Down 22.0 pounds as of this morning. Just trucking along. Today I realized I fit in a human-sized restaurant booth again. I took three links off my watch band, and bought new jeans last weekend. My wife has joined in the weight loss along with our friend, so we're all in it together. Having her on board is a huge help because dinner is now no longer a minefield.
Fuck, never smoked. That's gotta be hard at the same time. I just changed everything about how I eat and live. It is hard but my favorite food group doesn't help you live healthy. What food group? Brown....fried and golden and meat and potatoes. Vegetables have changed my life.
Awesome. I remember a couple of years ago when I started fitting in booths again. It was so sweet of tiny waitresses to ask table or booth when I was 467. There was no way
Hell Ya! Thats some serious weight you're moving. Having people on board helps big time. I'm not in a serious relationship right now, but the women I just started dating goes to the same health club and is also health conscious (but happy to break from that when we go somewhere worth it). Two of my better friends in Walla Walla belong to my gym and I meet one of them daily. I have a weightloss bet going with one of them and her husband. It sucks to go it alone. Weightloss can become a group event, a rallying cry, something to deepen bonds when you open yourself up to it. Everyone encourages everyone and instead of giving reasons to eat shitty, give reasons to stay healthy. Hope your wife gets excited about it too.
Quitting smoking it tough for a few weeks, then a bit of an annoyance for a couple months. But you can't quit food, you never can truly give up that addiction.
I've said that forever, but most people gain when they quit. It would just seem hard to do both at the same time. A guy I work with is 350 plus and smokes. He can barely breathe. He wheezes on the phone. It sucks.
I quit smoking at 38 and then a year later started the weight loss. But I gained about 30lbs while quitting.
That isn't too bad. I knew smoking was horrible when my girlfriend at the time had to leave the airport in LA to go out and smoke when we had like a 45 minute layover. I asked her if she was kidding, I wouldn't have left the airport and went back through security in a hurry for all the pizza in the world.
Congrats BC!! I've been up and down the scale all my life and know how hard it can be. I recently busted my exercise bike out of storage, as I have bad knees, carry excess weight and can't walk for exercise (because of the knees). I've only been '"riding" for 3 weeks, it's the shittiest, most boring exercise known to man and some days I have to get up too damn early in order to fit it in but I can't believe how much better I feel in general. And today, I had 2 nice ladies I volunteer with at the local food bank compliment me on my weight loss, minor though it has been. Made my day. Oh, and my knees don't hurt as much.... And to anyone who might smoke, honestly wishes they could quit but don't think they can, I strongly (very strongly) recommend a book called "The Easy Way To Stop Smoking" by Allan Carr. It sounds cheesy, but it's about Cognitive Behavior Modification. And it works amazingly well. I smoked from the time I was in my early to mid teens until I was almost 60 years old. I tried quitting a thousand times but couldn't ever buy in for very long. After reading the book, I quit immediately and haven't looked back in over two years. It was, without exaggeration, the easiest thing I ever did. It's worth every penny of the $13 or so Amazon charges (most local libraries....where I first found it....carry it as well). An amazing book. I wish I had found it when it first came out 30+ years ago.... Anyway, keep it up BC. And keep us posted on the results!
Gained 2.5 lbs during SF Ballet season. We always do lunch before and dinner after at some of SF's world class restaurants with cocktails and dessert. One last performance then I'll take it off. Not too bad for 9 shows plus student performance.
Way to go BC! My update. Yesterday I went to my first ever physical therapy to work on my knees. I've gone back to the gym, but for the past couple weeks I have done rowing, bike and weights, but stayed away from any running, squats, lunges or ellipticals while my knees have been bouncing back. A couple days ago, I finally was feeling better and so downloaded the Couch-to-5K app and just started jogging again, but it's slow going. I don't want to rush it and screw myself over again. But the therapist seemed awesome, she really helped me understand what need to work on, and over the next 6 weeks Ill be going twice a week. I've lost a couple more pounds and just joined a softball team. All in all, I am finally below the 200lb mark for the first time since high school 22 years ago. Just under, about 198 right now. I've decided I'm going to keep up the weight loss till I get down to at least 190lbs, then reevaluate. Anyway, good luck, lets keep it up.
Congrats Further. I know you've been working hard for a long while now, and I'm glad to hear that you have been seeing the results you had hoped for. Keep up the hard work man, I honor your dedication and discipline.
30 pounds as of Thursday, with no bounce back so far! This was a big enough deal that I started telling co workers.
Time to go out and celebrate by getting laid! Oh wait.....you're married, right? And have kids? Never mind........
