Showing posts with label weight loss secrets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight loss secrets. Show all posts

Sunday, March 1, 2020

MARCH GOES IN LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB

March,
In like a lion, out like a lamb?
I don't know if I am the lion.
And I am sure I won't be a cuddly little lamb in 31 days....
Nevertheless....



MARCH 1st greeted me with a weight of 265.5 lbs
Now, for most people this is not good news.
but for THIS PERSON who weighed 297 lbs on JANUARY 1, it is great news.
I wonder what I will weigh on APRIL 1st?
I will find out in one month.


Saturday, February 29, 2020

LEAP DAY



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Leap Day does not come around too often.... in fact, it comes around once every four years... I was curious how much I weighed on the last leap day 2016.... I looked it up... Actually it was a bit depressing... on Leap Day 2016 - I was 228 lbs.  On this Leap Day morning 2020 I weighed myself and I was 265.8 lbs.  Better I should remind myself that I was 297 lbs on New Years Day 2020.... I should celebrate that I have successfully lost 31.2 lbs this year. It's going to be a great Leap Year this year. I am going to lose a lot of weight. And the year will be capped off by an epic election in November!  (Hint: I am not rooting for Bernie, Bloomberg, or Biden!)




Friday, February 28, 2020

WENT TO BED HUNGRY - BUT LET ME EXPLAIN

Typical conversation I have had all my life:
Question: Are you hungry?
Response: I could eat.

Yes, one can 'always' eat... I think the only times in my life I have felt that I could not eat were literally the few times in my life I have dined at a buffett brought myself  almost to the point of puking.  Other than that extreme situation - every other moment in my life - I have been 'hungry.'

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sidebar: true story    Once year not so long ago for my birthday went to all-you-can-eat sushi.  I always get my 'moneys worth' at places like this.  I ate a bit too much too fast and had to run to the bathroom with the desire to puke.  I didn't, but after a few minutes the sick feeling left me and I was able to continue eating.  Was I still hungry?  Uh...no.... But why should a lack of hunger stop a fat pig from eating?
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Of course, this is moronic.  I have never denied being a moron when it comes to food.
For example, last night, after a very slim dinner of a Reduced Fat Turkey Bacon sandwich at Starbucks eaten around 5:30PM, I found myself 'hungry' when I pulled into the town where my hotel was at 8PM.

I kinda asked myself: Am I hungry?
My inner response: Of course, I was.

But I chose to get past the feeling, I had a large glass of water in my hotel, and I focused on doing something else and not thinking about food.  When I woke up on Friday morning, did I rush down to breakfast to finally feed my 'starving self?'  Of course not.  I was not 'starving' the night before.  I did not wake up starving.  I feel a bit hungry.  But this hunger is likely real.  So enough typing... time to go downstairs from my hotel room and grab some breakfast. I'm hungry.

See you tomorrow!


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Monday, February 24, 2020

270.8 lbs MONDAY MORNING

Most people do not brag about weighing north of 270 lbs.
Even today, I am not 'bragging.'
It is also true that most people did not weigh 297 lbs when they woke up on New Years Day.
Nevertheless, I am one of those people.
So I will allow myself to be pleased that I am not too far away from getting into the 260's.
It does matter what you weigh today, that makes one happy.
It kinda depends on what you weighed a month ago.
I am going in the write direction.




Wednesday, November 28, 2018

ANOTHER DAY WHEN WORK INTERFERES WITH HIKING TIME (DAY 121)

I did not find time to hike yesterday... In fact, I was particularly INACTIVE - check out my 'steps' for the day - I didn't get past 7000.  On the other hand, I am a salesman. It is my selling career that propels me about the state and affords me the opportunity to hike in all kinds of different locales. Wednesday was a hikeless day, but it was a particularly fruitful day at work - and that is important too.







Monday, November 26, 2018

A NORMAL DAY IN ILLINOIS (DAY 119)

Trying to get ahead of an early midwest snowstorm, I was in Bloomington, Illinois on Sunday. There was a threat of rain before the threat was to turn to snow. I set out for a hike at around noon and I hiked to NORMAL.  (Normal, Illinois...that is)









Sunday, November 25, 2018

SHORT DAY IN CHICAGO (DAY 118)

My weekend at home was cut short.
Cut short by the need to leave Chicago to avoid a predicted snow storm.
But not before I found the time to take a hike.











Thursday, November 22, 2018

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT EXERCISING (DAY 112)

A one day tradeshow in Shipshewana, Indiana kept me busy all day from 7:00AM until 5:00PM.  After the show, I had to drive 3 hours to Indianapolis. Another day without exercising. I did not forget to eat.




Sunday, November 18, 2018

Saturday, November 17, 2018

NOTE TO SELF: DON'T PANIC (DAY 109)

I know that I have recently been 'off my game.' 
I know that I have not been walking as much as I did in the summer and fall.
I know that I will not be able to walk as much as I did for the next few months.
I know that I have 'forgotten' portion control recently.
I know that I have 'forgotten' to record each and every candy bar that I have eaten recently.
I know that I have been snacking way too much recently.
I know that I have given in to temptation and made friends with hotel vending machines.
I know that I should not panic and that I should again start doing what I had been doing so well.

How about I start today?

Weighed myself Saturday morning and I am at 234 lbs. 
No particular reason to panic.... I weighed 283.6 lbs on July 31 of this year.
I have every reason to be proud of my accomplishment....
and I am.


Friday, November 16, 2018

SNOVEMBER (DAY 108)

There was much more snow from DC through New England.... Still even in southern Illinois, I had to deal with a couple of inches of snow that fell overnight on Wednesday. Which means that I was trudging through it on Thursday during my 6 mile hike in Effingham.





Wednesday, November 14, 2018

ELLIPTICAL (DAY 106)

It has been a very, very long time since I have spent time on an elliptical machine... I am guessing that it's been way more than one year... And yet, that is precisely where I found myself for one hour on Tuesday night... 

one hour on an elliptical machine, allegedly burned 535 calories



Tuesday, November 13, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TOUR in ANN ARBOR (DAY 105)

Woke up in Ann Arbor.
Daughter and Dad had breakfast, toured University of Michigan
Hopped back in car.
Headed home to Chicago.
There was no hiking, aside from the walking tour of campus.