Sunday weigh-in this morning: 269.
That's another 2 pounds down this week and, overall, 19 pounds down total.
I should have lost more, I believe, but I had a rough night on Saturday night. Went to watch the Big East Championship and, well, didn't hold back, especially on the drinking. The fact that I was still able to lose 2 pounds makes me very happy.
Plus, I am really starting to see a difference. My gut is beginning to shrink. My arms and shoulders are becoming more defined. My pants are much, much looser right now. A few years ago when I lost a good amount of weight, I had to make a notch in my belt buckle. I haven't been able to use that one in a while. Now, I am there.
It is heartening to be able to actually see it. Even though the scale is showing me I am making progress, the fact that I can see it, feel it, is really the most important things.
I have to get myself up to go to the gym today......light workout is needed, but right now I feel like staying on my ass the whole day. I'll have to break through that.
My next weigh-in comes after my trip to Vegas (I leave on Wednesday). I pray I don't gain too much weight while on vacation. I have to be smart about it, really.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Just in case you were interested
It strikes me that, if anyone ever did venture onto this site and read through a few posts, they might be interested in exactly what I have been doing. Since I am at 17 pounds lost in six weeks, I can offer this regiment up to anyone interested with at least a modicum of certainty that it can work.
First, I have kept myself to approximately 1,500 to 1,800 calories per day, while allowing myself a little leeway on the weekends. I am still somewhat structured and don't go crazy on Friday and Saturday, but I'll have a few beers and a few wings, or the like, and not get too worried about it.
I have gotten off of all soda or carbonated drinks, and have cut out juice as well. Juice is high as hell in calories and can be every bit the belly buster as soda I have found, only with some nutritional value.
I can't say that, as far as food, I complete have cut anything out, however, when you are counting calories you have a lot less to play with than usual. For instance, I haven't given up on fast food, but when you are talking about 500-600 calories for a burger or a chicken sandwich, that doesn't leave a lot for the rest of the day. That means that you pretty much have to cut that kind of stuff out.
Also, you have to determine what kinds of foods you can go “light” or “fat free” with. Let's face it, some things are just horrid light or fat free. For instance, I can't have light or fat free blue cheese. So, when I get myself a salad, I still put the regular blue cheese on it, I just use less and have a smaller salad. As an example, I love a local diner's chef salad, and I love their blue cheese. I get the large and use a pertty generous portion of blue cheese. However, I will only eat half the salad at a time, instead of the whole thing. So, a salad that, with all the fixings and blue cheese, was probably running me 1,300 calories (I am just approximating, might have been less) will not only yield 650 calories. On a 1,500 to 1,800 daily calorie intake, that leaves me the option of a decent lunch and a few little snacks mixed in.
On the flip side, light bread, from light white to light rye, which yields about 40 calories per slice as opposed to 80 per, is just fine with me. As is low-fat cheese slices (60 calories per as opposed to some at 75 per or higher) and I don't mind fat free bologna (25 calories per slice). So, I can make myself a bologna and cheese sandwich and not be killing my calorie intake.
I also eat a lot of cereal, preferring Special K, and I drink a LOT of water.
If I am getting a pre-made meal, or something canned, I try and get a meal that is in the 500-600 range for dinner, and I eat a good amount of fruit as a snack.
But, none of this would be possible without working out.
I am a novice when it comes to working out. I have tried to study as much as possible on the right techniques and the right regiment for optimal response. When you begin to research, understand two things: one, there is a tremendous amount of info out there, so you should be able to educate yourself with relative ease. However, everyone has a completely different idea about how to attack weight and get into shape. You'll find opposing opinions on everything, from how many times a week you should work out to how intense that workout should be to how much time should be spent on cardio versus weight training.
Having looked at everything, here is what I have come up with:
Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday are high-intensity workout days for me. I start on the cross country trainer and do 20 minutes right when I hit the gym. Usually, I do intervals of intensity, without ever really resting all that much. I will start slow for a warm-up minute, then ramp it up as high as I can go until the five-minute mark. Then, I pull it back a bit for about two minutes, then ratchet it up again until the 10-minute mark. I keep this up back-and-forth up until the 20-minute mark, then cool down for two minutes.
Then, I do my workout, alternating between biceps and triceps one day, back and chest the next. I will do two workouts for each section, three sets each time. I start doing 15 reps, then do 10 and 10, while increasing the weight for each set (I usually have a hard time completing that 10th rep on the third set). Then, when I am done with my four exercise routines, I then do a quick ab workout (hammer crunches and then either power crunches or leg raises). Then I finish up with two more routines (one for each section being trained) and then do a less-intesive cardio for 10 minutes (on some days I can only get up to five minutes).
On Tuesday and Thursday I do about a 15 minute ab workout at home after work. I do 65 jumping jacks, plank exercise, and then alternate between regular crunches and reverse crunches for three sets of each. Then I do a lower back crunch set, then another 65 jumping jacks. With little rest inbetween everything, it usually takes 15 minutes.
On Sunday, I go to the gym for a medium intensity workout on the cross country trainer (25 minutes) then two sets of leg workouts (calf and hamstring work) then two ab routines.
The only day I usually do nothing is Friday.
So far, this has seemed to work for me. I have to be much more diligent in making sure my weights stay consistent and that my technique is always right because, without that, you are really just wasting effort and putting yourself in a position to get injured.
I started out with just three days or working out a week, then added the two-day ab workout at home about three weeks in, then added the Sunday workout last week. You have to pace yourself. If you try and do too much too quickly, you'll get injured or sick and you'll end up back at square one.
I have already noticed a huge difference in the six weeks since I have been working out. My muscle are a little more defined (a shocking development considering the fat they have to fend off just to be seen) and the routine (especially cardio) that kicked my butt every week is now getting more tolerable. I was on the cross country trainer for 27 minutes on Sunday and could have probably stayed on for another 15. That is in stark contrast to when I started, where I could barely do 10 minutes and was having “you can do this” conversations in my head at about the 7-minute mark.
Also, realize that doing too much can be bad. I stopped at 27 minutes on Sunday and kept my workout light because I knew I was going to be back on Monday. Had I just let it all fly that day, I would probably be burned out for Monday's routine. When you get to a level where you can really let it all fly, go right ahead, but when you are working off a lot of weight (like me) then pacing yourself, not putting yourself in a position to be injured, is important. It's a marathon.
The hardest part?
The eating.
I have come to really look forward to my workouts even though, in the midst of one, I am dying. You end up feeling really good once your body recovers and you want to do it again.
The eating, that's tough because, if you're overweight, chances are food became a much bigger deal in your life than you ever wanted it to be. Get depressed, unhappy, even bored, and food was there for the taking. Now, however, you have to fight those urges. You also have to fight the urge to congratulate yourself on weight loss with food. Once a month, not a problem. I have a weigh-in each month with another person. Whoever loses the most that month gets a dinner. Last month, I went out, had a great steak, garlic mashed potatoes, salad, appetizer, and desert. It was a great meal. But, I don't let myself get off the routine after a good week. I, instead, hunker down, keep going.
Look, it is tough. I am only in week six. I am writing this blog to see how this whole thing shakes out. I don't know what I am going to look like in another month of two months or eight months, but I believe this way of approaching working out.........works.
Why? Because you really have to find what works for you, for life. Can you live without carbohydrates? Can you live on veggies alone? Can you live on wheat bread and give up all others?
You have to develop the things you CAN do for the rest of your life, noth six months, not 18 months. If you do, then I believe getting in shape can become staying in shape.
First, I have kept myself to approximately 1,500 to 1,800 calories per day, while allowing myself a little leeway on the weekends. I am still somewhat structured and don't go crazy on Friday and Saturday, but I'll have a few beers and a few wings, or the like, and not get too worried about it.
I have gotten off of all soda or carbonated drinks, and have cut out juice as well. Juice is high as hell in calories and can be every bit the belly buster as soda I have found, only with some nutritional value.
I can't say that, as far as food, I complete have cut anything out, however, when you are counting calories you have a lot less to play with than usual. For instance, I haven't given up on fast food, but when you are talking about 500-600 calories for a burger or a chicken sandwich, that doesn't leave a lot for the rest of the day. That means that you pretty much have to cut that kind of stuff out.
Also, you have to determine what kinds of foods you can go “light” or “fat free” with. Let's face it, some things are just horrid light or fat free. For instance, I can't have light or fat free blue cheese. So, when I get myself a salad, I still put the regular blue cheese on it, I just use less and have a smaller salad. As an example, I love a local diner's chef salad, and I love their blue cheese. I get the large and use a pertty generous portion of blue cheese. However, I will only eat half the salad at a time, instead of the whole thing. So, a salad that, with all the fixings and blue cheese, was probably running me 1,300 calories (I am just approximating, might have been less) will not only yield 650 calories. On a 1,500 to 1,800 daily calorie intake, that leaves me the option of a decent lunch and a few little snacks mixed in.
On the flip side, light bread, from light white to light rye, which yields about 40 calories per slice as opposed to 80 per, is just fine with me. As is low-fat cheese slices (60 calories per as opposed to some at 75 per or higher) and I don't mind fat free bologna (25 calories per slice). So, I can make myself a bologna and cheese sandwich and not be killing my calorie intake.
I also eat a lot of cereal, preferring Special K, and I drink a LOT of water.
If I am getting a pre-made meal, or something canned, I try and get a meal that is in the 500-600 range for dinner, and I eat a good amount of fruit as a snack.
But, none of this would be possible without working out.
I am a novice when it comes to working out. I have tried to study as much as possible on the right techniques and the right regiment for optimal response. When you begin to research, understand two things: one, there is a tremendous amount of info out there, so you should be able to educate yourself with relative ease. However, everyone has a completely different idea about how to attack weight and get into shape. You'll find opposing opinions on everything, from how many times a week you should work out to how intense that workout should be to how much time should be spent on cardio versus weight training.
Having looked at everything, here is what I have come up with:
Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday are high-intensity workout days for me. I start on the cross country trainer and do 20 minutes right when I hit the gym. Usually, I do intervals of intensity, without ever really resting all that much. I will start slow for a warm-up minute, then ramp it up as high as I can go until the five-minute mark. Then, I pull it back a bit for about two minutes, then ratchet it up again until the 10-minute mark. I keep this up back-and-forth up until the 20-minute mark, then cool down for two minutes.
Then, I do my workout, alternating between biceps and triceps one day, back and chest the next. I will do two workouts for each section, three sets each time. I start doing 15 reps, then do 10 and 10, while increasing the weight for each set (I usually have a hard time completing that 10th rep on the third set). Then, when I am done with my four exercise routines, I then do a quick ab workout (hammer crunches and then either power crunches or leg raises). Then I finish up with two more routines (one for each section being trained) and then do a less-intesive cardio for 10 minutes (on some days I can only get up to five minutes).
On Tuesday and Thursday I do about a 15 minute ab workout at home after work. I do 65 jumping jacks, plank exercise, and then alternate between regular crunches and reverse crunches for three sets of each. Then I do a lower back crunch set, then another 65 jumping jacks. With little rest inbetween everything, it usually takes 15 minutes.
On Sunday, I go to the gym for a medium intensity workout on the cross country trainer (25 minutes) then two sets of leg workouts (calf and hamstring work) then two ab routines.
The only day I usually do nothing is Friday.
So far, this has seemed to work for me. I have to be much more diligent in making sure my weights stay consistent and that my technique is always right because, without that, you are really just wasting effort and putting yourself in a position to get injured.
I started out with just three days or working out a week, then added the two-day ab workout at home about three weeks in, then added the Sunday workout last week. You have to pace yourself. If you try and do too much too quickly, you'll get injured or sick and you'll end up back at square one.
I have already noticed a huge difference in the six weeks since I have been working out. My muscle are a little more defined (a shocking development considering the fat they have to fend off just to be seen) and the routine (especially cardio) that kicked my butt every week is now getting more tolerable. I was on the cross country trainer for 27 minutes on Sunday and could have probably stayed on for another 15. That is in stark contrast to when I started, where I could barely do 10 minutes and was having “you can do this” conversations in my head at about the 7-minute mark.
Also, realize that doing too much can be bad. I stopped at 27 minutes on Sunday and kept my workout light because I knew I was going to be back on Monday. Had I just let it all fly that day, I would probably be burned out for Monday's routine. When you get to a level where you can really let it all fly, go right ahead, but when you are working off a lot of weight (like me) then pacing yourself, not putting yourself in a position to be injured, is important. It's a marathon.
The hardest part?
The eating.
I have come to really look forward to my workouts even though, in the midst of one, I am dying. You end up feeling really good once your body recovers and you want to do it again.
The eating, that's tough because, if you're overweight, chances are food became a much bigger deal in your life than you ever wanted it to be. Get depressed, unhappy, even bored, and food was there for the taking. Now, however, you have to fight those urges. You also have to fight the urge to congratulate yourself on weight loss with food. Once a month, not a problem. I have a weigh-in each month with another person. Whoever loses the most that month gets a dinner. Last month, I went out, had a great steak, garlic mashed potatoes, salad, appetizer, and desert. It was a great meal. But, I don't let myself get off the routine after a good week. I, instead, hunker down, keep going.
Look, it is tough. I am only in week six. I am writing this blog to see how this whole thing shakes out. I don't know what I am going to look like in another month of two months or eight months, but I believe this way of approaching working out.........works.
Why? Because you really have to find what works for you, for life. Can you live without carbohydrates? Can you live on veggies alone? Can you live on wheat bread and give up all others?
You have to develop the things you CAN do for the rest of your life, noth six months, not 18 months. If you do, then I believe getting in shape can become staying in shape.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Back in the saddle again
Sunday weigh-in: 271
That's three pounds from last week. That's 17 pounds over the past six weeks. That also puts me on target for 20 pounds down before I leave for Vegas on the 16th.
Obviously, I am in a much better mood this Sunday than last. For the most part, I am happy not only because I lost weight but because it proves my little routine here continues to work. I didn't change much of anything, except for adding a day of workout (Sunday).
I am beginning to feel lighter, stronger. I can see a little change in my body. In other words, I can begin to see that the hard work, that the commitment to this whole routine is paying off.
Thank God. It isn't always easy. In fact, it is never easy. While I haven't completely changed my workout routines, I have tweaked them a bit and, especially on Mondays and Wednesday for some reason, they are tough to get through. It takes a lot out of me. I have been ready to give up a few times, head home. But, I finish, and that, to me, is the most important thing. FINISH!!!
Well, I am off to the gym again now. Have to keep my routine going.
My worry is how much will this trip to Vegas throw me off? How much can you gain in four days? I have lost 17 pounds in six weeks. Hopefully, I don't waste three weeks because of four days of bingeing. Just have to pray the price isn't too steep when I come back.
That's three pounds from last week. That's 17 pounds over the past six weeks. That also puts me on target for 20 pounds down before I leave for Vegas on the 16th.
Obviously, I am in a much better mood this Sunday than last. For the most part, I am happy not only because I lost weight but because it proves my little routine here continues to work. I didn't change much of anything, except for adding a day of workout (Sunday).
I am beginning to feel lighter, stronger. I can see a little change in my body. In other words, I can begin to see that the hard work, that the commitment to this whole routine is paying off.
Thank God. It isn't always easy. In fact, it is never easy. While I haven't completely changed my workout routines, I have tweaked them a bit and, especially on Mondays and Wednesday for some reason, they are tough to get through. It takes a lot out of me. I have been ready to give up a few times, head home. But, I finish, and that, to me, is the most important thing. FINISH!!!
Well, I am off to the gym again now. Have to keep my routine going.
My worry is how much will this trip to Vegas throw me off? How much can you gain in four days? I have lost 17 pounds in six weeks. Hopefully, I don't waste three weeks because of four days of bingeing. Just have to pray the price isn't too steep when I come back.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Word to the wise.........don't let a disappointing reading trick you into buying a new scale
So, since this morning's reading (no weight loss for the week) was very disconcerting, to say the least, I decided it must have been the scale's fault and went out and bought a new one. So, what did I find?
If the scale I have been using is, indeed, wrong, then it is being wayyy too generous to me. The new scale was saying 278 pounds. Simply for my own psyche, I am going to stay with the 274. Just not that sure what to believe, or who to believe. All I know is, no matter what scale I step on, it is telling me one thing: I didn't lose a freakin thing this week.
So, I went to the gym today (usually my day off) and I will be adding that extra day from here on out. I need to do something to step it up. I am not backtracking. Need to do better, lose more weight. That's it. I need to keep it going.
If the scale I have been using is, indeed, wrong, then it is being wayyy too generous to me. The new scale was saying 278 pounds. Simply for my own psyche, I am going to stay with the 274. Just not that sure what to believe, or who to believe. All I know is, no matter what scale I step on, it is telling me one thing: I didn't lose a freakin thing this week.
So, I went to the gym today (usually my day off) and I will be adding that extra day from here on out. I need to do something to step it up. I am not backtracking. Need to do better, lose more weight. That's it. I need to keep it going.
Just So Frustrated
Well, Sunday weigh-in and........274.
I didn't lose a fucking pound. Not one. Not even an ounce. Working out three times, killing myself at the gym, laying off so many things, and yet I didn't lose a pound. How? I don't get it.
I am very discouraged right now. I had been hoping to have lost two to three pounds. Not to have lost anything at all, I feel like it was a lost week, to be honest.
I had been worried that I would hit a wall. That I would hit a point where I wasn't losing anymore, or at least wasn't losing the way I had been. Have I hit that wall?
I pray not. I am so discouraged right now. I didn't gain, I know that, but I am 274 pounds. I need to be losing every single week. I didn't lose a thing, and I didn't feel like I cheated that much.
Maybe this week was the outlier because I went out to eat three times, once on Sunday, once on Friday, once on Saturday. But, even on those days, I thought I calculated correctly that my calorie intake wasn't that big of a deal. I was wrong.
Is everything I am doing bullshit? Do I know what I am doing?
I can't tell you how down I am right now. It is hard to have a good outlook right now, look at the bright side. I haven't gained, but, again, I FUCKING WEIGH 274 POUNDS!!!!!! If I'm not losing weight every week, I'm losing out, big time. What a complete disappointment.
I'm trying not to make a big deal out of this, but that was just such a shock. I thought I had lost, I really did. Maybe it was because I was sooo cocky. I didn't think I was that cocky. Maybe I was.
Whatever. Wasted week. Have to do better next week. Have to do MUCH better.
Goodbye dream of being down 30 pounds by the time I go to Vegas. Now, I am really going to have to buckle down to get to 20 pounds overall.
I can't believe I lost NOTHING!!!!!!!!
I didn't lose a fucking pound. Not one. Not even an ounce. Working out three times, killing myself at the gym, laying off so many things, and yet I didn't lose a pound. How? I don't get it.
I am very discouraged right now. I had been hoping to have lost two to three pounds. Not to have lost anything at all, I feel like it was a lost week, to be honest.
I had been worried that I would hit a wall. That I would hit a point where I wasn't losing anymore, or at least wasn't losing the way I had been. Have I hit that wall?
I pray not. I am so discouraged right now. I didn't gain, I know that, but I am 274 pounds. I need to be losing every single week. I didn't lose a thing, and I didn't feel like I cheated that much.
Maybe this week was the outlier because I went out to eat three times, once on Sunday, once on Friday, once on Saturday. But, even on those days, I thought I calculated correctly that my calorie intake wasn't that big of a deal. I was wrong.
Is everything I am doing bullshit? Do I know what I am doing?
I can't tell you how down I am right now. It is hard to have a good outlook right now, look at the bright side. I haven't gained, but, again, I FUCKING WEIGH 274 POUNDS!!!!!! If I'm not losing weight every week, I'm losing out, big time. What a complete disappointment.
I'm trying not to make a big deal out of this, but that was just such a shock. I thought I had lost, I really did. Maybe it was because I was sooo cocky. I didn't think I was that cocky. Maybe I was.
Whatever. Wasted week. Have to do better next week. Have to do MUCH better.
Goodbye dream of being down 30 pounds by the time I go to Vegas. Now, I am really going to have to buckle down to get to 20 pounds overall.
I can't believe I lost NOTHING!!!!!!!!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
On the road from obese to just plan fat
Okay, Sunday is here and the weigh-in is over. The new weight: 274. For those counting at home, and I know you're not, that is four pounds this week and 14 for the month. I am quickly shedding the obese label and careening towards fat. WOOOHOOO!!!!!!
Seriously, though, I am very happy. On the one hand, you work all week, watch what you eat, limit your calorie intake, and end up only losing four pounds. You feel like you should have shed about 30 when your workout routine is all said and done. But, when you begin to look at it legitimately, and understand that most "experts" want you losing one to two pounds a week, four pounds a week is pretty good.
Really, this is about two things: God helping give me the strength to do this (and I sure as hell need that) and changing my lifestyle along the way. The most important thing here is the working out, I believe. And, also, staying on target. I need to remain true to my self and how I have gone about this. I can't slide back. In fact, I need to use this as motivation to continue to do better.
I set a goal of 20 pounds for my Vegas trip. I am easily on my way to that and would actually much rather be closer to 30 pounds down. Could I lose another 16 pounds in the next four weeks? I believe I can. The only thing is, I have three more weigh-ins before my Vegas trip. How much can I lose by then? Well, if I stay at a 3-4 pounds a week rate, that should be 10.5 pounds in the next three weeks, which would put me at about 263 and at 24.5 pounds down over two months.
I am a little nervous about my Vegas trip. How much weight will I put on in those couple of days? I am hoping that I simply just stay the same or only add a pound or two. I figure I'll be walking a lot and I won't be eating every five seconds, anyway, but I am going to be somewhat conscious of what I am doing there as well, while also figuring out a way to have fun in Vegas. That shouldn't be too hard:)
I am happy where I am at, but I also realize how much farther I have to go. That's the position I put myself in. I put myself in a position where 14 pounds in a month is simply the first step of many. Even 30 pounds is the first step in many. I am excited about this next month, however, because if I can get to about 30 pounds down, that's beginning to get into the realm of real weight loss. Also, being in the 260s for weight is a better jumping-off point than being in the 280s. I just need to stay focused, stay on target. I am excited about the future, though.
My goal for Vegas was 20+ pounds. I believe I can do that. My goal for the summer, essentially June, was to have a new body for the good weather. I am figuring around 50-60 pounds down. That's about four months away. If I could stay consistent with my weight loss, average maybe 13 pounds a month, that's 52 pounds. That would put me at 222 pounds. That would put me about 20 pounds off where I would really like to be. I think I can do this. I believe I can do this. I believe God is going to allow me to shed this weight for good. I just have to stay strong. No short cuts.
Right now, I am down 14 pounds. It's a good first step.
Seriously, though, I am very happy. On the one hand, you work all week, watch what you eat, limit your calorie intake, and end up only losing four pounds. You feel like you should have shed about 30 when your workout routine is all said and done. But, when you begin to look at it legitimately, and understand that most "experts" want you losing one to two pounds a week, four pounds a week is pretty good.
Really, this is about two things: God helping give me the strength to do this (and I sure as hell need that) and changing my lifestyle along the way. The most important thing here is the working out, I believe. And, also, staying on target. I need to remain true to my self and how I have gone about this. I can't slide back. In fact, I need to use this as motivation to continue to do better.
I set a goal of 20 pounds for my Vegas trip. I am easily on my way to that and would actually much rather be closer to 30 pounds down. Could I lose another 16 pounds in the next four weeks? I believe I can. The only thing is, I have three more weigh-ins before my Vegas trip. How much can I lose by then? Well, if I stay at a 3-4 pounds a week rate, that should be 10.5 pounds in the next three weeks, which would put me at about 263 and at 24.5 pounds down over two months.
I am a little nervous about my Vegas trip. How much weight will I put on in those couple of days? I am hoping that I simply just stay the same or only add a pound or two. I figure I'll be walking a lot and I won't be eating every five seconds, anyway, but I am going to be somewhat conscious of what I am doing there as well, while also figuring out a way to have fun in Vegas. That shouldn't be too hard:)
I am happy where I am at, but I also realize how much farther I have to go. That's the position I put myself in. I put myself in a position where 14 pounds in a month is simply the first step of many. Even 30 pounds is the first step in many. I am excited about this next month, however, because if I can get to about 30 pounds down, that's beginning to get into the realm of real weight loss. Also, being in the 260s for weight is a better jumping-off point than being in the 280s. I just need to stay focused, stay on target. I am excited about the future, though.
My goal for Vegas was 20+ pounds. I believe I can do that. My goal for the summer, essentially June, was to have a new body for the good weather. I am figuring around 50-60 pounds down. That's about four months away. If I could stay consistent with my weight loss, average maybe 13 pounds a month, that's 52 pounds. That would put me at 222 pounds. That would put me about 20 pounds off where I would really like to be. I think I can do this. I believe I can do this. I believe God is going to allow me to shed this weight for good. I just have to stay strong. No short cuts.
Right now, I am down 14 pounds. It's a good first step.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Tough week, waiting for tomorrow
Okay, so 10 pounds down and my final month weigh-in is tomorrow. I think I did okay, although, I have to admit, this week was a tough one. There was a lot of talking to myself. You know, those conversations that go something like this.
"Hell, what are you, perfect? Get a grinder. It isn't even that many calories."
"I can't."
"What the hell, you think you're going to be able to do this for the rest of your life?"
"I have to lose the weight and I can't start backtracking."
"Just do it already. Grab something from Wendys. You can get a whole meal for like 1,100 calories. That leaves you with another 700 to play with."
It's tough. There were several times I wanted to come home and eat my fridge. Just the whole damn thing. But, I think I did a pretty good job of staying true to what I have been doing.
I added another day at the gym so, we'll see what happens.
There is a part of me that thinks I might have lost a good amount this week, another part saying "don't get your hopes up, cause you'll be devastated if you get on that scale and there is no loss or just a pound down. We'll see. I still believe I can make my 20-25 pounds down before March 16 when I leave for Vegas.
We will see where we stand tomorrow.
"Hell, what are you, perfect? Get a grinder. It isn't even that many calories."
"I can't."
"What the hell, you think you're going to be able to do this for the rest of your life?"
"I have to lose the weight and I can't start backtracking."
"Just do it already. Grab something from Wendys. You can get a whole meal for like 1,100 calories. That leaves you with another 700 to play with."
It's tough. There were several times I wanted to come home and eat my fridge. Just the whole damn thing. But, I think I did a pretty good job of staying true to what I have been doing.
I added another day at the gym so, we'll see what happens.
There is a part of me that thinks I might have lost a good amount this week, another part saying "don't get your hopes up, cause you'll be devastated if you get on that scale and there is no loss or just a pound down. We'll see. I still believe I can make my 20-25 pounds down before March 16 when I leave for Vegas.
We will see where we stand tomorrow.
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