The weight is no longer just falling off. Very discouraging, but I see about 1 pound disappear every few days even tho I'm watching my portions and exercising. I'm worried about all my exercising. A few weeks ago I put my arm out between playing softball and then that evening I went boxing with a friend. Finally yesterday, I went into the chiropractor and he said it was really inflamed and to stay away from sports. But I didn't. That night (last night) I played tennis for about 2 hours. It was very competitive. The weird thing is that my arm feels really good this morning after his adjustment. I love to play sports, and now how do I put that on a rest for 3-4 weeks to let my arm heal? I just wanted to say that my brother (VERY overweight) has found a diet that works for him and has lost 5 lbs. He is determined to keep going and I am there to push and encourage him every step of the way. If he doesn't lose the weight he is at risk for diabetes and other major health conditions, so let's keep our fingers crossed!!! Until Next Time!!!
Yesterday, I went to a town square where there was a sort of "flea market." Lots of vendors selling worthless trinkets, but I went primarily for people watching. It can be a very entertaining sport :) However, while there, we were stopped by an elderly balloon man that wanted to make a special balloon for the girl I was with. He looked up and asked the girl if her and I were going together, and when she said that we were just friends, he asked, "any other strong muscular men in your life?" She replied, "No. I'm single at the moment." So, he proceeded to make her a small white puppy that was holding a red heart in its paws. While he was making it, we had a chance to talk to him. He commented that the reason he had asked her about her relationship status was that one time a man came back after he had made this guys' wife a balloon and asked, "were you hitting on my wife?" "uh no, sir," he replied as he backed into the corner. "So that is why I have to ask...."the balloon man's voice trailed off, "vey stressful making balloons for adults." I asked him about why he said adults and he stated that he isn't allowed to give them to the kids any more because the balloons are a "choke hazard." What is this world coming to? I grew up with balloon men making me all kinds of cool hats etc... and I haven't been harmed at all. Sometimes I wonder if the kids of today are going to be halfway normal if we protect them so much. So, if you have kids, the next time you see a balloon man, make his day, and let him make your kids a balloon.
P.S. Still losing weight. Dropped almost a pound yesterday. Treadmilled it up and burned 500 calories.
So much for the promise that I was going to write something in here everyday. I sometimes wonder why we keep ourselves so busy that we don't have time to do any of these things. I somehow keep losing weight and making better decisions. Tonight, I worked off 500 calories on the treadmill. I set the incline to 10 and walked at 4 mph. What was weird, is at the end, I wasn't as tired as if I had set the treadmill at 0 incline and just jogged. Is walking with that high of an incline giving me the same workout that running with no incline is? If so, I'd prefer the walking! My greatest pleasure in this diet is the fact that I feel amazing. Yes, I get hungry every now and then, but overall, it feels good to be healthy. :)
Today, I'm over 4 lbs. lighter than I was on Monday. Is it healthy to lose that much in a week? I feel absolutely great. So much energy and enthusiasm for life. I even had the courage to eat the peppers and onions on my plate last night. But, for lunch that day, I had a pepsi with my meal. I thought it would make my energy boost even more and I would go jogging, but it sorta felt like it crashed my system. I became a druggy, slightly dizzy tired after drinking that. I wonder if it was the sugars, but just over a week ago, I would have 2 or 3 of these a day and they were my personal "Red Bull". Last night, I played some intense tennis for 2 hours straight, then came home and punched the boxing bag. When I pulled my gloves off tho, my hands were all bloody. I've got to figure out how to stop this from happening. Over supper time, I shot baskets by our garage since I was grilling the kabobs anyway. I work on the farm here and we have 2 four wheelers. Yesterday, I decided to walk everywhere and not ride those things around. Small changes like my active lifestyle are going to make this diet exciting and fun. So, good luck to everyone out there that's making America sexy again!
I messed up. I ate VERY healthy until the evening. In the evening, a bunch of my friends were meeting at the gym to play volleyball. Well, I went too, but forgot to take my bottle of water. Well, all my friends had brought to drink was a 12 pack of Dr. Pepper. I had 3 of them!!!! I was so thirsty and the game was very intense. It was an awesome 3.5 hours of jumping, running, sweating, spiking.... Towards 11 P.M., when the evening was wrapping up, I jumped and spiked, but landed on my players' foot when I came down. Sprained my ankle. This is my punishment for drinking that pop.... Today I think I had around 2000 calories total. More than I wanted, but oh well, I did work a lot of too. So, tomorrow, my daily weigh in will not show me as losing. Ugh..... Oh well, tomorrow I'll do better and have to try to find someway to work out with a sprained ankle... Good luck, guys!
This is working. Sure, it's difficult to figure out how to avoid eating all those calories, but so far, I am restraining. I attached a link to the shake I drank for breakfast, and for lunch I had a big salad first and one helping of soup. It is 3:15 right now though, and I can feel myself getting hungry again. I am going to find something healthy, but not sure what. Any suggestions? I didn't have my usual Pepsi today with the caffeine, and I'm not even that tired. For dinner, my sister and her husband invited us to our favorite Mexican place, but since it is in the same town as the Y, I'm going to go in 2 hours early and run on the treadmill and swim. And of course, try to resist all the chips with salsa at supper. Any suggestions on what is healthiest to eat at a authentic Mexican restaurant? Also, check out that link to the shake I had for breakfast and let me know what you think. Thanks,
I have gotten lots of good advice already and I'm just new on this site. I am very impressed!!! I can actually see myself doing good on this diet that technically is suppose to start in about 45 minutes (Monday). But, thanks for your advice today guys... I resisted eating just a TON of food, and I got some exercise in. I can't wait till tomorrow so I can start shredding the pounds. Until Later, friends!
It's Sunday, and belonging to a religious family doesn't help with exercising and eating healthy on these days. First, there was church this morning, and my mom has made a huge meal of mash potatoes, ham, corn, salad, apple crisp etc... I know as soon as I go up to the formal dining room, all hell will break loose. I will plow headlong into way too much food. My goal here is to fill my plate once, and eat slowly. After lunch, our tummies overlystuffed, we all take naps. I'm going to go try to shoot baskets at least for an hour before relaxing. I just thought typing my thoughts into here might actually keep me focused....
My prayer today, "Give me strength, dear God, that I can pass by that apple crisp. Amen"
I'm about 30 pounds overweight. I often find myself not feeling energized and when I do play sports I have to stop and catch my breathe while my buddies are still going strong. I catch myself noticing people's perfect abs and wonder, "how can I get those?" Lots and lots of work seems to be the answer. I'm not going to try any "miracle" pill, but instead watch my calorie intake and be sure to get in some good exercising. I joined the Y and plan on going swimming. This is the plan. My girlfriend just went for summer school abroad and so we will not be seeing each other until September 1. I want to surprise her by being skinny, having dropped those 30 pounds. Also, I have a younger brother that weighs around 230 pounds and is only 15. I am concerned about his health, and since I'm in the health profession, I've seen kids like him develop early onset diabetes. This scares me so much, that I want to show and support him through his own weight loss. So, I have a few questions for some of you avid dieters and I would sure appreciate a response :)
1. I calculated what my max calorie intake should be, and it is 2009 calories per day. Would you recommend cutting this down to 1500 a day? More or less? How fast will that make me lose the pounds?
2. I hate breakfast. It makes my stomach turn. All I need is my coffee. How important is it to have breakfast? I have found an alternative and that is a Muscle Milk protein shake in the morning. Do you think that is "ok"?
3. Not a question. Please add me as a friend. I love to get to know people and will find it a joy to join each individual on their own "bringin' sexyback" journey. That's my theme song right now.
Hi, I don't know who all will be reading this, but I figured I might as well do this whole blogging thing now that I'm not in school so I have plenty of time. I should have plenty of time for exercise also, but it gets away on me, and I've already put on a few pounds now that the gym isn't close by. So, since I like facebook and love to have friends to keep me enthused and to chat with, I figured if I was serious about losing weight, that I should find a new set of "vertically challenged" buddies. So, drop me a note, ask questions, and let's have some fun. I'll be there to help you in any way, just after I finish this bag of Hershy's Bliss chocolates. Just Kidding. seriously. :)
