JohnBoy

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.