Friday, July 27, 2012

Where to start!?!?

I have done them all, almost every one you could imagine. Atkins, SlimFast, SugarBusters and more, so many out there and so much time utilized. But what happened, in the end... well nothing really. I have weighed 300, 350, 375... 401.6! What the HECK! That must not be right, I must be doing it wrong. How can I it say that. But I was not hallucinating, my scale did read that gosh offal number. How can this be.

The truth is that I have not stuck to these diets. I have taken a meal off, then a day off, next thing I know is that I have not been on my diet for a year or two. Life as they say just gets in the way. And the thing is I can do it, I have done it. I have won work competitions. I have lost weight to the point that I needed new cloths. Then you wanna take a break. You tell yourself you deserve it. Then you gain it all back and more.

I have seen my family suffer, friend suffer. I know the end game. If I do not lose this excess weight, I will die sooner than later. And who would really want that.There has to be a turning point. I have to decide to do something. If I don't, my body sure as heck will. My joint will fail, my heart will stop. Something will happen and I know it is lurking in the shadow.

This is why I am putting it out there, my story. I am going to do this, no matter what. I have the knowledge, I have the experience. The only thing standing in my way is the guy staring back at me in the mirror. He is a handsome fellow! I have not hated him, though some might say that would be a good motivation. I see a guy how is good the way he is, but CAN be something more. It is not for anyone, it is for me and my health.

Now the question is where to start. Diet is where I'll start. Most diet plans are simple and similar. Decrease you total intake and increase your infrequence of intake. I am sure that my total calorie intake can spike to well over 2000 in one meal, let alone one day. I am going to do a 6 meal diet that will have three 100/150 calorie snacks, two 200/250 calorie meals and 500/750 calorie meal. Now a days there are loads of snacks and shakes that you can buy at the stores that come packages as 100 calorie snack and meal replacements around 200 calories. I will start with these package produces and then work my way to a healthier, more natural diet.

I do take supplements daily, so we are covered there. The only thing left to do is start increasing my activity. As a gamer and expert couch potato, I am skill at the ability to sit in one local and waste a day away. I have once played a video game two straight days though. FF7 and pizza, who would love that. But, that has got me nowhere. It is time to get up like those commercial say and start moving. My goal right now is to get to the gym in a month and start working out again. I guess I did not mention that I did go to the gym before, and like my diet, I have taken a nice long break for it.

So what I am going to do is start telling my story, my struggle and maybe with this here, I may have the motivation to finish what I have started. I an tired of hurting and scared of worse things to come. I will up-date this often with stories and information. Let us see how this evolves and how it will incorporate with my life to come. I too would like to do videos and other things. We will see what the future hold. For now, it is time to get rid of this 400lbs glutton in the room.

3 comments:

  1. Hey Robert,

    This is Libby (Elizabeth Fenter). I've struggled with my weight a long time too. Since high school, and just reached a horrible number myself, so I'll be doing something very similar as well. I have to wait until I can get my bookstore up and going the next week or so, but then I'll get started. You're going to do great! My biggest motivation last time I lost a really good amount of weight was not letting down all the tons of people I have told I was losing weight. It helped tremendously. I have every faith that you can do this! Be strong, and the best of luck to you. I put this in my favorites, so keep it up and I'll keep checking in!!

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  2. Im so proud of you T. Gods blesssings to you may He keep you strong.

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  3. Thank you all for the great words! I won't let you down!

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