BREAKING NEWS

We did it. I mean, we DID it. Linnea and I went to a barbecue party last night, and we did it. Okay, I guess you’re wondering what the heck I’m talking about. If you know Linnea and I, you know that every Monday we start a new weight watchers diet. And just about every week, we’re not on that diet anymore by Thursday or Friday the latest. About half of those times, it’s due to going to dinner with people. Other times we go to a restaurant to celebrate something (the reasons start to get suspicious because we’re addicted to food). The rest of the time we just convince ourselves to eat because we jointly had bad days or something. This Monday started the same, but then we did it (well, we DIDN’T do what I was just talking about)!

Last night Linnea and I attended a barbecue party with a bunch of friends. Did I mention we did it? What did we do? We didn’t break our diet! At a barbecue. A barbecue with sausage, pulled pork, and the softest M&M sugar cookies I’ve ever seen. You can say it was quite a feat.

Like. A. Huge. Feat.

We haven’t done something like this all summer long, and we certainly had plenty of opportunities. We only had 1 day notice too. Luckily, for some odd reason, we were more determined this time. The night before we went to Sam’s Club and bought a big pack of boneless/skinless chicken breasts, and marinated them in a really yummy Italian marinade (pack of Italian dressing seasoning, lemon juice, oil). Everyone raved about the marinade. We raved because we didn’t cheat. I ate two grilled chicken sandwiches (on wheat rolls) with some green pepper, grapes, and two Coors Lights. That was a total of 13 WW points. I had 13 WW points left for Friday when we showed up to the barbecue. That’s right. Success. Luckily, I also still had a bunch of flex points (35 points to use whenever during the week) so I even ate an ice cream (light) sundae when I got home.

This was so huge I’ll probably get back on the Wii Fit soon. I’ll keep you posted.

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.

i’m a workout maniac

I can’t believe what just happened. I just worked out 3 days in a row. Not to mention I lost another 1.8 lbs thanks to the first two workout days. I pretty much rock and a half. You know what else rocks? New IMPE. I won’t call it ARC because that sounds more stupid when you pronounce the acronym, and using the actual name is too long, not to mention I’m not 100% sure what it is. That place is amazing. It was my first non-basketball visit, upon which I learned that EVERY cardio machine has cable TV. Yeah, that’s what I said. I stepped up on the elliptical on Thursday and rather than work out, I watched SportsCenter and burned 375 calories. It was rather exciting because they were talking about the possible Peavy to the White Sox trade (which never happened, bummer).

OK, back to me, because don’t forget, I rock and a half. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical before lunch on Thursday, followed up by some Mexican for lunch. That was Linnea’s fault. I didn’t feel bad, even after the unnecessary chips ‘n salsa and Corona Light, because I worked out. Then, Friday afternoon I played basketball. Basketball has to be the most energy consuming thing I do. It’s like my arms have liquid sleeves on them (I know, it’s gross, but it allows me to slip off my defender and rock and a half the basket with my impecable mid-range touch). THEN, I golfed 9 holes this morning. Not only did I golf these holes, but I walked them, carrying my quite heavy golf bag. I used to walk all the time, which was never a problem. The 3 workouts in a row must have done me in because I was seriously dragging out there. I started out playing really well (for me, bogey golf), but I got so worn out I quintuple bogeyed a hole (3 shots in the same bunker). Ouch. Definitely didn’t rock and a half that. Anyway, I scored a free brat (wasn’t cheating due to my extra WW points for working out), but then Linnea and I picked up a “take and bake” pizza from Sam’s Club, so we cheated after all today. Oh well. I’m not too worried about it since the only cheating we did was the pizza for dinner. Everything else was within the usual points.

Finally, to wrap up with some business. It has come to my attention that certain people think they shouldn’t sign up for fatsoforum.com because they’re not a fatso. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, non-fatsos are extremely important to the success of all the fatsos, so please register and post something!!!

another workout, kind of…

Man, I really love adding ‘…’ after all my titles. So suspenseful… Anyway, I mowed the lawn again today. I’m totally counting it toward my workouts, deal with it. Maybe one of these days I’ll actually start using exercise as a workout, what a concept. I have no more excuses, this past semester was really rough, but it’s over with now and I have time to actually go work out during the day. One of these days… Sorry, I keep …ing. It must be annoying… Oh well…

Please sign up for my forum, I need help not cheating! Linnea and I went to Chili’s last night. While we did cheat, we only half-cheated, which is a big step for us eating out. We both got something with grilled chicken, but then one of us got fries and the other corn as a side, and we split them. Oh, and Louis ate some fries too! BTW, if you know me and don’t have access to Louis’ blog (and would like it…) let me know.

update…

I’m still here. I’ve been spending most of my free “internet” time working with fatsoforum.com, making little modifications, managing new users, etc. I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve been doing pretty good on the diet. I cheated on Tuesday because Linnea cheated. She had her re-branding party at work (she led the re-branding), so she ate the yucky catered food. Anyway, I was doing good all day until I got jealous, so we got a take-home frozen Papa Del’s deep dish (if you’re not from Champaign, think almost-Giordano’s).

Yesterday I avoided a HUGE temptation. Linnea and I met at TGI Friday’s for lunch, because I really didn’t want to get Subway. I’m kind of Subway Clubbed out. Anyway, I really wanted a burger when I got there (with fries, of course). Instead I stayed strong and ordered a grilled chicken sandwich, with brocolli. I don’t think I’ve ever ordered brocolli at a restaurant before. It sucked, but whatever, I didn’t cheat, and that’s what’s important.

ballin’ like a fatso

Played basketball today. 2 hours of full-court. You could say I got a good workout. Weight Watchers says I get to add 13 points today. I’m not going to eat them all, since I cheated yesterday (below), but I’m definitely not measuring my ice cream tonight!

Do you like how I waited until I could talk about working out before mentioning how I cheated yesterday? It was a special occasion, so it wasn’t like I just cheated out of the blue. A few of us in the lab were helping a Chinese visitor (agricultural engineer) perform some apple picking experiments, so he took us out for a Chinese lunch. You could say we ordered A LOT of stuff, and I felt like trying it all since I’d only had one of the dishes before (besides the rice…). Once I tried it all I knew I was already in trouble, so I just didn’t worry about it anymore. Oh well. I worked out today.

Forum coming soon!

workout?

I mowed the lawn yesterday. I’m counting it as a workout because I broke sweat. My pie chart looks funny though, since that’s the only thing on it. I’m pretty sure I’ll be playing basketball tomorrow though.

man, i’m tired…

I wish the White Sox would just score a run already. I want to go to bed. 11th inning… Anyway, back on track today. Counted my obligatory 5 flex points for yesterday. I only used 2 today, so that’s nice. Except now that I typed it I’m hungry again. Oh, the life of a dieter. I weighed myself the other day and was back around 260 lbs. I had a feeling the 4.2 pounds was too good to be true, but it looks so good. I’ll probably wait until later in the week to post a weight, in hope that I don’t have to post a higher number than the previous one. Sorry if there are typos or some sentences aren’t making sense. I can barely make out the words on the screen anymore; so tired.

To business. I’m stupid. I didn’t realize that after purchasing my new domain I had to actually go into a separate part of my hosting control panel and choose to “host a new domain.” I assumed it would just happen as easy as the first one they set up for me. I could have probably gotten it set up last weekend. Oh well. It’ll get set up eventually. Hopefully this weekend. I still haven’t decided if I’m going to have a “home” page or just a forum. Everyone is lame and not giving me advice on the matter. You all suck, I hope you’re more interactive in the forum. That’s the whole point of a forum. Duh.

I was going to add some advice, but I better go. I just did the thing where you half fall asleep and your hand falls on some keys and totally messes up what you were typing. Don’t worry, I think I fixed it all.

four point two, holy cow!

The scale said I lost 4.2 pounds, and I didn’t even drop the kids at the pool yet (as my friend Adam would say)! It might be slightly flukey, but it makes me feel great about averting the code red last night. I had scrambled eggs instead of burger/fries. Only used 3 flex points. Now, I just have to stay strong this weekend, we’re going back home so Linnea can go to a bridal shower, and I’m sure there’ll be good (well, bad) food and cookies to eat.

Also, as an update, I bought the domain name “fatsoforum.com” this morning, so that’s exciting. I’m still debating whether I want to start it right now with a basic theme or take some time and modify it first. I’m also flirting with the idea of having a separate homepage rather than just the forum. The homepage could have links to everyone’s personal sites. Any thoughts?

i forgot…

I weighed myself this morning, but forgot what it was. it was 261.something. At least a pound, I remember that much. Forgetting the decimal is unacceptable so I’m not listing it. Anyway, I was right. I knew the 2 pound loss after 1 day was inaccurate. Now I’m beginning to see my scale’s true colors. Or, the 3 slices of angel-food cake I ate on Tuesday weren’t so light and fluffy after all. They were pretty small though.

Advice: (*TMI alert*) You should always weigh yourself at the same time of day. On occasion I’ve been >5lbs heavier at night than in the morning. Thus, I weigh myself in the morning. If you want to make yourself feel better about it, weigh after a poop, and before breakfast, if possible. Depending how regular you are, that could give you that extra pound you were looking for.

Forum: I think we have a decent amount of people interested in joining the forum. I think I’m going to start it soon, so I hope everyone who expressed interest will actually participate, otherwise it’ll be a big waste of a domain registration. I’ll keep you posted. Any recommendations on what should be included with the site, outside of the actual forum?