Pure laziness is the main reason for this week’s weight gain. I can make lots of excuses: stressful days at work, too busy with various events to exercise, not enough money to buy lots of healthy foods, blah blah blah. Honestly, they are just excuses. I simply did not want to put in the effort over the past few days.
But I’m determined to get back on track over the next few days. I have hope that better times are a comin’. Keep on believing in me, peeps!
Even though I felt I had a semi-bad weekend on the food and exercise front, I still was able to lose weight. I was able to lose 3.1 lbs. over the week, so obviously I’m very happy about that! I attribute this to increased exercise, both at lunchtime and in the evening. I only walk for around 10-15 minutes at lunch; the evening walks usually last 30-40 minutes. I’m not really moving at a fast pace right now…I’m just happy to be more active. Plus, having walking buddies has been a tremendous help. Together, we’ve walked over 5 miles!
The week ahead is a little intimidating. I’m not so worried about the work week. It’s the weekend, of course, due to multiple parties, which means lots of snacks, finger foods, entrées, and desserts. Tempting for a fat guy like me, to say the least. I’m going to have to keep my hunger in check, stay busy, track what I eat and drink, and be sure that I continue to exercise.
For now, I’m happy with the weight loss for the week. I’ll worry about the weekend when I get there.
NOTE: I attended an Overeaters Anonymous meeting this weekend. Overall, it was a very positive experience. But in the interest of anonymity, I’m not going to provide any details on this blog. If you would like to hear about my first OA meeting, please send me an e-mail.
Hundred Pushup Challenge
Initial Test: 1 normal push up, 9 “knee” push ups. Yikes. Me gots no upper body strength!
One definition of earnest is “marked by or showing deep sincerity or seriousness.” In many ways, this journey will be an earnest attempt at this weight loss and exercise thing. My last post discussed the reasons why my previous attempt was not earnest. Why is this attempt earnest? In other words, why I am sincere or serious about this lifestyle change?
I believe that this journey will change who I am for the rest of my life. I won’t be Fatty McFat anymore…I’ll be the person I should be and should have been all along. I’m going to come out of this journey a completely different person. But the journey doesn’t stop after a few weeks, months, or years. It continues for life.
This time, it’s for real, peeps.
NOTE: I’m going to try attending an Overeaters Anonymous meeting tomorrow. I will update everyone on how it went in a future post.
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It’s late on a Wednesday night, it’s been a busy week, but I wanted to do a post tonight to remind myself not to give up.
If you followed this blog back in 2009, then you know that I lost around 20 pounds before giving up and gaining the weight back. I have plenty of excuses for this: law school stress, no time, no energy…blah, blah, blah. They are all just excuses. I know damn well that I could have updated this blog, tracked food daily, and done some sort of exercise on a regular basis. I was simply being lazy and not committing myself to the lifestyle change. I half-assed it. There are no other words to describe it!
What makes this time any different? I’m religiously tracking everything I eat and drink on a daily basis. I’m exercising at least 10 minutes every day (I didn’t exercise at all back in 2009). I’m a lot more open to others helping me out. And most importantly…I’m taking things one day at a time. I have a tendency to go too fast, too soon. This time, when I wake up, it’s a new day. If I have a bad day, I learn from my mistakes and move on to the next day.
On that note…I’m off to bed. When I wake up, it will be a new day. 
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Yesterday was my first weigh-in day since restarting the blog and my weight-loss journey. I woke up super motivated, weighed in under 300 lbs., and walked for 25 minutes in the morning. Great start to a super healthy day, right?
Nope. I really let myself go after that walk. I got breakfast out at a local diner: cheese omelette and 2 slices of wheat toast with butter slathered on it. Lunch was macaroni and cheese with hot dogs…makes your mouth water, doesn’t it? At the British Beer Company, dinner was a blowout: buffalo chicken dip with pita chips, steak tips with panko-crusted green beans (which is a lovely way to make a vegetable totally unhealthy) and creamy mashed potatoes, and three 20-oz. Smithwick’s. Plus, I didn’t drink nearly enough water.
What a waste of a first day. I felt so tired and icky at the end of the day. Of course, I was disappointed with myself, too. This was not the way I wanted to start. I promised myself that I would not make the same mistakes two days in a row. So today was a much better day, thanks to a busy work day and the guarantee I made to myself that I would not have a repeat of Sunday.
Weekends: you suck.
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When I started trying to lose weight again a couple months ago, my weight was at 317.7 lbs. Today, I weighed in at 296.4 lbs., so I’ve lost over 20 lbs.! Yes, a good start, but I still have a long, difficult journey ahead of me. Here are some of my short-term goals:
And then we have the long-term goals (which seem slightly intimidating when I read these):
Yikes. Lots to do. Better rest up…
The last time I posted on the blog was November 9, 2009. That post made the claim that I would be returning. That didn’t happen. Until today.
A lot has changed since then. What has changed? Here’s a list:
And now I’m here, back on the website, ready to update the world on my progress and keep myself honest. I’ve migrated the website over to WordPress for increased blogging power. So you will see a lot of improvements in future posts. Hopefully, y’all will see some improvements in my weight loss, too.
The first official weigh-in is tomorrow, so stay tuned. I’ll also detail my specific weight loss and exercise goals. In the meantime, check out my Facebook and Twitter pages, and sign up for e-mail updates on the right.
Here’s to changing my life for the better!
