I’m Done Being Fat – Day Four

Alright…short and sweet. Had some rice pasta with garbanzo beans and tomato sauce last night for dinner. It was actually pretty filling and such. Woke up this morning and tried to run/jog/walk three miles, but only made it two (there are some seriously mammoth hills, though). Weighed in at a nice 212 pounds!!! A good day so far…I’ve been eating light all day and walking during every break I’ve gotten. I’ll be delivering pizzas tonight; I’ll be fighting the temptation to either eat a small pizza by myself or stop at some fast food joint to get a couple of burgers or whatever. Overall, I’m hoping I can keep my diet going and keep running every morning.

Wish me luck!

JFW

I’m Done Being Fat – Day Three

Things are looking a little better today! I actually got out of bed this morning and went for a run and I weighed in at 214 pounds!! I know, I know…many of you probably don’t think I should be weighing myself daily, but I’m doing it so there. I find that it helps me keep track of the effect certain food types and quantities have on my plan.

Anyway, I got out of bed around 5:45AM and went out and did three interval sprint thingies. For those of you who aren’t in the know, running intervals simply means alternating between fast and slow-pace running. In my case, this morning I would sprint for one minute and then walk (kind of fast) for three. I’m working my way up to be in a state of constant running when doing intervals…it’s just a matter of time.

To finish of yesterday, I ate these nice little chicken hot pocket type creations that my wife made. I’m fairly certain they were pretty healthy, what with all the broccoli and grilled chicken in them. Plus, I ate about half as much of them as I normally would. I’m confident that my diet yesterday mixed with some brisk walking throughout the day contributed to my loss of weight this morning. Maybe.

Today’s diet is looking a lot like yesterday’s. For some reason, my employer has asked me not to take a lunch today. I came back from a meeting this morning and there was a white paper bag with the words “survival kit” written on it. It was filled with assorted candy and chips. I removed a package of whole wheat break sticks from the bag and passed the rest to a co-worker. I’m pretty proud of myself because normally I’d eat it all and then ask for more. We’ll see what dinner brings…hopefully my activity level will stay up all day and night. Maybe I’ll even run again tomorrow morning!

We shall see.

JFW

I’m Done Being Fat – Day Two

Well, day one came and went, let me tell you. As mentioned in yesterdays post, I failed to get out of bed in time to go running as I had planned to do. I did, however, spend a total of one hour (my thirty minute lunch and two fifteen minute breaks) at work walking around and around and around the streets and parking garages in the vicinity of my office building. That counts for something, right?

I noticed that I didn’t mention anything about the diet I maintained yesterday either. I suppose I did a little bit better with that: I had a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk for breakfast, two servings of low-fat yogurt, two nut bar thingies, and about two cups of carrots and broccoli for lunch and snacks throughout the day. Because it was our anniversary yesterday, my wife suggested we order Thai food for dinner. We did. I overate and felt like crap. I also grabbed a couple of little Andes mint bars and ate those while I was cleaning up the kitchen. Stupid me.

So I woke up this morning with all of these failures behind me, and what did I do? Failed again. No running this morning…but the extra sleep was much needed, I think. I weighed in this morning at 218.5 pounds. I figure all the crap in the Thai food (and the amount that I ate) gave me that extra pound. Never fear! I will be sticking to my guns much better today! I’ve basically had the exact same thing to eat today as I did yesterday, but Thai food will be replaced by a fairly healthy little chicken bake that my wife prepared for dinner.

I failed to mention this in yesterday’s post, but I do have some goals I’d like to discuss. As I mentioned, I weighed in at 217.5 pounds yesterday…which is actually about twenty-one pounds lighter than what I weighed in November of 2008 (238.5). I still “feel” heavy and unhealthy. My goal weight is right around 190 pounds. I plan to hit this mark right around the end of October. Only time will tell…wish me luck. Or something.

Thanks!
JFW

I’m Done Being Fat – Day One

Here we are. My wife and I are celebrating our two-year wedding anniversary today. How, you ask? By working, of course. Besides, we’ve actually been “together” for well over eight years now; so it’s borderline depressing to pretend it’s only been two.

Anywho, I’ve decided to steal a good idea from (I’m sure) hundreds of thousands of bloggers out there and start to journal my health junk. In short, I want to lose weight, gain muscle, lower my cholesterol, and just be healthier overall. How do I plan on doing this? Naturally, baby…naturally. First, I will eat less. Not only less in terms of quantity, but also less in terms of crap. Fruits and vegetables will be my staples as opposed to tater-tots and pizza. Secondly, I will exercise more (hopefully MUCH more). There was a week or two about a month or so ago when I was seriously killing it in terms of working out. Running, lifting, swimming…I was all over it. Like I said, that was well over a month ago. It’s too bad, because I felt great during that two week stretch.

So that really sums it up. I will eat less and exercise more. And I will discuss it here as much as possible. This is day one…I’ve already failed a bit: I didn’t get out of bed to go running this morning as planned. I will, however, be walking as much as possible throughout the day today.

This morning I weighed in at 217.5 pounds. I feel pretty good, but I could feel better. I fear that eating bad foods, drinking a little too much from time to time, and smoking off and on over the past twelve years is catching up with me. I will win, however, and live to tell the tale!!!

I hope to post pictures soon to show some progress.

Bon voyage!

JFW