Brawny's time machine
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brawny77
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Thanks LaMa the little dancing dudes are quite pleasant!
Good weeks should be savored. I actually got my first reward. I set the rewards when I started three weeks ago as an incentive. For passing 10lb of loss I got to order myself a book. So I ordered this big book made of waffles...Just kidding. It is a normal non caloric book.
So I was just looking way back on my thread searching for motivation to launch me into the weekend and perhaps help me kick the 300s to the curb.
I found this example of the "fat person mentality" that is too often in my head. I posted this a long time ago but it is worth another appearance if only to try and push that type of thinking away.
So a long time ago when I was at my heaviest I went to an all you can eat Chinese place for lunch. Well as I am getting out of my car I notice another fat dude getting out of his car.... I rush to beat him in the door! Like they are gonna run out of food or something!...... Curse this fat boy mentality!
Hope you all have a good weekend friends. I am here for ya.
Good weeks should be savored. I actually got my first reward. I set the rewards when I started three weeks ago as an incentive. For passing 10lb of loss I got to order myself a book. So I ordered this big book made of waffles...Just kidding. It is a normal non caloric book.
So I was just looking way back on my thread searching for motivation to launch me into the weekend and perhaps help me kick the 300s to the curb.
I found this example of the "fat person mentality" that is too often in my head. I posted this a long time ago but it is worth another appearance if only to try and push that type of thinking away.
So a long time ago when I was at my heaviest I went to an all you can eat Chinese place for lunch. Well as I am getting out of my car I notice another fat dude getting out of his car.... I rush to beat him in the door! Like they are gonna run out of food or something!...... Curse this fat boy mentality!
Hope you all have a good weekend friends. I am here for ya.
Cate
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Brawny congratulations on a wonderful week!I love the awkward looking dancing dudes too. They are dancing like no-one's watching 
It is good to go back to see how much you have changed your thinking. That fat guy mentality is a thing of the past. Come on the 200's!!
Brawny after a really good week>
<brawny in the 200's
It is good to go back to see how much you have changed your thinking. That fat guy mentality is a thing of the past. Come on the 200's!!
Brawny after a really good week>
<brawny in the 200's
brawny77
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Saturday exercise report
50 minutes on ye ol bike...12.95 miles ( yes I am superstitious and didn't was to do 13 and lacked the time and probably stamina to do 14 miles...besides 50 minutes on that thing is like an exercise session and a prostate exam combined...rimshot...)
As usual I feel better now than I did before I got on the bike.
Time to make the most of the day!
50 minutes on ye ol bike...12.95 miles ( yes I am superstitious and didn't was to do 13 and lacked the time and probably stamina to do 14 miles...besides 50 minutes on that thing is like an exercise session and a prostate exam combined...rimshot...)
As usual I feel better now than I did before I got on the bike.
Time to make the most of the day!
Little John
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That's great news Brawny! Keep up the great work!
brawny77
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Saturday was good but I let my guard down Sunday.
So here is an interesting self observation. I am pretty good right now at planning good meals and not seeking out bad choices. BUT...if you lay bad choices in front of me I eat them. Our church has a neal after the service...yep...I ate way to much. Then I nibbled for the rest of the day. probably ate like 3500 calories...sigh...
But this morning when I really really didn't feel like exercise, I drug myself on the bike and did a 24 minute 6.11 mile ride (that was all I had time for because I almost didn't do it.
Well I felt soooo much better about things after even that little ride. I am back on track. So what could have been a complete derail is only going to be a speed bump. I am still thinking I can get below 300 by Friday.
One looming obstacle that I am mentally prepairing for- Thursday we host a team dinner for my daughters high school Volletball team. She wants us to serve fried chicken strips mashed potatos, gravy and Texas toast....I think I gained weight just typing that. I must get my resolve on to avoid this meal.
So here is an interesting self observation. I am pretty good right now at planning good meals and not seeking out bad choices. BUT...if you lay bad choices in front of me I eat them. Our church has a neal after the service...yep...I ate way to much. Then I nibbled for the rest of the day. probably ate like 3500 calories...sigh...
But this morning when I really really didn't feel like exercise, I drug myself on the bike and did a 24 minute 6.11 mile ride (that was all I had time for because I almost didn't do it.
Well I felt soooo much better about things after even that little ride. I am back on track. So what could have been a complete derail is only going to be a speed bump. I am still thinking I can get below 300 by Friday.
One looming obstacle that I am mentally prepairing for- Thursday we host a team dinner for my daughters high school Volletball team. She wants us to serve fried chicken strips mashed potatos, gravy and Texas toast....I think I gained weight just typing that. I must get my resolve on to avoid this meal.
IAmGoingToTri
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Haha... those letters contain lots of calories indeed! Good luck trying to avoid that meal!
For me it's the same; if the food is there, I eat it. If it's not there, I don't necessarily miss it. So, to me, weight loss starts at the supermarket.
For me it's the same; if the food is there, I eat it. If it's not there, I don't necessarily miss it. So, to me, weight loss starts at the supermarket.
Cate
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I'm afraid to ask what Texas toast is. Do greens come into this dinner at all? I love roast chicken, gravy & lots of baked veg. Maybe you could also do a big tray of baked veg. We have found most teenagers love them.
Good to see you turned the potential train crash into a speed hump brawny!
I love roast chicken, gravy & lots of baked veg. Maybe you could also do a big tray of baked veg. We have found most teenagers love them.Good to see you turned the potential train crash into a speed hump brawny!
brawny77
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Texas toast is pretty much regular toast but on really thick bread slices. Lots of butter.
I am officially back on the train to skinny town after briefly disembarking at fatropolis.
Good day eating. About 1400 calories which is the low end of what I want but had to pay a small penance to mentally regain control.
It's really about having significantly more good days than bad isn't it.
My clothes are fitting a little looser but no one has noticed that I have dropped a few yet. I'm thinking that could be pretty soon...that's a nice thought.
I am officially back on the train to skinny town after briefly disembarking at fatropolis.
Good day eating. About 1400 calories which is the low end of what I want but had to pay a small penance to mentally regain control.
It's really about having significantly more good days than bad isn't it.
My clothes are fitting a little looser but no one has noticed that I have dropped a few yet. I'm thinking that could be pretty soon...that's a nice thought.
brawny77
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Well back at the beginning of this month I set a few goals here is my report thus far.
1. Lose 10 lb in Sept. Thats a pound every 3 days which is roughly a 1200 calorie a day deficit. I will do this by combining diet and exercise.
I hit 11 pounds loss last Friday. Actually 11 pounds since Aug 22 which is when I really started trying again
2. Ride my bike 100 miles in Sept. I am almost up to 5 miles a pop now so this should be easy especially if I get up to 30 minutes a session like I hope to gradually
Hit 106 miles this morning. This is the most pleasant surprise of my restart. I have bounced back quicker on exercise tolerance that I thought my 51 year old body would manage.
3. Reduce my blood sugar levels (yep I am diabetic and I need to get it under better control or it will kill me)
This has already shown improvement. Duh...more exercise and less food...
4. No fast food (none) for 100 days
Today is day day 23 or maybe 24 I better check...anyway day 100 will actually fall on Thanksgiving day.
5. Plan my menus for the week
I have done this for the most part. A little room for improvement. I have counted my calories pretty meticulously.
6. Lose 100lb in a year (dreaming pretty big on this one but hey even if I get half of it I win)
11% complete
7. Write in this diary several times a week. Help others and accept help
Trying to do this one almost every day.
It aint gonna happen fast...but its gonna happen.
1. Lose 10 lb in Sept. Thats a pound every 3 days which is roughly a 1200 calorie a day deficit. I will do this by combining diet and exercise.
I hit 11 pounds loss last Friday. Actually 11 pounds since Aug 22 which is when I really started trying again
2. Ride my bike 100 miles in Sept. I am almost up to 5 miles a pop now so this should be easy especially if I get up to 30 minutes a session like I hope to gradually
Hit 106 miles this morning. This is the most pleasant surprise of my restart. I have bounced back quicker on exercise tolerance that I thought my 51 year old body would manage.
3. Reduce my blood sugar levels (yep I am diabetic and I need to get it under better control or it will kill me)
This has already shown improvement. Duh...more exercise and less food...
4. No fast food (none) for 100 days
Today is day day 23 or maybe 24 I better check...anyway day 100 will actually fall on Thanksgiving day.
5. Plan my menus for the week
I have done this for the most part. A little room for improvement. I have counted my calories pretty meticulously.
6. Lose 100lb in a year (dreaming pretty big on this one but hey even if I get half of it I win)
11% complete
7. Write in this diary several times a week. Help others and accept help
Trying to do this one almost every day.
It aint gonna happen fast...but its gonna happen.
Mowens1984
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This has also bothered me more than I expected it to. I've dropped 34lbs now and not a single person who didn't already know about my dieting has mentioned seeing any difference in me. It's a bit disheartening because I am, at least in a small way, doing this to build self-esteem. And I think to myself, if no one can even tell a difference, what's the point?
But you and I are both still a ways off from our goals so there is plenty of time to see that change we want.
And your planned meal made my mouth water as well. I'm a southern guy who loves his comfort food as well so I don't envy you the temptation.
IAmGoingToTri
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Wow, that is a nice list of goals, and you are doing great! Well done!!
brawny77
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End o day wrap up;
Ate like 1900 calories. A couple hundred above goal but I still should be in deficit,
Reflection- I see why some people fall off the weight loss program. We are trained by society, media, modern life...to want things to happen quickly. We get impatient when things happen slowly. Slow progress is irritating and gaps or reversals of progress are torturous. But if we can just stay the course, weather the storms, pick ourselves up and carry on when we stumble, we will find that slow and steady wins the race. Speed is of no consequence...finishing is what counts!
This has been a philosophical moment by Brawny.
Ate like 1900 calories. A couple hundred above goal but I still should be in deficit,
Reflection- I see why some people fall off the weight loss program. We are trained by society, media, modern life...to want things to happen quickly. We get impatient when things happen slowly. Slow progress is irritating and gaps or reversals of progress are torturous. But if we can just stay the course, weather the storms, pick ourselves up and carry on when we stumble, we will find that slow and steady wins the race. Speed is of no consequence...finishing is what counts!
This has been a philosophical moment by Brawny.
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