So I didn't really anticipate posting anything tonight, but here I am doing so. Nothing really big has happened in the last 24 hours to warrant a post about me and Chloe. About now you are thinking "is he just going to ramble on and on?!"...No, I'm not.
I just read a story on CNN.com about a man who lost 270 pounds (and still going) since 2010 after a major health scare. His name is Bryan Ganey. I urge anyone looking for a shot of motivation and inspiration in their weight loss journey to check out his blog at http://ganeybypass.blogspot.com/
That's all I got for now. In case you are wondering, today was a good day as both our calories were in goal range. More to come later...take care friends!
Mike
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Confession time...
I won't make excuses for the lack of posts, but I will give some reasons. We have back slid more than once the past two weeks on our eating. Besides that, school and work have occupied our time. So here I bare our confession and testimony that we are good now. Candy and chips, along with too large portions found us off and on last week. I am sure it set me back, but I have not weighed lately to see. With a renewed focus to lose weight, helped in part by a tiny school desk in my English class, we are back to tracking calories and have ditched the crap foods.
I will wrap this post up since it's so late, but I got a couple items to share. First, listen to Fat2Fit podcasts or online for tips and info on weight loss (click their link on our blog). Also download their awesome free app loaded with useful weight loss tools. Just search fat2fit in the app store. These guys are such great motivators and educators, as well as entertaining to listen to.
As always, we welcome all comments and words of ecouragement. We know our blog is rough around the edges, but we'll continue to try and improve the posts as our journey continues. Take care friends!
Mike
I will wrap this post up since it's so late, but I got a couple items to share. First, listen to Fat2Fit podcasts or online for tips and info on weight loss (click their link on our blog). Also download their awesome free app loaded with useful weight loss tools. Just search fat2fit in the app store. These guys are such great motivators and educators, as well as entertaining to listen to.
As always, we welcome all comments and words of ecouragement. We know our blog is rough around the edges, but we'll continue to try and improve the posts as our journey continues. Take care friends!
Mike
Monday, January 9, 2012
School's in, School's in!
Today started the new semester of school for my wife and I. The added stress over the weekend and today leading up to the start of classes (3 of my 4 are online and the other one is on campus Thursday) almost lead me to breaking bad on how I ate. With the exception of the rib bliss that Chloe talked about from Friday night, I actually kept things in check...as did Chloe. Just to add to what has been said about the whole rib night, my calories were 1200 more than I "allow" myself. In hind-sight, those 3000 calories would have been a light day of eating on many days in the past. It makes me proud to know that even on my worst eating times I still have enough drive to update my calories and start fresh the next meal.
Saturday we ended up going to Taco Bell to eat. Up until the moment I ordered I had considered chucking all my daily calories for some of my old favorites. I didn't. Instead, me and Chloe opted for the light Fresco menu items. High five for the Youngs!
So here we are on Monday. Every one of us doing homework (I'm done for the night) and too busy to focus on food. That is until now, when Chloe just asked for a healthy snack and I sit writing about food. Oh well, that is the struggle of a food lover. One meal at a time has been working for us so far, so maybe I'll have to make that one meal and snack at a time. Not much exercise going on lately, but we'll eventually get it put in to our routine. Til next time, take care!
-Mike
Saturday we ended up going to Taco Bell to eat. Up until the moment I ordered I had considered chucking all my daily calories for some of my old favorites. I didn't. Instead, me and Chloe opted for the light Fresco menu items. High five for the Youngs!
So here we are on Monday. Every one of us doing homework (I'm done for the night) and too busy to focus on food. That is until now, when Chloe just asked for a healthy snack and I sit writing about food. Oh well, that is the struggle of a food lover. One meal at a time has been working for us so far, so maybe I'll have to make that one meal and snack at a time. Not much exercise going on lately, but we'll eventually get it put in to our routine. Til next time, take care!
-Mike
Friday, January 6, 2012
BBQ belly
Hey everyone. I have some good news and bad (that was good at the time) news. Good news, I'm down to 188.5 from 191.0 (YAY! *Clap, clap, clap*)! And now for the bad news (that was good at the time)... My family and I went to Sonny's BBQ for dinner tonight and I had a half rack of dry rub ribs, a sweet potato, mac-n-cheese, and 2 pieces of garlic bread. I not only royally screwed up but so did Dad (Mike) when he ordered all you can eat ribs (he ate about 1- 1 1/2 racks total), mac-n-cheese, fries, and 2 pieces of garlic bread. I went 631 calories over 1600 cal. and Dad went at least 1000 calories over. Needless to say, we had a very bad night and we are now beating ourselves up for it. We've both promised to get back on track tomorrow. Well, I'm headed to bed since everyone else is. Either Dad or me will update later on tomorrow. Night everyone and God bless! -Chloe
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Mamaws House
Hello! Well, winter weather has finally hit KY and you know what that means... Snow day! Thankfully, my parents got to work ok and my brother and I are at Mamaw's house for the day. We've been here for an hour and already she is already mentioning leftovers from a church dinner that are not healthy at all. So far I've avoided fried eggs and bread with a serving of Cheerios and milk, and a glass of orange juice. Ugh, this should be a "fun" day. Oh well, I just have to remember my reasons for starting my new lifestyle and make good choices. Wish me luck! -Chloe
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Here we are!
Here's our faces...and the rest of us...to put with our names and our story.
That's me and Chloe taken today. I weigh in at about 405 pounds and Chloe is 191 pounds. We can't wait to have "skinnier" pics posted in the coming weeks. And yes, I realize the "fat boy" shorts are hideous :o)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hello 2012! The new year brings an opportunity for a fresh start to each of us. We can move past the not so good events of last year and focus on the potential for great things this year. I use the word "potential" for a reason. Almost every year I have thinking I would make great changes for the better and by mid-year have seen them falter. As discouraging as these memories of failed resolutions are, I am using them as motivation for this year. Chloe and I are determined more than ever to break old habits and re-invent ourselves as healthy individuals.
Our year is beginning with our gameplan:
Common sense has to make a come back with regards to how we eat. The days of eating at buffets and leaving feeling like crap are over. No more crap (snack cakes, chips, cookies, etc...) will be brought in the house. It's so easy to say that we'll just have a little every now and again, but it's even easier to have a whole bunch of it often. We gotta get back to shopping around the border of the grocery store and ditch the middle. This is the area where the produce, proteins and dairy are kept. The middle is primarily the processed foods that we need to avoid. We also have to get moving. No more searching for the closest parking spot. No more sitting around for hours at a time. Even if it is just walking at first, we have to become for physically active.
Obviously, the gameplan isn't rocket science. Eat in moderation, make healthy food choices, increase activity and support each other. Can't get much simpler. It's just a shame it took so many years to accept this.
I have always wanted a quick weight loss or a magic solution. At one point, and for some of these several points, I have tried all of the following weight loss ideas: Weight Watchers, T.O.P.S, Slim Fast, Metabolife, bee pollen pills, green tea diet, low carb, no carb, The Zone, protein shakes, cabbage soup diet, grapefruit diet, "Mayo Diet" (turns out, there is no official Mayo Clinic diet), liquid diet, Adipex, Dexitrim and countless other pills/diets. All were tried with the hope of fast weight loss. Only Weight Watchers advised sensible eating and slower weight loss...which is probably why I never stayed on it for long. TOPS was just a weight loss club for weigh ins and support...unfortunately I was about 30 years younger than everyone so felt kinda out of place. I'm sure the other things have worked for some, but there is no perfect weight loss plan for everyone. Fortunately though, as long as you stick with it, eating smart and being active works for everyone.
The hardest thing for me will be handling a slow and steady weight loss. I am impatient, I can admit that. I am as of last week I'm 400+ pounds and I am not happy. I want it off and quickly, but quick weight loss does not equal long lasting weight loss. This will be a mental thing and hopefully support from family and friends along with the blog and other people's books/blogs will fix my mentality on slow weight loss.
Our weigh in numbers will be posted probably Tuesdays since this coincides with The Biggest Loser show (I know we are not on the show, but it makes sense to me to use the same day :o) Pictures will be posted soon today. They were freshly taken just before I started this post.
It's been a long post, but future posts will be shorter I promise. I look forward to the comments and support from anyone reading this and hope our journey can help anyone who is on their own weigh loss journey. Take care and talk to you soon!
Mike
Our year is beginning with our gameplan:
Common sense has to make a come back with regards to how we eat. The days of eating at buffets and leaving feeling like crap are over. No more crap (snack cakes, chips, cookies, etc...) will be brought in the house. It's so easy to say that we'll just have a little every now and again, but it's even easier to have a whole bunch of it often. We gotta get back to shopping around the border of the grocery store and ditch the middle. This is the area where the produce, proteins and dairy are kept. The middle is primarily the processed foods that we need to avoid. We also have to get moving. No more searching for the closest parking spot. No more sitting around for hours at a time. Even if it is just walking at first, we have to become for physically active.
Obviously, the gameplan isn't rocket science. Eat in moderation, make healthy food choices, increase activity and support each other. Can't get much simpler. It's just a shame it took so many years to accept this.
I have always wanted a quick weight loss or a magic solution. At one point, and for some of these several points, I have tried all of the following weight loss ideas: Weight Watchers, T.O.P.S, Slim Fast, Metabolife, bee pollen pills, green tea diet, low carb, no carb, The Zone, protein shakes, cabbage soup diet, grapefruit diet, "Mayo Diet" (turns out, there is no official Mayo Clinic diet), liquid diet, Adipex, Dexitrim and countless other pills/diets. All were tried with the hope of fast weight loss. Only Weight Watchers advised sensible eating and slower weight loss...which is probably why I never stayed on it for long. TOPS was just a weight loss club for weigh ins and support...unfortunately I was about 30 years younger than everyone so felt kinda out of place. I'm sure the other things have worked for some, but there is no perfect weight loss plan for everyone. Fortunately though, as long as you stick with it, eating smart and being active works for everyone.
The hardest thing for me will be handling a slow and steady weight loss. I am impatient, I can admit that. I am as of last week I'm 400+ pounds and I am not happy. I want it off and quickly, but quick weight loss does not equal long lasting weight loss. This will be a mental thing and hopefully support from family and friends along with the blog and other people's books/blogs will fix my mentality on slow weight loss.
Our weigh in numbers will be posted probably Tuesdays since this coincides with The Biggest Loser show (I know we are not on the show, but it makes sense to me to use the same day :o) Pictures will be posted soon today. They were freshly taken just before I started this post.
It's been a long post, but future posts will be shorter I promise. I look forward to the comments and support from anyone reading this and hope our journey can help anyone who is on their own weigh loss journey. Take care and talk to you soon!
Mike
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