Day 2 - Back on track.

Starting is the hardest part. I have eaten 1200 calories today and I am starving to death. That leaves me about 400 for dinner. I think I will burn them on some cheese and crackers. That makes me feel full. Losing weight is easy if you can deal with the hunger.

Anyway I am not going to make any big speeches or promises. I am on day two and it is so far so good. I hope to be writing you of my success tomorrow.

Sean

Day 1 - Clean Slate

Here we go. I failed. Somewhere in November I lost sight of my goals and began taking comfort in food again. Once you start that downward spiral it takes ahold of you and it is hard to break free. I tried to start right back in several times and I found it too easy to say hey, I want this piece of pie I will just start back tomorrow. Well that is not going to work anymore. I have a lot to lose and a lot to prove and I am running out of time. I want my 40's to be the beginning of something. I want my 40's to be a second shot at my 20's I want to do things physically I never did because I couldn't do them physically. 3 days ago I turned 39. This gives me less than a year to reach my goal weight of 220. as of this morning I weight 389. Yep I gained some back. I now have an impossible amount of weight to lose in a short period of time. I am not going to think about wheter or not I can do this. I am just going to do this. Today is day one. I am resetting all of my counters and I am shooting for that first 60 lbs.

Pray for me and keep me honest.

Sean

Day 164 - I promised to weigh in so here is the dreaded weigh day number 11

I have been dreading a weigh-in because the last 4 weeks have be choatic and I expected the worst. So I am at 385 and I have gained 8lbs back. That is not good, but that is not the worst so I am ok with it. I knew I was going to have to work back to where I was but I feared it would be more. I can do this.

Anyway tomorrow is Christmas and I am not going to do anything about it right now, so everyone please have a Merry Christmas or whatever pagen (just kidding) religous holiday you celebrate in lou of Christmas. Please don't worry about a couple extra calories, that's what New Years resolutions are for.

Sean

Day 163 - Yeah - I suck!

So.... I bet you thought I wasn't coming back. I'm not done yet. I have had a bad cold and the weather sucks and I pulled a tendon in my foot which has kept me off my feet. Oh and I am eating like a pig. I have reversed a bit of my progress, but nothing I cannot quickly recover from.

I need to get back into the swing of things and after the holidays I plan to do just that. I will be starting from scratch, but at a much lower weigh than when I started in July. I am not giving up on me and I hope to be an example that you can have ups and downs on this journey and still reach your goals. Tonight I just wanted to drop a note and let anyone reading this thing know that I am still here and I have not thrown in the towel.

I will try to get a weight tomorrow just to see where we are. I skipped the last weigh day because I did not want to face the scale.

Sean

Day 143 - Weigh day number 10 - Finally! back on track.

It has been up and down the last month or so, but I am finally making some positive yardage. I fell off the wagon pretty hard for a few weeks and reigning myself back in has been hard. I have finally got my calories under control. I have started strength training to build muscle and speed up my metabolism. I am excited about having muscles!

I took a 4 mile hike last weekend and it was awesome. I walked funny for a couple days afterwards, but I spent time with my family and I burnt 1500 calories is 1 1/2 hours! I highly recommend long hikes.

So I am down to 377 and I hope to see more positive loss in the next two weeks. I am not going to make my goal of 100lbs lost by Xmas, but as I have said before, this is a marathon.

Sean

Day 129 - Weigh day number 9 - Sooner or Later

The problem with keeping a public log on weight loss is that sooner or later you are going to gain weight and be a big disappointment. I have been eating like a pig. I won't go into details. It has taught me something. When I started allowing myself more and more calories I started making poor food choices again. BY limiting your calorie intake you really have to think about what your putting in your body. This allows you stretch your intake throughout the day and a byproduct of this is healthy food choices.

Anyway, today's weight is 382. Up 3 lbs from last weigh day. Not a major failure, but hopefully a sufficient enough wake up call to get me back on track.

I have been doing pretty good at the gym and I plan to get bigger and stronger.

I will not let me down.


Sean

Day 125 - Started a new workout program.

Switched up my workout and trying a new program. My abs hurt and I don't know why. I did pushups ups and curls and that kind of stuff. I also ran.


That is all.


Sean