So, yeah, #ThrowbackThursday is a game played on Instagram where you post a pic of you that is at least 5 years old. Well, I'm rarely in front of a camera, certainly not enough to get a pic up every Thursday. However, I thought it might be fun to take a quick trip back to some previous blog entries, from the blog I shared with +Bryan Dobberstein, Irate Weirdos, in or around January 9th. Here's what I found:
5 Years ago (Apparently, I started a diet blog!) January 15, 2009
6 Years ago (Any of this look familiar?): January 13, 2008
7 years ago (The Trouble Begins!): January 7, 2007
10 years ago: January 8th 2004
As for January 9th, 2014, this is Day 4. I've been good on my diet all week, been to the gym four days in a row. That sounds great and all, but it also sounds like some of the false starts mentioned above. *Sigh!*
I've gotta get it together this time. If anyone has a magic wand they aren't using, let me know, I could use a small miracle.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Friday, January 3, 2014
Last year I found THE ANSWER.
One lonely entry last year, eh? Not my proudest moment. However, in my defense ... um ... I got no defense. I wasn't busy enough to not write out here now and then. I was more ashamed. Ashamed I wasn't doing better.
Last year wasn't an all bad year. I started a full time job in May. I dated more than I had in the 40+ years before. I managed to go from 480 to 450 while barely dieting and no exercise.
One of the things I tried out that seemed to work was not having dinner. You can find the details here, but in short, a small study showed that diabetics controlled their blood sugar and lost weight by eating a hearty breakfast, a solid lunch and little to no dinner. I did that for a few weeks. It seems so much smarter, why do we eat a huge meal then go to bed? So, I'd have a bunch of protein in the morning, usually quinoa in soy milk, a hearty lunch, fruit snacks and maybe fruit if I got hungry at night. It was working, but I didn't stick to it.
However, here we are back at the beginning of the year. I will likely go back to the meal plan above. Plus, there is a gym between work and home. It's costing me extra every month (it is really nice!) and I had to pay a huge initiation fee, but it's right there. It glares at me on the way to work and on the way home. So, MOAR GYM!
On that note, I had +Tonja Davis of +Action Hero Fitness, Inc. come in a for a consultation the other day. She walked me through a weight machine workout she built specifically for me. I plan to have her come back once a month or so to check my progress, keep me honest and help me tailor my routine to my (hopefully) changing body.
Then there is THE QUESTION, you can read up on this in my last entry, but the short of it is that +Tonja asked me if I knew why I wanted, nay needed, to lose weight? What was my reason? At the time I didn't have an answer. The funny thing is, I covered the reason in that entry, I just don't think I wanted to admit it. Well, I can admit it now. My reason to lose weight?
Sex.
I want to have sex. I am dating quite a bit these days and I can't have penetrative sex. I miss that. Sure, I can do, and do do, lots of other stuff, but good ol' penis-in-vagina is prevented by a layer of fat that just rolls a condom right off. (Too much info for ya? Too bad. We're about real around here ... well. most days.)
So, yeah, resolutions and all of that. I have the tools and the knowledge I just need to apply them. I have a good start, nearly 30 pounds down. I've been here before. I've said I was going to do something with my tools and knowledge then, too. The spirit is certainly willing and oh boy is the flesh weak. If the flesh was as strong as my desire, well, we wouldn't be here.
Don't wish me luck or tell me I can do it - tell me what you are doing. Have you achieved your goals?
Last year wasn't an all bad year. I started a full time job in May. I dated more than I had in the 40+ years before. I managed to go from 480 to 450 while barely dieting and no exercise.
One of the things I tried out that seemed to work was not having dinner. You can find the details here, but in short, a small study showed that diabetics controlled their blood sugar and lost weight by eating a hearty breakfast, a solid lunch and little to no dinner. I did that for a few weeks. It seems so much smarter, why do we eat a huge meal then go to bed? So, I'd have a bunch of protein in the morning, usually quinoa in soy milk, a hearty lunch, fruit snacks and maybe fruit if I got hungry at night. It was working, but I didn't stick to it.
However, here we are back at the beginning of the year. I will likely go back to the meal plan above. Plus, there is a gym between work and home. It's costing me extra every month (it is really nice!) and I had to pay a huge initiation fee, but it's right there. It glares at me on the way to work and on the way home. So, MOAR GYM!
On that note, I had +Tonja Davis of +Action Hero Fitness, Inc. come in a for a consultation the other day. She walked me through a weight machine workout she built specifically for me. I plan to have her come back once a month or so to check my progress, keep me honest and help me tailor my routine to my (hopefully) changing body.
Then there is THE QUESTION, you can read up on this in my last entry, but the short of it is that +Tonja asked me if I knew why I wanted, nay needed, to lose weight? What was my reason? At the time I didn't have an answer. The funny thing is, I covered the reason in that entry, I just don't think I wanted to admit it. Well, I can admit it now. My reason to lose weight?
Sex.
I want to have sex. I am dating quite a bit these days and I can't have penetrative sex. I miss that. Sure, I can do, and do do, lots of other stuff, but good ol' penis-in-vagina is prevented by a layer of fat that just rolls a condom right off. (Too much info for ya? Too bad. We're about real around here ... well. most days.)
So, yeah, resolutions and all of that. I have the tools and the knowledge I just need to apply them. I have a good start, nearly 30 pounds down. I've been here before. I've said I was going to do something with my tools and knowledge then, too. The spirit is certainly willing and oh boy is the flesh weak. If the flesh was as strong as my desire, well, we wouldn't be here.
Don't wish me luck or tell me I can do it - tell me what you are doing. Have you achieved your goals?
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