Fat Guy In A Little Coat. (The War On 120 Pounds).

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The fat guy in a little coat is funny until you realize it's you in the little coat. Less funny, more shameful and confusing on just how you let yourself get there. So, there I was -- "the fat guy in a little coat," so to speak. Yes, I've tried the dieting all before and had tragic personal matters pop up and completely derail me. I went back to what I knew previously and it all came back. But pushing thirty, not getting any younger and certainly not getting any slimmer, I thought to myself -- dude, it's time.

A change was needed, desperately. You can only fool yourself so long into brushing it aside or that the weight will magically drop off as if David Cooperfield became your nutritionist and had a trick for that. But sadly, no... it took twenty-seven years of bad decisions to put the weight on and it's going to take grueling determination to get my life back. Life is too short to not be how you imagined it, so I'm rolling my sleeves up one more time.

I started February 10th and haven't looked back. Of course, it's easy to say after only one week, but I'm determined to make this a lifestyle and not a temporary solution. I figured a little journal would help keep me occupied and my mind off other things; while also gaining inspiration from members going through the same process or from members that have been there and done that. One day I'll join the latter.

Not sure on my weighing in days. Maybe once a maybe, it may be every Tuesday. I don't like to concern myself and drive myself mad over the numbers. The results are what matter most to me, so we'll see.

Some pictures will be posted. Don't worry, I'll keep it clothed. Nobody wants to see the protruding belly-blob that looks like a scene from Total Recall.

Starting (February 10th, 2015): 300.
February 24th: 289!
March 3rd: 286!
March 10th: 286. :/.
March 17th: 283.
March 24th: 279.
March 31st: 277.
April 7th: 275.
April 14th: 271.
April 21st: 269.
April 28th: 268.
May 5th: 266.
May 12th: 265.
May 19th: 261.
May 26th: N/A.
June 2nd: N/A.
June 9th: N/A.
June 16th: N/A.
June 23rd: N/A.
June 30th: N/A.
August: N/A.
September: N/A.
October: N/A.
November: N/A.
December 1st: 233.
Goal: 180.
 
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fight the good fight. fake it til you make it. every morning when you wake up revel in how good it feels to have taken good care of yourself the day before. all day long thing about how exciting it is that you are really doing this. picture how good you're going to look and feel over and over.
 
I will, I will. Thank you for the encouraging words.

I WILL get there. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not in two weeks, but one day I will get in shape and be healthy.

If only I had this much passion and drive for work. Which I''m currently blowing off in favor of typing here and yet I'll still get paid for it. I should feel ashamed. But I'm more embarrassed over a co-worker walking in on me viewing pictures about exercises you can do while working an office job. Such a weird look was given to me. Anywoo...

Another day down and working on today. While everyone stuffs their pie-hole with delicious pizza I am quietly eating my own food. The person that said, "change is never good," must have been on a strict diet. I now know how they feel. But I must say the decision to stay away does feel better.

I've decided Tuesday's will be weigh-in day. Or Dread Day. Which should keep me in line as the challenges of being off on Sunday and Monday give me a reason to not eat whatever. Progress. Will. Be. Made.


"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any."
–Alice Walker
 
OK dude, I'm going to be following your thread. I'm on a similar trek but older and heavier. I'm 46 and started the first of February at 326. I'm biking and using a free app "Lose It" to track my calories on a budget of 1500 per day. I'm doing 8 miles a day on the bike and on weekends I'm doing a longer ride on one of the days.

14 years ago I was in perfect shape and running 23 miles per week. Running took it's toll on my knees (multiple surgeries), feet, hips, and back. I just can't do it anymore. Every time I've tried to get back into it I end up with another major injury. I've not had any issues biking and I've been able to work up to longer time and distances quickly...and it's a heck of a lot more fun than running.

I bought a hybrid bike made by Giant. No problem handling my weight. I use a free app called "MapMyRun" from when I was running (it has road cycling mode) to track my rides. It uses GPS and shows you a map, time, distance, speed, split times for each mile, how many calories you burned. It's great to see the progress in those types of analysis.

So what's your plan? What exercises, how are you going to monitor your nutrition? You've got to get very specific and have effective tools. A goal without a detailed plan and proper tools to get there is not going to make itself. Please share your plan and tools and we can keep each other motivated.

Hang in there...and let's do this.
 
I totally get you on the pushing 30 and not being where you want to be. That's why my diary is called "Time's a Wasting and I'm Still Fat"
Though for now it may be a good idea to resist some temptations that may cause triggers of overeating, you probably will eventually want to work on 'everything in moderation'. I'm sure you don't want to go the whole rest of your life without pizza, or chocolate, or ice cream. So if you can learn to eat it in moderation it hopefully then won't cause triggers of overeating it. Also there are some days when you want to just 'eat like a normal person' and not worry about every last thing. You jsut gotta balance that out.
This is one of the reasons I really 'love' (love may be too strong of a word haha) counting calories. I can eat ANYTHING I want, as long as I make sure it fits in my calories. I eat 'bad food' almost everyday (not every meal, but the odd meal, usually a snack) and still losing, and this way I don't feel deprived of anything.
If you are ever interested in trying it I recommend an app/website called myfitnesspal. Makes tracking cals as simple as possible. You also need a food scale to measure all solids (and measure all liquids in cups/spoons).
Good luck!
 
Welcome aboard FGIALC!

This can actually be done though obviously it will take some time, which at your age you should have plenty of. I was a month out from my 41st birthday when I decided to finally lose my weight, so if you're still in your 20s you have that advantage over me.

Good luck and the biggest key is to persist regardless of what may happen any one day or week or even month. If you continue to fight, my guess is you'll eventually win.
 
BugDude, thanks man! I'm following your journey and your story is inspiring. I like the no excuses kind of approach it has, despite your setbacks you've found another way. Love the determination. I've not rode a bike in maybe ten years so the idea intrigues me. I'm quite busy so really my plan revolves around something I created to use household items in substitution for the gym and drastically changing eating habits (I'm from a Sicilian family so you can imagine lots of pastas, breads, large portions). I got a nice food schedule worked out and feel good. I'll write it all out soon. Thanks for the inspiration!

MysticRealm, you're absolutely right about cutting all temptations and should work on the portion/moderation. I can definitely relate to that causing triggers, probably why I failed before. I will work on that and find a happy medium so to speak. I will also look up that website. Never even thought of a food scale, interesting suggestion! Thanks.

MrVee, thanks! I see in your signature you've been on a long journey and close to hitting your mark. Way to go. Impressive. Fight the good fight and never go back!


Today is a bittersweet day. After two weeks, down to 289 after weighing this morning. Progress is progress. But today we bury my grandmother. She had a long battle with cancer.
 
Hi Dude, thanks for your very kind words & sending you lots of love from a grandma xoxo
 
Thanks ladies. Was tough and the horrible weather didn't help matters.

Got snowed in today, but I stayed on course with my plan. Can't let a silly thing like the weather keep you from doing what needs to be done. Although an unexpected power nap probably helped. Every day is feeling better and better for me. I used to hate the mornings, but now I'm enjoying them a lot more. Made my entire lunch and dinner for the next few days. Wednesday I'm going to ease into MysticRealm's suggestion and open up the eating a bit more.

The people here, their motivation, inspiration truly has been lifting me. Thank you all.

"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it." -Washington Irving
 
How does one 'enjoy mornings'? I have zero understanding of that haha. Mornings and I do not mix!
Glad you stayed on track despite the snow! We've been a bit cooler lately here with a bit of snow. A LOT less than normal, it's actually been a very mild winter, but that just means that instead of -30*C feeling cold, -14*C feels cold! It's weird how a mild winter can skew those feelings. On a normal winter we'd be thinking yay! it's only gonna be -14! Haha
 
Good work on the planning! Looking ahead seems to be key to this whole losing-weight-thing, it´s something I´m not good at so I admire it all the more in others ;)
 
OK dude, I'd like to hear the details of your plan and how you're tracking it. For me, I find that by posting my daily activity keeps me motivated to continue on. If you're doing a particular nutrition plan, share how many calories per day you are shooting for and what types of things you're eating. I'm just curious since we are both on similar trajectories. You're off to a great start, just stay focused and don't let yourself get discouraged. If you need boost, let me know. We'll compare notes and thoughts on motivation.
 
MysticRealm - I'm still not sure, heh. Maybe it's a mindset thing? I feel like a pansy now that you share your weather conditions...it was only 25 F (-3.89 C) here. Salute to you guys that can bare those conditions.

LaMaria - for me the best part is looking ahead. A different feeling, look, and change on life! Keeps me motivated. Thank you!

BugDude - thanks for the good words. Here is my plan, its alternating weeks with different exercises and food choices.
Week 1 (Tueday-Tuesday) - 8oz-16oz of cold water upon immediate wake up (7:18AM). Breakfast begins with half a grapefruit, followed ten minutes later by 2 eggs, 4 slices of cucumber, small skinless/boneless chicken (think chicken strip size) (8:00AM). Utilizing crushed red peppers, black pepper. Lunch (12:50PM) consists of chicken again but a portioned size one, 2 pineapple cubes, 2 cantaloupe cubes, 2 honeydew melon cubes, 4 slices of cucumber, handful of Romaine lettuce. Dinner (7-8PM) then begins with the other half of the grapefruit, then ten minutes later a meal consisting of green beans or carrots, small bowl of cannellini beans, handful of Romaine lettuce, 4 slices of cucumber, small piece of chicken. One cup of pickle juice after work out. 8oz of water 8 times a day. 3 8oz green tea/oolong tea one hour after each meal. 1 cup of coffee in the middle of the week.


Exercising every day except the next Tuesday before a roll-over.
Ten minutes warming up with various exercises that I've taken from my football practice days.
Ten minutes swinging a sledgehammer down on discarded tires I had laying around.
Ten minute jumping jack session. As many as you can in one minute, then ten second cool down, repeat.
Ten minutes of squatting jackhammers.
Ten minutes of burpees.
Ten minutes cool down. 1 minute light run, 1 minute jump rope, 1 minute going up stairs, 1 minute push ups, 1 minute bearcrawl, 5 minutes stretching.

Week 2 (Wednesday-Wednesday) - same as Tuesday's week eating but changing chicken to tuna/fish. Subbing: lentil with andouille sausage, avocado, tomato, one durian during this particular week. Keeping cucumber, crushed red pepper, eggs.

Exercising every day except the next Wednesday before a roll-over.
Weighted vest week. Doing just basic exercises, cardio, endurance, stamina, weightlifting, etc.. stuff with a 50 pound weight vest on for one hour.

Week 3 (Thursday-Thurdsday) - same as Wednesday's week eating but changing tuna/fish to turkey. Subbing in: broccoli, cauliflower, dragon fruit, smoothie every day (ginger, cucumber, tomato, carrot, kale, apple, lettuce, spinache).

Exercise every day except the next Thursday before a roll-over.
Rushfit program.


Back to week one after that.

Weigh in results for March 3rd......... 284.4, but I add 2 pounds on so really its... = 286. So -3 pounds for the week.
 
dudeitstime said:
MysticRealm - I'm still not sure, heh. Maybe it's a mindset thing? I feel like a pansy now that you share your weather conditions...it was only 25 F (-3.89 C) here. Salute to you guys that can bare those conditions.

LaMaria - for me the best part is looking ahead. A different feeling, look, and change on life! Keeps me motivated. Thank you!

BugDude - thanks for the good words. Here is my plan, its alternating weeks with different exercises and food choices.
Week 1 (Tueday-Tuesday) - 8oz-16oz of cold water upon immediate wake up (7:18AM). Breakfast begins with half a grapefruit, followed ten minutes later by 2 eggs, 4 slices of cucumber, small skinless/boneless chicken (think chicken strip size) (8:00AM). Utilizing crushed red peppers, black pepper. Lunch (12:50PM) consists of chicken again but a portioned size one, 2 pineapple cubes, 2 cantaloupe cubes, 2 honeydew melon cubes, 4 slices of cucumber, handful of Romaine lettuce. Dinner (7-8PM) then begins with the other half of the grapefruit, then ten minutes later a meal consisting of green beans or carrots, small bowl of cannellini beans, handful of Romaine lettuce, 4 slices of cucumber, small piece of chicken. One cup of pickle juice after work out. 8oz of water 8 times a day. 3 8oz green tea/oolong tea one hour after each meal. 1 cup of coffee in the middle of the week.


Exercising every day except the next Tuesday before a roll-over.
Ten minutes warming up with various exercises that I've taken from my football practice days.
Ten minutes swinging a sledgehammer down on discarded tires I had laying around.
Ten minute jumping jack session. As many as you can in one minute, then ten second cool down, repeat.
Ten minutes of squatting jackhammers.
Ten minutes of burpees.
Ten minutes cool down. 1 minute light run, 1 minute jump rope, 1 minute going up stairs, 1 minute push ups, 1 minute bearcrawl, 5 minutes stretching.

Week 2 (Wednesday-Wednesday) - same as Tuesday's week eating but changing chicken to tuna/fish. Subbing: lentil with andouille sausage, avocado, tomato, one durian during this particular week. Keeping cucumber, crushed red pepper, eggs.

Exercising every day except the next Wednesday before a roll-over.
Weighted vest week. Doing just basic exercises, cardio, endurance, stamina, weightlifting, etc.. stuff with a 50 pound weight vest on for one hour.

Week 3 (Thursday-Thurdsday) - same as Wednesday's week eating but changing tuna/fish to turkey. Subbing in: broccoli, cauliflower, dragon fruit, smoothie every day (ginger, cucumber, tomato, carrot, kale, apple, lettuce, spinache).

Exercise every day except the next Thursday before a roll-over.
Rushfit program.


Back to week one after that.

Weigh in results for March 3rd......... 284.4, but I add 2 pounds on so really its... = 286. So -3 pounds for the week.
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Sounds like a rock solid plan!!! Very specific, but allow yourself some equivalent substitutions so you can stick with it on the fly if things don't work out exactly as you plan. Don't let a surprise throw you off, just adapt and overcome. I appreciate the thought and planning that went into this!!!
 
10 MINS BURPEES! Good god, I can't even do 2 mins burpees!!
Your meal plan sounds very strict! Phew, you in the army?! Probably healthier than mine, but mine includes chocolate so I'm ok with that haha.
Great job on the pounds lost!
 
BugDude - no problem. And yes, MysticRealm made a similar suggestion and I'm definitely going to do that because this is a lifestyle change after all. I prepare most of the food in advance to help me stay on course and keep me eating to the plan as closely as possible.

MysticRealm - yeah, I'm not able to do 10 minutes like they are nothing yet. But one day soon I'll be able to do a full ten minutes of them. And my meal plan was strict, but in round 2 of the 21 days I'm going to add different foods in like you were saying earlier and like BugDude suggested. Will be like the metaphor of having cake and getting to eat it too...literally. No army here, just have to put guidelines in for me to follow.

Jen_Renee - thanks! Saw your art, by the way, amazing talent you have.


Today I had a slice of pizza finally. Moderation, of course. It's a lifestyle change and moderation, those are the key components to being successful, I feel. Tomorrow will be another great day. This is nothing. Exercising pain is temporary, goal accomplishment is forever.

"It's a short window, enjoy it before it closes" -Brian Boxworth
...or something close to that, forget the exact words, but you get the idea!
 
Yay for pizza!!
Exercise pain is temporary but it sucks sometimes! Haha. I haven't had a day without something being stiff or sore for a while now! Usually good muscle 'pain' that means I'm working them well, but the odd twinge here or there (my knees don't love the running but they can just suck it up!)
 
Having "just one" slice of pizza is a thing most people can´t do (me included). But if you can manage it, moderation is the key to a healthy life without deprivation. Go you!
 
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