removal of one thing a day

the idea is to get rid of one thing from my diet a day for three months. let's see what's left.

9/7 - Soda
9/8 - Boba Tea
9/9 - Candy Bars
9/10 - corn
9/11 - beef
9/12 - fried chicken

ate it

Today, the eighth day, was supposed to be a 4 mile jog. I got so dizzy I almost ate it on the treadmill. i will reach it tomorrow.

I will always be a fat person

I'll always have the mindset of a fat person. I love eating, most of the time over eating. I love junk food, I love, not necessarily soda, but sugary drinks. I'm lazy and take the elevator upstairs. I eat big meals instead of little snacks.

BUT I can always pretend to be a thin person and DO what a thin person does to GET thin. I'll never BE a thin person, in terms of how they think and how they act, but I can look like one.


3.5 mile run today. pretty pumped considering it's the eighth day since I started!

almost on schedule

monday - 1 mile run
tuesday - 1.5 mile run
wednesday - 2 mile run
thursday - 2.5 mile run
friday - nothing
saturday - 3 mile run
sunday - .25 mile run

I made it to 3 mile. then sunday, i feel fucking ILL. i feel like i'm going to puke, my stomache hurts. whine whine. it's probably because i drank two large coffees at 10PM. STUPID.

Falling Down

I suppose part of staying healthy is the falling off the wagon part and how to get back on. It's been three days since working out everyday and knowing that I did it once before is a pretty good motivation that I know I can do it again.

I did it once before and I know I can do it again.

This time I am going super fast paced. I ran 1 mile first day, 1.5 miles second day, 2 miles the third day with working out at the 1 and the 2. I know that once you get to 3 miles a day to 4 miles a day, the weight drops rather rapidly. The objective is to do the 45 lbs loss, twice as fast. I wonder if it's possible.

A year ago

The plan was to lose weight quickly and keep it off. After a year, it almost worked.
About a year ago I set out to lose some weight. At the height, I lost 45lbs dropping from 235 to 190. Now I'm back up to 220. It was a slow progression back up as I kept exercising steadily for six months. Then it slowed to a crawl and I haven't gone to the gym at all in one month.

Well, it's time to see if my advice and notes I wrote to myself actually works. I'm going to learn from the past and do it again. This is what I learned before:

RELY ON YOURSELF
There is no one but YOU. Personal trainers DON'T work. Conquer your own fears. It's more rewarding. When I was asked, how did you lose 45 lbs? I responded with "I ate nothing but good healthy shit and I worked out every single fucking day for two to three hours sacrificing dates, social life, parties, and personal hobbies, sometimes til 2AM if needed". It's simple, but it's up to you to make it happen!

ORGANIZE YOURSELF
Create a schedule of your regiment and the promises to yourself. Read your plan everyday. I am going to try the original plan AGAIN since that worked just fine for me.


MOTIVATE YOURSELF
You have to WANT to exercise. There can be no ulterior motives. You can't lose weight because you want to be healthy, or get a girlfriend, or have stamina for better sex, or to get a reward, or to win a bet. No ulterior motives will keep you doing something you don't like. so you have to learn to LIKE exercise. These other motivations however WILL get you to start, but after a couple of weeks, it HAS to be your enjoyment of exercise that keeps you going.

CHALLENGE YOURSELF
Try different activities, it's good for the brain. Courtney taught me that and it works. The daily routine of the same activity is boring. On another level if you ARE going to do the same activity, then push yourself and challenge yourself to go faster, go longer, lift heavier weights, etc. It's incremental goals that are ALWAYS achievable. It's honest fairness in this game, the more you work hard = the more weight you lose.

OPTIMIZE YOURSELF
Do not eat four hours before you exercise and SLEEP WELL. This is the most crucial component to getting a good workout.
Plenty of sleep + food four hours prior + exercise in the afternoon= optimum

motorcycle, death, and losing weight

well, it's a fact that it takes longer to stop with more weight on a motorcycle. Losing weight can save my life more now

belly fat

http://www.freep.com/article/20090106/FEATURES08/901060314

more info on belly fat! there's a difference between internal belly fat and exterior. internal ones are toxic for you. grrrr.

Exercise and diet after the holiday season. gonna reduce more belly fat. health is priority number 1. no more tacos in 2009!