Eat Less and Exercise More, FATASS!

That is what would be on the first page of my weight loss book. The rest would be blank. I used to joke about that when people talked about how much money was spent on weight loss books.

Well, I have decided to follow my own advice. I am way too fat, and I have to do something about it, namely eat less (or at least less crap), and exercise more. My wife was talking today about a co-worker's e-mail tag line (right now, mine is, "The bureaucracy expands to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy." -- Unknown) that talks about how you only have one life, do something with it. It sounds cheesy, but I have decided to get off my ass and improve my life, starting off with not being so damn fat anymore. (I realize that the e-mail is probably talking about helping others and making a mark in this world, but I am going to take it how I want, and you can't stop me)

I intend to post here every day about my eating and exercise and weekly about my weight. I figure that other people have used blogging to help them stop being fat-asses by keeping them accountable, and maybe it will work for me too. I will probably move this to a different blog to keep things separate, but I wanted to get this first post down on paper.

I didn't keep specific track of what I had today, as I decided this before dinner tonight, but it was something like, a small breast of chicken with ranch and BWW sauce and a brat with ranch and mustard for breakfast, I can't remember lunch (I had a late breakfast, so maybe nothing), probably about 20-25oz of Cherry Dr Pepper at a friend's house this afternoon, and a spinach salad with deli ham and ranch for dinner with a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows after dinner. I am also hungry right now, so I am going to eat another brat with mustard and maybe a banana. I won't be going to sleep for a few hours, so it shouldn't affect my sleeping.

I am trying to "break up" with cheese, as I eat way to much of that, and that may be part of the reason I had so much ranch today, as I don't usually eat that much. I should have gone with lemon juice on the salad tonight.

I mowed most of the lawn with our electric mower for exercise, and I intend to mow the back yard with the push tomorrow, THAT will be a workout.

Sadly, and embarrassingly, I weigh too much for our scale. It only goes up to 299.5, and I am more than that. My last doctor's visit put me at around 315, I think. If I put my arms up on the towel rack while I weigh myself, I come in at around 290 in the morning, so that will be my starting weight, 290 w/ towel rack.

All of this is embarrassing, and I hate to put it to paper (even though no one reads this blog), but if I hadn't been so pathetic to let myself get in this state in the first place I wouldn't have to do this.

(originally posted on my Dungeoneer's Blog 07/05/09)