I’m Chris Landis and I’m addicted to football…
Yup - that’s the statement of the night - I’m admitting right here and right now that I am powerless over watching football, or talking about football, or playing fantasy football, or thinking about football. Nope - this is not the start of a program to rid my life of football - quite the opposite.
Moving on…..
So - its now day 74 of this great project of mine. Where did the last 10+ weeks go? Its really hard to believe that when this started it was only June and now we are just days away from September. Apparently time really does fly by when you are having fun?! I just had a weekend that was a huge obstacle for me - a wedding (with all the beer/wine I could drink) and a party with a huge layout of food set before me all day. I did my Friday morning I’m gonna drink walk and did the best I could to stay away from temptation and came home Sunday having lost a half a pound. Who da man???
Lets talk about goals - cuz you gotta have goals.
So a few days ago I hit my first weight loss goal - and early in September I will be getting my latest tattoo! So, I now have a new/short term goal. I want to lose a minimum of 5 more pounds by the start of football season. (now…I’m going to be generous to myself and use 9/11 as the start of the season to give myself more time) If I can accomplish this short term goal I will have started this football season 40 (or more) pounds lighter than I ended last football season.
A - that would be pretty much awesome
B - that would also mean I could fit back into my sexy Steelers Camo pants
C - really - I got nothing else for C
So - with this goal I need a reward, right? Well…the reward comes on 9/11 when I go to the first football game of the season to watch my Steelers play the Ravens in Baltimore. The reward comes in a day to drink beers and have fun without using calorie count. (realistically I probably still will but that’s ok) I am a bit concerned with derailing after this but I feel very confident that I have overcome the demons of the past and will be able to restart my health regime after just a 1 day break. If not - kick my ass my friends.
Now - lets talk a little about the longest term goal I have set. So, I’ve been sitting and thinking of some of the huge things in life I’ve always wanted to have…and just what could be a reward appropriate of my long term goal. I’ve decided on a few things - and here I’m writing it down to make it official. My ultimate end goal is to have the scale have the number 1 on it as the first number when I step my not as fat ass on it. (note - that could be 199.9 pounds but for me that is what I need) I can honestly not remember the last time I stepped on a scale and saw it start with a 1...I can guarantee I wasn’t driving a car at the time it did. I know that I have a VERY long way to go to get to that goal and the speed at which I lose the weight will slow down, but I really feel confident that this is the time for me to get there. So - just what goal could make me push so hard to get there? Well - WHEN I reach that milestone I will be promptly purchasing 2 PSL’s for Steeler season tickets. Well - as promptly as I can pull together the money to do so at least. But I will absolutely get them - even if I have to take a loan out on my 401k to do so. I have wanted this for such a long time - and if you know me well you know that there is nothing that gets me as pumped up as a Steelers game - you know that I will do my everything to reach this goal. I know that it will be a long road and there will be times that I will doubt I can make it but I won’t give up.
Ok - so now lets talk some numbers!
74 Days without a drop of soda/tea
58 Days without a drop of caffeine
35 Pounds lost since my heaviest weight recorded (Super Bowl Sunday)
25 Pounds lost in the last 74 days
5 Pounds to go to my next goal
I’m also down 1 full pants size across the board. I even had to get my dress pants altered last week because I couldn’t keep them up anymore! Now, I’m working on the next size! More to come on that in the future!
And that’s all I’ve got to say about the war in Vietnam…
LANDIS
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Day 44 - 53
Hello Clarice….
I promise tonight there will be no more tales of unfair scales or the conspiracy of the company (won’t call out the name to protect them of course) that built my new scale against me. No - no theories or rants - its already in the past. Just like Timon always says - “you got to put your behind in your past.” And let me tell you - I have quite a behind! ;)
Lots of things have happened over the past 9 (er) days. (did I catch a 9er in there?) On the evening of my last dissertation on life I had just gone to my first “boot camp” workout. Since then I have been back now 4 more times. I will say that it took 2 full days to recover from the first workout, but since then the pain has subsided and by the next morning I am good to go. Guess that means its working? Anyway, I have been able to do more and more of the activites (or do them faster/better) as the sessions have gone on. It is truly incredible what your body can do when your mind is involved. Does it hurt sometimes? Yes…of course. But, when you know the pain is temporary then you know you can push through. The only nagging thing for me is some pretty severe arch pain in my right foot when I run for a long period of time. I did some reading and am going to look for better shoes and some shoe inserts for arch support. Hopefully that will solve the problem. I had originally thought my knees would be the major problem, but while I wear a brace on my bad knee while working out, it usually comes off mid session and there is no more or less pain without it. Outside of those workouts, still doing regular workouts in the gym. In fact, I’ve missed only 1 day since July 21st. Woot! (yes I just said Woot! - wanna fight about it?)
I also started using MyFitnessPal when I last left you. I’m pretty much in love with this application…ok I admit it…I AM in love with this application. I have yet to find a food that isn’t already loaded into this app. The only time it becomes difficult is when you go out to each at a non chain restaurant. So, on days like this you can look up the calories etc of the food you are eating and enter it in manually. My allotted calorie intake per day is 2090 - though I can say I have only gotten close to that 1 time - DAMN YOU beer for tasting so good. Other then that, I’ve been staying around the 1600 calorie mark daily. Its great - if you eat something that is store bought - you can scan the barcode and all of the health information is then loaded into your tracker. That is ALMOST as super/perfect as I am! You also have the ability to enter in your workouts so you can deduct those calories from your daily total. Its very motivating to not grab that extra snack at night when you look down and see you are at 450 net calories for the day. (or you can grab that 1 beer and savor every second of it….NOT that I have done that or anything) I really can’t say enough good things about it - if you are at all interested in reducing your calorie intake I HIGHLY recommend downloading this app to your Verizon Wireless Smartphone! (let me plug my company - thank you) I can tell you that nightly I think of snacking and look at my phone and go - no - you are doing so well today. It gives you willpower when you might not have had any already. Ok, enough about this app for today - but if anybody knows anyone that developed this app - I’d like to be a non-celebrity spokesman. Maybe I could be the Jared of MyFitnessPal? Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
Now here is the fun part - the numbers! (really though - to me the numbers/data are the fun part) Tonight I will do it in a countdown kinda way
53 Days without a drop of soda/tea
37 Days without a drop of caffeine
27 Pounds lost since my heaviest weight
17 Pounds lost in the last 53 days
6 Pounds lost since the “great scale scandal” of 2011
5 Pounds to go until my first goal is reached! (hello new tattoo!!!)
Last thing to brag about - by the time I hit 5 more pounds off and my goal I will be officially down one pant size in 53 days. (ok, truth serum here - its more like 2 because on day 0 the pants I was wearing were WAY too tight and now they are falling down) This is great because it means an entire wardrobe of clothes starts to open up to me by then. I put on some of my old dress pants the other day and they fit but just a wee bit snug, so guaranteed in 5 pounds I’m going to be looking fine…or something closely resembling fine…or really I’m gonna look like a smaller but still awkward looking me. (sigh)
Last thought for the night is this - I’m starting to understand more of why I have failed miserably in the past on my health. The most important part of your body when it comes to being healthy is your brain. If you are not convinced that you can do it, or not committed to it then you may succeed in the short term, but long term things will go back to where they were. So far, my short term brain is strong…I can only hope and work towards my long term brain being as strong. (who knew? Apparently I am not totally sick in the head - just mostly)
This is it - I’m done writing for the evening. One of these fine days, I will write less perhaps.
Until then, I must tell you that I never picked up an illegal alien at Home Depot to take home a choke me while I touch myself. That is all. Thank you.
LANDIS
I promise tonight there will be no more tales of unfair scales or the conspiracy of the company (won’t call out the name to protect them of course) that built my new scale against me. No - no theories or rants - its already in the past. Just like Timon always says - “you got to put your behind in your past.” And let me tell you - I have quite a behind! ;)
Lots of things have happened over the past 9 (er) days. (did I catch a 9er in there?) On the evening of my last dissertation on life I had just gone to my first “boot camp” workout. Since then I have been back now 4 more times. I will say that it took 2 full days to recover from the first workout, but since then the pain has subsided and by the next morning I am good to go. Guess that means its working? Anyway, I have been able to do more and more of the activites (or do them faster/better) as the sessions have gone on. It is truly incredible what your body can do when your mind is involved. Does it hurt sometimes? Yes…of course. But, when you know the pain is temporary then you know you can push through. The only nagging thing for me is some pretty severe arch pain in my right foot when I run for a long period of time. I did some reading and am going to look for better shoes and some shoe inserts for arch support. Hopefully that will solve the problem. I had originally thought my knees would be the major problem, but while I wear a brace on my bad knee while working out, it usually comes off mid session and there is no more or less pain without it. Outside of those workouts, still doing regular workouts in the gym. In fact, I’ve missed only 1 day since July 21st. Woot! (yes I just said Woot! - wanna fight about it?)
I also started using MyFitnessPal when I last left you. I’m pretty much in love with this application…ok I admit it…I AM in love with this application. I have yet to find a food that isn’t already loaded into this app. The only time it becomes difficult is when you go out to each at a non chain restaurant. So, on days like this you can look up the calories etc of the food you are eating and enter it in manually. My allotted calorie intake per day is 2090 - though I can say I have only gotten close to that 1 time - DAMN YOU beer for tasting so good. Other then that, I’ve been staying around the 1600 calorie mark daily. Its great - if you eat something that is store bought - you can scan the barcode and all of the health information is then loaded into your tracker. That is ALMOST as super/perfect as I am! You also have the ability to enter in your workouts so you can deduct those calories from your daily total. Its very motivating to not grab that extra snack at night when you look down and see you are at 450 net calories for the day. (or you can grab that 1 beer and savor every second of it….NOT that I have done that or anything) I really can’t say enough good things about it - if you are at all interested in reducing your calorie intake I HIGHLY recommend downloading this app to your Verizon Wireless Smartphone! (let me plug my company - thank you) I can tell you that nightly I think of snacking and look at my phone and go - no - you are doing so well today. It gives you willpower when you might not have had any already. Ok, enough about this app for today - but if anybody knows anyone that developed this app - I’d like to be a non-celebrity spokesman. Maybe I could be the Jared of MyFitnessPal? Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
Now here is the fun part - the numbers! (really though - to me the numbers/data are the fun part) Tonight I will do it in a countdown kinda way
53 Days without a drop of soda/tea
37 Days without a drop of caffeine
27 Pounds lost since my heaviest weight
17 Pounds lost in the last 53 days
6 Pounds lost since the “great scale scandal” of 2011
5 Pounds to go until my first goal is reached! (hello new tattoo!!!)
Last thing to brag about - by the time I hit 5 more pounds off and my goal I will be officially down one pant size in 53 days. (ok, truth serum here - its more like 2 because on day 0 the pants I was wearing were WAY too tight and now they are falling down) This is great because it means an entire wardrobe of clothes starts to open up to me by then. I put on some of my old dress pants the other day and they fit but just a wee bit snug, so guaranteed in 5 pounds I’m going to be looking fine…or something closely resembling fine…or really I’m gonna look like a smaller but still awkward looking me. (sigh)
Last thought for the night is this - I’m starting to understand more of why I have failed miserably in the past on my health. The most important part of your body when it comes to being healthy is your brain. If you are not convinced that you can do it, or not committed to it then you may succeed in the short term, but long term things will go back to where they were. So far, my short term brain is strong…I can only hope and work towards my long term brain being as strong. (who knew? Apparently I am not totally sick in the head - just mostly)
This is it - I’m done writing for the evening. One of these fine days, I will write less perhaps.
Until then, I must tell you that I never picked up an illegal alien at Home Depot to take home a choke me while I touch myself. That is all. Thank you.
LANDIS
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