JohnBoy

I rose this morning at my usual time of 5:30.  Let the dogs out, started the coffee, and read the news on the internet.  At 6:30 my DW hadn’t made it down stairs yet so I thought I would score some points and take coffee up to her.  I go upstairs with her coffee in hand and she says “Why are you waking me up so early?”  I said it is Monday and it is 6:30.  She politely informed me that for her that it is a holiday (MLK).  Well instead of scoring points I got four demerits. 

I put on my work out duds and head to the gym.  I work out at the health club of an all girls college!  Woo Hoo!  So of course when I get there I read the sign on the door that says, “We will be closed Monday January 21 for MLK day.”  Not to be discouraged now on this road to a better life, I go home and jump on the treadmill and pound out a few miles.  Incidently my DW had trouble going back to sleep so she got up and drank the coffee I brought her.  I kept looking over my shoulder while on the treadmill thinking she was going to shoot me in the back.  But that would of been to easy.  I think she wants to inflict pain for revenge.  Note to self.  Check calendar before taking coffee to wife. 

Tomorrow is my official weigh in day.  I am looking forward to it.  Ok so I have cheated and I have a good idea of what the number is going to be.  But it will still be an emotional boost to plot a point and show a positive trend. 

Been doing real good on food intake.  Not too much and eating the right things.  Nuts, berries, sticks, grass, etc…  I did splurge and had four low fat triscuits with a small nurtle of cheese yesterday while watching a little feetsball.  I have gone the past week without any of those vice foods such as chocolate, candy bars, ice cream, sugar cookies, alcohol, etc…  and have worked out every day.  As I mentioned in an earlier post my only white vice is milk.  Even though I drink 0% fat skim milk, every glass has like 90 calories.  I can easliy drink a half gallon a day.  So that is one thing I have been focused on to curtail.  The rest has been easy so far.  Knock on wood.  I do have to keep reminding myself to relax and enjoy the journey one day at a time.  I keep thinking ahead. 

I hope everyone has a happy healthy week and that you all meet your objectives.  I will bore you again tomorrow.  Bye.

John Boy

Ok slim buddies here is my spiel for today.  I really started dieting hard again on Saturday.  Got serious about this healthy life style.  Exercising and eating the right things in the right quantities.  As I stated previously I started this kick last year when I found a digital scale that read 419!  I was appalled.  I thought it would of said about 350.  NOT!  So I lost about 110 lbs.  Had a heart attack.  And essentially blew off six months and back slid.  Dumb.  Oh so dumb.  When I entered this site Monday for the first time I put my weight at 335 but that really was a wish.  When I finally weighed Tuesday it was more like 339.  I was disappointed in the number but deep down I knew it would be close to that.  Thank goodness it wasn’t worse.  Anyway I couldn’t help myself and weighed again wednesday and thursday.  I had been eating right and working out dilligently but the scale didn’t move.  Until today!  When you have been dieting as long as I have and been in this body this long (almost 55 years) you kind of know what is going on.  The past couple of days I just didn’t feel the weight loss.  Today I knew it was gone.  Three pounds disappeared just like that.  I swear when I eat the right things in the right quantities and exercise, I can feel my body go into fat burn.  It is kind of a sensation. 

My overall point is and I sincerely believe this that if you live the life the number will follow.  I knew all along if I keep exercising the way that I have and eat the right quantities of the right foods (fruit, veggies, no sugar, and no white carbs) I will loose weight.  So why are we so obsessed with hopping on a scale to look at a number?  I wish I had a good answer.  We all talk about it and we all want to meet our goal in a day.  Now that I know that progress is being made maybe I can move on to other topics.  I hope I didn’t bore anyone into a slumber.  Have a healthy happy day.

Oh, almost forgot.  Yes the workout today was 47 min on the treadmill and 45 min in Reebok cycle class.  Burn baby burn.   I will post a new weight tuesday. Bye for now.

John Boy

Ok I am new to this site but not new to dieting and weight loss.  I finally faced the music tuesday and got on the scale so I could track my loss.  NOT.  Got on the scale today (two days later) before working out and it hadn’t gone down.  Boo hoo?  NOT!  It just made me mad.  I am a little discouraged but I have to remind myself that it does take time.  My body is still in shock from abstaining from my bad habits.  It takes time to train it to move into weight reduction mode and at this point fluid content can greatly influence the NUMBER up and down.  I have been drinking water like an elephant to flush all those evil toxins. 

On a positive note I did my 35 min. on the old Precor elliptical and then walked 45 on a treadmill at 3 mph.  Once again the scale went down almost 4 lbs.  I typically can make it go down by 1 lb for every 20 min. I work out.  At least at this weight.  I am optimistic and more determined than ever to reach my goal but it would be nice to post a loss and show a trend in the right direction. 

I hope everyone has a great happy healthy day. 

John Boy

Well today is my second day coming to this web site.  I am trying to learn my way around here and figure out how all this works so y’all please have patience. 

Ok I finally went and weighed this morning.  Took some work to develop the courage to face the bad news.  I have been in this body for almost 55 years so I had a pretty good idea what the number was going to be.  It was 338.  So my guess of 335 was pretty close.  Ok so I passed that milestone of getting on the scale.  Now we know the truth and have a benchmark we can move forward and map our progress.  After the weigh in I hopped on that eliptical machine for 35 min and then walked on a tread mill for another 30.  I felt really good exercising this morning but didn’t want to over do it.  Meals today will be oatmeal and a banana in the morning.  Salad for lunch.  Chicken breast or lean meat and a veggie for dinner. 

On a different subject,  How can you edit your weight?  I posted a weight yesterday but wanted to ammend it.  Also, how often can you post it?  Weekly?  Does it promt you automatically?  If anyone has some helpful suggestions on how to learn to move around on this site please let me know. 

I wish everyone a healthy happy day!

Hello everyone.  I am starting this blog/journal in order to assist myself in finishing a weight loss campaign that I started last year.   I started last year on 1/1 and lost over 100 lbs. by the 5/1.  Things were going great.  I was feeling great.  Eating the right foods and exercising rigorously every day.  Then it happened.  Had a heart attack and I will save the details about that for another day but I just kind of cruised the rest of the year.  Not a good idea.  So I am back at it again.  I am guessing I weigh about 335 right now.  When I started a year ago I was over 400!  So here I go and I am looking forward to making new friends as I go down this path again.  My goal is to obtain that personal freedom that comes with living in a body that is not overweight. 

Just for the record - today I attended a Reebok cycle class and rode for about 45 minutes and then worked out on a eliptical machine for another 35.  I am estimating that I burned over 1000 calories this morning.  For breakfast I had a small serving of Oatmeal.  A salad for lunch.  I had a handful of nuts for a snack a little bit ago.  Dinner tonight will be lean roast beef and a veggie.  My dessert at night is 2 glasses of milk. 

I plan on posting my actual weight as soon as I get the data and hopefully will see the number drop steadily over time.  Y’all have a great day.