Two years ago I wrote about the ’6 Changes’ program that Leo from Zen Habits started… it is a great concept that unfortunately he has not updated since then… Last year I started a facebook group to help support those that want to make drastic changes to their lives a little at a time using the 6 Changes method…
Well I am trying it again… …read full article…
Just read this article…
http://zenhabits.net/fitguide/
“You should be focused on long-term results, and more importantly on a healthy lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle starts with changing your habits and ends with long-term results.”
Check it out
I am writing this on my phone… On an exercise bike at the YMCA… I have not been here for a long time… Maybe not in the last year…
How did I get here today?
About am hour before I got home I decided to go… Ten my body tried everything it could to stop me…. I shaved with my new ‘safet’ razor and cut the heck out of my finger…. Then couldn’t find any of my gym stuff.. on the way here I got a headache… But I’m here! Head pounding… Finger bleeding…. 37 minutes into my ride…
I knew Christmas would be a free for all with the food… And it was… No tracking… Just an orgy of wonderful food… And 9 pounds later I am here…
Christmas eve… Carl’s Jr bean and cheese burritos… Deep fried at home!!
I have a photo that my son Matthew took of me on July 4th, 2009… I know from my weight tracking that I weighted 390 pounds that day… it is by far the worst picture of me that I have ever seen (there are probably others in existence, but I don’t want to see them)
I am posting it here so I can refer to it in the future… never again!!!
July 4th, 2009 - 390 pounds
Let’s take a closer look here…
First, lets notice how I am sitting on the ice chest.. that is because I broke the sports chair that I was sitting in (I think that may have been the year before)… the puffyness of my legs (which I think are my best feature), the huge roundness accented by the tight 3X tank top… I am only 25 pounds lighted right now but feel better than I did in that picture…
Current Mood:
Alarmed
My new projects… first, 365project.org… same old take a picture a daya and have a running record of whatever you are recording… I have wanted to do this for a long time.. and I just started.. Follow my project here!
The other and even more exciting (to me) project is Schemer.com… Schemer is a new Google site that is in Beta testing (I do have some invites left if you are interested) The official description is “Whether it’s exploring a new city, checking out a friend’s movie recommendations, or just finding new activities for your weekends, Schemer lets you discover new things to do, share schemes with friends, and make the most of your day,” But that isn’t what I get from it… it is something to integrate with Google+ that allows you to set and check off goals while inspiring others… serious goals, silly goals… Learn to do something new… break a bad habit.. create a good one… go to a specific location… do a specific thing.. you set your ‘schemes’ and check them off as you go…
One of my first schemes was ’take a walk everyday’… and overnight I have ‘inspired’ 5 people… people I don’t know at all… so what does that do for me? Makes me feel like maybe I should try harder to succeed to remain an inspiration… so sign up for Schemer and look for me 
Current Mood:
Playful
It has been said before by me that I have regained my motivation, only to have that statement followed by a long silence after it proved to be shortlived. Well today I am here, writing that I am motivated to lose the weight again! And this time I feel like I felt when I started the weight loss earlier this year.. and it stuck for some time…
My new short term goals are to lose 30 pounds (374.2 to 344.2), to take a walk everyday and work up to drinking a gallon of water everyday.
There is no trying.. there is no maybe… I am focused and ready to do this!!!
Current Mood:
Esctatic
Today I turned 48 years old… had great celebration over the weekend… so I figured today that I should review the year and see what has gone on.
Looking back to my weight in past years:
12/2008: 340.0 lbs
12/2009: 404.6 lbs
12/2010: 415.0 lbs
12/2011: 372.0 lbs
Finished this year on a bad trend.. lost all focus and are not tracking weight watchers at all…
BUT… I am down 43 pounds this year!!! Some can be attributed to Weight Watchers… some to trying Prozac for weight loss… and some to just controling myself..
So today I turn it around and finish 2011 strong! I am losing the contest with Cece.. I am behind her by 8.6 pounds! She is doing great and has lost 2.86% of her weight in 6 weeks.. I have only lost 0.58%
So the cake is done and the ‘celebrating’ is over… back to tracking!!!
This article from Zen Habits (a great blog) really made sense to me.
http://zenhabits.net/watch/
In other news.. Day 4 of back on WW plan… going well with 9.6 pounds lost! Trending in the right direction again and plan on making this stretch a long loss!
It’s been a tough 3 days back on the WW plan… But I have tracked every bite (even the bad ones) and stayed under my daily allowance.
