Steve's Accountability Page

JDChaser

JDChaser

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Well, here's my new weight loss diary, and hopefully my last. My name is Steve and I'm 36/m I really hope to make things stick this time, in fact let me state I AM GOING TO DO THIS. In Jan. 05 I started out at 265 lbs and made it down to 211 lbs in July '05 before I allowed a disruption of the norm (moving out of state, changing jobs, etc.) to interrupt my routine. I completely abandoned the healthy lifestyle I had begun to develop and fell right back into old habits and routines. Two and half years later I managed to exceed my previously high weight of 265 and hit 272. I'm tired of this vicious cycle and tired of feeling uncomfortable. My wife and I attended a wedding a few weeks back and when the pictures came back I was nothing short of ashamed. I hate feeling like I need to hide from cameras, and I especially hate squeezing into clothes that are on the brink of critical expansion. I went back to my limited caloric intake and walking on a daily basis and that is what I'll continue to do for now. My weight as of yesterday, 2/22/08, was 263 and my goal is 180. So 83 lbs to go and I need to quit beating myself up for having been within 31 lbs of my goal a short 2 1/2 yrs ago. So here goes again..... I plan on updating weekly so that I can remain accountable to myself and anyone else that decides to follow the progress.

Steve
 
Hey, Steve, sounds like you have a lot of commitment to reach your goals. You're right; there's no sense in abusing yourself over the past. The only thing to do is stick to your goals in the here and now.

Sophie
 
Well...here we go with the grind again. They say slow and steady wins the race, right? Weighed in at 260.5 today for a 2.5 lb loss. I didn't walk everyday as planned, but I have been sticking to the clean eating part. My first short term goal of 250 should only be a few short weeks away.

"Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it" - T.S. Elliot
 
hey 2.5lbs is a great loss for a week. its isn't too much or too little! you should be proud. :hurray:

have a good week.

x
 
Well, another week gone another 2.5 lbs, weighed in at 258 this morning. I was acutally a little surprised since again I didn't walk nearly as much as I would like to this last week, I hate walking in the snow and cold and we had a couple of days like that this week. I am picking up a cheap treadmill, from somebody that is upgrading, on Sunday and that should help. But at least I'm sticking to the eating part so far and since I have so much to lose, that part alone is working for now.

"To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are." - Eric Hoffer
 
Welcome back to the WLF and definitely stick around. There are so many interesting people and things you can learn by reading the stickied threads. Definitely worth the read.

Hope to see you around more!
 
Surprised as heck, but weighed in at 254 this morning for a weekly loss of 4 lbs. :coolgleamA: I was totally shocked, especially after having a monster breakfast burrito on Sunday morning that I totally felt guilty about afterwards. Obviously I didn't feel guilty enough to NOT have too many chicken enchiladas with rice on Tuesday night. See a trend here?? Mexican food is seriously my weakness. I upped the walking in order to make up for it, and apparently that helped. I'm going to have to hope to survive this weekend though since we have family showing up later today. So the weigh in next week will probably be another nail biter. But seriously, aside from eating a couple of not necessarily "clean" meals, I'm sticking to it for the most part and doing the fast paced walking, so for now that's enough to shed the excess. I suppose I'll have to buckle down more and more as the process goes along.

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Well...missed my check in last week as I was out of town (and living it up, too). And with that being said, weighed in at 254...again. So I blew two weeks of potential loss, but at least I didn't start going back the wrong direction again. I guess I should be happy that I didn't have to move my ticker up. Time for me to get back on the ball and start moving in a positive direction. I'll be shooting for at least a 2 lb loss this week so I can officially hit the 20 lbs gone mark.

"You must look into people, as well as at them" - Lord Chesterfield
 
I think sometimes I'm my own worst enemy. I made a few bad choices this week and didn't walk nearly enough so of course I didn't hit my weekly goal (which should've been easy after not losing anything during March). But at least I lost a bit..... weighed in at 252.5 this morning. At least I went slightly in the right direction and haven't gone back up, but I know I can do better.

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” - W. Clement Stone
 
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