5 Month Check In

Why hello there! 

It might be surprising after reading my history on this blog, but I’m still at it! It’s been about five months I’ve been on this journey now and boy has it had its ups and downs (quite literally). I’ve learned a lot though and even though I have a long way to go I’ve never been so motivated. I don’t think I’ll lose the weight, I don’t hope I’ll lose the weight: I KNOW I’ll lose the weight. This is one of the best gifts I’ve ever given myself, I’m not staring at the scale on a daily basis frustrated with my progress or set-backs. That’s because I know that if I continue with the lifestyle I’ve started and slowly improve that the weight will come off. 

First Weigh In - 2 weeks

I was going to wait a full month to weigh in for the first time, but my curiosity got the better of me and I'd decided I'd formed enough habits in two weeks and some change that even if it wasn't good I could still move forward. Without further adieu, drum roll please:

Two Weeks In - A Lifetime to Go

Here we are again, another year, another blog post, and another shot at losing weight. I looked back at many of the failed attempts on this blog and thought really hard about deleting them, but decided that I’m going to own my failures and keep them here for all to see. After all, we always see the after picture, but never the 10 years it took of failing to get to the after picture.

Week Two Weigh In

This week was challenging, but I managed to dodge extra helpings, refused offered treats from co-workers and even turned down a piece of cake like a portly diet ninja. I'm proud of my numbers so I'm going to take this week as a win. Next weeks challenge? Cutting back on diet soda. I tried to cold turkey it on Monday, but that didn't work out so well. Easing off of it will probably work better in the long run, I find that's almost always been true with a life change like this: slow and steady always works better than fast and hardcore.

Without further ado the numbers:

Weight: 315.6 lbs
Body Fat: 53.9%
Total Weight Loss This Week: 6.1 lbs

Grand Total Weight Loss: 6.1 lbs

Week One Weigh In

7/19/2015 11:39PM CST

Weight: 321.7 lbs
Body Fat: 55.4%

Obviously we have a lot of work to do. Not much else to be said here, tomorrow starts the hard work.

New Beginning.....Again

50 lbs lighter by December 25th 2015. A simple statement, but the hardest thing in the world. Yes, here we go again. I'm going to make another attempt at not only losing weight, but changing my lifestyle forever; redefining my life and changing a core piece of myself. I've attempted it over and over and over again over the last 11 years of my life and have struggled with my weight as long as I can remember. Being the fat guy has become a part of me, an identifier for others just as much as how I identify myself. Anyone who has been overweight for any period of time knows how this goes: we will start again next Monday, just one more pizza, just one more weekend. These Next Mondays stretch into years of failed weight loss attempts. Sometimes you'll lose weight for months, sometimes you'll reach the lowest weight you've been in years, but it always ends in one seemingly inevitable truth: failure.

The Plan

Last week I wrote about my addiction to food and my resolution to combat that addiction in order to lose weight. It’s an important step, deciding to do something, but equally important is discussing how you will achieve that lofty goal. What follows is the start of my map to overall health. Overtime the map will grow more complex with branching paths, but right now let’s just draw the walk that starts at the front door shall we?