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

That is a .5 mile swim, a 12.5 mile bike run, and a 3.1 mile run all completed within an hour.

That may not seem like quite a feat to some, but it will be a rather difficult endeavor for me. I have started running, biking and swimming at least 3 times a week.

Why am I is this my goal? I am not sure what drew me to the idea of a triathlon. It could be that several of my family members have competed in them in the past, but it could also be the fact that it incorporates several different disciplines to complete.

Whatever the reason be, I am going to do it! It gives me something to look forward to and shoot for. It gives me an excuse to exercise rather than just exercise for the sake of exercise.

What reasons are you making for yourself to exercise? How do you plan to do it? Let me know! Either comment, or email me at dan (at) finishedbeingfat (dot) com.

Later,
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

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

• 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!

weigh in:

diary:

that is all for now.

later,
Dan

I have also had a few really good comments from people checking out my youtube channel, and want to thank them for their advice.

Happy new year, and enjoy the vid:

later,
Dan

1. I am a mindless fridge zombie! It doesn’t matter if I am hungry or not, If i walk by the fridge I will open it. This is not a good thing, and this is defiantly a habit I need to kick!

2. I don’t chew my food. I inhale it! I need to teach myself to slow down and masticate. If I can learn to do that, I think I will be less prone to over eating.

Alright, now a little bit of good news(or at least I think it is good.) I have had to cut 2 new notches in my belt in the last few weeks, because my pants keep falling down.

And finally, in standard finished being fat fashion, here is another video diary….enjoy: