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Now, everytime you log in you will see just how much of a collective accomplishment you have made. From time to time, I will update the little widget in the sidebar to represent how much less of the FatBloggers there is.  Give yourself a hand!

I don’t know about you guys, but variety wherever I can find it helps me stick to my diet. Like Warhol’s silent films of faces, in which the eventual blink is like a thunderclap, adding onions to turkey sandwich #1,006 was a revelation.

So, I started the day with something different: 1 cup of pureed strawberry after my run. A co-worker said that getting the fructose in can shake up a metabolism. Hints from co-workers rank about the same as superstition, but I’m more than ready to worship pagan gods if it edges me toward 180.

I also read a study in which rats fed on artificial sweeteners had altered metabolisms and satiety, affecting portion control — so those are out, too. Any day now, you’re going to see me grinding flax seed or something, and swearing by it.

Rats and superstition may be just handy distractions, saving me from dwelling so fully on the overall willpower and asceticism of it all, but I’ll take it. Nice to meet everyone, by the way!

The legend of FatBloggers is spreading Far & Wide! Men in all stages of weightloss, from every corner of the Fruited Plain are coming here because of the community we have built. I am proud to announce that FatBlogger #25 has joined us in our Battle of the Bulge.

Colin comes to us from… actually, I have no idea. He doesn’t say.

Colin comes to us from hanging out with Dick Cheney in an undisclosed location. His blog has cool links and the BOLD shirtless shot (You DA man!). But he does have a very cool blog name… Fitness Death March

What an awesome experience!

There is no other way to describe the weekend. It was absolutely awesome. Everything I wanted and hoped it would be.

First the big news. I finished! But we all knew I was going to do that. I did way better than finish, I blew all of my expectations out of the water.

Here are the results:

Total Time: 1:04:30

Overall Place    148 / 388
Gender Place    99 / 180
Division Place    21 / 33
Swim time    8:39
Swim pace    1:58/100 Yards
Swim place    67
Bike time    27:11
Bike mph    19.9
Bike place    137
Run time    23:58
Run pace    9:36
Run place    226

I don’t want to bog down Fatbloggers servers with tons of video and photos, so if you are intrested in more details about my first ever triathlon check in over at Guess How Much I Weigh later today or tomorrow. I’ll get up the full race report as soon as I can.
Tony

Hi all. Thanks for the warm invite onto FatBloggers. I’m really excited to be a part of this community. I think this will be helpful for my motivation and accountability. It really does seem like the guys here are very supportive of each other.

A little about me. I’ve been overweight my whole adult life. I recently discovered an activity that I thought would help motivate me to a more active lifestyle. I starting geocaching just a few months ago. It’s amazing, when you’re looking for treasure buried somewhere in the woods it’s easy to forget you’re actually out taking a hike. So I’ve worked caching into a weight loss plan. I supplement my outdoor activities with time in the gym supplied graciously by my employer. I record heart rate info for all my workout sessions. I’ve taken a few body fat percentage readings as well as blood pressure.

So far, I’m down 23 pounds from my June 1st start. I’ve hit the wall I never challenged myself to get over in past half hearted attempts and somehow got over it this time. I’ve hit on a program that I find stimulating, makes sound nutritional sense, and most importantly seems effective for my weight loss. And I feel better. That’s paramount.

Again, thanks for the invite and I look forward to sharing in our mutual struggles.

216.4!!! That’s what it said on the scale this morning. A loss of 1.8 pounds.

I have to say it was really nice two see a good size loss on the scale this morning after two weeks of gains.

As some of you know I have been training pretty hard for a triathlon, which is finally happening this week.

Thanks to all of you who have continued to encourage me with your supportive posts both here and over at Guess How Much I Weigh.

While I have been concentrating so hard on my workouts, I have let my weight loss efforts slip a little.

You’d think working out so hard would naturally result in lossing weight. What working out really does is make me hungry, which leads to not alwasy the best food choice. I worked really hard to combat that hunger with healthier options this week. And it looks like it payed off.

So my big race is just two days away. By this time on Sunday, I will officially be a triathlete…baring any major disasters.

I am feeling very confident about the race. I was pretty nervous going into this week, but I have had some great workouts and now I am very confident that I will be able to finish the race in my goal time of 1 hour and 20 minutes.

I am still nervous, but I am confidently nervous.

Expect a full race report first thing Monday morning.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Tony
07/18 216.4 lbs
NEW GOAL: 208
8.4 lbs. to go

Crossposted to Confessions of the guy at Weight Watchers

It is hard to explain the internal struggle and bargaining that goes on in my head every morning.  “You road your bike last night, you don’t need to work out this morning.”  “You were working on a shed and sweating your butt off, stay in bed”  or my favorite.  ” I will get there tomorrow, I really need the sleep, I just feel so tired.”  Well of course you feel tired, your alarm just went off.

It has been like that this week, I still have made it to the gym twice and did get some pretty good rides in.  So all in all I am feeling pretty good about my exercise this week.  I still intend on hitting it tomorrow morning and again Sunday and Monday to try to get back in a groove, but all in all I am pleased.  So I suppose what I need to analyze is what is bringing me back.  Part of it is was the gains I saw a couple of weeks ago, but the part that I always forget about is the feeling you get from getting in a good workout.  It just makes you feel better.  I am more awake and alert.  More ready to face the day.  hopefully when I fall off track again and get out of the groove I can look back on this and realize the ultimately you just feel better when your are moving your body.

FatBlogger #24 comes from the Right Coast, where they have a city called Portland too! I’m sure it is just as cool as my Portland, sans the NBA team.

Welcome Jereme! I’m looking forward to hearing your voice added to the chorus of these ever-shrinking men.

Take a look at his blog, SlimCache and see that he is a braver man than I. He has posted a picture that is not only SHIRTLESS… but PANTS-LESS too! You Da MAN!

Cross Published on Rejecting Your Reality…

I survived my birthday and the presence of a cake in the house. But that wasn’t my biggest worry last week; I ate horribly. Heavy on the convenience food and light on the fresh fruits and veggies. On balance, it was exactly the kind of week that is ‘normal’ in the real world.

WW Leader Jan talks a lot about ‘working the program’. This means using the tools you are paying for to re-train yourself. Unfortunately, many are afflicted with the same arrogance that I had while I was playing around with the program. I was paying $12/week to use their scale, but wasn’t doing much else because "I knew how to do it". I have said before that FAT people are delusional. I lived under the delusion that when I forked over my cash I was somehow imparted with the divine knowledge of how to eat correctly. It wasn’t until I started ‘working the program’ that I realized that Weight Watchers is more than a ‘diet plan’. It’s a support group, accountability group and a life coaching group. A downright amazing bargain at $13/week (or $39.95 on Monthly Pass)!

If you don’t follow the program, you might as well use the money on the lottery. The return on your investment is the same.

Anton, A drum roll please…

Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.
Starting BMI: 51.7
Weight Last Week (July 8, 2008): 288.2 lbs.
Weight Today (July 15, 2008): 288.2 lbs.
Current BMI: 38.0

Weight Change This Week: 0 lbs.
Total Weight Lost: -103.8 lbs.
NEXT GOAL: 275 lbs. by Labor Day (13.2 lbs. to go)

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

I’ve decided I need to bring back my exercise and food log. It’s obvious I’m slipping and I need to get some accountability back into the mix. I’m not doing good on my eating choices… okay.. I’m really not making very many good choices at all. I’ve let my willpower slide and it hurts to see that gain again.

One of the things brought out in tonight’s meeting is journal when and why you are eating. I know I eat too often out of boredom. I’m growing kinda tired of my job duties and that devolves into emptying out my desk drawers of the “light” snacks I have (eating two or three when I should only have one).

I’m sticking to my jogging 3-4 times a week, but it’s not enough when I blow it all on waste calories (but that birthday cake last night for my step-niece was really, really good in a bad way). I can continue to beat myself up, or go get a good night’s rest and start this next week all over…. good night!

Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 273.2 lb
Current weight: 275.0 lb
Current loss/gain: +1.8 lb
Total loss/gain: -44.0 lb
Distance to 55: 11.0 lb
Distance to WW Goal: 25.0 lb

Cross-posted to WebCudgel.com