Wow, I’m really fat.

Maybe you could tell by the inactivity of this blog, and the echoes on fatsoforum.com, but I haven’t been doing too well on my diet and workout plan. I guess it wasn’t really a plan, but I was kind of gung-ho about it until life caught up. This summer, Linnea and I were away visiting people quite a bit, probably 75% of the weekends. That leads to not staying on weight watchers for obvious reasons. We bought Wii and Wii Fit to try and combat this a little. All it did for me was tell me I’m fatter than I think I am. I still hold out hope that my abnormally large leg muscles are swaying the BMI. Anyway, Linnea and I have pretty much been putting WW to the wayside all summer, and to be quite honest with you, I’m petrified to get back on the scale. So I’m not going to, until I string a few weeks of WW together. We started back up last Monday, and I was pretty pumped about it. The main reason is that I’ve got an inch too much for the desk I was sitting in during class. Let me tell you, THAT SUCKS. I couldn’t even move around, let alone take a full breath. I mean, it’s not like I was struggling to survive or anything, but having no daylight between you and the desk is pretty embarrassing too. Last week didn’t work, I don’t remember why. So we started again this Monday. I’m so sick of it, especially spurred by the desk situation, so I’m hoping that will keep me on WW for a while. At this point, I’m just praying to not cheat at least until I’m brave enough to get back on the Wii Fit so it can tell me how obese I am. I need to start exercising too, and every night I think “man, I should go workout tomorrow.” Then I think about how all the crappy undergraduates are back, and I forget about going because I don’t want to fight for elliptical time. They make the campus like I make the desk. Too crowded.

We’ll see what happens. I’m hoping my renewed desire to write about it will help me stop being such a fatso.

and so it begins…

Weighed myself this morning to kick-off the public accountability weight loss plan. I’ll be weighing myself once a week or more, which you can track at daytum.com/diberard. I think I’m going to start using tags so that I can have multiple topics per post, rather than limiting myself with the categories. I also have one person “considering” joining me in my quest. I’m sure Linnea would join too. If I get one or two more interests, I’ll probably figure out how to start a forum on this site, and then set everyone up with their own blogs too. I’m open to suggestion on the format. Ok, so to the business:

Starting Weight: 262.8 lbs*
*This is the fattest I’ve ever been, ouch. I’ve passed my previous high score by 1.8 lbs, so it’s not so bad, but considering I was around 235 lbs 2.5 years ago, it sucks.

Goals: My goals need to be split up because I plan on losing a lot of weight. I think the usual is a 10% weight loss, which would put me at about 235 lbs again. This is a nice number so:
Goal 1: 235 lbs
Goal 2: 215 lbs
Goal 3: 200 lbs (optional)

I’ll post when I update my numbers, work out, or cheat. Don’t look for a work out today, I’m super busy and we went on walks 3 days in a row this weekend. I’ll also be posting random stuff about how I’m doing, what’s tempting me (first one below), advice, etc. You can look for all these topics in the tags list. Enjoy!

First temptation: Of course, the very first thing I plan to eat on my diet has to tempt me. I went to pour some corn pops for breakfast, and it just so happened the awesome star trek badge was near the top, so it came out, but it forced a ton of pops with it. I’m talking about 2-3 times the amount I wanted to eat (1 serving ~1 cup, w/ milk = 3pts). I stayed strong and put the extra back.

First day strategy: I’m working from home today because I have no class or meetings. This can lead to trouble because I have constant access to food. I started the day by pushing back my cereal time to after I dropped Louis off at daycare, hoping that will help me until lunch, or even have a later lunch. That would help me avoid afternoon snacks, and be amazing. We’ll see  how it goes, I only get 30 points.