Happy Holidays....NOT!

Ok that title sure does sound bad. It's not that I don't like the Holidays, it's just the fact that this time of year is by far the toughest time to lose weight. Always indoors...lots of "comfort" foods...and oh yeah pumpkin pie, fudge, cookies, ham, jerky, summer sausage, the list goes on and on.

I was really happy with my work over the Thanksgiving holiday. I actually was down about 2 pounds that week. The only bad news is that right after that I decided to get off plan a little bit. I didn't really gain any weight, but I just put losing on hold for a few days again. The best news is that I am feeling a lot better because I am excersing on a regular basis. You might have heard me talking about my new 26" LCD TV(great "black Friday" deal) that is now hanging in my bedroom. Between that and the precor machine I have spent enough money to buy a GYM! So I figure I better use it a lot. I have been doing between 20 -30 minutes everyday on the precor and then just basic stuff like pushups and situps along with some dumbell stuff.

Hopefully if your reading this you are on track for the holidays as well. This is a tough time, but if we can get through this the first of the year "i'm gonna be better" boost will be a lot easier.

Hope there will be less of me next time we talk...and less of you too.

Kevin

Hold your cards we have a BINGO!

I know..I know..."where have you been Kevin". Basically just hanging out doing life and not spending anytime thinking about losing weight. But I know have about 3 months to finish getting to my 50 pounds or Else! I have no desire to have to skydive and I've begun to realize that if I don't get this thing going again I am gonna be jumping out of an airplane in February. That makes me wanna pee just thinking about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So here is the weight loss update for you. 321 was the weight this morning. That is a loss of 29 pounds total. I have put on about 10 pounds over the last 2 months. Basically I just decided not to stick with the LA weight loss plan and didn't excercise one time. Those people at LA have been great. They contact me all the time and try to keep me positive. I finally am back at the plan and hope that I will be able to get some results before the end of the year. In fact I haven't done any excercise 4EVER! That was until this week!!!! I have been on the precor everyday and been doing situps on the excercise ball everyday as well. That is the basic plan for now. Cardio and situps until I see some improvement.

Thanks again to everyone who has emailed me with support. IT REALLY HELPS!!!

Oops...that's my bad!

I have started typing this blog about 10 times in the last 2 months and just never quite finish it. Sooooooo sorry that I haven't updated at all. It's kinda the same place I am with my weight loss...holding steady...nothing new or exciting. The details are I have now lost a total of 44 pounds....32 of those with my friends at LA weight loss. However right now I am just floating back and forth from being down between like 30 and 34 pounds. It's been about a month since I have had consistent weight loss. I am just not sticking to the LA weight loss plan as good as I should be and I haven't worked out hardly at all. Average about once or twice a week and thats it. I certainly need to get a swift kick in the butt to get it going again. I know that I will reach the 50 pound goal...but I have also set another goal with LA Weight loss(260 pounds) which means I still have almost 50 to lose.

What do you guys do when you need to get ENERGIZED about losing weight again?
Looking for some help to get me motivated.
Talk to ya soon....I promise.

Ok everything is better!

I just read my last post....man that was depressing. Good news is that I got back on track last week and lost some pounds. I am now down a total of 27 pounds on the LA weight loss plan. 12 pounds on my own for a total of 39 pounds! I certainly am learning to make better decisions. For example my family had pizza last night...I ate great leading up to it and then just had one piece along with salad and fruit...it worked out great.

The only bummer is that just when things started going great I get a problem with my knee and can't excercise at all. I have burcitis in my knee cap. It is really miserable and I have been told to stay off it as much as possible. Even wanted me to use cruthces, but that isn't gonna happen...too much of a hassle. Luckily I just sit around and talk for a living. Hopefully this will go away fast with some rest. I don't like sitting around and doing nothing....always seems to lead to eating crappy.

I'll let ya know how it goes...
Kevin

Someone throw me a line...

I'm going down fast! I think I could best describe my 3 day weekend by relating it to the titanic...HUGE and SINKING FAST! It wasn't a good 3 days...actually most of it was great it was just 2 "meals" that got out of control. I BBQ'ed for a bunch of folks at our house on Friday. It seemed great at first. I even did veggie patties for me instead of a real hamburger. Those patties are gooooooooood. I was supposed to have had 2 of them. I had 4 and then decided that I should wash it down with one of the kids hotdogs. Oh hell were sinking might as well have some more potato salad as well. Did better on Saturday and on Sunday. Altough Saturday night I did have a few adult beverages and some nachos...altough it wasn't too bad. Then monday night we had a hoopfest practice for my sons team. 4 boys over at the house playing ball in the hot sun...seems like a good time for pizza. I order it and said "ok I'm gonna eat my chicken right now so that I don't goof up and have the pizza." Well that didn't work out at all. I had chicken and 3 pieces of pizza! Pretty sure I'm up a few pounds after the weekend. Not sure I really want to find out, but I guess I have to.

I'll let ya know how it goes...
Kevin

Oh my goodness...I'm almost invisible!

Seriously...I've lost 4 inches off my waist and 3 around the chest. I still have a long way to go, but making a little progress is always rewarding. I did buy some really nice new pants and a shirt, but them too small so that I would be able to celebrate and wear them when I got to that size. My wife convinced me to give them a shot for the Joe Nichols concert on Saturday. I did and they fit!!!! It was cool...I got about 20 compliments that night and I really felt good. NOW the problem is I'm feeling great about me and happy...but I still have about 57 pounds to lose. Enough celebrating...time to get back to business. I think I'm gonna go buy some more clothes that are not even close and use that as my motivation. I certainly am gonna have to stay focused. I'm only down 35 pounds total and still have 57 to go....Not even close to half way.

Thinking about starting a new workout program soon.

I'll let ya know how it goes...
Kevin

This might really be it!

I am really feeling good about the weight loss for the first time in my life. I've really only tried hard one time before and that time a lost about 40 pounds in 4 months....just eating better and exercising a TON(3 times a week with the Gonzaga strength and conditioning coach....OUCH...I sweat just thinking about it). I got down to 285 pounds. The bad news was that I gained it all back over the next 6 months. Stopped working out and started eating bad again. I got right back up to 335 and it was miserable. This time around I really feel like I am gonna be able to get to an all time low and then stay there. Again this LA Weight Loss is really working for me. I've been on the program for 5 weeks and I'm down 23 pounds. When I started dieting I was at 350 pounds. I got down to 340 on my own and then the rest has been on the LA plan. So I am currently weighing 317 pounds. A total of 33 pounds. I've never really set a goal for myself before, but this time I set a goal of 260 pounds. So I still have a loooooooong way to go. 57 pounds to be exact. I just feel a lot better right now and I so look forward to getting below the magic number of 300. I realize that it is gonna take time and most importantly a lifestyle change...once you get used to it...it just becomes a habit. I still have days were I swear to God pizza can talk to me..."HELLO Kevin....eat me...i'm yummy....eat me." Not too many other things are talking to me...but that darn pizza has a voice...I SWEAR!

Ok I'm off for a meeting with the LA weight Loss folks. Today I get to take some measurements to see what I have lost. Kinda excited to see the results. I know that can wear pants that I haven't worn in a long time...Thats a good feeling.

I'll let ya know how it goes...
Kevin

This might really be it!

This might really be it!