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I’d like to welcome the newest FatBlogger to the group…

Greg of Greg’s Transformation will be joining up. He’s got a beautiful family and some definite goals in place.

First off, I would like to say Hi and give my thanks for being able to be apart of Fatbloggers.  I started this journey at 265 pounds and miserable.  I had yo-yo’d weight wise pretty much all of my life so I knew what it was like to be thinner and (relatively) happier with myself, yet I kept allowing the weight to come back up.  Not THIS time though, this is for good. – Steve

Progress Report: Week 6
Weight: 249.8 lbs
BMI: 35.8
Weight loss to date: 15.2 pounds

WooT!

I blew through the 260’s with relative ease, but lingered in the 250’s a bit longer than I would have liked.

HHHHEEELLLLLLOOO 240’s!  Hopefully my stay is short

These are nice numbers to see, in previous (halfassed) weight loss efforts over the past year or so I’ve gotten down as low as 245, only to come back up rather quickly.  Not this time.  I’m going to trudge my way through and keep on moving down.

Last week I made a goal for myself to run/jog/walk/whatever 15 miles on the treadmill this week.  Here are the results of that:

Tuesday:   3.37 miles (45 minutes)
Wednesday:  1.44 miles (20 minutes)
Thursday:  4.46 miles (60 minutes)
Sunday:  4.31 miles (60 minutes)
Monday: 1.57 miles (20 minutes)

Total: 15.15 miles (205 minutes)

WooT yet again!  That comes out to an average of 4.43 miles an hour, which is still kinda slow, but I’ll take it!  The lowest I went on the treadmill was 3.5mph, and the highest was 8.0mph (for ONE WHOLE MINUTE!!! haha)

I think for this weeks fitness goal I might try for another 10,000 calories burned in cardio this week.  The previous attempt didn’t lead to any loss, but I kinda want to push myself hard this week, so I’m going to try again, this time doing more than the ARC Trainer too (cuz I’m getting into this whole walkjogrun thing).

I didn’t meet my non weight loss goal, which was to work 12 hours of overtime this past week.  BUT, I did still get 10 hours in last week (worked 4 hours on Sunday, before I made the goal), and I worked 6 hours WHILE on the goal, so I’m still happy that the paycheck will be a bit bigger.  This week is in the same pay period too, so hopefully I can get some more in!

For non weight loss goals THIS WEEK, I wanna shoot for another 6 hours of overtime, AND 6 hours of study time for school.  I think that is attainable, but we’ll see

Hope everyone has an AWESOME DAY, it’s looking pretty good for me so far (ESPECIALLY since Star Trek comes out on BluRay today..WooHOO!!)

Read more at www.265andfalling.com

Life is filled with drama. No big news flash there. There comes a certain point where things that are lower on the priority scale get neglected. I could insert a little story from my work in Child Welfare here, but I’ll save that for my personal blog.

I received a couple emails this week that drew my attention to fatbloggers for the first time in longer than I care to admit.

A couple of things to be aware of:

• I’d like to introduce our newest FatBlogger, Steve from 265andfalling. Make sure  he feels supported by this Band of Brothers.
• Take a look at the External Links at the bottom of the sidebar. These people are sponsoring our community. A little activity here would help them stick around.
• Speaking of which, I got an email this week reminding me that our little slice of the interwebs is up for renewal in January. If you’d like to make a donation of support, go HERE.
• There are 28 registered FatBloggers. You can probably guess, not all of them are posting. I will be sending out an email soon to ‘shake the tree’.
• I understand we are heading into the holidays… hell, I’m nowhere near moving in the right direction. But I would hope (and the finger is pointing at me too) that FatBloggers is a place for support and confession when you’re not doing so good as it is when we are doing great.
• And… if you see a formatting problem, please drop me an email. I happened to look at the OTHER theme in MSIE 8.0 and as usual for Explorer… it SUCKED! So I went back to the one that works (or seems to).

Take care guys!

Please join me in welcoming Greg to the FatBlogger tribe.

I love his story and you will too… check out his Blog 50 Pounds til Christmas.

When I lived in British Columbia from 1999-2002, I met a wonderful friend through work. Liisa worked at another university, and I knew from the moment I met her that there was something very special about her. She has such an incredible spirit, and offer an extraordinary energy to those around her, that I feel lucky to now call her a friend, even though we connect only through virtual means. We have reconnected via Facebook, and as a reader of this blog, she is a wonderful support to me in my transformation. Having the support of wonderful friends who read my story is such a powerful and important part of this experience for me — so much so that I really want to make sure what I’m putting out here is meaningful, and thought provoking, and dare I say, even a bit inspiring for me and you both! But I’ve been struggling a bit in the past week with what to write about. I’ve got lots of ‘noise’ going on in my head these days, and I don’t have much clarity about things. So, I began to wonder what I should post on my blog. And then I came upon this note on Liisa’s Facebook profile. Today, she offered a piece from a book she is reading that I wanted to share with you. It’s from a book called Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser. This passage makes a lot of sense to me. And in some ways, it captures, much more eloquently, just a fraction of the ‘noise’ that I’ve got going on inside. So, I offer it to my readers with the hope that it resonates or illuminates something within you. Thanks for sharing it with me, Liisa.

Kia Kaha.
Stay strong.

Click to check out the passage at The Second Coming of Chris

Welcome to the Brotherhood!

Take a moment to take a look at what Rob’s accomplished so far and get to know a little about how he ticks.

It’s the Blog of my Life

First of all… is that REALLY a product???

I was making a comment on Tony’s post when it got a little long, so I thought I would just make it a post. The comment is in response to NEW FatBlogger Matthews’ comment. Check out his blog when you get a chance… antiMattr.

That’s exactly why I don’t go to WW meetings. After hearing what I’m sure was a motivating and moving story, they’re getting all excited about a pair of undies? Rather than listening to someone who has made great strides in changing his lifestyle to become a healthier person, they’re focused on a gimmick. No wonder so many people gain their weight back. No wonder so many women complain that it’s easier for us guys to lose weight. Ugh.

I’m with you (partially) on this one. I’m thankful for my Leader. Jan is in her late-50’s, isn’t the greatest public speaker, and she isn’t as professional (read: hardass) as I’ve heard other leaders are. But she is inspiring. She has lost over 100 lbs and uses it, and the stories of members past and present to inspire and correct. If I were Tony, I would find out who that idiot was and report her to the next level up, people get away with that crap because no one calls them on it.

I have the benefit of having 2 other guys in my group, I work for the same company as one of them, the other is a teacher. They don’t always stay for meetings, when they don’t, Im the only Y chromosome in the room. Fortunately, the inappropriate conversation don’t happen too often, when they do… I get up an leave.

I am a HUGE believer in the benefits of doing what they call, Working the Program. That means:

• Tracking your points
• Attending meetings
• Exercise

I bounced up and down on the same 20 lbs, all the while paying WeightWatchers for the use of their scale each week. It wasn’t until I got serious and worked the program, that the pounds came off and stayed off. I’m not saying WeightWatchers is right for all, I’m just saying don’t use the high estrogen level as a reason to write off the program.

Before I begin, I want to say thanks to John T for allowing me to be a part of the fatblogger team. I hope my contributions will be as useful as others which I have read.

The following is crossposted on logmyloss.com.

Here we are nearing another New Year’s Eve. Every year at this time, a large percentage of people begin to set their goals for the upcoming year in the form of New Year’s Resolutions. Every year, one of the top resolutions is to lose weight, yet every year the average person gains weight. Despite good intentions, most new diets will not last into the second week of January and almost none of them will make it to Thanksgiving. By the time Christmas has rolled around again, everyone begins thinking about the few pounds they have gained over the year and they tell themselves that the holiday overindulgence is okay because come January 1st, they are going on a diet. Unfortunately, the cycle is likely to repeat itself again next year.

Nevertheless, there are some people who do succeed in their weight loss endeavors. They begin their diet, whatever it is, and they stick to it. They slowly, but surely, lose the pounds and soon become the envy of their overweight peers. It is my belief that the reason for success is not the latest, greatest diet, nor is it some magic pill or formula that “ensures” success. The reason people succeed is that they have finally had enough. Like Rocky (in the movie Rocky II), after being beat to a pulp by Apollo Creed, these people look up at their Mickey, and say from the bottom of their heart “I ain’t goin’ down no more!” (see the movie clip below, 9:15) These people who succeed have decided that it is time to stand up and fight.

Rocky II, Fight Part 1

If you continue to watch the rest of this fight scene through the middle of part 2, it is clearly obvious that Rocky’s determination doesn’t mean he won’t get hit anymore. Rocky continues to get beat like a punching bag, but that doesn’t change his determination. Our decision is no different. Life doesn’t suddenly become easy just because we made a decision. No, it may be harder than ever, but it doesn’t matter, the decision has been made.

While I think the most important part was Rocky’s decision that he wasn’t going down again, this was solidified when he told it to Mickey. Once Rocky said this to Mickey, he couldn’t let him down. He was now accountable. You and I need this accountability too. When we are only accountable to ourselves, it is easy to forget our commitment. When dieting and exercise get tough, it is easy to forget the resolution, but if we have made ourselves accountable to someone else, then we have an obligation. Now someone else knows when we fail. This doesn’t mean that our fight won’t still be tough – it will. It doesn’t mean that we won’t make mistakes – we probably will. It doesn’t mean we won’t feel like failures at some point – we probably will. Heck, even after Rocky told Mickey that he wasn’t going down again, he did. It didn’t matter at that point though, Rocky wasn’t going to lose the fight.

I encourage you to find people who you can be accountable to, your Mickey. Be sure and tell them your plans. Tell them that the days of you being this fat are over; every day going forward will be an improvement. Tell them you ain’t staying fat no more! When life continues to knock you down, go back to your corner, look at those you are accountable to, and tell them once again that you are in this fight to win. Then, shake off the hits you have taken, and get back in the ring.

My Mickey is my family and close friends, who all know how important this is to me. It is also my online friends I have developed along the way, with whom I have shared my commitment. It is also my blog, which is my way of shouting to the world, “I ain’t staying fat no more!” If you don’t your Mickey yet, get one. Look him (or her) straight in the eyes, and with all the vigor you can muster, tell them that your fat days are behind you. Ask them to make you accountable. Remind them that if they care at all about you, they have an obligation to remind you of your decision every time you fall down. Remember, you will continue to get hit. In fact, you may even get knocked down again. No matter what though, you are in this fight to win. Now, I just heard the bell ring again. Get up off the stool and get back out there and fight!

Take a moment to visit the blog of our newest FatBlogger; GP Longwood.

Losing Inspiration is filled with content and shows a tremendous dedication to lifestyle change (something yours truly needs right now).

Don’t give up. I tried all kinds of ways to lose weight. I was fat and felt bad about it since I was a kid. I did Atkins, Jenny Craig, Nutrisystems, various herbal diets, just exercise, just eating good, body building diets; you get the message.

In the end, my sister invited me to Weight Watchers. I did not want to go since I always thought it was a girl thing. I sure am glad I went to that first meeting. I started Weight Watchers on Dec. 13th, 2006. When Dec. 13th, 2007 came, I was 120 lbs lighter. I lost a total of 130 lbs and have kept it off now for 1 year. The day I posted this was my 2 year anniversery.

If I could lose the weight I know that you can too. It is so helpful to have people cheering for you and having people to work at the weight loss with. Weight Watchers is a great way to lose weight and it seems to be very livable. The hardest part is to just start the big life change of becoming healthy. You know, eating healthy, exercising, and changing the way you think about yourself and food.

Remember, you are starting a process. You will be going through changes. You may encounter struggles but you are sure to encounter many victories. Each pound you lose will make you healthier, stronger, and more physically capable to perform the normal activities your life has to offer and more. If you’re on the journey right now and feeling discouraged, just read around this blog. Talk to a friend. Read about the success of others. Think about how far you have come. You are not alone in your journey. I’m here. Heck, millions of us are here. You will be able to do what you are wanting to do. Give yourself time and you’ll make it.

Getting to the starting line is the biggest victory. After that, if you can just endure the ups and downs of the journey you will end up at the finish line. Think how hard you worked for other goals that you have achieved. If you would like to contact me with questions or just to get some inspiration/encouragement, please use the form below. This will send me a direct email.

YOU CAN DO IT! GOOD LUCK!

Cross referenced to run4change