Birth of a comeback...

My last publishing date was July 6, 2009.

For the two of you that read this, essentially:



So I gotta start doing this again and counting points. Luckily, I haven't gained back more than 10 pounds since I stopped - I think. At the very least, I'm still under 300.

Rocking the WW

My favorite treat is ice cream. McDonalds vanilla cone or low-fat ice cream. Was feeling hungry so I just nommed on a skinny-cow ice cream sandwich. It was delicious. Have been kicking ass on the Weight Watchers. I'm on week 4 with three months before the June... I have lost 15.8 pounds and I am going full-speed ahead. The weight loss is slow but speeding :P

My clothes feel looser... significantly. I am about 16.3 pounds away from my first goal of getting my ass under 300 lbs. I'll get there. I want to get there sooner than later, but it took me a while to puff up when I gained all my weight back. I am being more active, especially with utilizing my gym membership. Gym changed venues because 24-Hour Shitness decided not to continue their franchise in Salinas and a newer, better, gym took over my contract. Very very nice. Can't wait till they get their jacuzzi installed.

The one mantra that I'm living by is that I gotta burn more calories than I ingest. I'm really trying my ass off. That whole thing they talk about at the WW meetings, as far as mentally rehearsing, is what is working for me. Today, someone bought Round Table Pizza for lunch and I ate only one slice (at 8 points) with a salad to fill me up. I ate out at this work-related dinner and made sure to fill up half my plate with the steamed greens and salad, while also being mindful of my portions. I was able to tally things up right and I'm not regretful for my eating behaviors.

Just a quick note: I've given up posting my deepest thoughts on the internet... blocked or not, I am afraid that they will come back and bite me in the ass. The closest thing I got going is micro-blogging, which I am good at instantaneously lamenting my disdain.

I am in love with my girlfriend. She is a huge motivator for me. I want to look good for her, make her look good, and be healthy so that I can enjoy my time with her. She is a sweetheart and I know she loves me. I can't wait to move in with her, though I have my fears. We still have a lot of things to work out before I am fully set on making her my betrothed. While my girlfriend is not a Christian, thus not sharing my faith, she is also not a whore or hypocrite. I'll take that straight to the bank.

My mood is good. Getting organized and losing the weight is definitely going to affect my happiness... positively affecting it. That's really, all I want.

Busy Saturday

So today, I'm trying to do the following:

- Laundry

- Study for two hours

- Pack an overnight bag

- Figure out my Points for today

- la la la la la

For it being a Saturday, start of a 3-day weekend, I'm a little overwhelmed... it's okay. Unofficially, I have lost eight pounds since Monday.

I have a reservation for dinner tonight with my lady at this place that's going to cost a lot. It's no bother for me because I love her to pieces.

I'm surprised how well I'm doing with the new Weight Watchers Momentum plan. It's working for me really well. They have this little chart in the booklet that tracks your hunger level (y-axis) and time (y-axis), which means everything I log, I also track the time I do. I have exercised (brisk walking) 3 times this week and I am getting ready to go out in a little bit for my fourth walk. Yesterday was the first time I used my Weekly points, having gone over by three on my Daily points for Friday.

I mapped out my eating for today. I have 32 Weekly points to use for today (and tomorrow) if I need them. I'm just trying to eat light (soup, veggies, coffee, coffee, eggs) up until the feast tonight. I'm not sure whether I want the barbeque chicken or a steak (www.rocky-point.com).

Right now, I'm hungry so I am thinking about going to make some eggs, toast an english muffin, get the salsa ready, and make some coffee.

Every day is an excuse...

I am good at avoiding the gym because I am king of excuses. My favorite one is that I'm tired. I'm always freaking tired. It's probably sleep apnea which I have for being so god damn Twitter-fail-whale overweight. So here, I present to you something I got from tumblr, but with the excuses I use:

I'm not going to go to the gymm today because...
- I'm feeling weezy (asthmatic) (this was today's excuse but I no longer feel asthmatic)
- I don't like dealing with fighting for a machine after 5 PM
- I'll go on a walk later
- I'll go home, nap, and then go to the gym
- I have too much stuff going on right now (but can somehow manage to b.s. for 5-6 hours on my MacBook)


And to counter that, here is my list for why I should go to the gym:
- I bought a kick-ass (2nd Generation) iPod nano when they first came out, just for the gym!
- I have all kinds of killer music on said iPod!
- I bought running shoes 2 years ago that I use for the gym!
- I have a pretty red gym bag that I got when buying those expensive-ass running shoes, that I use especially for the gym!
- Apparently, exercise is useful for combating stress. w00t w00t.

So I'm going to the gym today... for a whole hour of cardio on the eliptical. I'm thinking about running a mile.