I woke up this morning and after a quick shower I went to my car and realized that it was cold outside. I passed a bank and saw that the flashing clock showed it was a frosty 39 degrees this morning and could not help but cringe at the thought that winter was barreling around the corner. I love fall but winter is just the worst as I have a huge commute to and from work everyday and snow only makes this commute worse. The cold also has a tendency to drive people inside to hibernate for the winter and with that hibernation, weight is usually packed on because of lack of exercise. This is my main concern as the cold starts to set in. I have been doing most of my walking outside but when the snow flies it will make this walking pretty much difficult here in southern Wisconsin. We really dont have any sidewalks where we live and the streets are almost never cleaned of snow and ice so from December to March there is usually a icy sheet on the pavement that prevents good driving let alone walking. I have looked into some health clubs that have walking tracks but they are wanting 60 dollars or more per month for the priviledge of sweating inside their building. At this point it seems my only option is having security follow me around at Wal Mart, wondering why I am doing laps inside their store everynight or walking inside the building at work for a half hour each day after work. I think this is my only option at this point but I am open to suggestions.
Its been a few weeks since I last blogged here but my typical boring life has not changed. My back has finally started to feel better and I am actually able to be more active. I feel like I have fallen off the wagon because of my back pain I was unable to walk much and it seems I sat around and ate a whole lot more than I should have. Now I am not eating a ton of stuff and compared to what I used to eat my current intake is probably about a third of what my normal daily intake of calories used to be. Despite this laziness and lack of control of eating I have lost another 5.5 pounds bringing my weight loss total to 51 pounds since I started this journey.
MY wife will be visiting our daughter and family in Maryland for about a month or possibly more. Why she is out in Maryland we have both taken a vow that we will work our tails off to lose weight and try and shock each other when we see each other again. She has some weight that needs to be lost and hopefully my daughter will help her with this weight loss by not eating too much fast food and eating good things while she is out there. And hopefully she will also encourage my wife to get out of the house and do some walking with the grandkids in order to drop some much needed weight that she has put on since her cancer battle almost 6 years ago. I am going to increase my walking and come home every night and prepare a good meal that is filled with “good stuff” and not rely on frozen pizzas and pop tarts like I would normally do. I would love to be down an additional 25 pounds when my wife returns which would put me at over 75 pounds weight loss.
I was talking with my wife the other day about the weight I have already lost. I am down 2 pant sizes and most of my clothes that I wore at my highest weight are now starting to hang on me so much that even co workers are telling me to buy some new clothes. A year ago a 50 pound weight loss was something that would only make me cry as I never thought this day would actually come. Now I find myself making plans for next summer because I know i will be under 400 pounds for the 1st time in 10+ years and I will be able to move around and be active and not just watch others have fun. I am looking forward to camping and going to a 5 day concert in Oshkosh, Wisconsin as well as potentially doing some traveling with my wife. Going to baseball games and other forms of entertainment is something I just would never let myself dream about but now it will be a possibility. Next summer will be a summer of new experiences and a ne wme. I cant actually wait but I have alot of work between them and now to do. I would like to be down 150 pounds by then and i will have to get my butt in gear to make those changes.
This journey was started to document my life before and after my lap band surgery. I need to totally get back on the program and start taking this weight off at a more steady pace. Although I am taking weight off I cant help but think I could be so much farther ahead than I am right now. One of the things I need to do is call the doctor and make an appointment to have the lap band “filled” which will restrict even more food and keep me from eating more than I should. Once again I feel myself falling into bad habits and have to stop what I am doing right now and correct these habits before they get out of hand. While my wife is out of town i will concentrate on correcting these bad habits and throw my weight loss into high gear and make sure I finish this journey and not go back the other way. And here is hoping that my wife will also jump back on the bandwagon while she is gone and shock me when we next see each other.
