Spread the Word, FAT

It's time we all got back on the wagon. I think we can all agree that we had our best success in numbers, and as I look at the other dormant blogs, and at myself in the mirror, I realize that it's time we went back to what worked.

Yes, it was our own effort that burned the calories, and I can't speak for anybody else, but I know that the motivation, encouragement, and even the occasional reprimand from the Coalition is often what pushed me.

So, let's get the band back together, people.

If you're in, comment on this post and let me know. Be sure to head by Becky's new blog, too, as I'm sure she could use the moral support.

I have no problem admitting that I need this extra "umph" as I fight to get this fat back off. So, let's get this Coalition back to doing what it does best.

The FAT Coalition has re-opened for business.

WTF is my Problem??

I just can't stay on track. I have no strength and no willpower. It's driving me crazy.

Beck is Back

http://beckant.blogspot.com/

As for me...I derailed badly, but that's in the past. Today, I had my first real cardio workout in MONTHS. Ran a medium-sized hill 10 times up, 10 times down. Nothing major, but you have to (re)start somewhere.

Gotta do this for real this time. Have to.

The Mental Game

What a great first week I had!

And what a way to ruin it.

My mind isn't in this - not at all. I do great with my diet for a week, then I make a bad choice that sends me on a downward spiral. I didn't even bother weighing in this morning, but I have no doubt that I'm, at least, back up to my starting point from last Monday.

I don't know what the issue is. I love to eat, especially when it's junk or sweets. But I get into these phases where I just lose all self-control. I'm just not as mentally strong as I was when I dropped my 96. Back then, even cheat days were kept in check. Now, a cheat day turns into a cheat weekend.

I need to get out of this. I need to break the cycle. My body is willing, but my mind isn't. And, at this point, I'm not really sure how to get it there.

Ugh.

The First Five Days

Just a quick update...

Weighed in at a nasty 308.0 Monday morning, hoping to get to 304 by today. My official weigh-in this morning was 301.8.

So, not a bad first week.

The Ugly Numbers

Not shockingly, my starting weight was pretty nasty.

In the last couple of months, I had screwed around and got myself as heavy as I'd ever want to be again. WAY too close to that 366 I started at a few years ago. I was briefly as high as 315.

On Monday, when I re-booted for real, I was a still-nasty 308.0, meaning that I needed to lose 58 pounds to get to my goal weight of 250. My plan was to drop a quick four pounds by this Friday, and then level off at an average of 2.4 pounds per week. Not going to be easy to keep my average up that high, as even at the peak of my weight loss, I was only dropping 8-ish pounds per month.

Going to take some focus and determination, but it has to be done.

So far I'm well on pace to lose the first four pounds, as I weighed in at 304.6 this morning. My goal was to be at 304 on Friday morning, so I should be able to make that happen.

It kinda sucks to post such depressing numbers publicly. Embarrassing, really. But maybe that's the fuel I need, right.

We'll see. Here's to the voyage...

I'm Baaaaaaaack!

Screw this. I've been lazy. I've overeaten. I've quit. I've started again. I've quit again.

I need to get back to where I was in September of 2007. I had lost 96 pounds, and I was on my way. Now I'm back up 30+, and I need it back off.

I had another blog where I found some success, but at the end of the day, I just needed to get back to...

Square One.