Thinkin' Out Loud

Previous Weight: —
Current Weight: 316.6 lbs
Loss/Gain: —
Total Weight Loss: 76.4 lbs

There we have it…  a starting point…  which is 7 lbs up from my all time lowest of 309.  Not as horrible as I was expecting and I actually feel pretty good about that number.

I missed my walk this morning but I’ll be hitting the gym tonight for an hour+ walk on the treadmill.  I’m also thinking about tossing in a half hour on the recumbent bike to help compensate for my non-walk.

Today’s food hasn’t been all that great either, what is it that they say about good intentions?  Tomorrow is a new day and I’ll figure it out then.  I’m also working on something big to report in the next couple of days that I’m super excited about… as well as nervous.  Updates soon.

Yesterday was a great day, I managed to get in about three hours of workout time and I logged all of my food intake.  My only issue with yesterday was that I didn’t get any sleep last night… I only got about 5 hours in total which made today not so great.

This morning I got up and went for a walk up at the lake, came home and took a shower, drank some coffee and then I went to the Redwood Health Club at 11am for my regular water-circuit class.  After that I crashed and fell asleep at my desk for a little bit… good times.  My plans for this evening are to go back to the club and put in another hour on the treadmill and then I’m going to crash for the night.

Logging all of my food for the past two days has really helped curb my cravings… apparently knowing that I’d have to put crap food into my log is a strong deterrent, good to know.  I worry about the upcoming weekend though because that’s usually when things fall apart for me.  I get lazy and I skip the gym and I eat crap.  Hopefully I’ll do better this weekend but only time will tell.

Yesterday when I stepped onto the scale it read 314 and today I was 311, I know that I didn’t lose 3lbs in one day, but I did find it amusing that I could drop 3lbs of water weight in one day.

Greetings.  My name is Chris and I used to blog here about my weight loss journey.  Something happened along the way and I got stuck and then a few months went by and frustration and depression and a general lack of interest set in.  Meh.  But I’m back because I really want to get back on track and I really really want to make some serious progress in the next year of my existence.

So what the hell am I doing about all of this?

First and foremost I am happy to report that I am in the process of hiring a personal trainer.  yay.  I’m a little nervous about this because she’s basically wanting to kick my ass and force me to lose a bunch of weight.  We’re talking Biggest Loser type shit here.  She’s already given me my marching orders that contain several strength training routines as well as a solid four hours, yes thats the number 4, of cardio per day.  Yikes.  I told her I would do my best and that four hours might be too much.  We’ll see.

The second that I’ve done is put back on my BodyMedia Fit and have begun tracking EVERYTHING that I put into my body.  I’m basically going excel sheet nerd style on my food intake and counting every calorie that goes in my mouth.  I’ve resisted doing this in the past but in order to kick-start my weight loss again, this is a must.

The last thing that’s been on my mind lately is that I’ve been making lots of excuses as to why I’ve been stuck.  I’m throwing out all of that crap and basically starting over.  Thus the “Digging Out: Day 1″ title of this post.

If you know me and you see that I’ve been slacking.  Kick my ass (it’s big).

If you don’t know me and you see that I’ve been slacking (by not posting, etc..) Kick my ass (it’s big).