Where does the time go?

                Sorry about last week folks. I did not go to my weigh in as I had Toledo School for the Arts in my space with their production of “Hairspray.”  What a talented bunch of students and future professionals.  I designed lights for the show plus my usual duties so I was a busy boy and didn’t have much of a chance to do anything, including eat well.  A big thank you to my good friend and stage manager of the three ring circus that is a TSA musical, Jamie Naragon, who made sure I at least had dinner every night. I also broke down and had fast food a couple of times, but I did try to lessen the damage by nixing the buns and no french fries. Late nights are going to be a problem for me as my willpower is the weakest at night.

                Given my busy schedule I was a little more apprehensive than usual at the weigh in tonight, figuring that my cheating had done me in and taken me back up. I stepped on the scale, and lo and behold, I had dropped 4 pounds since my last weigh in. Woohoo!! I was ecstatic. I know that I was very fortunate and that I cannot keep making those bad choices, but I kept the downward movement going and that is a minor skirmish victory in the battle.

                I have been maintaining my workout schedule, minus one morning, for the last couple of weeks. Today we upped my miles per day to two and I felt fine. I also used a kettle ball for the first time. My workout buddy is very good at mixing things up so I don’t get bored and always brings something new, besides the fact that I don’t want to disappoint her by standing her up at 7:15 am.

                That’s the latest from the front this week. Thank you for your continued support. Oh and I have posted the starting pictures of me here and when I finish this 3 month challenge I will post the ending pictures.  Hopefully we’ll see a difference.

Starting weight – 343.2                  Current Weight – 332.8

How you doin?

       Everybody always asks, “How are you doing?” I like to pretend they really care.

Rough Times

This replacement shake stuff is tough.  I like the taste of the shakes and I don't mind drinking them, but they don't seem to fill me up for very long. I am also having troubles getting enough protein and calories in when I'm drinking them. I don't know if I should adjust my snacks, currently around 250 calories, or supplement the shakes with something else, or give them more time to start working. I don't know how this is going to work once I get busy at work and eat what I can when I can. We talked about planning ahead in our meeting this week, I guess I'll have to try to put that to good use.

Good news is that I have made it in to work out/ walk every day this week. I've walked a mile each day and did weights on Monday & Wednesday. I don't know what I'm going to do when I don't have to come out to school for work and I can hit the gym. I guess I'll take Layla for lots of walks, as long as the weather holds.

Week 2 results

I am 2 weeks in to the weight loss challenge and things are going well. I have had some slip ups but overall I feel like I’m moving forward. At the weigh in Monday I weighed 339.8. I am down 3.4 pounds since the start. I have started this week to work out every day, whether it is just walking or weights and walking, I am up and at school by 7:15 to hit the gym. I have a friend who is a fitness/dance instructor working out with me and she has a training regimen worked out for us. I have started the shakes for meal replacement but I can see how boring those can get so I am looking for recipes to change them up some.

Starting weight – 343.2

Current weight – 339.8

First weigh-in

Monday was our first weigh-in. I was late so I didn’t get to see how everybody else was doing. I lost a big, whopping, grand total of 1 pound exactly. I’m not surprised, I was actually expecting to be up after the debacle of Sunday but I was down.  I realize that the longest journey starts with a small step and slow and steady wins the race and all the other clichés about sticking with it, but it’s still a little disheartening. The good side of it was that I haven’t started the whole meal plan and I really haven’t started to exercise yet, but I have started to make more conscious decisions about what I put in my mouth and what it will do to me.  A little bit of progress after week one let’s hope there is more to come. Thank you again to all my friends who are supporting me. I can feel your spirits with me down this path and I appreciate every one of you.

Bumps in the Road

Yesterday, Sunday, was a bad day that ended in a good way.  I have decided I hate Sundays. There is too much temptation and time to spare. Yesterday was a perfect example.

Protein?

     I want to thank everyone who sent me encouraging words both publicly and privately after my first post. They mean a lot to me and I hope I can live up to it. Now on to meat of the post.

Starting Again

I'm fat. There I said it.  That's all there is to it. Plain and simple, I'm fat. Not chubby, pleasantly plump, large and in charge, big boned or fluffy. I'm fat, morbidly obese, overweight and whatever unpleasant words you want to associate with fat. 343 pounds on a 6'2" frame is fat and that is me. I am a Type 2 diabetic taking insulin shots and pills for that, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Basically, because I am fat my body is killing me. 

Changes

I am working on some new stuff with my blog and I hope to be publishing more regularly soon. Thanks for your patience and it should be worth it. I hope. :)