In case you are worrying, we are not off the wagon already. It's just been hectic through Christmas and we haven't had a chance to sit and post anything. So here is a quick catch up post until we resume more regular posts on January 1, 2012.
For me (Mike): I have not really been strict with my eating. There has been cookies and candy consumed, but at least in moderation. I have not weighed recently so I am not sure where I stand. Most likely I will weigh at work this coming Friday December 30th on the scales I have been using.
For Chloe: She continues to have more good days than bad. Pretty much everyday she tracks her calories on MyFitnessPal.com, even if she hasn't did that well. Just Dance is regularly used as her exercise and she still does her best to keep me in check.
We are doing our annual New Years Resolution to lose weight and are optimistic that this will be the last time we need to do so. I know the whole New Years Resolution thing is overdone, barely followed and most "experts" hate the thought of them...but we look at it as yet another chance to reaffirm our commitment to losing it. There will be more to talk about regarding 2012 goals in the coming days (along with pictures...yes, we are slow to getting them on here). Until next time, take care and hope all of you had a very blessed Christmas and look forward to sharing 2012 with you!
Mike
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tough Day For The Dad...
Let me be brief, as I have a bunch on the to do list tonight. Our holiday dinner was today at work and what a dinner it was. I ended up consuming most of my daily calorie limit in that one lunch. Turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, roll, pasta salad, banana pudding and topped it off with punch instead of water. Bad Mike...bad, bad, bad. Here I sit at 5:30, getting hungry for dinner with about 100 calories remaining. Obviously, I will be over my 1800 calorie limit today. Every time in the past that I would just skip dinner, it just set me up to go crazy when I did eat the next day or I'd just eat like crazy about midnight. Instead, I will just have a sensible meal to at least keep me under 2200 calories or so. No biggie, could have been much worse. In the past it would not have took much for me to carry that big meal eatin' attitude into dinner and the rest of the week.
Chloe had a good day. She still has about 500 calories left for the day. It brought a smile to my face hearing her tell me "it's okay" when I told her how much I ate today. She was right there to encourage me to get back on it and not let it bring me down. It's that team work that will get us to our goals.
That's all I got for now. Have a great rest of your day!
Mike
Chloe had a good day. She still has about 500 calories left for the day. It brought a smile to my face hearing her tell me "it's okay" when I told her how much I ate today. She was right there to encourage me to get back on it and not let it bring me down. It's that team work that will get us to our goals.
That's all I got for now. Have a great rest of your day!
Mike
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
First Fast Food Challenge...
Tonight Chloe and her 7th grade choir sang at their Christmas concert at school. After it was over, I ended up going to the golden arches for dinner since it was so late. As I looked at the blown up pictures of burgers, fries and everything else, I could feel the cravings start to surface. Once the smell of the fries hit my nose, it really got to me. I fought this all off though and chose two grilled chicken snack wraps with no sauce instead of a big combo. The 460 calorie dinner left me feeling much better than the 800 calorie fried meal I would have usually chose. Chloe also made a good choice by having the grilled chicken sandwich and just a handful of fries. She could have passed on the fries, but she kept them in moderation...plus she is still a kid. Overall, we are very pleased with how we handled this first eating out obstacle.
As good as we did tonight, it was alarming to see how strong my cravings were after only 3 days eating right. I am without a doubt a food addict, foodie, compulsive eater or whatever you want to call it. If only I didn't love food so much this would be so easy to do. I really don't know where the love affair with food began. There are stories of those who substituted food for what is missing in their life, but mine is complete. Honestly, I think I just treat food the way others treat a hobby. With any luck, this blog will become my hobby and replace the attention given to food and eating. Old habits die hard, but at least I am trying to kill those old habits instead of nurturing them and passing them on to my kids.
Today we had our weight loss contest weekly weigh in. Over the last few weeks since we started, I really didn't commit to losing weight and eventually made my way up to 412 pounds as of last Tuesday December 6th. I was pleased to see the scale read 405.8 today, showing that I lost 6 pounds since my fresh start this past Sunday. The road ahead of me to the 200s is a long one and I can't focus on that. Instead I am just making short term smaller goals. So for this week my goal is to be under 400 pounds when I weigh on December 20th. Slow and steady wins the race and that is so hard for me to accept. I am so big and so unhappy with my weight that I want it gone now. Unfortunately though, every time I lose it quick I seem to gain it back even quicker. Therefore, slow and steady will be my way from now on...(not too slow though hopefully ;-)
That's all for now. Pictures of me and the girl will be on here soon, that way you can put a face to our posts (for those of you that do not know us already).
Mike
As good as we did tonight, it was alarming to see how strong my cravings were after only 3 days eating right. I am without a doubt a food addict, foodie, compulsive eater or whatever you want to call it. If only I didn't love food so much this would be so easy to do. I really don't know where the love affair with food began. There are stories of those who substituted food for what is missing in their life, but mine is complete. Honestly, I think I just treat food the way others treat a hobby. With any luck, this blog will become my hobby and replace the attention given to food and eating. Old habits die hard, but at least I am trying to kill those old habits instead of nurturing them and passing them on to my kids.
Today we had our weight loss contest weekly weigh in. Over the last few weeks since we started, I really didn't commit to losing weight and eventually made my way up to 412 pounds as of last Tuesday December 6th. I was pleased to see the scale read 405.8 today, showing that I lost 6 pounds since my fresh start this past Sunday. The road ahead of me to the 200s is a long one and I can't focus on that. Instead I am just making short term smaller goals. So for this week my goal is to be under 400 pounds when I weigh on December 20th. Slow and steady wins the race and that is so hard for me to accept. I am so big and so unhappy with my weight that I want it gone now. Unfortunately though, every time I lose it quick I seem to gain it back even quicker. Therefore, slow and steady will be my way from now on...(not too slow though hopefully ;-)
That's all for now. Pictures of me and the girl will be on here soon, that way you can put a face to our posts (for those of you that do not know us already).
Mike
Monday, December 12, 2011
Chloe's Post...
Hey everyone! As you may already know from my dad's posts, I'm Chloe. I'm (very soon to be; December 22 is my birthday) 13, and I'm a 7th grade @ SLMS. Some of my hobbies are singing, playing volleyball, and cheer leading. Last year I tried out for South's first ever volleyball team but didn't make it (only 2 sixth graders were accepted and lets just say they took the skinner girls to play), I also tried out for cheer and LOVED it but had to quit so my family and I could go to Myrtle Beach for summer vacation. Now volleyball tryouts have rolled around again and, as stupid as it may be to do this, I signed up to try out. I've been trying to lose weight for many reasons such as a better lifestyle, not having to wear women's x-large shirt sizes, but also to have a greater chance of making both cheer and volleyball.
My starting weight is, believe it or not, 191 lbs. My main goal weight is 135 lbs., the size of a NORMAL 13 year old., but my short- term goal is to be at, or under, 160 by cheer tryouts and down to at least 170 by volleyball tryouts. And yes, I know this may be a big goal but they informed us that tryouts may not be for 6 more months and according to My Fitness Pal Calorie Counter, if I keep doing good on my calories and exercises, I will lose 10 lbs. every month and a half. These past few days I have been very proud of myself and how committed I've been to my new lifestyle. And yes that's whats this is, not a diet, a new lifestyle. With much support from my family and friends, losing my weight will be a lot easier.
I probably won't be able to upload very often because I normally have tons of homework , but luckily I had none tonight so mom and I were able to play Just Dance 3 for about an hour, and I have a choir concert tomorrow, in which I have... ready? A SOLO! Oh, and dad wanted me to tell everyone that tomorrow we will have a picture of me and him up :) Have a good night everyone!
My starting weight is, believe it or not, 191 lbs. My main goal weight is 135 lbs., the size of a NORMAL 13 year old., but my short- term goal is to be at, or under, 160 by cheer tryouts and down to at least 170 by volleyball tryouts. And yes, I know this may be a big goal but they informed us that tryouts may not be for 6 more months and according to My Fitness Pal Calorie Counter, if I keep doing good on my calories and exercises, I will lose 10 lbs. every month and a half. These past few days I have been very proud of myself and how committed I've been to my new lifestyle. And yes that's whats this is, not a diet, a new lifestyle. With much support from my family and friends, losing my weight will be a lot easier.
I probably won't be able to upload very often because I normally have tons of homework , but luckily I had none tonight so mom and I were able to play Just Dance 3 for about an hour, and I have a choir concert tomorrow, in which I have... ready? A SOLO! Oh, and dad wanted me to tell everyone that tomorrow we will have a picture of me and him up :) Have a good night everyone!
Chloe :)
Monday...need I say more
Between staying up too late watching football last night and perhaps too few calories consumed yesterday, I was not feeling the whole Monday thing at work today. Fortunately, I had some Fat 2 Fit Radio podcasts to get me upbeat. Me and Chloe managed to eat well today...She did better than me though as I got into the pretzels and peanut butter for a snack that I didn't need. As good as I can do for several hours, it only takes one weak moment to blow it all to heck. Fortunately though, Chloe got me back on track and I put the junk away. Total calories for me today were about 2400. Not the greatest, but not bad.
As I type this, Chloe has been doing "Just Dance" for the XBOX 360 for about an hour. That is a fun way for her to burn calories by dancing to music she likes. I should take the time to be active, but I had some school related documents to gather for tuition reimbursement to be paid to me at work. Thankfully my school is over until January, so I should have more free time to focus on my weight loss efforts.
Guess that is about all I got for today. Day two was a little rough with wanting to eat stupidly, but I righted the ship and all is good. More to come later. Take care friends.
Mike
As I type this, Chloe has been doing "Just Dance" for the XBOX 360 for about an hour. That is a fun way for her to burn calories by dancing to music she likes. I should take the time to be active, but I had some school related documents to gather for tuition reimbursement to be paid to me at work. Thankfully my school is over until January, so I should have more free time to focus on my weight loss efforts.
Guess that is about all I got for today. Day two was a little rough with wanting to eat stupidly, but I righted the ship and all is good. More to come later. Take care friends.
Mike
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Hello there...
Since is the first post, I'll start with an introduction. I'm Mike, the dad, and my soon to be 13 year old daughter Chloe will also be posting time to time on here. I hope that this blog will help strengthen our weight loss bond, keep us motivated and perhaps help/be helped by others struggling to eat right.
Now for a little back drop. I have been overweight all my life, with the exception of one childhood summer that I lost a bunch of weight. Obviously, that weight came back. Now I am 34 years old and weigh 412 pounds. About a year ago I was 403 pounds and started a blog to document my weight loss. I lost 50 pounds by May 2011, but have gained all of it (plus 9 pounds) back. I have not gave up and have a renewed fire in me to lose this weight. So here I go again, but with the help from and for my daughter Chloe.
Chloe takes after my genes. She loves food like me, but thankfully is carrying her weight well since she is tall like me. She will give her bio a little later, but I know she hates the limited choices in clothing at her size and the social stigma against overweight girls in school. She also knows what is ahead of her if she doesn't eat healthier now.
That's us in a nutshell. More to come later and hopefully others will share their comments.
Now for a little back drop. I have been overweight all my life, with the exception of one childhood summer that I lost a bunch of weight. Obviously, that weight came back. Now I am 34 years old and weigh 412 pounds. About a year ago I was 403 pounds and started a blog to document my weight loss. I lost 50 pounds by May 2011, but have gained all of it (plus 9 pounds) back. I have not gave up and have a renewed fire in me to lose this weight. So here I go again, but with the help from and for my daughter Chloe.
Chloe takes after my genes. She loves food like me, but thankfully is carrying her weight well since she is tall like me. She will give her bio a little later, but I know she hates the limited choices in clothing at her size and the social stigma against overweight girls in school. She also knows what is ahead of her if she doesn't eat healthier now.
That's us in a nutshell. More to come later and hopefully others will share their comments.
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