Incoming

The battle continues.... Well the thanksgiving pounds I gained were not as easily lost as I had hoped they would be. I am finally back down into the 205-206 range after about 10 days. Diet has been really solid and workouts have been 100%. I have only had one rest day (Sunday) since I re focused. I feel good about what I am doing and am really hoping it will pay off and help me reach my goals. I am thinking of adding a second workout on a few of the days, maybe a short round of HIIT or something real early in the morning. I feel like I really need to jump start the fat loss.

I am really enjoying the holiday season this year. My oldest son is 3 and is totally in the spirit of things. He even helped pick out our Christmas tree this year and has had many questions about baby Jesus and Santa Claus. It's pretty wonderful to watch the season through his eyes. Anyway hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday. Below is the pic we are using on this years Christmas Card. Since I don't have all my FAT blog buddies addresses etc have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

So It Begins

Well the Thanksgiving holiday is finally over.... It was a extra long weekend (wed - sun) at the Oregon Coast with family. For me it was pretty much dietary suicide this year. I ate and drank a ton of shit that I shouldn't have. I skipped all my planned workouts (did get in a couple unexpected workouts). So, did I think about my decisions or feel bad about them. On all accounts yes.... I pretty much felt like a bloated whale thurs-sunday. The workouts I got in were brutal because I was running on total garbage food and alcohol. Those workouts reminded me every time why I need to put good fuel in my tank. I had for the most part forgotten what heart burn felt like until this weekend. It was a good time with family and friends and helped me remember why I am thankful for the weight I have lost so far. I weighed in at 210 this morning.... most likely 4-5 of those pounds will hopefully fall off fast. As I am sure I didn't gain 5-6 pounds in 5 days.

I know I don't have a ton of clout around here besides the fact that this is my blog. I have had allot of failures and allot of success in the time I have spent in this blog sphere. With all that said I am going to take another route that many others are backing away from. I am going to go out on a limb and say I am going to finish 2008 strong. I am going to kick ass in both the diet and exercise dept. I have every intention on hitting sub 200 before 2009 opens the door. I am not going to say I "might" do better. Today is the day I say I "will" do better. The day I will start another drive to hit my goal of 180 or so pounds. I am not waiting to make another lame new years resolution.... Who's in for a kick ass December?

Ground Hogs Day

Well the last few weeks have produced allot of the same for me. As of last Friday I weighed 205 (haven’t weighed myself since then). My diet has definitely been less than stellar the last few weeks (especially on weekends). I have been drinking a little more with friends and family which usually leads to worse food choices. Luckily the workouts that I continue to do have allowed me to maintain my weight and not gain anything back. That still leaves me with the frustration of working out hard and gaining no ground in my constant battle of the bulge. Deep down I know I am kidding myself if I think I am going to lose weight with a questionable diet. My body is good at being plump and it takes the strictest of diet regimens to even make a little dent. For me no strict diet means no weight loss. I can work out until the cows come home and see hardly any results if the diet isn’t in place. My current plan in the back of my head is to start a new round of diet and exercise following the thanksgiving weekend. I am not giving myself a all access pass to go crazy this coming week but I am trying to be realistic. We are going out of town for 4 nights with extended family so being on a really super strict diet isn’t going to be in the cards. I will be trying to exercise at least 3 of those days.

Sorry for the long time frames between posts but I don’t feel as if many people are really being very active in the fat coalition or I suppose this group of weight loss blogs I read. It’s hard to muster up the want to write if you feel like no one is reading. I watch my Google analytics and I am lucky to get a hit a day on this blog. It really kind of saddens me as this group used to be very active. It’s not like we have all met our goals… I suppose like the eb and tide of the ocean blogging will pick up and slow down from time to time. I hope things will start to pick back up around these parts.

Radar Jammer

Not a whole lot has changed for me as of late. I am still hitting my workouts really hard but my diet has left me spinning my wheels. I don't know if its the holidays or if its the weather/less light but I am having a hard time staying as dedicated to a rock solid diet. It hasn't been horrible but I have allowed little things here and there to slip in that I hadn't in the past. I think my wife's resolve has wavered some too and that definitely puts more stress on my willpower (especially in the diet department). For me weight loss is definitely won in the kitchen so I know deep down I must get back to strict eating or nothing is going to happen. At this point maintaining is not enough, I have not gotten were I want to go. I just need to figure out what will motivate me enough to get things rolling again. I have been sitting in the 205 range for way too long. You would think the close proximity to Onederland would be enough motivation to get me going. I ran a sub 30min 5k last night. Was trying to train for the turkey trot that apparently might not happen now. We normally go to Sunriver OR for thanksgiving and location has now been changed to the Oregon coast. I guess I could put on my own Turkey Trot beach style and me and my wife would be the only competitors. At least we would take 1st place in both the men's and women's categories. Besides slow weight loss life is good. We all need to up the blog chatter, besides Roder this place has been way to quite (and yes I still read daily)....

I will leave you with a cute pic of my kid. This year he wanted to be a Christmas tree for Halloween.... yes you read it right a xmas tree. I too was thinking "why not batman or Dracula??" My wife made his costume from scratch and I think she did a really good job. Everyone loved it and you could see him a mile away with the lights lit up.

Where Did October Go?!?!?

Today's weigh in: 204 (new low)

It's great to see a new low but not so great to see that its been almost a month since my last new low. I already know the error of my ways and that would be bad food or not enough food on the weekend. For example last weekend we had two b-day parties to go to, one Friday and one Saturday. I mentally was thinking about good choices but even eating less shit is still eating shit and I can’t expect results while eating crap, that’s just absurd. This weekend we have a Halloween party but besides that nothing huge going on. I need to really keep my whit’s about me. I want to see Onederland and then lots more. Little steps right?

So what’s up with the FAT coalition and lack of blogs? Seems like we are in a major slump much like our wonderful economy. Like the ocean tides hopefully the blogs will pick back up. I miss reading stuff on many of your pages.

I know I am late but I still owe Will 6 interesting things about me. First I don’t know if there are that many but I will try.

1. I was born and raised in Vanc WA. I only left for about 2.5 years to finish my BA and then came back for some reason. Probably has something to do with family and friends.

2. When I went to college I wanted to be an accountant. 2 accountant classes in I decided I didn’t want to be a accountant. I knew I liked playing computer games and had a natural knack for computers. So here I am with a Business MIS degree sitting in front of a computer all day. Part of me still feels that college is overrated. The stuff you learn is obsolete by the time you get out into the real world and most people don’t end up doing what they studied for. (Unless you’re a MD or PHD of some sort, then take back my last statement). I guess it’s all about learning to learn, I get that.

3. I am a geek with to many hobbies... Not really good at any of them. I like motorcycles, photography, sports, RC cars/planes, Computers/PS3/Xbox360, Guitar, Fishing, camping, and many other things.

4. I got stitches 3 times in 1 year when I was about 4-5. The Dr. thought my parents were abusing me. One had something to do with me running around the shower (old school pole type) in the women’s bathroom at the local swimming pool. Needless to say I slipped and busted my head open on the tile. At least I can say I was in the ladies bathroom, bummer is I don’t really remember it. HA HA. The other more memorable one was when my sister pushed me into a full 6 foot mirror head first (yeah I broke it).

5. We used to play light as a feather stiff as a board at my grandma’s house. Of course this was when we were young with my cousins (10ish) I really think it worked once.... freaking still wiggs me out when I think about it.

6. After my associates degree I was 1 step away from joining the US Air force. I don’t know what changed my mind but all the sudden I didn’t want to be owned by someone else for 4 years. I had taken my asvab (placement test) and physical and was there to sign the paper work. When I told the recruiter who worked me for a long time that I was backing out he was pissed.... matter a fact I don’t think I have seen someone that pissed in a long time. I guess to this day I don’t regret nor wish I went in. It could have been a good thing but who knows, my path is my path.

Well there you have it Will. It was pretty lame as I expected and hard to come up with 6 things. Needless to say I enjoyed reading the other peoples you tagged so figured I better pony up.

Here’s to everyone hitting their goals!!!

Note: Melissa, I am unable to leave comments on your page... When I try there is no text box etc to put them in.

Great Weekend, Bad Choices

This last weekend was a good weekend when it comes to life and enjoying it. We spent a long weekend down at the Oregon coast with family. The weather was absolutely beautiful, sunny but cold. For the last few months I haven’t done very well with my diet when I am away from home, especially when sharing a house with a group of people who eat whatever they feel like. I feel like they are pretty much supportive of our diet but they are also supportive of feeding us stuff off our diet too. I know when it gets down to the main problem it lies with me. I have the say and power to absolutely control what goes in my mouth and yet I still choose to eat or drink things that I shouldn’t be consuming. The part that really chaps my hide is that I still have been hitting my workout consistently. I did a long yoga workout on Friday morning overlooking the ocean off the deck of the house we rented. I am sure it looked quite comical to see a big guy out there trying to stretch into positions I don’t belong. Yesterday I did a 3 plus mile run on the beach. For my effort I got a 209 on the scale this morning (4 pounds up from my low). I didn’t eat great but I didn’t eat that bad either. Once again I continue to learn and re-learn the fact that I can’t out train a bad diet or lose weight while eating outside of the very restricted box. I have been thrashing around in the 205-210 lbs range for way to long. At this point I don’t know what it’s going to take for me to put this behind me and just get sh!t done. I know I have said this before but working out really hard to see the scale remain the same is really disheartening. I guess I need to really dig in deep and really look at why I am not succeeding. I will leave you with a picture of our crazy dog. She is a specimen of physical balance and power. At 5 years old she still has the energy of a 2 year old dog and can run like this all day long.

Still Plugging Away

Figured it was about time for a update. Things are going fine out here. I hit 5 out of 6 workouts this week and the diet was pretty good. I did have a few drinks on Friday at my parents house. I am still fighting the same frustration that I have been for a long time. I think Will and I are experiencing similar things. If your diet isn’t 100% clean then you don’t lose any weight you actually spike up (even though I am eating clean 90%+ of the time). I feel like the amount of effort I put it should net me some weight loss. Hopefully this week will get me a new low or two. I was 206 this morning so I am within striking range and lighter this Monday morning then I have been in a several weeks. I meant to take measurements this weekend but never got around to it, so need to do that. I feel like I am adding lean body mass but my weight isn’t really coming down at the rate I would like it too. I guess for the most part I could just copy my blog from last week and paste it in here. Are you getting tired of hearing the same ole thing yet? ;)

My youngest son is having his 6 month checkup today. He is really starting to get around via rolling and severely head heavy commando crawl. I keep telling my wife it has begun. He is going after stuff with purpose now, nothing is no longer safe. ;).

I have had a little bit of a sore ankle the last few weeks. Nothing that is stopping me from working out but enough to kind of baby it a little. Most workouts end up being fine after it warms up and loosens up a little. I bought some new Asics Gel Kayano’s this weekend. I hate spending the dough but I know how important a good shoe is. I should have never bought a pair of those cause now nothing less is acceptable.

Don’t even start me on the seahawks…… (head down shaking…..)