Jericho
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Jericho here. About 90% of you only know me as a mod, barely posting anything outside of the slap down on some weight loss scam or such but my weight loss progress has been stopped for a year now. It is difficult to get yourself motivated when your world is upside down.
During last year:
1) Still unemployed
2) Moved to Florida after deciding with Amy to let the bank just foreclose on her home for about 15 years.
3) Amy gets work as a teacher and is very happy
4) Still unemployed with no prospects.
5) Self-esteem drops.
6) weigh went back up.
Overall, one hell of a year. Everything has been shaken up in just a couple of days, mainly Christmas. Right before Christmas (start of the month), my Mother called us up and told us to go pick out a new car so when I got a job, we would have two cars. She wound up getting us a new Prius.
The first holy s*** moment.
Then we went up to South Carolina for Christmas. It was good to see my Dad again (he been working overseas in Mongolia). It felt nice to be around the family again...a normally strange feeling because we don't always see eye to eye on many things. This is when the second bombshell dropped. Out of the blue, they suggested to me that I should go to school and get my degree to go after a dream that I had growing up but never went after: to be a teacher. They said find the school and they would pay for it.
The second holy s*** moment.
I wanted to be a teacher for most of my life. I figured I'd just live it through Amy. You know, hearing about her day and helping with situations that would come up. Now, I'm being handed the change to not only get my degree (another thing I figured I wouldn't get..too old and all) but in a subject field I always enjoyed in Social Studied for grades 6-12. I hope to focus on US History (Early American History fan). Course, for me to get into classes this semester, I have till the 8th (classes start on the 9th). Talk about heavy pressure. I kinda flipped out on Amy yesterday talking about it because it still hasn't completely sunk in. I think it has. We sent in the application to a very good community college here to get the early sort of classes done. I really hope that I get in to this semester classes. It will be great to get some structure back in my life and a focus again.
And focus is needed for weight loss. I don't know what my weight is anymore. I haven't checked in too long. I think it is time again to get on track with everything else. I'll have focus again. I won't be depressed and just sitting in front of a computer all day just passing time. The pieces are right again. So, with the start of the New Year is the start of a year long challenge. At 350+ (I know it has to be more around 370-380 now), I want to see the next year going to the right way. Schooling to a dream job, living in the place I love to be, and finally getting under 300 pounds. I know I can do this now. I have too. Everything is coming together and that needs to as well.
Tomorrow, I'll weight myself in the morning for my first entry for record. I'll try to do a food diary as well but this might be more along the lines of what is going on in my life, getting support and the like.
btw..got to change the avatar and username to match the situation. Professor Jericho
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During last year:
1) Still unemployed
2) Moved to Florida after deciding with Amy to let the bank just foreclose on her home for about 15 years.
3) Amy gets work as a teacher and is very happy
4) Still unemployed with no prospects.
5) Self-esteem drops.
6) weigh went back up.
Overall, one hell of a year. Everything has been shaken up in just a couple of days, mainly Christmas. Right before Christmas (start of the month), my Mother called us up and told us to go pick out a new car so when I got a job, we would have two cars. She wound up getting us a new Prius.
The first holy s*** moment.
Then we went up to South Carolina for Christmas. It was good to see my Dad again (he been working overseas in Mongolia). It felt nice to be around the family again...a normally strange feeling because we don't always see eye to eye on many things. This is when the second bombshell dropped. Out of the blue, they suggested to me that I should go to school and get my degree to go after a dream that I had growing up but never went after: to be a teacher. They said find the school and they would pay for it.
The second holy s*** moment.
I wanted to be a teacher for most of my life. I figured I'd just live it through Amy. You know, hearing about her day and helping with situations that would come up. Now, I'm being handed the change to not only get my degree (another thing I figured I wouldn't get..too old and all) but in a subject field I always enjoyed in Social Studied for grades 6-12. I hope to focus on US History (Early American History fan). Course, for me to get into classes this semester, I have till the 8th (classes start on the 9th). Talk about heavy pressure. I kinda flipped out on Amy yesterday talking about it because it still hasn't completely sunk in. I think it has. We sent in the application to a very good community college here to get the early sort of classes done. I really hope that I get in to this semester classes. It will be great to get some structure back in my life and a focus again.
And focus is needed for weight loss. I don't know what my weight is anymore. I haven't checked in too long. I think it is time again to get on track with everything else. I'll have focus again. I won't be depressed and just sitting in front of a computer all day just passing time. The pieces are right again. So, with the start of the New Year is the start of a year long challenge. At 350+ (I know it has to be more around 370-380 now), I want to see the next year going to the right way. Schooling to a dream job, living in the place I love to be, and finally getting under 300 pounds. I know I can do this now. I have too. Everything is coming together and that needs to as well.
Tomorrow, I'll weight myself in the morning for my first entry for record. I'll try to do a food diary as well but this might be more along the lines of what is going on in my life, getting support and the like.
btw..got to change the avatar and username to match the situation. Professor Jericho
.