Entries from February 2008

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Weekly Update - 2/24/2008

Diet starting weight: 295
Week starting weight: 267
Today’s weight: 264
Week weight loss: 3 lbs
Total weight lost: 31 lbs

This weight loss stuff is a fickle demon.  This week I started off well on my plan, doing my cardio in the morning instead of lifting weights.  The idea was that I have a better chance of getting my cardio in [...]

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

John’s Weight Loss Forums

One of the resources I have not found on my weight loss journey was a good, close-knit forum. I’ve probably tried them all, and for a variety of reasons I just haven’t been able to stick to one. I really feel like I am missing out by not having that added sense of [...]

Monday, February 18th, 2008

South African Braaivleis

Andrew recently wrote about his transition from “Mr. Meat” to a vegetarian, which has netted him great weight loss success. In his post he refers to South African boerewors rolls as the Food of the Gods, and I have a hard time arguing with him (despite a pretty unappetizing picture!) because I lived in [...]

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

A Time For Action

When in the darkest days of the American Revolution Thomas Paine wrote, “These are the times that try men’s souls,” he was not complaining about the conditions nor the dangers the patriots faced; he was issuing a call to action.
After another 2 pound gain this week I am issuing a similar call to action, although nowhere [...]

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

What I Have Learned by Journaling my Eating

I have been keeping pretty close track of my caloric intake the last few days and have a few observations.
You eat more than you think.  I bought a box of Special K Cinnamon Pecan cereal this weekend.  I’m not a huge cereal eater, or at least I haven’t been since I have been on my [...]