When it hurts to get out of bed...

I am NOT a doctor, a nutritionist or physical trainer.  I am a fat person who has decided to show his stomach to the world (figuratively, not literally--be thankful for that).  Consult with medical experts before doing anything.

So, I weigh a lot.  My profile picture was strategically created so you couldn't see my stomach hang over my belt. My arms are folded because my forearms have slight definition, and you can't tell that I'm seriously fat.

Oh, sure, you can tell that I'm not a fit athlete, but you can't tell just how fat I am.  And that's how it's done.  I can kid myself all I want, but I know how I look.  Hell, I'm 5' 7", and I weigh over three hundred pounds.  Really?  How is it that I don't completely look like the doughnuts I love to eat? Why isn't my primary form of locomotion rolling?

I love to eat.  Period.

When I'm full, it doesn't matter.  I still want to eat.  When it hurts my back to get out of bed, all I want to do is grab a couple of bagels, cream cheese, butter, eggs, cheese and make a couple of sandwiches from them, and wash it down with a very large glass of milk.

5' 7"...over three hundred pounds...I don't wonder how it happened.  I know how it happened.

So, I'm going to discuss my plan and action for getting down to something reasonable, discussing the food I eat; how I prepare it; and let's not forget that nasty four letter word:  exercise (Yes, I know it has more than four letters).  I'll also let you know about any websites that I come across that might help.  I have a love of cooking, and I'll be trying out ways to make fresh (but easy) meals to help with my venture.

Planning it out, seems to be the key, for me.

This morning consisted of having a breakfast shake.  The shake was a Visalus shake with strawberries and skim milk (see www.bodybyvi.com for nutritional information).  It tastes great, and really helps me with my sweet tooth.  It came to a total of 271 calories, and that was breakfast.  I had a couple of hard boiled eggs for a snack (around 9:30ish), and lunch was a something I took my time to prepare.

I have a shake for breakfast, and one for dinner.  I have a couple of low calorie snacks, then I prepare one meal to actually eat.  I chose to "eat" my meal for lunch.  It carries me though the rest of the day, and I don't feel so hungry by dinner time that I want to gnaw off my own ankle.

Lunch consisted of rice and chicken and total calories came to 894.  Seem high?  Maybe.  But check out how this works:  I already said that breakfast was 271.  My snack in the morning came to 140 calories.  Between breakfast, snack and lunch that's a total of 1304.  I know what I'm having for dinner--another shake so that's another 271 calories.  That will pull me up to 1575.  An evening snack of--I don't know--a mini bag of popcorn (100 cal) will put me at 1675 for the day....my daily goal is to be under 2000 calories....that meets it.


The fact that I eat most of the calories in the middle of the day, means that by the time I go to bed, I am well on my way to burning it off.

I try to drink 5-8 glasses of water a day.

Okay, next time, I'll talk about how I make whatever it is I'm going to eat, and we'll see how this goes.

In the meantime:  “When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld.


Hope it's a fulfilling day.


--John