Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Who Knew New Jean Would Be So Cool
I really needed to buy new pants this week. The old ones were past the trendy baggy. I haven't worn a size 38 jean in 5+ years. Yep I guess I am starting to see a difference. So close to minus 30 lbs.... SO CLOSE!
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Boom 25.2 Pounds
OK so it's probably really just 25 pounds lost to date, but I have to fuel some of those competitive juices with Angela :) Bring it on House!
I"m really starting to notice an change in energy now. Probably because I've lost some significant weight. I think we don't always stop and smell the success at times, so this is me celebrating (yay). OK now back at it.
Now that we've been through the meal plan once I'm starting to remember some of my favorites. This is a shameless plug for Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating, but these are really good! Asian Stir Fry is awesome!
Oh and WTH is Pokemon Go, and why do I see kids walking through the street randomly? If they walk on my lawn. I may freak out.(Yes, I think I will be as awesome as Clint Eastwood when I'm old).
I"m really starting to notice an change in energy now. Probably because I've lost some significant weight. I think we don't always stop and smell the success at times, so this is me celebrating (yay). OK now back at it.
Now that we've been through the meal plan once I'm starting to remember some of my favorites. This is a shameless plug for Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating, but these are really good! Asian Stir Fry is awesome!
Oh and WTH is Pokemon Go, and why do I see kids walking through the street randomly? If they walk on my lawn. I may freak out.(Yes, I think I will be as awesome as Clint Eastwood when I'm old).
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Month 1 - Whew That Was Fast
We are officially through month 1. It's been crazy... Absolutely crazy. Through month one I've been struggling at times and on top of this whole "life change" thing at times too. (Mostly on top of it promise!)
In one month my migraines have stopped from the soda with-drawls. I was so addicted to soda that I would have a migraine if I didn't have "enough" soda during a day. Now I feel lighter, and after week one the migraines are gone! I won't say that i don't crave a tasty cherry zero now and again... or every day... Especially on the stressful days. That was my coping mechanism. It was my routine. But routines can change. I've also found Green Tea with a TINY bit of Stevia to help as well :). It's practical (cheaper) and mostly better for me. Not perfect, but better!
The food has been pretty good. Some days are awesome & some days are just ok. But I can totally tell a difference in the way my body is reacting to the food. It's real food minus all the crap I would put on top of it (salt, sauce etc..) Yes, I said sauce. I'm not sure how Angela & I get along. Speaking of Angela..
My wife is my best friend. I'm not just saying that for points (note I didn't say "brownie" retraining my brain:)). We leaned on each other a lot, just like we are supposed to do. But now we just get a long so much better. The first few days it was commiserating with each other over the lack of DQ in our diet. But now we push each other. We talk about our food and our plans for the day/week ahead, vs. what time do you want to make/order a pizza. Our relationship was strong before this journey, but through this time together we HAVE to lean on each other. We hold each other up. It's awesome. Really awesome.
Ok, I'm going to try and post this on Facebook. Even though I thought I never would, and I"m still not really excited about it. In the future I'll try to keep it shorter for those who want to read.
Oh and I've lost 22lbs in 30 days. Holy Shit.
In one month my migraines have stopped from the soda with-drawls. I was so addicted to soda that I would have a migraine if I didn't have "enough" soda during a day. Now I feel lighter, and after week one the migraines are gone! I won't say that i don't crave a tasty cherry zero now and again... or every day... Especially on the stressful days. That was my coping mechanism. It was my routine. But routines can change. I've also found Green Tea with a TINY bit of Stevia to help as well :). It's practical (cheaper) and mostly better for me. Not perfect, but better!
The food has been pretty good. Some days are awesome & some days are just ok. But I can totally tell a difference in the way my body is reacting to the food. It's real food minus all the crap I would put on top of it (salt, sauce etc..) Yes, I said sauce. I'm not sure how Angela & I get along. Speaking of Angela..
My wife is my best friend. I'm not just saying that for points (note I didn't say "brownie" retraining my brain:)). We leaned on each other a lot, just like we are supposed to do. But now we just get a long so much better. The first few days it was commiserating with each other over the lack of DQ in our diet. But now we push each other. We talk about our food and our plans for the day/week ahead, vs. what time do you want to make/order a pizza. Our relationship was strong before this journey, but through this time together we HAVE to lean on each other. We hold each other up. It's awesome. Really awesome.
Ok, I'm going to try and post this on Facebook. Even though I thought I never would, and I"m still not really excited about it. In the future I'll try to keep it shorter for those who want to read.
Oh and I've lost 22lbs in 30 days. Holy Shit.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Frustration Kicks In
Ok, when Ang & I started this journey, I really thought it would be easy. I'm overweight and I don't workout often. I dropped 12lbs in 1 week. This is gonna be EASY.
You know what? It's not. I had a bad week. I lost 1 lb. down 16 in total. Progress is progress I get it, but maybe this isn't as easy as I thought. That's a bit of a wake up call. Now it's up to me to make this happen and to take full advantage of this amazing oppourtunity!
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said "I'd rather be out front with a banner, than behind with a stick." But today I needed the stick. Thank you to Coach T & my beautiful wife for breaking out the stick. No more talk. Time to do it.
You know what? It's not. I had a bad week. I lost 1 lb. down 16 in total. Progress is progress I get it, but maybe this isn't as easy as I thought. That's a bit of a wake up call. Now it's up to me to make this happen and to take full advantage of this amazing oppourtunity!
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said "I'd rather be out front with a banner, than behind with a stick." But today I needed the stick. Thank you to Coach T & my beautiful wife for breaking out the stick. No more talk. Time to do it.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Honey where are my Pants?
The video launched yesterday (seeing yourself on the internet is weird) but I'm pumped to share our journey and if I can help someone out along the way that's awesome. Am I a reality TV star now, aren’t reality TV shows really scripted? Our video wasn’t scripted we answered the questions we were asked and that’s it! Also If I have to ask if I'm a reality star I'm probably not :)
Angela does a good job of saying something thought provoking and smart on her blog. I’m not sure I’m built that way. But to quote Rocky…
“The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows, it's a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, nobody is gonna hit as hard as life! But it ain't about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep movin' forward, how much you can take...and keep movin' forward.” – Rocky Balboa
Ok for those of you who are rolling your eyes right now. I get it. Life is way more important than weight loss. There are people that are going through way tougher fights than we are. I agree with that and respect the hell out of those people. But, this is our fight and we stand together no matter what. “That’s how winning is done”
Thank you for all of the words of encouragement, we’ll keep rolling!
Monday, June 20, 2016
Food, Family, Friends
Week 2 not so bad! I'm getting used to taking my meals to work etc... and Angela & I have some really solid support from our friends and family. Even coworkers are keeping an eye out for me!
I really liked the Asian pasta salad this week and the egg bake as well! Good stuff. I think my body is slowly realizing that I don't need to eat until I'm stuffed. I wish my brain could just catch up!
What is super helpful for me is the support that my friends & family are providing. Eating a meal together is the ultimate communal event. The people you eat with are usually the closed to you and to have them support us in this journey is fantastic!
So two key dates came up this week. Birthday and Father's day. In past years we would celebrate by going out to Fogo de Chao and eating my weight in meat, and in turn feeling horrible for the next 2-3 days! But this year we at together listening to the kids playing in the pool and enjoying each other's company. I was much less focused on the food and much more focused on the people.
Now to say I didn't make a reservation to Fogo for next father's day.... well I at least thought about it. There is a time and a place for meals like that and frankly we did it way to much.
Now my mind pivots back to the task at hand. Eating healthy and being active. I didn't have 3 workouts this week, but I had 2 and I spent all day Saturday sodding the yard, so that counts too! If yard work isn't real life what is!
Now to say I didn't make a reservation to Fogo for next father's day.... well I at least thought about it. There is a time and a place for meals like that and frankly we did it way to much.
Now my mind pivots back to the task at hand. Eating healthy and being active. I didn't have 3 workouts this week, but I had 2 and I spent all day Saturday sodding the yard, so that counts too! If yard work isn't real life what is!
I also think I found my saving grace for my sweet tooth. STEVIA. I knew about it but never really thought about it. A little stevia in some black tea fills that urge and I don't feel gross after drinking it! Very nice!
'Til next time!
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
1 Week Down Many to Go!
Hi Internet,
My wife is more of a blogger than I am but here are my week 1 thoughts on our pretty awesome journey with Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating. When I saw pretty awesome i mean it. I think the idea is pretty awesome, not sure how the practice will be but, it's time to make some changes. I can't out work a crappy diet. That's what I've been trying to do for over a decade. Time to change.
Day 1: From the start the food has been awesome. Now, this is called "Project Real" and if I said I loved all the food from SSHE I'd be lying. I'm not a big fish person so the fish wasn't my favorite. BUT the Asian Stir Fry & Granola cereal are REALLY GOOD! I mean I'd eat that every day good!
Today was a two pronged test, No soda & pizza for lunch. I am/was a heavy soda drinker. Maybe 4-5 cans a day or so. I drank water too, but pop was my default. Lunch, get a pop, afternoon snack pop, dinner pop, after dinner pop... See a pattern here? Also guess what was brought in for lunch, yep. My nemesis pizza! So, I sat in the back and ate my SSHE answered a few questions and heard a lot of the same answers. I couldn't do that, good luck. Damn right good luck, Angela & I are going to rock this thing, then enter the migraine!Ah crap...
Day 2: Hello Migraine, how I have missed you. Oh wait, you didn't go away yet. So this is the caffeine withdraw. Yeah this sucks. Ok on day two I couldn't handle the migraine, I ate my breakfast and lunch(mozzarella tomato chicken very nice) and I'm drinking a TON of water, I mean bathroom every hour or more type of water and still have the migraine. That sucks. It just does. Going home for a nap before the kiddos come home and I need to function again. Come on day 3! See above video for how I feel today.
Day 3: Hello Migraine, how are you today? Yep still there, but not as bad. Today we had a video crew invade our peaceful home. It felt very "60 minutesish" but cool to tell my story and share it with Angela and our kiddos as well. Awkward but good. It also gave us the opportunity to see what we actually ate for a week. When you eat a hamburger for lunch (no breakfast) a few soda's and pizza for dinner, and then look at it from a day to day level it's not that big of a deal. But, when you have all of the stuff you ate for a week laid out on your kitchen table, and you have to extend the table because you need more room, that's not a good thing. It was actually quite eye opening and scary. Oh and they left it on the table during a lunch break, PLEASE test me again! Had the SSHE pasta bean salad and filled me right up. Take that piles of pizza!
Day 4: Today was the turning point for me. The migraine is gone! I crave soda, I don't think that will change, but the pain is gone!
Another challenge today, all employee meetings with snacks, I know this is crazy, but decided to test myself a little bit. I had 1/2 a brownie. Normally I would have 1 brownie at the beginning, 1 at the end and then take one (or two) up to my desk for later. Fully knowing I"d eat them before I left for the day. I took a brownie and I ate it. Two glorious bites. I'm going to be around brownies, crappy snacks and soda and I need to be myself. I enjoy chocolate, I don't need to have 4 brownies. But it's ok to have 1. Boom mind blown.
Day 5: Frickin Food. Employee round table today and local sandwiches for lunch. But no biggie. I've got my SSHE salad and fruit. I think this would be much harder if the SSHE food wasn't so filling. The big difference that I've noticed is that I'm not stuffed anymore. I think I started to feel like I wasn't full until I was stuffed. Now, I eat the meal and I'm not hungry. I feel good, and the really cool part is I just pick my meal out of the fridge and I'm good to go!
Day 6: Went to a great cycle class and I actually had energy. Class was earlier morning (8:30) and I normally don't eat breakfast. I felt always felt good coming out of the spin class, but tired. Today, I ate some SSHE granola & Yogurt and felt great after the class. Oh, and for fun I jumped on the scale, because I was there and why not.
I changed 2 things for the last 6 days. No soda and I ate Seattle Sutton's meals. If I got hungry I ate a cheese stick or apple. It didn't happen often but it did happen. Picture one is 1 week ago. Picture 2 is today day 6. WOW, this stuff is no joke. I'm game. Let's go.
My wife is more of a blogger than I am but here are my week 1 thoughts on our pretty awesome journey with Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating. When I saw pretty awesome i mean it. I think the idea is pretty awesome, not sure how the practice will be but, it's time to make some changes. I can't out work a crappy diet. That's what I've been trying to do for over a decade. Time to change.
Day 1: From the start the food has been awesome. Now, this is called "Project Real" and if I said I loved all the food from SSHE I'd be lying. I'm not a big fish person so the fish wasn't my favorite. BUT the Asian Stir Fry & Granola cereal are REALLY GOOD! I mean I'd eat that every day good!
Today was a two pronged test, No soda & pizza for lunch. I am/was a heavy soda drinker. Maybe 4-5 cans a day or so. I drank water too, but pop was my default. Lunch, get a pop, afternoon snack pop, dinner pop, after dinner pop... See a pattern here? Also guess what was brought in for lunch, yep. My nemesis pizza! So, I sat in the back and ate my SSHE answered a few questions and heard a lot of the same answers. I couldn't do that, good luck. Damn right good luck, Angela & I are going to rock this thing, then enter the migraine!Ah crap...
Day 2: Hello Migraine, how I have missed you. Oh wait, you didn't go away yet. So this is the caffeine withdraw. Yeah this sucks. Ok on day two I couldn't handle the migraine, I ate my breakfast and lunch(mozzarella tomato chicken very nice) and I'm drinking a TON of water, I mean bathroom every hour or more type of water and still have the migraine. That sucks. It just does. Going home for a nap before the kiddos come home and I need to function again. Come on day 3! See above video for how I feel today.
Day 3: Hello Migraine, how are you today? Yep still there, but not as bad. Today we had a video crew invade our peaceful home. It felt very "60 minutesish" but cool to tell my story and share it with Angela and our kiddos as well. Awkward but good. It also gave us the opportunity to see what we actually ate for a week. When you eat a hamburger for lunch (no breakfast) a few soda's and pizza for dinner, and then look at it from a day to day level it's not that big of a deal. But, when you have all of the stuff you ate for a week laid out on your kitchen table, and you have to extend the table because you need more room, that's not a good thing. It was actually quite eye opening and scary. Oh and they left it on the table during a lunch break, PLEASE test me again! Had the SSHE pasta bean salad and filled me right up. Take that piles of pizza!
Day 4: Today was the turning point for me. The migraine is gone! I crave soda, I don't think that will change, but the pain is gone!
Another challenge today, all employee meetings with snacks, I know this is crazy, but decided to test myself a little bit. I had 1/2 a brownie. Normally I would have 1 brownie at the beginning, 1 at the end and then take one (or two) up to my desk for later. Fully knowing I"d eat them before I left for the day. I took a brownie and I ate it. Two glorious bites. I'm going to be around brownies, crappy snacks and soda and I need to be myself. I enjoy chocolate, I don't need to have 4 brownies. But it's ok to have 1. Boom mind blown.
Day 5: Frickin Food. Employee round table today and local sandwiches for lunch. But no biggie. I've got my SSHE salad and fruit. I think this would be much harder if the SSHE food wasn't so filling. The big difference that I've noticed is that I'm not stuffed anymore. I think I started to feel like I wasn't full until I was stuffed. Now, I eat the meal and I'm not hungry. I feel good, and the really cool part is I just pick my meal out of the fridge and I'm good to go!
Day 6: Went to a great cycle class and I actually had energy. Class was earlier morning (8:30) and I normally don't eat breakfast. I felt always felt good coming out of the spin class, but tired. Today, I ate some SSHE granola & Yogurt and felt great after the class. Oh, and for fun I jumped on the scale, because I was there and why not.
I changed 2 things for the last 6 days. No soda and I ate Seattle Sutton's meals. If I got hungry I ate a cheese stick or apple. It didn't happen often but it did happen. Picture one is 1 week ago. Picture 2 is today day 6. WOW, this stuff is no joke. I'm game. Let's go.
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