on sunday nights i play tennis with my friends sasha and charlie (and charlie's nephew). we are all pretty evenly matched (at least when it comes to playing doubles). it makes for good tennis as we play best of five and we normally end up playing for three plus hours. the courts are nice (by central asian standards) indoor courts. the lines are just a bit long. i can tell because i land a high percentage of my first serves and am brilliant at painting the baseline. this doesn't translate over well to a regulation court as i tried playing once when we were home in the states over the break and everything was long (that is what she said).
anyway... last week while playing we were taking a break and all sitting on the bench drinking water. i happened to look down at myself and then at charlie and sasha. although i felt healthy and good for exercising... all i could think was "man... we are getting old and fat".
as a result... "the biggest loser bishkek" has been born!
joined by chris, charlie, sasha and myself are each throwing money ($100 a piece) where our mouths are (i wonder how many calories are in a dollar vs a som?) and betting to see who can lose the most weight over one month. we are paying out the winner one month at a time but the big goal is to keep this contest going through june. we will see.
after one week... i have lost almost five pounds am in first place.
my losing weight isn't congruent with jen's pregnancy diet of ice cream and cake... so we will see how it works out. wish me luck.
So happy to have you guys back blogging again. I've really missed hearing about your adventures. Congratulations on the baby, I heard about it a while back but I didn't know if you would get this message because it didn't seem like you were looking at the blog. Anyway, I am really excited for you both! Please take good care of yourself Jenny and get a lot of rest. Good job on the weight loss David! Jim gained 40 pounds when I was pregnant with Ryan and I gained 18 humm...who do you think was doing the eating??? Well, I love and miss you both. I hope I get to see you guys again someday. Love, Aunt Mary
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to you. Besides beating the others in the pool - do you have a target weight you're trying to hit? A BMI?
ReplyDeletetarget weight is 190 by july 1st. have given up sodas, salt, white sugar (or at least trying to avoid foods/drinks with lots of sugars). cardio three times a week. weights four times a week.
ReplyDeletedon't ask what my current weight is!