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Its a beautiful spring day and I am sitting on my a$$ cruising the internets. So it seems ironic that I come across The Death Clock.

Even as I approach the 100 lb. benchmark on my journey to a lesser me; changing the way I eat and move, The Death Clock marches on. According to its calculations I have about 32 years, the ’sudden stop’ will occur on April 18, 2040. Just as I expected; I might have my student loans paid off by then.

Enough of the gloom, lets put the happy spin on this. As with most things ‘weight related’ the Death Clock is using the BMI to gauge my overall health, but it cannot conceive that someone would have a BMI of over 45. Well I did, my starting BMI was 52!  Since the clock only calculates to 45, by knocking the last 45 lbs off, I have also added 5 years to my life.

So, after I knock the remaining 70 lbs off this shrinking body I will add a whopping TWO years to my life. Marking time until April 2042, at the age of 72. I still don’t like it.

I only have one thing to say to that… CARPE DIEM! (I gotta get started on my ‘before I die list”)

219.8! That’s what it said on the scale this morning. A gain of 4.4 pounds.

No pictures this week. Not because I’m embarrassed. We just had a crazy morning and finding the camera ending up last on the priority list. Besides we all know what what 219 looks like.

If you really miss the white t-shirt head here for your weekly fix.

I officially started tracking calories again . So far it’s not as bad as I remember. I am hoping that going back to tracking will be the thing that jumps starts the third phase of my journey.

Could have done better on yesterdays eating.
You can find all the details here.

Here’s the short story.
Calories Eaten: 2411
Calories Burned: 3851

Follow along with today’s eating here.

Have a great weekend everybody.

Tony
05/09: 219.8 lbs
NEW GOAL: 208
11.8 lbs. to go

Those of you who have been paying attention may have noticed that I am having some frustration with yo-yoing back and forth between 213 and 220 over the past few months. I know it may sound like nit picking to many of you but it is getting frustrating to me. Not only am I not at the weight I hoped to get to, I can’t seem to maintain a consistent weight and I am still falling back into a lot of my old eating habits.

At this point I am just plain pissed off at myself. I have managed to compound bad eating decision on top of bad eating decision this week and it is showing up on the scale in a big way. The last three weeks were supposed to be about getting back on track, instead they have become a total derailment.

The sad part is, none of my bad food decisions were actually that bad… but when you start adding them all up , well you know the story.

Here is the deal. There is a lot of crappy stuff going on in the world right now. No one needs to hear me whine about being unable to get my eating under control. So instead of whining lets do something constructive.

Starting tomorrow I am going back to hard core calorie counting. It is something my wife suggested a few weeks ago and I am finally at the end of my rope enough to be ready to resort to desperate measures.

Did I mention I hate counting calories.

But I am taking the calorie counting one step further. I will post daily calorie reports over at my regular site. This scares me. This will be the most open I have been since this whole journey started, but I think it’s what I need.

So seven days a week I will be updating what I am eating…

I will count calories until I can maintain a consistent new low. Lets say three weeks of my weight being at or below 213. Once I can reach that goal, I will allow myself to stop counting calories again.

It’s time to get serious. Grrrrrr!

Tony
05/07: 215.4 lbs
NEW GOAL: 208
7.4 lbs. to go

Sorry I missed the weigh in last week. It was a good one.

WEIGH- IN WEEK 45: 216.2! A loss of 4 pounds.

WEIGH-IN WEEK 46: 215.4. A loss of .8 pounds.

This was week two of my goal to lose at least one pound a week for three weeks.

Missed it by that much!

I am a little disappointed that I didn’t make the extra .2 pounds to keep the goal, but in the spirit of the goal this was still a decent loss for the week. Especially considering I started out the week with a massive gain from bad eating over the weekend.

The intention of setting a goal of losing 1 pound a week for three weeks was to stop the cycle of loss and gain that I have been in lately. I feel like I am still on track to stick with that goal. If I can post a loss three weeks in a row, I’ll be feeling pretty good.

I’d also really like to get to a new low by my birthday at the end of this month. Which means I have to continue to lose or maintain for the next four weeks.

This should be a good weekend for maintaining the healthy lifestyle. I have my 2nd 5K race tomorrow and then I am hoping to get some yard work done. Sunday, if everything works out, I might even get in some softball practice. So it should be a good active weekend.

Wish me luck for the race tomorrow, I feel like I am going to need it. I am not to confidant about living up to my time from the first 5k. I plan to let my Dad set the pace tomorrow and then I’ll do my best to keep up

Have a great weekend everybody.

Tony
05/02: 215.4 lbs
NEW GOAL: 208
7.4 lbs. to go

P.S.
Anybody have any idea when Spring is going to arrive? Stop with the snow already!

I love some of the articles in the Men’s Health RSS in the sidebar. This morning, this one grabbed my eye…

You’re Hereby Sentenced to Lose Weight

Please read the entire article, but this is what caught my eye…

Broderick Lloyd Laswell, an inmate, is suing the Arkansas jail he’s been held in for 8 months–because he’s lost 105 pounds since being booked. Laswell, who’s gone from 413 pounds to 308, says he’s being starved.

Starvation at 3,000 calories a day? If we were the jury, we wouldn’t be convinced. The average guy needs about 2,500 calories a day. Sure, this is an average, so it varies, but still, 3,000 calories isn’t lettuce leaves and tea.

So I started doing Herbalife again. I’ve been taking it and selling it off and on since I was in college. I have lost between 10 and twenty pounds with it several times before giving it up. My hip is acting up so I’m holding off on the couch to 5k stuff until I can get it adjusted or until it stops hurting. I have been going to the gym this week and lifting weights. I went to the allergy doctor today and my weight was very bad news, but I was holding things and had other things in my pocket so I hope that’s part of the problem. I will weigh in tomorrow or Saturday for the offical weight. I also took a “before picture” so hopefully that is additional motivation! I am wondering how the calories work with Herbalife. I am drinking 2 super healthy shakes a day and eating one meal. It seems like my body could go into starvation mode this way, but since it is getting tons of nutrients, it doesn’t seem to happen. We shall see I guess!

Sit back.

Put your feet up.

Get yourself a refreshing beverage.

I have a story.

The year, 1990.

Back then Levi 501’s weren’t the trendy jeans that they are now. I was living in Corvallis, Oregon and I could go to the Farm Supply Store in Albany to buy 501’s for about $15. I knew the ‘formula’ (I don’t right now). As 501’s were shrink to fit, the formula was to buy jeans that were a certain number of inches BIGGER in the waist and inseam. When you washed them, they would shrink up to the approximate size you need.

I had just got paid, it was the only time of the month that I had any money. So I purchased 2 pair of 501’s. I took them home, washed them… and they SHRANK TOO MUCH!

I don’t know exactly how much I weighed in 1990, as I was King of Denial! I thought, that I would ‘lose a few pounds’ and the jeans would be just fine. I couldn’t take them back because they had been washed. I never understood that. Because ANYONE who bought these jeans would HAVE to wash them. Right?

So I kept the jeans. FOR 18 YEARS!

They have rode in boxes and trunks and shelves at the top of closets… In Washington, Oregon and Wyoming! The Wife asked MANY times why I kept the jeans. I guess after a few years, I kept them as a matter of principal.

I pulled the jeans out a couple months ago and gave them their SECOND wash. I folded them an set them on a shelf next to the dresser…. to taunt me. I think that I posted a couple weeks ago that I tried them on, I could button the top button, but it was tight.

This morning… as I was getting dressed at 6 am, I grabbed a pair and pulled them on.

GUYS! I’M WEARING THOSE PANTS!

I’M REALLY ENJOYING MY PANTS TODAY!

I really like saying… PANTS, PANTS, PANTS!

Not a good week. This was supposed to be a week to get things back on track. A transition week before I start my Triathlon training next week. Some how that didn’t happen. I’m not sure what happened this week.

I thought I was doing ok, but when I got on the scale on Wed. I was up 2 pounds and then everything spiraled out of control from there. I had to skip two days of work outs for work and ate out for lunch three times this week…then for some reason I compounded the problem by hitting the snack drawer at work.

So I am writting this week off and charging head long into the future without looking back.

I have set a new goal for myself. I am going to have a loss of 1 pound or more for the next three weeks. I need to get back on routine and I am hoping this simple goal will help.

I will be starting my triathlon training next week. Hopefully the change in work out routine will bring some new life back into my willingness to live well.

Have a great weekend everybody.

Tony
04/16: 220.2 lbs
NEW GOAL: 208
12.2 lbs. to go

So my finger is finally all better and I got back into the gym last night! I feel like Weight Watchers is a waste of time and money for me right now. Part of my weight problem is that I don’t have time to eat well and work out. By putting meetings into my schedule, it gives me even less time, plus the stuff we talk about rarely applies to someone like me with a lifestyle like mine. I need to start a Punk rock Weight watchers or something. So I am going to just eat well and work out and I think I am gonna be fine. I rarely write down my points anyway and I just feel like a failure paying money to stand on a scale and being bored for an hour. I’m planning on hitting the gym in a little bit, and I’ve been eating pretty well today. I have thought about counting calories instead of points… so I might do that. Things are good, the finger thing set me back way more than it should have!

217.6!!! That’s what it said on the scale this morning. A loss of 4.4 pounds!!

I am amazed at this loss. This weeks standoff was not very successful…well obviously it was successful but it wasn’t a true standoff. Part of it was some weak willed moments on my part and some of it was life getting in the way.

I had to skip my workout and have lunch out yesterday. Then, due to an incredibly inconvenient power outage, we were forced to take the girls out for dinner last night. I thought for sure that this messed up Thursday was going to completly throw off my week. Amazingly I lost an extra .2 pounds from yesterday morning to today. I am sure the calories will catch up with me in a day or two…. but right now I feel like celebrating.

The celebration ends on Monday though. Next week will be a real standoff week…complete with an iron will and 5 days of hardcore gym time. Unless life gets in the way again.

Have a great weekend everybody. If you are in the upper midwest, cuddle up with someone you love and do your best to survive this one last cruel burst of winter. Next week spring starts. Fingers crossed!

Tony
04/10: 217.6 lbs
NEW GOAL: 208
9.6 lbs. to go