Well this week has been a long week. There was Thanksgiving, and a birthday. There was the busiest shopping day of the retail season, which I had to work through. There also was one last important event.
This is the two year anniversary for "Tales from the Fat Side".
I don't believe that it has been two years already. I started this blog because I was sick of being overweight and the feelings that are associated with it. I was unemployed and was looking for a outlet to chronicle my journey. I started with videos, then just went to posts. Then I would post once a week, and sometimes not at all for a while. Through it all it has still been here for all to read. It has been read by people from all over the world. I am pretty amazed by that.
Let's take a look back at the first week of posts to find out what my numbers were. I want to compare them to now. I am not expecting much of a change, but it will be interesting non the less.
Drum roll please............
Weight: 255 254.5
Neck: 18 20.5
Chest: 46.75 48.5
Waist: 47.5 48.5
Hips: 44.5 45
Thigh: 25.5 25
Bicep: 16.25 16.5
Forearm: 13.25 13.5
Body Fat%: 35.28 33.33
The results are what I was expecting. I was a little surprised that the body fat percentage went down. These are not acceptable by any means. I have been running in place for the last two years. I have yo-yo'd to as low as 237# to as high as 260#. I feel stronger now than I was. I have been making it to the gym and I have a pretty good routine.
My diet however is a different story all together. I just can't seem to get myself into the groove. There are some deep addictions here that I was not aware of. I go through days where I eat clean and then a massive craving for sweets comes on. If I quell it, then another even powerful one comes later. I realize that over eating food is an addiction and there are triggers that get you jonesing for the next hit. I need to overcome those thoughts if I ever want to make progress in my journey. I can start any diet plan or make any menu I want, but if I allow the impulses to make my decisions for me I will not be free. I will still be a slave to it all. I must make this my most important weight loss goal, or I will just be spinning my wheels and going nowhere.
I have sat back and looked at my life these past couple of weeks and realized that I am not at the place that I had intended to be at. I have decided to devote my resources to not only changing my weight and appearance, but to also change all aspects of my life. I will be blogging all of this on a separate blog. I will post the details in the next couple of posts here. I will still continue to update this blog with all of the fitness and weight loss related stuff, so that any of my followers can still check in on me.
I could never shut this down...... This is the Original........... I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a safe Black Friday. Now let's sally forth toward the end of this year and into a great new year.
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