I know what you're thinking...
He's going to start talking about boobs. Well I could but I won't. And I'm not talking about Diners Drive Ins and Dives.
I'm talking about triple digits.
I have officially broken the 100 lbs mark as of this weekend. I am also nearly exactly the weight on my driver's license. That weight was given in 1996...and I was fibbing then...
I'm wearing 1XL clothes for the first time since grade school. You read that right. Grade School!
I have 3 shirts left that are 3XL. 1 is a Colts jersey that I paid a shit ton of money for and refuse to donate. I'll probably get it framed or something.
The other 2 I'll just probably pitch since they are beat up.
I bought my first pair of size 44 pants since grade school the other day at Meijer. I paid 15 bucks for them give or take a buck due to taxation without representation. They are still pretty tight but I can get into them. Considering I was wearing 58s 4 months ago I'm pretty effin' happy. The 46s that I bought a month ago are just too big.
This has been a crazy journey so far. It has been good and hard but never bad.
If I'm honest I'm still not exercising much and the supplements are still tough. I'm digging the MiO sweet tea and peach tea flavors. They don't contain any caffeine and taste really good. This helps with my water intake throughout the day.
I feel great. I'm more active. I'm less irritable...check your local listings on that one...
Overall the outpouring of support I have gotten is something that I've needed and I appreciate it more than I can ever explain.
Thank you to all who have given kind words and thoughts. They have kept me going when things got tough. Without my wife I would never have been able to even think about this. I love her and am thankful every day for her being in my life.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
80 lbs down, 80 lbs to go
So yet again gentle reader I'm back with exciting news. Finding content to write about is tough since all of it seems to have been done. So I guess its back to me.
Over the weekend I hit the 80 lbs mark. It's hard to believe. I can feel it though. I pulled Ella around in the snow after Christmas and didn't have to stop 10 times to catch my breath. I walk up and down stairs without thinking about whether or not I have to go back up or down for something.
It is an amazing transformation if I do say so myself.
That being said I have had my struggles and still do. I'm eating sausage (that's for you Johnner). I shouldn't be. I'm still struggling with my vitamins. I usually find though that I forget to eat. That sounds like no big deal and to a point it is. But I did that before the surgery and would over eat. Sometimes I would do it on purpose and other times I would legit forget.
Now it's a legitimate oversight but the gut reaction is to sit down with a lap of food and keep eating. That's a struggle. I have to change that mind set. I struggled a lot with candy over the holidays. I never ate any but it was driving me nuts having it there. First world problems...
I've taken about half of my clothes to Goodwill. The first load weighed nearly 40 lbs. I have 3 pair of pants and 2 pair of jeans that fit me right now. My shirts are way too big but at least they don't fall off. I'm between that fat store (Casual Male) and big box store sizes though. My waist has dropped from a 60 to 48. The 48 is still a little tight but it'll last me quite awhile.
Getting rid of my clothes has been refreshing. When I lost weight before I kept my clothes as a security blanket. I didn't want to have to go back to the fat store and buy new clothes again so I was subconsciously setting myself up for failure.
Exercise is still something I struggle with. It's so easy to ignore when you're losing the weight. I'm more active for sure but I need to kick it into gear.
I hope everyone had as good of a holiday as we did. Here's to 2013.
Over the weekend I hit the 80 lbs mark. It's hard to believe. I can feel it though. I pulled Ella around in the snow after Christmas and didn't have to stop 10 times to catch my breath. I walk up and down stairs without thinking about whether or not I have to go back up or down for something.
It is an amazing transformation if I do say so myself.
That being said I have had my struggles and still do. I'm eating sausage (that's for you Johnner). I shouldn't be. I'm still struggling with my vitamins. I usually find though that I forget to eat. That sounds like no big deal and to a point it is. But I did that before the surgery and would over eat. Sometimes I would do it on purpose and other times I would legit forget.
Now it's a legitimate oversight but the gut reaction is to sit down with a lap of food and keep eating. That's a struggle. I have to change that mind set. I struggled a lot with candy over the holidays. I never ate any but it was driving me nuts having it there. First world problems...
I've taken about half of my clothes to Goodwill. The first load weighed nearly 40 lbs. I have 3 pair of pants and 2 pair of jeans that fit me right now. My shirts are way too big but at least they don't fall off. I'm between that fat store (Casual Male) and big box store sizes though. My waist has dropped from a 60 to 48. The 48 is still a little tight but it'll last me quite awhile.
Getting rid of my clothes has been refreshing. When I lost weight before I kept my clothes as a security blanket. I didn't want to have to go back to the fat store and buy new clothes again so I was subconsciously setting myself up for failure.
Exercise is still something I struggle with. It's so easy to ignore when you're losing the weight. I'm more active for sure but I need to kick it into gear.
I hope everyone had as good of a holiday as we did. Here's to 2013.
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