I can't sleep. Actually I have been having problems sleeping for a few weeks now. I have a lot going on and I'm excited, can't quiet the mind. So I thought I would post where I'm at with this whole 'getting in shape' thing.
I have yo yo'd quite a bit the past 2 years. I lost 50 lbs in 2005 and put it back on in about 2 months. I lost 50 lbs in 2006 and put it back on in about 2 months. It has been a very humbling experience to say the least. It has lifted my humanity.
On January 1st 2007 I weighed 226 lbs and once again started back on the journey. It has been 3 1/2 months and I've lost nearly 40 lbs. After some deep soul searching I came to realize and except the malady that was putting back the weight. In short, in the past I only ate out. I mean I NEVER cooked or ate at home. I hated home cooked food, I hated cooking, I hated cleaning and I even hated when my house smelled like food. So I would try to eat healthy out, which was hard and very inconsistant and use to starve myself at times and binge...so on and so on...
But on January 1st of this year I gave up. I gave up on my old thinking and behavour. I started learning how to cook. I started watching the Food Network. I bought a grill (which is now my favorite thing to do). Now I love cooking, a very strange turn of events.
Anyway, I don't know where I'm going with this post but for me it was hopeless till I stopped eating out. I eat 350 calorie home cooked meals of stuff like grilled chicken/brown rice/green beans every 3 to 4 hours and the weight is flying off. I also workout like a crazy man (weights, running, kickboxing) and drink only water.
So my realization after years of reading books, being certified as a nutritionist and personal trainer, managing a health club etc... is that food is KING! Food is the foundation that my health and body are built on and everything else trickles down from food. Without the food in order gym memberships, personal trainers, suppliments, thermogenics etc don't matter. I have known this intellectually for years but could never feel it on a gut level or apply it in my life but now it's finally happened after all these years and I am the happiest dude on earth!
January 1st 2007 - 226 lbs
March 29th 2007 - 199 lbs
I have yo yo'd quite a bit the past 2 years. I lost 50 lbs in 2005 and put it back on in about 2 months. I lost 50 lbs in 2006 and put it back on in about 2 months. It has been a very humbling experience to say the least. It has lifted my humanity.
On January 1st 2007 I weighed 226 lbs and once again started back on the journey. It has been 3 1/2 months and I've lost nearly 40 lbs. After some deep soul searching I came to realize and except the malady that was putting back the weight. In short, in the past I only ate out. I mean I NEVER cooked or ate at home. I hated home cooked food, I hated cooking, I hated cleaning and I even hated when my house smelled like food. So I would try to eat healthy out, which was hard and very inconsistant and use to starve myself at times and binge...so on and so on...
But on January 1st of this year I gave up. I gave up on my old thinking and behavour. I started learning how to cook. I started watching the Food Network. I bought a grill (which is now my favorite thing to do). Now I love cooking, a very strange turn of events.
Anyway, I don't know where I'm going with this post but for me it was hopeless till I stopped eating out. I eat 350 calorie home cooked meals of stuff like grilled chicken/brown rice/green beans every 3 to 4 hours and the weight is flying off. I also workout like a crazy man (weights, running, kickboxing) and drink only water.
So my realization after years of reading books, being certified as a nutritionist and personal trainer, managing a health club etc... is that food is KING! Food is the foundation that my health and body are built on and everything else trickles down from food. Without the food in order gym memberships, personal trainers, suppliments, thermogenics etc don't matter. I have known this intellectually for years but could never feel it on a gut level or apply it in my life but now it's finally happened after all these years and I am the happiest dude on earth!
January 1st 2007 - 226 lbs
March 29th 2007 - 199 lbs