouldn’t be used anywhere but in our file for purposes LATER if we chose to use it, but the big fat liars lied. The lying liars. Granted, this is just a shoulders-up shot, kind of like on Fear Factor (but without the spinning), and it really doesn’t bother me. I just wish they had told me they were going to use it so I would have flashed my best driver’s license smile. Tina made fun of me because my chest hair looked like the top of a heart. It does and she already knew this, but apparently, this picture in 8×10 form in our gym makes it a little funnier. Who knew?
As stated previously, we ended up losing Vaughn Flickner.
I’m very nervous about this week’s weigh-in. I have a hunch I’ll be nervous about EVERY weigh-in. I just don’t think I’ve lost much. I hope I can lose a pound or two, but… we’ll see. Still, I’ve lost 14.6 pounds in three weeks, and I have to recognize that that is an achievement in and of itself.
I’d still love to win the whole flippin’ contest, though.
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Progress is progress. Keep it up!
Thanks! I try to remind myself that a downward trend is always a good thing, even if the line isn’t as steep as I’d like.
Love the thumbs up!!! I wouldn’t have even noticed the belly appearance had you not said anything!!!
Thumbs up was totally Craig. I’m wondering what I should do this week. Some week, when I can manage to have a huge, 5+ pound loss, I want to just leap off the scale.
Progress of any kind in the right direction is good.
Good luck with the contest!
Thanks! I’m afraid the contest has me in a bit of a mind game at the moment, but at the same time, I’m still benefiting from it, so I’m glad I’m doing it.
Well I thought I was being brave by putting my weight loss on a blog…
You my friend are so much more brave than me. I’m gonna be rooting for you!!
Thanks!
Don’t know how much bravery it was vs. desperation, but it’s been fun, all the same. 
THUMBS UP RULZ!!!!!!!!! I’m so proud!
Ok some thoughts:
Did you notice the host got in a Big Brother Julie Chen “but first…” at the beginning? I wonder if he knows that’s her catchphrase? hehe.
I love the woman saying “Vaughn is gone” and then repeating it b/c she thought it was so cute. Cut to me angry I didn’t think of it first.
How can someone with a last name of Lively be so not lively after losing weight? And the woman that lost 9 pounds was like ‘yay’ (notice lower case and no exclamation points). If *I* lost nine pounds, I would run through the wall and leave the cartoon character imprint in my shape I’d be so excited. Speaking of, I’m so dreading weighing tomorrow!
Congrats on the 1.6–you’re marchin’ on! I love these videos! I can’t believe you agreed to a shirtless pic. not because it’s bad, just b/c it took serious balls. I’d be scared to death to do that!
Let’s see, what could you do this week. I have an idea, but it’s super cheesy and it needs to be saved for when you have a dramatic loss. You should do the “Home Alone” face. Ya know, where the kid is fake shaving or whatever and puts the aftershave on and screams in the mirror. Of course youc an leave out the scream if you want, just the hands to your cheek and shocked face. LOL. Again, this needs to be for a big loss or it’d look awkward. Ok, more awkward
You could always do like the “peace” sign, or some other small hand signal. Just to sneak in a shout out to your fans!
The Home Alone face? Really? Can’t I just flash a gang sign or something?
Seriously, any celebration is going to have to wait. I’ll be cheering if I lose ANYTHING this week, let alone something major. I’m really afraid I’ve gained, and I have NO idea why.
As far as the shirtless, it was kind of liberating, in a weird not-weird way. I’ve been shirtless at the pool dozens of times since then, and it really doesn’t bother me anymore. I kind of realized that most people aren’t looking at me, and if they are, well… that says more about them than my obesity, anyway. Now will I be so bold to be shirtless at the pool this summer that ISN’T at the gym? We’ll see.
Deanna is very bummed about how little she’s lost, which I hate for her, too, because she’s working hard. As far as Jeanette, she is in full-on game mode, and for her, anything less than a double digit is unacceptable. She’s definitely a contender, currently in first, but her weight loss doesn’t seem to be a great deal of fun for her right now. Maybe I”m wrong; I dunno?