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Where do these guys come up with the GREAT blog names?

If you have any taste whatsoever for classic comedy you will know where Johnny gets the name of his blog… Fat Guy in a Little Coat.

A couple things to take note of…

1. He writes an interesting post
2. He’s not afraid of making posts that challenge his ‘Man Card” status
3. He sets great goals

When he stops by to make his first post… make him feel welcome.

Sorry I have missed a couple of weigh-ins. I have been swamped at work. I’ve also been doing a lot of yo-yoing in the weight department. I keep losing and gaining the same 5 pounds over and over again.

Obviously that is not what I am celerbating.

This weekend I made a running milestone that I have been working towards for a few weeks…and then I made another running milestone today…and this is one that I have been working at since March.

Milestone Number 1:

In training for my Triathlon (which is only 3 weeks away), I have started doing “Bricks”. Bricks are two workouts done back-to-back, in my case biking 9 miles then running 2.5. Only problem is I haven’t been able to make it past 2 miles on the run…until this weekend. On Sunday I went out for a workout with some friends and manged to do a 15 mile bike ride followed by a 2.7 mile run.

Milestone Number 2:

Today I managed my first 4 mile run. Usually I die right about 3.5 miles and have to walk for a few minutes before I can start running again. Today I finally broke through that plateau and managed to run 4.07 miles in 37:30.

While my weight loss may have slowed to a trickle, I am finding some seriously renewed energy in my workouts and that has me really excited, becasue in the long run all these goals are working toward the same thing, a healthy me.

Tony
06/30 216.8 lbs
NEW GOAL: 208
8.8 lbs. to go

Courtesy of the LOL Dogs

One of the early tenants that I wrote about in my weight loss blog last fall was how I was optimizing the meals I was eating at restaurants. For example, I wrote about how I had changed my standard meal at Noodles from 2400 calories down to 390. How I had gone from two bagels down to one. This meal optimization took time and patience. It did not happen overnight.

Regrettably, falling back into old habits does pretty much take over night. It happens fast. So while I had actually reached a point with Bruegger’s where I wasn’t going anymore at all, this week I found myself there twice, and both times I had two bagels, soup and a cookie. Right back to where I was before my diet. I also went to Noodles and instead of just a small bowl of soup I had the large sized noodle dish, with a salad and for dessert a stop at Cold Stone Creamery. It’s like I’m not on a diet anymore.

So, I’m writing this to remind myself how hard I worked to get these bad habits improved and as a reminder for how easy those good habits I worked so hard to develop can sour. It’s not too late to turn it around again, but this time no more slow going - I know I can kick the Bruegger’s habit, for example, and so I am doing it. No more for me.

It’s a start, any way.

I want to say hello to everyone and tell you all how happy I was to find this blog / forum.  Not only is it a very cool idea to combine the thoughts of many in blog form, but it looks like we have a lot of guys who are talking about their journey too.  While there are a lot of guys out there trying to lose weight, I am not sure how many are forthcoming with details about their journey.

So I should tell you a bit about myself and my journey thus far.  I am 34 years old, have 9 year old son who is my biggest motivator.  I am a sys admin by trade but could care less about playing on computers once I get home.  I will catch up on blogs and news and email and such but I have no desire to do much beyond that, at least currently.  I enjoy the outdoors but don’t get to spend as much time doing those things as I would like.  I love to play poker, so if anyone id up for a game let me know,  and probably my biggest joy latey (outside of my family) has come from watching my Missouri Tigers on the football field.  Tailgating is a bit of a passion as you can see here (tailgategnome.blogspot.com).  Tailgate season is a big concern of mine as I have been in losing mode since January and have not had to tailgate much during this time.  Which brings me to the reason we are all here.

My weight loss journey began on Jan 17th 2008 when I went to the doctor and weighed in at 400 lbs.  I am 6 feet 2 inches so my fame can hold some weight, but that is almost exactly twice what I should be carrying.  I was scared, heartbroken, embarrassed and ashamed all at once.  I knew I had to do something but what was I to do.  That day I spoke to my doctor about it and I basically was ready to go under the knife and have weight loss surgery of some sort.  After finding that my insurance did not cover it and knowing that I could not afford it I started doing some soul searching.  I had to ask myself if I had ever really given anything a chance.  The answer was no.  I tried atkins for a bit but I was not successful.  I would eat healthy for a week and was not able to tell any difference and I would get discouraged.  So after talking with a number of different people I went to Weight Watchers and began their flex plan.  To my suprise I had lost 14 lbs from Jan 17th to Jan 31st basically just by quiting McDonalds for lunch 5 days a week.  So what has 5 months of healthier living got me.  I am currenly down 82.2 lbs.  I went from 400 lbs on Jan 17th to 317.8 on June 24th.

I am here to try to get as much information as I can and to help other along the way.  I have not had the chane to read through everyones story just yet but I am very excited to do so.  I am looking forward to getting to know all of you.

So I get an email from Matt asking to join The FatBloggers. The first thing I do is check out his blog… and he’s IN!

With a blog titled Confessions of the guy at Weight Watchers he had me! I AM that guy here in Pendleton! There are other guys that come, drop their $$, step on the scale then leave… scared of the ladies, I guess. Well, I’m not intimidated, and neither is Matt.
Welcome Aboard!

I’d like to take a moment to introduce Tony C. He’s a college student and he needs the same thing all of us do.. A little Push to lose the Tush!

Take a look at his blog here.

Welcome aboard Tony!

Cross-published on Rejecting Your Reality…

O So Frustrating!

I’m losing inches… makes me happy.

I’m really enjoying how my muscles are firming and showing some shape… it makes me happy.

Most of the folks at my meeting know that I am sooo close to the century mark. As they came in tonight, they asked and I had to say, "No, only 99 lbs". One gal, who is a kick in the pants, looked at me, put her hands on her hips and said loudly, "Yeah, it must REALLY suck to have lost 99 lbs"

Yeah…. something like that

Anton, A drum roll please…

Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.
Starting BMI: 51.7
Weight Last Week (June 17, 2008): 293.2 lbs.
Weight Today (June 17, 2008): 293.0 lbs.
Current BMI: 37.6

Weight Change This Week: -0.2 lbs.
Total Weight Lost: -99 lbs.
NEXT GOAL: 100 LBS LOST! (1 lb. to go)

Do… or Do Not… there is no TRY. –Master Yoda

Seems kinda weird to write “week 106″. It’s like a struggle that never ends. I wonder if I should change it to “Year 3, Week 2″. I might do that next week.

Well, I did try harder this week. However, that was only in comparison to the previous week, so it wasn’t anywhere near what I should be doing. However, I did lose this week and today was the last weigh-in to make my goal of 50 pounds lost by summer. I made it to 45 for this mile marker.

Now it’s time to make a new goal. I made the previous resolution in mid-January and I weighed 287.8. In that time period, I dropped to 274 pounds (as of today) with a total loss of 13.8 pounds in 5 months. That is about 0.7 pounds per week. I’m setting my new goal for Labor Day Weekend, ten weeks from today’s weigh-in. If I push myself to maintain this rate of loss, I could lose 7 pounds by then bringing my total loss to 52. However, I want to push myself harder, so I’m setting the goal for 55 pounds. One pound a week.

Why do I feel confident I can do this? Because of what I’ve accomplished this week. Monday and today, I upped my running from 20 min to 60 min or so. Yeah, I’m really feeling a solid workout for one hour and finishing up with soaked workout clothes. I’m running 3.8 miles (yeah, the math is easy, 3.8mph, but that is also 6.11km, which is more than a 5K that I might be able to do in a few months). This is the only thing I can credit at this point for my loss this week and I’ve only been doing it for two days.

We got our bi-weekly delivery from the farmer’s co-op and I look forward to cooking up some of this stuff (though we’re camping this weekend, which means this batch will last longer, except the fruit). I just made a light chicken and brown rice salad (with light mayo, salsa, sunflower seeds and raisins) for my next two days of lunch and fixed a light tuna salad for Amy. This takes care of our lunches for the week (as we are off Friday to go camping for the weekend).

And for those of you up north, the highs this week have been in the upper 90s and will probably carry on through the weekend. So we should sweat off a few more pounds that way.

For those of you who have been reading my weekly menu, I’ve decided to discontinue it for now. I know I championed the whole idea, but work has gotten crazy, I’ve done a lot of stress eating and overtime, and I’ve felt that it was actually having a negative effect on me. I would get depressed at what I had written and knew it wasn’t helping my mood. After this camping trip, I’m gonna push to get back to core as much as possible. Once I feel better about what I’m eating, then I’ll probably start the log back up.

Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 274.6 lb
Current weight: 274.0 lb
Current loss/gain: -0.6 lb
Total loss/gain: -45.0 lb
Distance to 50: 5.0 lb
Distance to WW Goal: 24.0 lb

Cross-posted to WebCudgel.com

Good ol’ Israel at Fat Man Unleashed pointed me toward WeightView where I was able to get a visual representation of what I will look like… in 50 lbs!

It didn’t really change my melon-head, but the trimmed-down torso and legs look GOOD!