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Lots of talk no action…til now!

Dan — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:10:13 +0000

Hola out there current and future readers. This is the beginning of a new age for me. The last three months have been filled with all kinds of different self invented schemes to motivate myself to lose weight. For quite a long time I have always tried to focus on something that would encourage me to lose weight rather than just focusing on losing weight. That ends now. Up until when I started this blog, I had always been afraid of losing weight to lose weight. Somewhere in the middle of last year I regained that fear that is when I started to lose track of what I was doing gained all of my weight back. Since I lost my confidence I have been trying to think of schemes to trick myself in to losing weight again. It took me until now to realize that instead of trying to trick myself, I need to just man up and do it again. So here we go.

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

Day 77 Weigh-In and Diary

Dan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:48:02 +0000

I am 3 pounds down from last week, and 31 pounds down since the beginning of the Finished Being Fat Project. I change a few goals and change the way I am going to measure my weight loss success in the following diary videos, so enjoy!

weigh-in:

Diary:

later,

Dan

Day 70 Weigh-In, Diary, and Pledges

Dan — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:30:07 +0000

Hello there Internet, How is it going? I am glad to hear it is going good, it is going good for me too. I have dropped to a new weight low at: 358.6 Lbs.!!! Whoo, I am excited! I am going to shoot for the 340′s this week, and hope to be able to post a few posts this week about why and how I am finished being fat.

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

Yay! I am back, plus day 56 diary and weigh-in

Dan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:39:35 +0000

Hey everybody, long time no see. I haven’t posted a video diary on my site for friggin’ ever. I am been in a serious funk for the past month which caused me to kinda get discouraged with this weight loss stuff. But never fear, I had an epiphany last week and I am back and more motivated than ever. I have been exercising every night at home using a stepping block. That makes working out super easy, because I can step whilst i Watch movies. Anyway with my new found motivation I was able to lose 5.4 Lbs. this week. As usual I filmed my weigh in and my diary entry for this week, and here they are:

Weigh-In:

Diary:

Thats all for now. Be sure to check back soon for more updates.

later,
Dan

Day 28 Weigh-In and Diary

Dan — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:19:56 +0000

4.2 pounds down from last week is a surprise considering I didn’t work out at all this week. here are the videos, enjoy:

weigh-in:

diary:

Day 21 – 5.4 Lbs. down!

Dan — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:41:39 +0000

I have Gone from 379.4 to 374.0, that is 5.4 Lbs. down this week, AWESOME! I am excited that my weight loss methods seem to be working! hopefully I can make it into the 360′s by next week. I made a couple of videos. Hope you enjoy them, enjoy:

weigh in:

diary:

that is all for now.

later,
Dan

Day 17 quick update

Dan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:07:51 +0000

I am having a good week so far, and I thought I would just do a quick little video update and touch on a few issues that have been on my mind this week.

enjoy:

Day 14 Diary and Weigh-In

Dan — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:26:36 +0000

ugh, this has been a bad week for weight loss. Christmas, and various christmas parties kept me from losing. Luckily I worked hard enough and controlled myself well enough to keep from gaining. I am going to shoot for 10 lbs. again this week, and I hope to make it! I will be Shooting for 10 Lbs. every week until I hit my goal! Here are my videos for this week. enjoy:

Diary:

Weigh-In:

Christmas Eve Video Update

Dan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:55:13 +0000

Happy Holidays Everyone! How is it going? Sadly, I am not going to hit 10 Lbs. at this weeks weigh-in, but i do still expect to be down from last week. I am just having too much fun eating delicious goodies during the holidays. Keep in mind though, I am not going crazy. I am still trying to use portion control, and only eat 1-2 cookies instead of 11-12 . Anyway, here is a short little video where I talk a little bit more about some holiday challenges, and some of my goodie eating philosophies. enjoy:

Oh, and by the way…I will be updating again this week, so be sure to check back soon for updates.

later,

Dan

A little note to myself…

Dan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:15:37 +0000

This post is more of a reminder to myself than anything else. I know that someday soon I will get discouraged or want to quit and I wont remember how I feel right now. So I am going to write myself a letter that I can call back to at anytime to give myself a little boost.

Dear Dan,

At this point you have only been doing this for a week, and have many more weeks to go, but know this: you feel good. You feel better, and have felt better for the last couple of days than you have in a long time. It may be the healthy eating or the daily exercise but I have a feeling that it has more to do with the fact that you are actually taking the time and making the effort to do something good for yourself, and that is what’s boosting your spirits! Usually you just kind eek your way through every day and instead of doing something to change your life, you just hope that things will get better. So remember keep going, you can do it! You may only be on the first part of this weight loss and life changing journey, but you are already seeing the benefits of your actions, you are seeing the happiness and confidence that comes from caring about yourself. So keep on going. I know that you are going to get discouraged and things are going to get difficult, but persevere! Remember that I know you can do it because right now, I know that I can do it!

Sincerely,

Dan

Well, hopefully that will help my future self get a little boost when I need it.

later,

Dan

p.s. Yeah, I talk to myself quite regularly….it happens.

p.p.s. Don’t worry, I know that I have some serious punctuation issues. I’ll be sure to remind myself so that you don’t have to.