Fat Cube Monkey

My start was delayed last week by food poisoning.
I don’t have an excuse for this week. But I’m going to the gym tonight, so I’ll be able to post a starting weight.

So here we go again. Mowing the lawn takes a lot of energy. Sadly, I think I may have eaten very bit as much as I expended. =(

Went to the gym for the first time in ages today. 268.8.
My jeans are fitting tight. The same ones I was so thrilled to fit in at the end of last year. Half a year later I’m up by around 12 pounds. It’s time to get back on track. I have to start getting serious about this.

For anyone on twitter, I’m going to start using it for greater interaction. http://twitter.com/fatcubemonkey
Feel free to add me!

Wow. Today I went running for the first time in over a year. It’s odd. I’m a big guy. Over 260 at the moment. Oddly enough my body /loves/ running. I get such a rush from it. It’s crazy that I forget how quickly how much I enjoy it.

It’s still proving tough to get into the gym sometimes. I’m having trouble finding that spark I had last october and I wish I knew what it was. What do you guys do to get that last bit of motivation in the evening when the thought “I should go to the gym” pops in your head?

I have not disappeared. The funeral made things pretty impossible for me, but I still tried to watch my diet and whatnot. Exercise blog resumes tomorrow …

I was not able to work out yesterday, but I at least watched what I ate for the first time in quite some time. I was able to get in a very good game of basketball today. This weekend might be challenging, as I have a funeral to attend and a lot of driving to do to attend it. It will be tough to get the right amount of exercise in.
Right now I’m just shooting for 3,500 burnt calories a day. I need to build up to it before I can start doing 4,000 calorie days again (those extra 500 calories really do make a difference)

I stepped into the gym yesterday for the first time in months. As those who may have been following me know I’ve been MIA for some time now. It’d be pointless to get into the reasons why (at least in this post). Suffice to say that I was not doing what I needed to be doing and in the time away I’ve gained my way back up to 263.6 pounds (as of last night). This is actually not nearly as bad as I expected but still represents a gain of roughly 7 or 8 pounds in 2 months. That’s horrible.

Assuming I am able to assume a workout regime similar to the one I was following before it should only take me a month to get back to where I was. But it also brings into focus the fact that there are other issues at work here that need to be addressed. I don’t want to be a yo-yo dieter.

I will say that one MAJOR difference for me is my time away from diet & exercise coincided with my starting to miss my ADD medication (Straterrra). For some odd reason this medication is like the tiny bit of missing willpower that I need to move the one extra space from the resolve to do something to actually doing it. I started taking my medication again a few days ago … and last night while watching The Biggest Loser I finally had that “click” that motivated me to get up and go to the gym. Maybe it’s just placebo effect.

I suppose it’s time for me to jump back on this program and start pushing. I’m 263.6 right now. My ultimate goal is somewhere between 200 and 220. I was losing roughly 10lbs a month last year when I went from 285 to 257 or so. I started working out again yesterday (April 1st) which means that I’ll be at 220 roughly in August.

Note to Akulakat: I know you’ve tried to match my calorie burn numbers .. but believe me, I’d rather have your resolve and consistency any day. High numbers only matter if you can keep it up.

To all those who were following my blog: I apologize for not updating recently. I developed a plan of attack in my mind then failed in my execution in the most miserable of ways.

Some bad stuff at work has been distracting me lately. But it’s on me to let go of that stuff and get back on track. I was able to go to the gym today for the first time in over a week. It was a struggle to force myself. Everything seems to be a struggle right now, from the working out to watching what I eat.
I’ll start posting my logs again tomorrow. I hope everyone else is doing well in their weight loss goals.

The one bit of good news: even with this failure on my part, my weight is still 257.6, which is GREAT. I still remember being 272 and dreaming of the day the scale would drop into the 260’s for the first time.
I just got back from the gym. Going to shower then head to bed. I’ve got to get my head on straight if I want to meet my goals.

I’m still trying to get everything set up. I don’t have enough time to do everything at once … so it’s a work in progress. But for those of you waiting for it, head over to http://forum.bodybloggs.com and sign up.

It will be a while before I can get the front page for the site configured the way I want.