I have been prepping for a few weeks getting ready to make a big lasting life change again. I am so serious about my execution of this weight loss, I have even decided to make it my number one priority. In the past I always made work my number one priority and have tried to fit healthy eating and physical activities in to the void of non-work time. I have finally come to the realization that losing this weight is far too important to let it go by the way-side.

Since I currently have no wife, no kids, and practically no bills I have decided to go from working full time to working part time. This is the first time in my working career that I haven’t had a full time job. I also believe that this is the first time I have decided to put my health, and my well being first. Is this a viable lifetime possibility? Nope, but making my won well being for the rest of my life needs to be a top priority.

In addition to making fitness my priority, I am going to take another stab a more regular updates. Based on my previous posting track record, I wouldn’t hold your breath, but I really am going to give a more regular posting schedule a shot. That is it for now, I will catch you all again really soon.

Later,
Dan

For the last several months while I have been trying to get back in the groove of things, and find my motivation again I have had many hundreds of fitness ideas come through my head. The search for a motivator or a system that will keep me interested has been weighing heavy on my mind for quite some time. After much reflection, I think I may have found my system.

Before I reveal to you my genius idea of how I am going to not only burn more calories than I take in, I am going to take it for a 3 month test drive. That means that I will be keeping you in the dark about my daily fitness activities for 3 months (not like that’s a big change from now.)

I know I have said this before but I don’t intend on needing to say this again: I don’t post on this blog near enough. So along with testing out my home made fitness program for 3 months. I am going to try posting at least 2 times per week until then. I am going to make posting a habit. If after 3 months I feel like it isn’t a habit I want to continue with, I will slow down and post in the same fashion that I post now.

So there you have it, a good ol’ fashioned re-beginning. Am I 100% confident in myself right now? Nope, but I believe that I can do it. I know that I have failed in the past, and that I am really good at giving up if I don’t keep close tabs on myself. But I still do believe that I have the power.

I’ll see you next week for my first habit forming post, and I will see you on March 16th for the big reveal of my new home devised fitness and weight loss system.

Peace,
Dan

you have to go up and down? WTF?

The first thing I think of when I wake up in the morning is that I need to exercise. But then the second thing that I think, is how or why I can’t go to the gym or go for a hike today. A lot of us have some pretty bad fitness habits. But I am here now to propose a 5 simsple suggestions as to how I(and hopefully you) can get past those bad habits.

1. As a famous Shoe company would advise you, JUST DO IT. Don’t think about about why you can’t or why you shouldn’t. In fact, just don’t think at all. Just do it. Make you exercise routine, make it ingrained in to the person that is you.

2. Reverse your thinking. Just Do It(see no. 1) so often that it becomes the norm. Make exercising the thing that you make excuses to do. Make it an addiction.

3. Have a positive mental attitude. Any activity that anyone engages in can be either awesome or completely shitty. How you enjoy any activity is largely dependent on the attitude you have going in to the activity. If you are pissed off and don’t want to go to gym, guess what, you are going to hate it. If you change your attitude and get excited, you are going to LOVE IT.

4. Switch it up. As Important as it is to make exercise your routine, it doesn’t have to be a stagnant routine. Do something different. Set a goal to do a different exercise every day. Run a different route, Go for a bike ride, Take a hike, chase a car, play with your dog.

5. Find a partner, but don’t depend on a partner. Find someone else who wants to exercise with you. Exercising is always easiest when you have someone to do it with. Just don’t fall in to the trap of getting discouraged when you partner can’t or doesn’t want to go. Use that as a motivator to get your ass out of the house and exercise. Show your exercise partner what they are missing by having a blast and enjoying yourself.

There you have it, 5 simple suggestions that I have found to make exercise palatable. Are there other suggestions that might help us along our journey? Absolutely, these are just the ones that I have found to help me. If you think of more suggestions, write ‘em down. Type them up in a big font and tape them on your bedroom door. Put them somewhere where you will remember them. Make them an every day part of your life. If you can do that, you can succeed. We can all succeed in losing weight and getting healthy.

This is my first real post in several months, so some of you may be wondering what the whole purpose of this site. Well let me fill you in. This is my semi autobiographical/semi inspirational/semi informative weight loss blog. I intend to fill you head with my bizarre and usually controversial topics about losing weight, being overweight, getting healthy, and changing lifestyles. What inspired this change do you ask? Last fall I had a sudden realization that if I didn’t change the way that I acted myself, I was going to be unable to function in normal society. I was so fat that I couldn’t properly wipe my own ass.

what I saw myself becoming

It is an embarrassing thing to admit, but the mere fact that I was so fat I couldn’t reach all the places of my own body finally turned me on to the fact that my life had been spinning out of control. I made a resolution to change my life, and I have been (slowly) working towards that since then.

Everybody got that? good.

That is it for now. I will see you kids on thrusday. Peace out for now.

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Email me: dan (at) finished being fat (dot) com

weigh-in:

Diary:

later,

Dan

Being fat is more than just a personal disadvantage. Fat people are overlooked on first glance. As “sensitive” as our society is, all of the stuff about how the only thing that matters is the person on the inside is complete B.S. As important as being a good and honest person is, the reality is that most people wont take the time to get to know that good and honest person inside an overweight shell.  There are some people who can see past physical traits on their first meetings with people. But those people seem to be so rare that most people who are treated differently for being fat just stop trying to interact with anyone.

There are some that say “if being fat is so horrible, why don’t you just lose weight?” That is an excellent point, but it is much much easier said than done. Losing a giant chunk of weight doesn’t just involve ”cutting down on the sweets” or eating a few more “salads with fat free dressing.” (I use those two specific examples because they are usually the suggestions that people who have never been fat or lost large amount of weight suggest to me.) Weight loss and maintaining that loss involves changing the way that a person eats and acts each and every day for the rest of their lives. Most fat people aren’t fat because they have been doing everything right and just can’t control that sweet tooth. Most fat people are fat because they are lazy about their food and exercise, or they just don’t know what they should eat, and they don’t know that they need to exercise. Sadly, I was in the first group. I have known for years what I should eat, and that I need to exercise. But I had been so unhappy for so long, I had practically given up. It is hard to do good things for yourself when you have no self worth, and it is hard to build self worth when most people wont look at you twice.

There is such a thing as food addiction, but unlike smoking or other addictions once you kick the habit you are far from done. I was addicted to food. I was always ready to eat even if i wasn’t hungry. In two months I have kicked that habit. At this point, I probably would forget to eat if I didn’t have it scheduled out for myself. Just like any other addiction though, food addiction will be an easy thing to fall back in to if I am not careful. So now is where the real work begins. Not only do I have to lose 150 more pounds, but I have to also endure the physical and emotional roller coaster that is losing weight for at least another year. It is during that roller coaster that I am most likely to fall off the food addiction wagon and start my old ways again. Getting rid of the side effects of my food addiction is the very thing that will stress me out enough to get me to fall off the wagon. It is a vicious cycle.

As difficult as the next year and a half is going to be while I lose this weight, I know that I will not give up. I know this because last winter is when I hit my point of no return. I got to the point where it was more difficult for  being fat than  it was to do something about it. As difficult as losing the weight is, I know that it is nowhere near as horrible as being 400 pounds was. It wasn’t just difficult physically, but emotionally too. I am finished being fat because I am finished hating myself, and I am finished limiting myself.

This has been a relatively heavy post for me, but it is something that I had to do. If you got this far in the post, thanks for reading it and I’ll catch you later on finished being fat.

later,

Dan

From the reading that I have been doing the last few days, I think I need to start increasing my protein intake. Apparently, a man my size should be consuming at least 150 grams of protein a day, and since I am trying to build muscle, it should probably be more like 200. So I am going to start paying close attention to the amount of protein I eat per day, and try to keep it around 150-200 grams per day.

I have been in a plateau all this week. I am not going to let it frustrate me though. Even though I am friggin’ tired of being fat, and really want to lose quickly, I understand that it isn’t going to happen all at once. I am going to keep on keeping on, and continue doing what I know is good for me. Even if it takes another month to drop another 10 pounds, I can’t quit. I want to lose weight and get healthy more than I have ever wanted anything in my life. If I quit now, I will just be setting myself up for failure in the future.

that’s all for now.

later,

Dan

One thing that I started to notice this weekend, is that I am starting to get ahead of myself. I am definitely making progress, but in my mind I am think that I am starting to think that I am farther along than I really am.

Note to self: Don't Fool Yourself.

In the past, I have found that sort of thinking to be good for the 2-3 days that It lasts, but then something ends up waking me up, and then I get discouraged. I am not going to let that happen this time, so this is me reminding my self that I am making progress, but I can’t get ahead of myself.

Anyway, I’ll see y’all tomorrow.

Peace out

-Dan

Before I post my videos this week, I would like to define some weight loss pledges some are old pledges, and some are new.

Pledge #1: I have said it before, and I am saying it again. I am finished being fat! I am done being lazy, and done being content with being overweight. Being fat and overweight totally friggin’ sucks. and I am done with it.

Pledge #2: I will exercise at minimum 40 minutes everyday. I have been able to do this every day this week, but I haven’t been doing it in the weeks previous to this last week. I need to stay dedicated to exercise.

Pledge #3: I won’t be embarrased by the fact that I am losing weight. For some reason I get very shy and timid about admitting to losing weight. For some reason I used to think that it was some for of weakness to want to improve my life. I am over that stupid adolecsent belief, and I am not afraid to admit it.

Pledge #4: I am going to stay true to my word in my goal to compete in a triathalon this year. I will still compete in my triathalon this year, and I will finish with a semi-decent time.

Pledge #5: I will actually follow through with my pledges. I have a history of getting super excited about reaching my goals for about 3 weeks, and then i usually get discouraged, and give up. Not this time, I have been working on losing weight for longer than ever before this time, and I am going to keep it going.

Alright, enjoy the videos:

Diary:

Weigh-In:

later,

Dan

Apples! I have been craving apples every second of every day. I friggin’ love the things. They are delicious, nutritious, and fun to eat.I have eaten at least 2 apples every day for the past week, and I plan on continuing to do that for the rest of my days.

Apples are Greater than Pizza

Apples have been curbing my usually rampant sweet tooth, and they have made my regular “deposits” more regular . My friends, I have rediscovered a long standing super food: Apples!

On the note of weight loss progress…..

Over the last few days, I have been able to both lose my extra Las Vegas weight, and cross the line from the 60′s to the 50′s, and hope to be in the 40′s by next week. Admittedly my little “indulgence” with the pizza has slowed me down a pound or two, but after being sick last night I think I have learned my lesson(for now anyway). I see you all tomorrow with another video update.

Later,

Dan

p.s. I am soooo Finished Being Fat!

• I want to be able to go Hiking
• I want to be able to go Backpacking
• I want to be able to go Cycling
• I want to be able to Run Road Races

These are just a few of the things that I want to be able to do. Some people may see this as a negative list. But I don’t. Everytime I list the things that I want to do, I get excited.

Motivation is what this post is about. I am as motivated as I have ever been right now, and I just want to make sure I keep it going. I want to make sure that I vocalize(in written form ) my excitement right now. I am excited and am ready to kick some butt.

Some of you may have noticed that in my last few videos I keep saying that “It’s Go Time” or “I’m Kicking it up a Notch.” I have had a few people ask me why I keep saying those things. It’s because I like to consider myself an Humor and Visual Entertainment Enthusiast. I am actually quoting one of my favorite episodes of Seinfeld. The episode called “The Blood.” In that episode, Jerry’s parents hire him a personal trainer, the catch is that the trainer is the 90 year old Izzy Mandelbuam. Izzy thinks himself an oldschool fitness badass, and has nothing but insults and mockery for Jerry. One of the things that Izzy says a lot of in the episode whilst he is “training” Jerry, is “It’s Go Time.” Anyway, Long story short evertime that I hear or say “It’s Go Time” it makes me think of Izzy, makes me laugh and smile, and always puts me in a good mood. To me, just being happy, or in a good mood is half of the battle for motivating yourself.

Later,

Dan

Oh, and P.S.

It's Go Time!