Sam on Maui

Wow! Been a while! @_@ Week 1 - 220.6lbs Week 2 - 221.6lbs (+1 lb) Week 3 - 216 lbs (-5.6 lbs) Week 4 - 216.6 lbs (+.6 lbs) Week 5 - 214.8 lbs (-5.8 lbs) Week 6 - 215.6 lbs (+.8 lbs) --missed a week Week 7 - 216.8 lbs (+1.2 lbs) Week 8 - 215.8 lbs (-1 lb) Week 9 - 216 lbs (+.2 lbs) ---missed a week Week 10 - 216.6 lbs (-.4 lbs) Week 11 - 214.2 lbs (-1.4lbs) So far I'm 6.4 lbs less than when I started, and losing about .5 lbs a week. Seems good and healthy. Even when I mess up I'm doing better, eating-wise, than before. Trying to get more exercise in as I remember, but its not habitual yet. I've got 4.6 lbs left until I reach my 5% weight loss goal, then its eyes forward to my 10% goal of 22 lbs lost. I'm pleased with my results thus far, and just need to keep on at it. I've got two more sessions to go before I need to start paying for it again (got 13-weeks from at a discount from my HMO), and I'm considering doing it. What is nice, if not great, is that a...

Last week I picked up a copy of Forbidden Island from my local Borders. I had first heard of it while looking for cooperative games to play with my friends on our Sunday get-together. Its for two to four players and suggested for ages 10 and up. The goal of the game is collect all the treasures on Forbidden Island and escape before the island sinks into the ocean.