Where am I now!?!?

I weighed in this morning, 2 months into the program, and I am now 265lbs!!!!! a whole 10 lbs lighter.

I haven't been doing ANything significantly different then those rules. I am eating food from Fresh and Easy as well because It is tasty, but that is about it. Keep on trucking for those who want to try it. It is slow, but works.

Eat eat eat eat MOVE

So, here is the big move, the push that I have energy for, and the "next step" in my diet.
What I have given up so far: [FOR GOOD!]
1) Soda (Regular soda, one, allowed while working the field)
2) Fries
and now,
3) Mcdonalds (Except for coffee and tea)


I haven't had backslides again, and this is on the fifth week. I am feeling healthier and better all the time. I am even jogging some at work when I am in a hurry. I feel like the energy is getting better.

3 changes I have made.

Breakfast! I NEVER had breakfast. Now I do. Yogurt, sometimes, Reeses Pieces. YES yes I do eat them. and Cocoa Puffs! This is not healthy stuff, but it is a gateway for me to WANT to EAT breakfast. and it is working. Allison tried peanut butter on bagels as she does, but that just didn't work for me. these taste good, and I am eating breakfast now!

A little TINY bit more moving/working out. not much, just a little bit. saturdays I am in class all morning, and then Allison and I go out and do stuff. Sunday we get out of the house as well to keep moving some. no more lazing around the house; well, we still do, just not as much.

Eating healthier at home. you know all those diet meals that are 200 calories! WHAT THE HECK ARE THEY THINKING!? I need that AND a meal to be full. We have stopped looking at calories on the frozen meals, and started eating what we like. This doesn't mean hungry man meals, but it does mean Marie Calinders food we are eating, which is sometimes 600 calories. get it: 600+600+600=1800, which is OK!!! this is a SLOW change, and not going to gaurentee results in a minute.

Weighed in 6 weeks in: 270lbs. I am feeling pretty good about it.


I added stuff to the list after Mcdonalds:

1) Soda (Regular soda, one, allowed while working the field)
2) Fries
and now,
3) Mcdonalds (Except for coffee and tea)
4) Chips (except with a specific 6 inch sub at subway)
5) Fried foods in general (this eliminated an entire restaurant down the block from us)
6) THAT IS IT so far!?!?!?!? no way!?!?!.... but THis is really tough.

Fries are a struggle

I accidently got Fries in a drive thru window at mcdonalds. I didn't ask for any, but I did get them. and by didn't ask, I mean, I said NO FRIES; but got it anyways. so my solution. I ate them. I was alone, and wanted them so badly. They tasted amazing. But I can't order them and while Allison is around, I can't eat them either. Slip-up one.

So today, after this slip-up, I determined that Fast food has to go. but I can't do that, I love it, and need the option at times. so simply; Mcdonalds is out. Burgerking is in because Allie hates it, so we never go there, otherwise it would be out too.

I am targeting things with the following criteria:
1) Do I have it alot
2) Is it a problem
3) Do I compulsively eat it?
4) Should I be eating it?

So Far, I have identified and removed:
1) Soda (Regular soda, one, allowed while working the field)
2) Fries
and now,
3) Mcdonalds (Except for coffee and tea)

This have been pretty tough. I weighed in, a month later from my start, at 272. I eat what I want, I just don't eat this stuff.

No Fries!?! am I surviving?!

This is the toughest thing Ever. No fries is tough. I have cravings and everything. But I think its working.

What I have been substituting: another small burger, like a cheesburger (not a double) at Mcdonalds. It is healthier, and is a small calorie reduction. I am actually feeling more satisfied as well.

So this is really tough. I have my Fiance, Allison, helping me out, and jioning me even though she doesn't need to at all. She told me that she does feel better. She also had a slipup with a soda last week, and her comment was: "We used to drink this crap, it tastes horrible!"

So this week, I am struggling with fries, so I am not adding things to my list. I need to focus on what I am replacing it with more, and how to handle that.

Now the challenge, I can never eat this stuff again

So with my plan, I can never drink soda again.

I have a single exception: Outside I am working hard, and haven't had a break in hours, manual labor the entire time. I may have a SINGLE NON-DIET soda. I figure this encourages me to go out and do work, while also excepting that I am not doing this for the soda, but for the sugar which will help me continue working and replace imediately used electrolytes.

So Far in this plan, I am 2 weeks in (ignore the time stamps again, I am playing catch up to get everyone up to speed).

I just finished eating something, and determined I have a problem. My problem is compulsive eating. I will eat for eating's sake, no matter if I don't like it.


How can I attack this: I don't want to feel hungry ever. My attack is: why should I feel hungry?! I am going to eat as I normally do. As I eat, I must target the things that I eat compulsively. Put a bag of chips in front of me, they are gone in an hour, no matter the size. Fries: the same.

But I want the biggest bang for my buck, so I said, simply, no more fries. Ever. Can I do it? (speaking as I decided this 2 months ago) yes I can. my sister has for years because she doesn't like them, so I guess I can keep going.

Why not chips? I almost never eat chips anymore. Why should I care beyond that. My goal is to see what I am eating, and adjust every week.

SO I am playing a few weeks catch up, but each post will show you how I journied to where I am now.

So let me give you the results I experienced within 2 weeks.

1) I reduced my acid reflux down to almost nothing.
2) I am down to 275lbs and I don't fluctuate as much daily anymore.
3) I can squeeze my hand tighter.
4) I felt like crap from the caffine withdrawl.
5) I feel much better.

Now, I will explain some of the things I have adopted since then. I am now weighing myself every morning. FOR THOSE SCARED: I am not tracking it at all. I can't, or I might get depressed. I am tracking it every morning after I wake up and go to the bathroom so I can see and remember that this isn't a diet, this is a new way of life.

I'll also add that my Fiance has joined me in this. She also has felt healthier, and better (and she's 125lbs!... this isn't an isolated improvement to me, the guy trying to lose weight)


Now, the second part of this diet: What have I replaced this with?

-Water, crystal light, and iced tea.

The only problem we are having right now is that crystal light is kind of getting a little bit tiring to drink, but the tea and water are still easy.

My friends asked if its dificult, and I reply: if you knew the difference in how I feel after I stoped drinking soda 2-5 times a day; you would stop right now yourself.

So Far, my goal of eliminating, and analysing is working. I feel better, and healthier already.

Food for thought.

So I have been there. I have been skinny, and fit. I used to weight 195lbs, and have a 4 pack on my stomach, be able to run for miles.

Now, I can't. I work all day, stress is high, and I can't even get to the gym anymore. But I did finally figure out how to lose weight. I think.

So I'll start how I figured this out. I was drinking my fifth soda for the day (DIET always). and I was i need to squeeze something really tight. I tried, and I couldn't. My hands, which have always been the strongest part of my body because of the sports I played, couldn't even fully close. I sat there, and was puzzled. "This is disturbing" I thought. So I thought about this for a while, and determined that it must be the soda. I haven't eaten anything horrible that day, or for the last few days, and I know soda has the ability to retain some water weight.

So here is the pivital moment. I decided to stop drinking Soda of any kind. Diet or regular(which i never had had anyways). My logic was this; my body needs oxygen. If I am drinking carbon dioxide, I am doing two things: making me need to burp more, and slowly sofocating my cells with CO2.


I weighed 278 lbs when I made this decision; 10 more then a year before. It has been 6 years since I weighed 195 lbs.