Confidence
2008/09/11 at 9:42 am | Posted in Discipline, Health, Inspiration, Life, Motivation, Thoughts, weight loss, weight watchers | 2 CommentsTags: clothing, confidence, diets don't work, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers
Originally posted on September 11, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
While the most obvious benefit to weight loss is better health, I’m discovering yet another one that’s playing a vital role in my life: confidence.
I’ve always considered myself a rather confident person even before I lost my weight. But even so, my brain was still wired to Fat Mode, which meant that I felt any sort of laughing, ridicule, criticism, etc. based its roots in the fact that I was overweight, even if it was not aimed directly at me.
I’m happy to say that today things are different.
I get on the train every morning and head to work, comfortably filling one seat rather than spilling over into the next and having another passenger squeeze me back into place. I still hear the laughter of young people in the background but I no longer think it’s for me, that really fat guy that just got on the train. And I have to admit that despite not being male model material, I’m noticing more female glances getting thrown at me. I’m sure this will make Ann happy 🙂
I put on my jeans in the morning, 10 sizes smaller than when I started, and know that with all of my hard work, I’ve made progress and nobody can take that from me. That gives me the confidence to tackle just about anything the day may throw at me; obstacles be damned.
And this week alone, I’ve had about five co-workers complement me on my weight loss progress, which leads into how I’ve done it and how they can, too. That alone is enough to keep me motivated.
I’m also getting the impression that I’m being treated differently; more like a regular guy that’s come to a restaurant to eat dinner rather than the fat guy that’s come to conquer the buffet and rip off his shirt in a display of gluttonous victory.
Yes, these days I no longer feel like the fat kid that was always picked last for the baseball team (and believe me, I’ve been there). I now feel like a first-round draft pick, and I like it.
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Progress Photo for September
2008/09/06 at 7:52 pm | Posted in Discipline, Health, Inspiration, lifestyle change, Motivation, Progress Photos, weight loss, weight watchers | Comments Off on Progress Photo for SeptemberTags: clothing, diets don't work, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight loss progress picture, weight watchers
Originally posted on September 6, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
Hey, here’s this month’s progress photo taken today, September 6, 2008:
At the time of the photo I was about 205 lbs. I may have a different (and better) one tomorrow as we will be touring a Navy ship and having plenty of other photo ops, so don’t be surprised if it changes.
On those days when I feel like I haven’t accomplished much on this weight loss journey, and there are plenty, one look at my first progress photo sort of puts things into perspective:
I was 249 lbs. at the time that image was taken on March 29, 2008. Yeah, there’s a little difference, isn’t there?
Stay focused, all. You can do it!
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Large and In Charge
2008/09/04 at 7:32 pm | Posted in Discipline, Exercise, Health, Inspiration, Life, lifestyle change, Motivation, Victory, weight loss, weight watchers, wii fit | 2 CommentsTags: clothing, diets don't work, scale, shopping, weight loss, weight loss blog, weight watchers, wii fit
Originally posted on September 4, 2008 at 200by40, Weight Loss the Right Way: No pills, no surgeries, no excuses, no regrets. Unauthorized use (blog scraping) constitutes copyright infringement and plagiarism. © 2008 David Moreno
It’s time to bid a fond farewell to yet another t-shirt size that has dominate my life over the years: XL.
Yes, like the 2XL size before it and my size 40-48 pants, the XL shirt has finally gone the way of the dinosaur. Ann picked up at least three L shirts for me the other day and I’m happy to report that all of them fit and fit well. I’m sure they might be a bit snug once they are washed but for now, I’m reveling in my victory!
On the progress front, I seem to have hit a dormant phase but that’s okay because I think I know the reason why: my quest to drop those last few pesky pounds by my vacation in October is starting to take its toll.
It seems to me that this same thing happened the last time I put a strict limit on things, back when I was still averaging 3 lbs. lost per week. By that account, I should have been at my goal by July 29th, but here I am and I’m still not there yet. Even before July 29th rolled around I noticed that things weren’t going as smoothly and I blamed that on my expedited deadline, not my original one of February 14, 2009. So I scratched it off my calendar and forgot about it.
Miraculously, I began to lose more weight. Go figure.
It’s taken me well over 2 years to drop the 90+ lbs. I have, so it seems silly to push deadlines in order to reach my goal earlier than anticipated. I’ve learned that the only thing it leads to is overeating, disappointment in your progress, and falling into old habits.
While I’d love to lose these last 6 lbs. before October 7th or so, I’m going to forget about that date and keep on doing what I’ve been doing for the last couple of years.
I’ll post what happened between now and the next Weekly Weigh-In. It should be interesting!
As far as exercising goes, last night I was just dead tired and failed to do my nightly Wii Fit. I went to bed at 10 p.m., the earliest I’ve gone to bed in what seems like an eternity.
Sometimes you just have to.
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