Why do I even bother... Body for Life is why
Sometimes I ask myself, "self, why do you even bother with this blog, you never keep it up to date?" To which my other side replies, "Why are you such a pessimist? Take off the skirt, put on the pants and start writing your thoughts down."
So here goes. This past Monday (September 4) marks the new place in my life, I have had enough of being “large and in charge”. I have contemplated it for many months now (pretty much since finishing graduate school – which incidentally I blame for much of my weight problem), now it is time to take action. I stepped on the scale Monday morning and weighed in at a grotesque 275.6 pounds, exactly 50 pounds more than when I said “I do” to my lovely wife – who has managed to gain 0 pounds in the same 9 ½ year timeframe.
So you ask, “what are you going to do about it fat boy?” Well I am going to tell you, I started a program called “Body for Life”. I have done this program before when I weighed 260 and got down to 240 before starting grad school. Once I was in full swing of grad school it simply became too hard to maintain the eating and workout schedule. Today is day 3 and I cannot express how good I feel about the program and my body is feeling just a little pain (the good kind) from the weight lifting and the time on the treadmill. I weighed myself this morning as soon as I woke up and to my satisfaction, was down to 268.6 (SEVEN POUNDS)! Now I am not foolish enough to think that is much more than an initial “blast” and some water weight, but I don’t think it could be related to water weight gain as I have drank about 20 glasses of water in the last 2 days and am taking a leak about 12 to 15 times a day.
So anyway, as part of my change, I am going to try to keep my blog updated with my progress and God willing, I will be on my cruise starting December 3, 2006 wearing a nice pair of swim trunks and not ashamed of my over-extended gut! If I am feeling a bit rambunctious, I may even post some pictures for you all to laugh at along the way.
So here goes. This past Monday (September 4) marks the new place in my life, I have had enough of being “large and in charge”. I have contemplated it for many months now (pretty much since finishing graduate school – which incidentally I blame for much of my weight problem), now it is time to take action. I stepped on the scale Monday morning and weighed in at a grotesque 275.6 pounds, exactly 50 pounds more than when I said “I do” to my lovely wife – who has managed to gain 0 pounds in the same 9 ½ year timeframe.
So you ask, “what are you going to do about it fat boy?” Well I am going to tell you, I started a program called “Body for Life”. I have done this program before when I weighed 260 and got down to 240 before starting grad school. Once I was in full swing of grad school it simply became too hard to maintain the eating and workout schedule. Today is day 3 and I cannot express how good I feel about the program and my body is feeling just a little pain (the good kind) from the weight lifting and the time on the treadmill. I weighed myself this morning as soon as I woke up and to my satisfaction, was down to 268.6 (SEVEN POUNDS)! Now I am not foolish enough to think that is much more than an initial “blast” and some water weight, but I don’t think it could be related to water weight gain as I have drank about 20 glasses of water in the last 2 days and am taking a leak about 12 to 15 times a day.
So anyway, as part of my change, I am going to try to keep my blog updated with my progress and God willing, I will be on my cruise starting December 3, 2006 wearing a nice pair of swim trunks and not ashamed of my over-extended gut! If I am feeling a bit rambunctious, I may even post some pictures for you all to laugh at along the way.
posted by t001z at
9/06/2006 11:12:00 AM
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