Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I love fish! I could never give up fish. Thats one thing that JFK and I have in common. We can eat seafood and fish for days on end. "Could we have kippers for breakfast". "Mommy dear, mommy dear". "Gotta have' um in Texas". "Cos everyone's a Millionare". I'm 214 lbs this AM!!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "I'm 214 lbs this AM!!!" Green with jealousy. Well done, keep up the excellent work Tom!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo He does indeed. However, it totally ruined Marillion. Fish does indeed rock!
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I just finished off my Elderp fudge. No more temping Winter Bash treats for me!
Originally Posted By bloona well done again Tom, I found joining the gym a big thing for me, socially a much as anything else to be honest! I think you might find you will have to increase the calories a little once you start though, I felt faint and realised the amount of calories I was burning off,was more than I had eaten, not great. I tend to burn off about 450cals when Im there for 90 minutes. Id guess thats all of your breakfast and lunch. eeek.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I'm down to 212 lbs today. I am trying to comsume somewhere in the neighborhood of between 1,400- 1,500 cal a day. I am drinking plenty of water. They are still building the gym. Still a dirt parking lot so far. Hopefully by the end of Janaury it will be open. The gym is going to be so convienent for me to use.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I'm actually doing very well so far. Yesterday was the first day I actually had hunger pains. I immedicately ate some blueberry yogart and was fine. I have basically been eating salads each night with anchovies ( I'm all out of anchovies now ). I have also been eating a healty choice meal eatch night as well for dinner. Breakfast is still two 8 oz servings of non-fat blueberry yogurt. Lunch is a tunafish sandwich, non-fat mayo. So far so good.
Originally Posted By bloona well done!! I can tell youre really into this too, thats the biggest step.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Sorry to hear you had to cancel your trip, Kennesaw Tom. Hope Lee is doing well. Great pics. I admit I secretly loved the Fu Manchu but you still look great. Congrats on the weight loss too. Hope you are able to get back to WDW soon.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Thanks chickendumpling. Lee was discharged from the hospital this past tuesday. Her doctor's have been playing with her meds some. She had called Kennesaw Joe yesterday and told him that as of yesterday she is now 300% better. Her heart is beating normally now. I can't imagine how scary it must feel when your heart is palpitating, let alone for days on end. Some of her medications were definately at toxic levels. I don't understand why her doctor isn't keeping better track on her blood levels. Heck, I'm on a cholesterol medication and my doctor won't let me go 3 months without blood work. I would think if I was on heart medications it would be monthly at least. In terms of WDW. Not to worry. I will be there for a week long vaction two weeks from tomorrow!!!! Can't wait. as I was driving into work I was thinking of packing several stestons to wear! LOL Well, certainly many of my friends really liked the Fu Manchu. They are bumbed that I shaved it off. I had one guy at work tell me monday, "Tom, I see that you shaved your porn mustache off". They are too much! I really needed to get rid of the Fu Manchu. I grew it after 911. This was my way of moving on. Both Kennesaw Joe and I know people that died that day in the Twin Towers. I thought I was over it. But last summer while vacation in New England/ Canada we visited the New York State Museum in Albany, NY. There was this huge display of debris, police, fire gear as well as personal effects. It was haunting. Both of us were very upset and couldn't talk for several hours after that experience. Fortunately we saved that for the end of our visit to the Museum. But, it was truely awful and very emotional. So I have no regrets shaving it off. And I'm not growing it back. As for the diet. I fell of the wagon last night and ate some cheese and crackers from a gift basket one of my sister's had sent me for Christmas. The damage wasn't too bad to bad. This morning I weight 213 lbs. My goal is to be back in a 34" w. Apparently my ideal weight is suppose to be 183 lbs. So I definately need to be under 200 lbs. I really want to be back in a 34" waist for this upcoming trip to WDW. <smile>
Originally Posted By Labuda ""Gotta have' um in Texas". "Cos everyone's a Millionare"." I wish! Oh, and congrats on the continued weight loss, Tom! I hope you're able to reach your goal and maintain! p.s. Fish is icky! Ptooie!
Originally Posted By Labuda And as for falling of the wagon - it happens. Just get back on board and you'll be fine.
Originally Posted By bloona yes thats a good tip, I know a lot who once theyve fallen off the wagon, think well thats it then, I messed up, I think everyone on a "diet" needs to fall off occasionally, or you just get bored and eat eat eat. I can imagine it was extremely moving Tom at the museum. hugs.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I also don't see a problem with an ocassional indulgence. It was just some cheese and crackers. It wasn't as if I was eating fried chicken. So I'm not being miserable about it.
Originally Posted By bloona good, I eat fried chicken too occasionally ! oh and crackers and cheese for lunch. Ive lost 23 lb now and love the compliments Im getting, although I was told this week that there is a time when someone is loosing weight and they stop looking good and start looking ill and I really shouldnt loose any more now and she added she bet a lot of people have told me that...(lol....well just one more person...but hey ho.) I was telling a friend what she had said, he asked what she looked like, I said she is what Id call an ideal size....but I didnt tell her that!...lol
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom LOL.... As long as I follow my plan I'm going to be fine. I've already lost 13 lbs. I'm very happy with the progess I have made so far. Its thrilling when your able to wear clothing you haven't been able to fit in for years. I'm highly motivated and I'm going to make it! I just got fed up and tired of doing nothing. I was tired of being round. And quite frankly it was time to stop thinking about loosing weight and time to actually start loosing weight. So, I'm doing it. And I had two doughnuts for breakfast. So there.
Originally Posted By bloona youre doing fantastically!!! Its taken me 14 months to loose mine. and so glad she is feeling much much healthier Tom! Brilliant news.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Thanks!I am glad that I am watching what I am eating. I think that was always missing in the past when I was trying to get into shape. I was always working out but never really paid much attention to what I was eating. Dieting first before working out is training me to eat more wisely. And I'm very happy about that. I still plan on joining a gym. As soon as it gets built. Kennesaw Joe and I were compaing notes last night. He is in much better shape than I am. He is has less body fat in proportion to his ideal weight. We are both being dieting. So that is good two when you have both people in a home working toward the same goal. All I have to do is to get him to stop buying chocolate. LOL
Originally Posted By bloona Ive stopped buying chocolate, if its there, I eat it, I actually hide in the kitchen and eat it! which is dumb, cos its me its effecting not anyone else.............well actually thats a lie, because often its chocolate that has been bought for my kids that Im eating! shhhhhh, dont tell em. It is great to have someone aiming for the same goal. Me and Mr bloona are, we are so competative when it comes to running times / calories burnt at the gym too...hee heee, I ran three miles today on the treadmill, he did two. (He did it at a faster pace than me and on an incline, but I wont tell you that bit.)
