Once a Fat Man......but NEVER again.

Trops said:
How about the gym? Still hitting that regularly?
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The gym is not an issue.
The issue is my damn eating- same as it always has been. I am getting strong, getting great endurance and all that crap.
Just have been eating like a horse and not paying attention to it.

Now I am again.
 
That's good that you are still hitting the gym. It will make getting back on the horse (rather then eating like one) that much easier. You are already burning tons of calories, so it's just a matter of getting the food under control.
 
Trops said:
That's good that you are still hitting the gym. It will make getting back on the horse (rather then eating like one) that much easier. You are already burning tons of calories, so it's just a matter of getting the food under control.
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You make it sound so easy...
'just a matter of getting the food under control he says....'

But thanks man- perspective. Need perspective.
 
I was laughing at that one when I wrote it. It is easier, when put into the perspective of what you went through in January. Quit smoking, learn to weight train, get running, learn what not to do running so as to not injure yourself, and learn all about your body's nutritional needs. This time all you have to do is get the portions under control. See? easy :D
 
Well shit man- put it that way it is easy. :D
But I am still all pissed off that it has come back to this. At least I didnt let it come all the way back and realized my issues.
Just a matter of getting my cals back to good, thats all.
 
OK.
So, good day yesterday overall.
I know it has only been one day but I do truly feel I am back on track. My calories for yesterday came in at 2260- so much better than they have been since I felt myself wanting to eat at certain times last night. I feel good today. You know how you feel back on track? That is how I feel now.

Workout was good. DB bench, Squats, DB rows and some misc arm shit. I also discovered I am able to do chin-ups... did 5 for the hell of it- never been able to so I am happy I was able to.
Was on the elliptical for 32 minutes at a good pace and incline/Resistance. So all in all happy with myself. Need to do it for more than one day though.

Running today only. Thinking 4-5 miles- nothing too crazy. Running a 5k in November something or other and my goal is 22 min so I do need to do a little shorter speed work but this week is not the week.

All for now. Brian is hopefully back on track. :D
 
I am so back on track. :D

I know it has only been 2 days but I am getting that feeling again. I am feeling like I did when I first started all this- like I am doing things right.
I ate about 2100 cal yesterday which is slightly lower than I want but I did not purposely neglect myself- that is just what it ended up being. I really should be closer to 2500 with the exercise I am doing but so be it.

Ran 5 miles yesterday. Soccer has come to the lovely town of Plano so there are a bunch of little imps running around the track behind my gym so I needed to run inside- not a fan of running over or around 5-10 year olds. 5 miles on the track takes me 41-42min on the treadmill it takes me 42-43min. Not sure why but really don't care- just interesting.

Personally things are going well. Work sucks but the project I am running is smoothing out a bit this week. Erin is 6 mon pregnant now and getting bigger and obvious. The baby's room is almost cleaned out to get ready for painting and the like.
I am freaking out if I think about it, but try to not think too much- usually not a problem for me but seems to be one now.

So, anyway. I think I am back- only time will tell.

Thanks to any who read this. :)
 
Glad to hear you are back on track, Brian. You doing anything differently this time to make sure you stay on track?
 
The only thing i am doing different this time is to not get cocky.

I thought I knoew what a portion was or how many of one thing is a x calories and thought my exercise was enough to make up for crappy eating.

I have since learned that the only way for me to really keep track is to write the shit down. It worked so well for the first 6 months and I got away from it.

Between that and work stress, and baby stress I fell off a little bit.

Nbd though- 5 lbs aint killing noone- but I needed to nip it now.
 
Bigguy said:
The only thing i am doing different this time is to not get cocky..
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There are a lot of people that fall victim to believing their own press.. (which is one ofthe reasons why I hate the word inspiring it feeds into that cockiness... :D What's in the past is in the past... Done - and over... Gained 5lbs - lost 35... So what... Don't forget where you came from - and especially what got you to where you want to be..
 
That is the issue. Once you have success you get to think it is easy. And it really is, but you forget how you became a fatass to begin with.

If I knew about portion sizes to begin with how the hell was i 265-270?

Wake up calls are important. At least I caught it at before i gained it all back...

This is why I need this place.
 
You're in control Brian. And you're proving it by noticing the slippage and taking control again. That's life, right? And don't stress about the little one. Life's such an adventure and kids are so much fun. Just take it one day at a time and enjoy every single ridiculous minute. Have you seen the movie Parenthood with Steve Martin? I love the end of that movie, it puts it all in perspective. The whole roller coaster ride of life. Just flow with it, you know?

Sorry if I'm being preachy, I'm just so excited for you and Erin. You have so much joy coming your way!
 
littlekeylime said:
You're in control Brian. And you're proving it by noticing the slippage and taking control again. That's life, right? And don't stress about the little one. Life's such an adventure and kids are so much fun. Just take it one day at a time and enjoy every single ridiculous minute. Have you seen the movie Parenthood with Steve Martin? I love the end of that movie, it puts it all in perspective. The whole roller coaster ride of life. Just flow with it, you know?

Sorry if I'm being preachy, I'm just so excited for you and Erin. You have so much joy coming your way!
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Thanks for the kind words Michelle. Don't get me wrong, I am excited as hell about the little one. Just worried as hell too. I am a worrier by nature so it shall be what it shall be. I clearly need to watch that movie though. :D

I do feel back in control and the first step was realizing it. How are you doing?

You ain't being preachy :)
And thank you again
 
So...

Here I am again- actually posting for 4 straight days.

Going well still. 2200-2300 cal yesterday. Good number for me. I felt like I ate enough but was by no means stuffed. I will try to keep it in this range for a bit.
Work out yesterday was nothing to write home about but I did what i did. 33 minutes on the arc trainer was harder than normal but I chalk that up to the reduced calories. I cannot expect to do the same things I was doing even last week with the deficit I am creating this week- the energy simply will not be there and I do not want to burn out again.

All is well with the world today. I am feeling good and still in control of me.

Happy Brian is happy. :D
 
Good to see you back on track. Do you think that with a calorie deficit sapping your energy that perhaps upping the calories before the workout might help? Then lowering them later to make up for the excess.

I've been trying that, where I'll eat a real big breakfast when I'm working out around noon, and then keeping the evenings light, or if I'm working out in the evenings I'll have a light breakfast and a big lunch.
 
I hear what you are saying but my concern is that I will want to eat more at night and end up exceeding my calories for the day.
I almost would rather run out of gas a little then exceed- I am thinking that would work on the weekends though.

How are you doing with everything overall?
 
Things are going in the right direction again. The summer was tough for me. Basically a maintenance thing, but once the kids started school again, I could focus again on losing. My goal is to get under 200 by the end of the month. As of this morning I'm 2.8 pounds away. It's an arbitrary goal, but I'm still going for it.
 
I really thought the summer would be easier than the winter. I really do not know why I thought that.
Under 200 by the end of the month would be huge for you.
I have no idea what my goal is or should be but I do nknow that October should be pretty good for me.
 
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