My Short New Year's Eve Musing

Happy New Year to all my peeps! Dang... Exacty one year ago today I was tipping the scale at over 4 bills. Now, Im LESS than half the man I was that day. I'm careening towards 40 years old (well, 2 1/2 years to go) and I've NEVER felt better! So, just as a year-end present to myself, I decided to take on my own little personal sprint distance triathlon at the gym this morning: I hit the pool for 500 meters, followed it up with an hour-long intense spinning class and finished it off with a 5K on the treadmill. Done... and I could do some more right now if I were so inclined. My new fitness goal for 2007 is to complete the Olympic Distance (instead of my original goal of the Sprint/Short Course Distance) at the New Jersey State Triathlon in July: 1500 Meter Swim; 25 Mile Bike; 10K Run. And from there... who knows? Maybe a Marathon in the next year or even the 2009 Ironman in Kona, Hawaii (2.4 Mile Swim; 112 Mile Bike; 26.2 Mile Run) as a 40th birthday present to myself. One thing's for sure... I ain't gonna rule it out. Last year, I don't think I even had the stamina to WATCH the Ironman on television! Here's my final 2006 specs: Weight on Jan 1, 2006 ????????????????????? 417 Weight on Surgery Day (1/31/06) ?????????? 395 Weight Last Week ????????????????????????? 210 Today's number ??????????????????????????? 206 Total Loss for 2006 ?????????? 211 lbs! Only 7 pounds to go to reach my personal goal! Big thanks to everyone here and have yourselves a great and even healthier New Year. Be Well, A.J.

way to go AJ and keep up the good work in 2007. i get tired just reading what you are doing at the gym hugs, jacki

hey AJ that is sooooooooo cool!!!!! ya got me crying happy tears for ya!! Happy New Year to you and your family Take Care Roberta

Congratulations AJ & Happy New Year!...Your setting the bar pretty high for me, but I think I can handle it....BobM

WOW, Well done, what an inspiration to us all. Keep up the good work.

AJ..you are a serious inspiration to me. Your success is incrediible. ....I hope I can do half as good as you've done. well, I do want to loose all of my excess weight so I shouldn't say it that way, but I think you know what I mean. Congrat's on a very successful venture. You should be very proud of yourself. God bless you and yours, and hope this is the best year ever for you. Hugs, Cissy

Congratulations A.J. I am excited for you. You look great! I am almost 5 1/2 months out and down 72.5 pounds as of this morning. I feel great and have so much more energy. I started working out. Not as much as you, but it's a start. See you Friday.

A.J., you are truly THE MAN!!! You never cease to amaze me...and you've encouraged me to start making new goals of my own. New year, new goals, new me! I wish you the very best in reaching all your goals!!! I can dig it!!! See ya Friday! Hugs, Wendy

Hey there AJ! Well I wanted to start by saying "You suck", but then realized that wasn't very nice, and I would only be busting your chops...and you would know it. So instead I'll just say...oh heck, You Suck! HAHAHAHA! Seriously though I am so proud of you, all of us. This journey together has been continuously getting better, month by month, and it truly amazes me to see such great success for everyone. See you tonight. Oh and I have finally past my personal plateau for the past 3 months. Here is my own weight history: Highest Weight = 350 Surgery Date Weight = 338 Jan. 2006 Weight = 236 Today's Weight = 177!!!!!!!!!!! Total Down = 173 lbs. I never thought I would reveal my weight to the internet world, but I just did it, and boy do I feel GOOD (love to the late James Brown!). See you tonight...peace, love, joy and blues, Jennifer