Day 54 - 74

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