This ain’t NASCAR!
Ok even though I am from the south I am not really into NASCAR. In our house NASCAR is described as drive fast and turn left. My nephew watches all the races. So I try to keep up with who wins so when I talk to him I won’t be totally ignrorant. Anyway turning left in this life style change is a no no. We want our weight tickers to show a nice steady movement to the right. Any movement to the left is NOT TOO GOOD! Interestingly enough my closet is set up the same way. My largest size clothes are on the left and they go down in size as I move to the right. Coincidence? Heck yes. I couldn’t have planned that.
I am not a neatness freak by any stretch of the imagination but I did organize my closet. It saved me about 30 minutes every morning searching for clothes that fit and felt comfortable to wear. I currently have pants that go from a waist size of 50 down to 38’s. I thew out all those pants that had a waist size larger than 50. I really need to throw those away now too. I AM NOT GOING TO THE LEFT AGAIN!!! Been there too many times and for too long. The clothes that I had that were below 38 were so old that it wasn’t even funny. But I will get there. Trust me. Same with the shirts. I have shirts with neck sizes of 22 down to 17.5 Anything above 20 is going to Goodwill.
So as I loose weight I can start wearing the different clothes that I have and it really is kind of an emotional boost. I pretty much could put a weight number along my closet. I really don’t need a scale. I can tell my weight by how far to the right I go as to what fits.
Ok speaking of the weight. Today is my weigh in day and the number was 333. This is down 5 from what I weighed last Tuesday. The initial number on my ticker was just a guess. I was actually three pounds heavier. So I lost my usual 5 lbs for the week. I am a little bummed. I wanted 7. I actually weighed the same today as I did Sunday. I told you all I have been cheating and weighing every day. However I am not discouraged. I felt kind of bloated today and I don’t know why. Don’t care. I know that I have been eating right and exercising daily. If I continue to do this I will be able to wear those clothes to the right side of my closet.
I worked out in my usual manner this morning. Ok so I was a little angry and put forth a little extra effort into it. Increased the resistance on the eliptical and increased the speed and incline on the treadmill. Worked out long enough on each to show over 600 calories burned. I think my calorie total was 1238. Not bad. A good start for today. Now I think I will go have a little temper tantrum by myself in my closet because I couldn’t post a better number and then I can let go, bring closure, and move on. Sounds like a plan. Awah! Awah! Awah!
Remember slow to the right. Not fast to the left. Have a happy healthy day.
PS - I just figured out how to fix my weight ticker! I am just like novacaine. I will get it to work if you just give me time!
john boy
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Dont mind others just do yourself a favor, take care of it. Thats important.
Gosh 5 pounds is AWESOME - you should be really happy :o) Keep it up dude b/c you are just kickin ass at this new life. Doesn’t if feel so good!!!
Dressing to the right eh John Boy!!! I’d love to shift 5 lbs
Great job on losing 5 pounds John Boy. That is totally awesome…I had to laugh when you mentioned how you have your closet set up. I have mine set up the same way. I have bigger sizes on the left, and smaller ones on the right…Never really gave it much thought until I read your blog today… Great idea about getting rid of what you are already to small for. I look at it as a crutch if I hang on to the bigger sizes. I just took all of my biggest sizes out of my closet over the weekend and I am going to give them to a gal that I work with. Keep up the good work you are doing GREAT!!!
Way to go John Boy!!! Congratulations on you 5lb loss.
Nice job on the % lbs, You can try for 7 this week. Hopefully that temper tantrum in the closet burned some calories and didn’t mess up the system! Right back at ya! (so corny, i know - needed a right joke that wasn’t political!)
Wow, just happened up on your page and post here and way to go John Boy! Already 100 pounds thinner than when you started, despite the fact that you had a set back with the heart attack… your awesome!! Some would have let themselves go after a heart attack and been afraid to assert the energy it takes to get healthy, but not you!! You jumped right back in there. I have in my mind that I like to loose 20 pounds a month, and this Saturday will be my one month mark… I’m at -14 now.. so I’m pushing for a 6 pound loss this week. I’m so excited to think that it might happen that I’m trying to calm myself down and realise that even 3 or 4 pounds down would be great. Hope I can keep that line of thought come Saturday morning. Otherwise… I might have to do a little closet tantrum myself! Awesome with the workout though. Kudos to you! I spend my time at the gym between the elliptical machine and the treadmill. I’m trying to build up to 45 minutes on the elliptical… TRYING is the key word here. I’m at 30 and my legs feel like noodles when I dismount. But it’s an awesome way to increase those calories burned… it easily doubles the calories burned on the treadmill. Hang in there and lets kick this nasty fat.
