Okay, I get it. I can see in the mirror, I feel the tightness in my clothes and I hear the comments from many of you, friends and foe alike, that the girth has got to go. I get it! Full disclosure here, I weighed in at 256 lbs this morning, the heaviest I have ever been in my life. Enough!
I am launching this new personal campaign to lose this excess weight for a number of reasons, not the least of which is my desire to be around for many years to see my little girls grow up and enjoy many grand children yet to come my way.
I am going to track my progress daily for you here on the Open Mic, partially to put pressure on myself to perform and hopefully to gain your support and encouragement to get down to 190 pounds. I hope you will hold my feet to the fire on this weight loss campaign.
I will be first taking a very simple approach, cutting each meal in half, purposely leaving half of what I used to eat on the plate. I am going to avoid the fried stuff, breads and pastas I love. I am going to be drinking buckets of water. And the big part of the lower caloric intake equation is to burn more than I take in by walking, 5 miles a day is my initial goal. My father-in-law does twice that distance a day, I can surely do half his effort to start.
My goal is to lose a pound a day for 66 days. I know that will be more than a challenge, but it will give me motivation when I feel the need to slip a little bit.
I will be on vacation for 2 weeks, a good time to get this program in gear. I will have my laptop with me, so stay tuned for progress and comments on other things.
You can do it Mike! I will be following your progress!
Mike… I’ve fought my weight for years. I’m looking forward to being inspired by your success. Good luck!
Good luck, Mike. I read about your wanting to lose weight at Uncle Barky’s website.
I need to and will do the same.
Mike,
I too am on the same journey. My goal is 195, I started at 295 and currently weigh 240. My plan is just like yours. I walk about 8 to 10 miles a day and consume no more than 1800 calories. A good way to keep track of your intake and calories spent is to join http://www.calorieking.com They also have a list of fast food nutritional values, this really helps when you are on the run.
GOOD LUCK!
So, um, where’s the daily tracking?
How is the weight loss effort going?