FlytheBus's Blogs

Almost through the season

2009-12-31T10:39:00Z

Well I have made it through most of the holiday season and while I have had some setbacks, I am happy to report that as of my last weigh-in (today) I am back to where I was before the holiday party season began. So, no net-gain is good and I am ready to rededicate myself to lose the last 16lbs and then possibnly more if my body agrees, so that I can start in February with a personal trainer to regain whatever body tone that healthily (not a word) make sense for me. Finally,I could of not gotten this far without the support of you'all on this site and I thank everyone for your support and wish all of you the utmost success with youir personal goals and ambitions in 2010. Happy New Year everyone Mike

MEe BAD, ME VERY BAD

2009-12-17T09:59:00Z

Another Christmas party last night and I was very bad. Sure am glad it was the the last business event of the season. I just have to negotiate my birthday this weekend but since I am working, that will not be so bad. I enjoyed all of the compliments and attention and it provides me with the motivation to get back on track. I certainly do not want to negate all of my efforts and fall back into old ways. This is a real good lifestyle but it is a slippery slope when you stumble if you don't nip it in the bud. Keep up all of your efforts and have a Happy Holiday everyone. Mike

Back on Track,

2009-12-10T06:02:00Z

Well after a brief plateau and a setback I have finally managed to get back on track with this program Maybe call it expermentation with going partially off of the program or pre-planning for maintenance, Thanksgiving time has taugh me what is working and what is not working at least as far as my body (metabolism)goes. Back Down this AM to 218. Thats 82 lbs overall but still Obese according to my BMI. (Cant figure that one out) 18 more to go until GOAL. I Hope everyone is Well. Mike

A Backslide a Confession a Rethink and a little self analysis

2009-12-04T08:48:00Z

Well now that the Thanksgiving holidays are over and as I have had a great deal of success in very short order I have to admit that I have allowed myself a few indescretions justified by the fact that I believed that I deserved it. Wow gaining 5 lbs over the co*** of two weeks when I have lost almost 80 lbs over the last few months no one would dispute the fact that I deserved it. So what if I had those few Dewars and Waters over the Holidays "I deserved it" and it was ony a few pieces of Johns Pizza (my favorite), I deserved it, and at that holiday dinner when I put my hand in the Potatoe Chip Bowl and Garlic dip and blew off a few excercise sessions, Heck everyone says that I look fantastic, I deserve it. Well five pounds heavier in the last 10 days has really opened my eyes on a few things. As much as much as I hate to admit it I am still treating food as a reward for doing well. I have been doing great and if keep doing great I may end up back where I started in August. This NS program is truly a lifestyle change and as long as I practice what I preach I will continue towards my goal and actually MAINTAIN it this time. OK going off program once an a while is fine but continuing to think of it as a reward is the start of a very slippery slope. Well anyway took off 2.5 this week and learned quite a bit about myself and how I feel about Junk Food. Keep up all of the Great Work Folks....... Mike

Breaking the plateau

2009-11-23T01:07:00Z

On a plateau today. I started back on the workout schedule and am focusing on the NS program almost 100% after a couple weeks away and more or less off of the program. Its funny that while off the program I continued to manage a loss and now that I am rededicating myself to get back on it has plateaued. Must be comming out of the starvation mode. I know it will work through eventually, so damn, I just need to stay off of the scale until next week.

Still am confident on getting to my Goal in the next several weeks so for now have a great week and have a Happy Thanksgiving you'all.

Mike

WEIGH IN DAY

2009-11-20T09:57:00Z

Hello all, I am finaly back home and to a somewhat normal schedule after two and one half weeks. Getting on my official home scale I was not expecting much but cautiously opptomistic considering I hae been somewhat off the NS food and not on my normal excersise schedule being on vacation and then back to work (out of town of co***). Evan though I did not have the NS food available as much as usual I tried to keep my portions down and be as active as possible. At one of my favorite Italian resteraunts I ordered and entree that lasted me for three meals. I guess thats why we gain weigh in the first place. Well I am please to report that I am officially at 221.8 and very please with my results. It doesn't look like I am going to make my goal by my 55th birthday on December 19th but evan at that I am not going to stress about it and looking forward to get tingthere around the first of the year and on to thinking about a maintenance program.

Thanks for all of your continued support.

Mike

Going it alone

2009-11-15T09:22:00Z

Oh well I find myself unexpectedly out of town and away from my NS food until Tuesday night. Three choices , starve, just eat the extras or try substitutions. I have noticed that there is a lot in the supermarkets that has the same content like soups etc. I guess I am starting to experement with maintenance a little early. We will just have to see how it goes. Good news is that I am back at work and off vacation so I can finally get back to my Cardio. Have a Great Week everyone.. Mike

OMG! I crossed the line, (But I am learning)

2009-11-08T08:06:00Z

75 lbs are gone since I started this journey in August and I have been religious over following the plan to the letter. It works, no doubt. Last night I went out for the first time to a real restaurant to attempt to eat real food.. In retrospect I know that I went overboard but after confessing up and actually filling out the mealplanner for yesterday I really know that I failed miserably. I may have been a little obsessive in the past following the plan but when I go off it I really go off.. I was doing well obviously until dinner. So here goes. It started out with a couple of Dewars and waters (not too bad about 60 cals each and at least I get my water) then the bread (sourdough only one piece , I can evan live with that evan) but what is with that oz of butter (could of done without that) then came the Prime Rib with green beans and Rice Pilof. Now it was a great Prime Rib cooked perfectly and probably raised on a Botique Cattle farm feed the best grain here in Fla., certainly worth the indulgance but faced with the choice of 8/12/or 16 oz sizes I was not going to wuz out with only an 8 oz size (they call that Petite) The 16y oz certainly would not do for a person as obsessively committed to loosing weight as me so I chose the 12 oz size and figured I would leave half and bring it home. (FAT Chance) The meal capped off with a couple of more Scotches baon the back porch back home and of course some kind of NS desert. I believe that there are some crumbs of Zesty Herb mix next to me on the porch this morning. In retrospect I am going to reflect on the experience last night on what not to do and continue the battle to make my goal in the next couple of months. Thinking ahead to maintenance although may be th biggest part of my weight loss program. As you all can tell I am already thinking about it. Keep up with the Battle and have a great week everyone.

That's not me

2009-11-03T08:26:00Z

We all have our percieved body image. Evan though I am pushing the double nickel as far as age goes, I work with a younger group and all that goes with that I have always kind of felt that self-percepually I was around the lower/mid 40ish. Last summer I caught a glimpse of myself through a reflection in a window. My inial thought was that "Thats not me". Because of that reality check I started the NS program with all that goes with it, including all of you. Well last weekend I caught another glimpse of myself through a reflection and again my initial though was "Thats not me" Thank you everyone for your continued support.. Mike

Good Morning Everyone , Happy November

2009-11-01T09:39:00Z

For those in the northern tears its getting to feel a lot like winter. The leaves are falling or have fallen and we are getting the first taste of freezing. The South and Florida, having suffered from record setting heat this summer and fall should bring a little more tolerant tempratures. Being that Christmas is comming, people experience the Christamas season from many different perspectives. My point is, its all a state of mind. Our state of mind is largely based on our personal experience. People who are battling weight have a much different perspective on their body image than people who do not. Because of the emotional aspect of weight loss I am finding that is extremely important to utilize the daily food and excercise log and faithfully fill it in. Analyzing long term trends has enabled me to see what seems to be working with me and also helped me quantify the short term setbacks that we all encounter. I have been keeping track faithfully all of my food/excercise since August 01st and because of this I have been able to determine in spite of several short term plateaus that I am loosing at a consistant rate when looked at montrh to month. Anyway that seems to be working for me. When I het on a scale and find that I did not loose any weight since the last weighing I find comfort that month to month my program is working. Last weigh in 232.8,loosing appx 20lbs a month for three months in a row. As confidant as I sound I hope it keeps up. Anyway, I have an acre of leaves to rake befoe the Bears game starts, so Happy November. Mike