Today is a day of "Missed it by that much..."

October 16, 2014.

Today is a day of "Missed it by that much..."

Why you ask?

Let's start with my Dr. Appt today, weighed in, weight was bouncing between 399 and 400 and when it finished I was at 400.0, almost left the 400 club and joined the 300+ club, missed it by that much.....  Next month.

Next let's talk exercise, been between 1.5 and 1.8 miles on my walks. First let's put this in perspective. When I first started, it would take me all day to reach enough distance to make a mile. Now I can do a mile in about 24 minutes walking.  Today I did my walking and decided to increase my path so I could reach 2 miles. And I made it through the path I chose too, in about 47 minutes, only one minor problem; it was 1.99 miles, again, missed it by that much.....  Tomorrow.

Working well on the program, have decided against the gastric sleeve, when and if I do get the surgery (only if I absolutely have to) then I am going with the lap band.  Have reached a point where I am on an exercise program and diet that is working for me and not hard to maintain. And I am losing weight with it. Carolyn and my Dr. both agree with my decision. So I think I am doing real good.

Next step is to get the recumbent bike back in the house and operational, that will give me another form of exercise to increase my workouts that won't take time from the family.  Can ride and watch TV, visit, whatever.  That plus the walking should help increase the weight loss. Have a plan now that is working. It was always hard before because I didn't get any progress, now I am and it's like when I was on Active Duty. I am seeing results so it is easier to carry on. Unlike Active Duty, there is not a downside, if I don't lose as much as I want, I don't have someone saying I will be punished, or censured, etc. I just have to try a little harder (and unlike last month, remember to take off my shoes when I weigh in).

The other points are, my knees hurt less, I am a hell of a lot more mobile, and I have more energy and am sleeping better.

Now comes the fun time though.....the holidays. Will have to be sure to watch what I eat, although I made it through Octoberfest and the Chili cook-off without blowing my diet (and those two are worse for me than Thanksgiving or Christmas), so I have faith that I will persevere.

May need new pants again soon, the 56 inch jeans are getting loose, so my work pants are starting to have problems, also need a new belt. I am looking forward to eventually being able to shop at regular stores instead of places like DestinationXL, and the last time I was there the lady was quite rude--reported her to the company. It is hard enough being big in today's world, and working to get to an healthy weight is even harder without assholes making it worse.

Now the fun part, we have new health benefits and I have to find out how it will affect my weight loss program.  Yippee, should be a long boring weekend.

Until next time.....

Eat Healthy, exercise regularly and enjoy life.

K

Update Oct 17, 2014

Found my route, 50 Minutes (the time will come down as I do it more) and 2.13 miles, 696 calories burned.  My goal is 1000 calories a day, so with my general walking through the day I should reach that (on average my general walking, provided I don't go shopping at Menard's is 350 calories a day, if I go to Menards you can add another 150, so I should reach it daily now).  I may increase that goal later, like when I get the recumbent bike operational, but for now that is good. It's working if nothing else. Have a Dr. Appt. next week with my endocrinologist (diabetes doc), so by then I hope to break 400, will let you know.

Eat Healthy, exercise regularly and enjoy life.

K