You have to read this post! not really but do it anyways.

Wednesday brings me some snow, ice and freezing rain outside, its currently 33 degrees and we have a flood advisory yay fun! but don't worry about me, I am inside at 70 degrees with a chicken carcass cooking in the kitchen to make some soup with and a crock pot full of beans and a ham bone to have with dinner tomorrow. I have decided that a bike ride is in order for today so I will have to dig my bike out of the pile thats left from moving in and hop on for a ride in a bit, I can honestly say that I miss riding it. Did I mention that I feel great about my weight this week? well if I haven't I do! When the week started, or should I say finished, last Friday I weighed in at 369.8 pounds and I felt good that it was below 370 and figured on a slow start and was thinking about that 363 pounds that I had reached back in Nov and how good I felt to be within 13 pounds of 350 and I have a feeling this week will get me pretty close to that mark again. I have stuck to plan all week and have not gone over my caloric allowances and again I feel good for doing so, I almost feel like I have just started losing weight and last year is not a factor, in fact I almost reset my start/current/goal thingy at the top of my page to reflect my starting weight for 2009 but decided against it because it shows what I have accomplished thus far and I am proud of that.




Using my starting weight of 369.8 for 2009 I have a total of 94 pounds left to lose to hit my goal. I watched the biggest loser last night and there was a 19 year old that weighed 454 pounds on this season and he said something that I have thought many times, He said "I could lose 100 pounds and still be obese" and I just smiled when he said it because its how I feel about myself. I have lost more than 165 pounds in the last year and I am STILL considered obese, imagine that! a person losing that much weight and is still obese, its mind blowing I tell ya. In fact when I am at my goal weight of 275 pounds according to the charts and calculators I will still need to lose weight to be a "healthy weight" its a good thing I don't believe everything I read eh? As I watched the show and noticed that I was heavier than a lot of the people on the show this year I commented to my wife that right now this very minute I could be a contestant on that show and I have already lost 165+ pounds, thats just crazy. I also commented that when I hit 300 pounds that I would like to join a gym so that I can start weight training again and that I would love to find a trainer that would push me, I love to be pushed where weights are concerned, I love to get that one extra rep when I thought I was out of gas and I think a trainer like Jillian would be good because she seems heartless where workouts are concerned.

My calories came in at 1690 total for Tuesday and here is a look at the menu.

01/07/09

Breakfast
7:45 AM
2 multigrain english muffins 200
1 oz Turkey pepperoni 70
2 wedges laughing cow 70
sliced tomato 10
1 pickle 5

10:45 AM
1 pear 85

Lunch
1:30 PM
2 slices whole wheat bread 140
1 T peanut butter 95
1 T jam 50

Dinner
6:00 PM
Turkey subway 560
2oz pretzels 220

8:00 PM
1 apple 100
1 pear 85

Not so bad I think and I got a couple of pears into the day, some people swear by apples and I dig apples on occasion but if I have the choice between a pear and an apple, it will be a pear every time. Things are moving along so fr this year and I am confident that I will make my June goal along with all other goals that I have set for myself and with that another post ends and I thank you for reading along as a fat guy tries not to be.

Grab that water and get that movement into your day, trust me you will be better off for your efforts.

As Ever
Me