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07 January 2013
Weigh-in:
240.1 lb
lost so far:
7.1 lb
still to go:
42.1 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 1.4 lb a week
05 January 2013
Two days into it. Feeling good. Been able to maintain social schedule while being pretty good about the food plan. Like I said, I know I can lose weight. In fact, when I decide to lose weight, I can obsess over it and go extreme. Part of my challenge is to find a way to LIVE A NORMAL LIFE OF EATING. To ensure I don't go too crazy with it, I have made myself drink a glass of red wine every night.
Tonight, a friend had a birthday, and my goal was to go, to socialize, to not draw attention to the fact that I'm dieting and drinking less and to be able to be in my life without making a fuss about food and drink. I think it was a total success. There was one friend who offered to by me a drink, and I declined. That drew questions, which allowed me to share I was cutting back in the new year to shed a few pounds - ok, 50 (no, I didn't say that). He said, "you don't look like you need to diet." I immediately told myself that many of my friends say that, but believing that has led me to where I am. I am responsible for my choices, for my actions. I decide if I'm overweight or if I can't go up and down steps without gasping for air. I decide if I'm going to be healthy or a couch potato. It was a good night!
So today's day three - Saturday - and I'm going to make sure there's some exercise built into the schedule today. I'm also going to make sure I don't obsess about eating by planning activities I have to complete. I intentionally planned dinner with our friends who are also dieting so I would have a better chance of eating healthy foods. I find I'm planning for my success. I think that's one of my strategies for continued success and maintenance.
I face a huge challenge next week - traveling for a week - living out of a hotel room and eating out. I've got to plan ahead and find food that is good for me. I also have to take gym clothes and use this time to work out. I can do this.
Three days, and I already am starting to feel successful. This feels good.
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05 January 2013
Weigh-in:
240.5 lb
lost so far:
6.7 lb
still to go:
42.5 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 15.4 lb a week
04 January 2013
Weigh-in:
242.7 lb
lost so far:
4.5 lb
still to go:
44.7 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 31.5 lb a week
03 January 2013
Tried to post my bio, but it wouldn't take it. I feel as though being public about my frustration and my fear is a big part of making sure I get the weight off and keep it off, so I'm posting what would be my bio here:
I know this is supposed to be a bio, but I am going to purge, so this could get messy. You've been warned.
I'm an active 46 year old father of an 8 lb. wannabe Pit Bull (really, he's a silky terrier). I have built and sold two consulting companies and now provide Executive Coaching services for clients across the country. Work success has never been a problem for me, but over the years, spending a lot of time in hotel rooms and airports left me with bad eating habits and waning commitments to regular exercise.
I work out with a trainer twice a week, but have lately been hit and miss in showing up. I play softball and volleyball, but also love hanging out with my friends at restaurants, which leads to a lot of eating and drinking, and as a result, I'm here losing weight...again. No one wants to be the fat boy running the bases during the regular season.
I'm pretty confident I can lose the weight. BUT, I want a long term solution to keeping it off and making better choices, so I don't annually or semi-annually have to shed massive amounts of weight.
I'm 6'3" and I know how to dress my body when it gets fat, so I also suffer from everyone telling me I don't look overweight, or I don't look like I gained 50 pounds. Part of my problem is that I believe them, until I find myself wheezing at the top of the steps.
My father has had a heart attack, which resulted in the addition of a stint, and then 10 years later had quadruple bypass open heart surgery. I have a brother who weighs over 450 lbs, and I have lost 3 aunts/uncles to heart attacks at the ages of 50, 55 and 56.
I'm pretty sure my blood pressure is high, but I don't know for sure, because I don't want to go to my doctor, because I have gained 50 pounds since I saw him last. Vanity. That's an issue. It seems I'd rather risk my health than let my doctor know I'm fat. Even as I type that, I'm laughing at myself. It's absurd.
Absurd! That's how I feel as I start this process...again. And hopeful...hopeful that this time I will figure out how to keep the weight off.
Wow. Reading back over this profile, it's depressing, which is strange to me, because I am a very positive person who can see the good in almost ANY situation. I guess sometimes purging in words is good for the soul. So, there's my soul-puke.
And now...forward.
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