One man reaching..

What no love for the dog and cat? Well we had a nice Thanksgiving and i hope all of yours were nice also. I found that I am much more of an extrovert then I ever thought. I really did like sitting around with everyone and catching up and shooting the breeze. As for the eating thing I realized that I am following my meals to closly with liquids. It has not made for an enjoyable experience. Twice in the last week had it hit me and I felt like crap. So last night we went out with family for Dinner and I really made sure to not follow my food with liquids to quickly and it worked well. I guess it is a bit of a reality check. I got comfortable and was eating to quick. But I did weight myself today to see how the last two days have treated me and I am now down to 333! Not to shabby, I LOST WEIGHT OVER THE HOLIDAY! That is the first time ever for such an event. Now on the flip I drank 2 glasses of wine last night before dinner and I have felt it twice so far today. The sugar from the wine makes me dump (which is a technical term). Now I did weight myself before those experiences today so I didn't cheat on my weight. Woo Hoo


The Christmas lights are complete. I will have to post a pic when I get them but I did feel like Clark Griswold while putting them up. I was waiting to fall off the roof but it never happened. I am wondering what it is going to look like and how bright it will be since I have never had 16 strands of LED lights on the front of my house. I am betting it will be an experience. I hoping it will be Classssssy! heh

Until tomorrow, I am proud of you Chris.
Night

So I first want to write that I am so thankful for my family, friends, health and everything else. The weight loss has made me so thankful every day for the new life I have come into. Everything is easier, from playing with my kids to doing daily things. I love my life and everyone in it and am thankful for everything God has blessed me with. I am a very lucky man.



HAPPY TURKEY DAY, GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE. So I have been having some apprehensions about thanksgiving dinner but they stopped last night when my friend said that would suck that I would be able to eat much tomorrow. And at that point and time I realized that I have no need to be worried because my relationship with food is totally different now a days. Like I have said before i used to live to eat now I am like the general public and eat to live. I understand I can only eat a little bit and I make sure to savor the taste and eat only foods I find worth it. Those foods are my fruits, proteins and healthy snacks. I am looking forward to squash and not the desserts so i believe that is an improvement.

Until tomorrow,
Night

So I am down 101 pounds. It boggles my mind that since August 22nd I am down 87 pounds. Kara believes I am anorexic but i have been eating and getting in the proper nutrition. I am loving my new life weight so much less. My time spent with my children and wife is so much better and rewarding. I don't wake up every morning with back pain and I wake up with a better outlook on life. Also I find my sleep so much better and I feel so much more rested when I wake up. I took for granted what I had for so many years and now I really understand how lucky I am and how well I have it. I wish my mother would understand that.

Until tomorrow,
Night

So Al I am going to say is 101. I lied, I have lost 101 pounds total!!! That is the equivalent of the chick in the picture. I can not believe that 8 months ago I was living with all that extra weight. I would not want to carry that girl around all the time. That is what i was doing though. Well short post for tonight. I WILL post Sunday night.

So I am not pushing my liquids like I should be. It is not a difficult thing to do but I have been slowing over the last few weeks. So last night when I packed my lunch for today I packed about 60 ounces of liquids and I did drink them all throughout the day. Now this is also piggy backed by my protein consumption. I have really been trying to keep it up. One of my problems is my breakfast are usually not protein filled, which is a problem, big time. I need to make sure to give myself enough time in the morning to have a good protein rich meal. Today I was up at 6:15 and it has made my attitude about the day so much better, not to mention I was not rushing to get out of the door (always a positive). I am going to continue trying to get up early and see how it treats me.


So I have not been posting much lately because I am trying to juggle work, home and everything else. It is hard for me to get myself motivated to write when all i want to do is sleep by the time I usually write my post. I will try to be better because I find blogging to be therapeutic for me, sad I know. On a high note, work is going well still and I really do enjoy it. The people, the position and the individuals have made it a nice few weeks so far.


So on Saturday I had to go to AAA driving school. When I arrived everyone was already there and I wasn't nervous or self conscious walking into the room with everyone looking at me. I thought that was a nice change in my life. Also when I got into the desk I noticed it was a small desk. I am so glad I am 95 pounds down now because I would not have fit in it before. I fit into it without issue and was comfortable without fat spilling over which would have also happened before the weight loss. Another nice little wow.


So tomorrow is gym day with the Bittners. They are coming over to the Eastside Y and we are going to work out there. I am hoping that the getting up earlier in the morning will also help me to get to the gym before work. I really need to be there consistently. I owe it to myself to do my best losing weight in the window of opportunity I have. I have talked the talk now I need to walk the walk.

Until tomorrow,
Night

So today was weight in day and I have dropped 3 pounds which equals 1.36077711 kilograms to make my grand total 95 pounds down. Now I have to say I knew the weight loss was slowing but I know I am not helping it in any way not working out as much as I need to. I am going to try and get to the gym tomorrow night and then again the following day also. Ok, Kaidan woke up so i am done for the night. Tomorrow night should be a long post because I have a ton I want to write about.

Night

So my long awaited trip back to the gym went well. I did cardio and a little bit of weights. The high point to the night was most def watching Kaidan climb up and over the very large inflatable. He did so well and it was a blast seeing him smile because he did it. This is defiantly a driving point for me to get there at least 3 times a week if not 4. We will see. Another bonus out of it was I got to hang out with friends, and as some of you know I do not have many of them. But the small group i have are a great pack.

Driving school on Saturday. My new job is sending me to driving school because of my driving record back in the day. So tomorrow I get to spend 6 hours at triple A and re learn all the stuff I know. You know I do not understand it. You hit one pedestrian and everyone thinks you are a danger out on the road. LMAO


So today when i went to work I grabbed a backpack of mine that has a laptop sleeve. I really thing I need to have good protect on my work computer because I do not want to break one. But the WOW thing happened later in the day. As I was getting ready to leave work I put the back pack on and went to buckle the waist band for some odd reason. I could not believe to see how big the strap was set for. The waist band barely fit around my waist before and now the band at that setting is too big for the biggest part of my torso. Hell yeah that felt good. Well it is 2 am so i am going to go to bed.

Until Tomorrow,
Night

So on Monday I weighed in and I was down 5 pounds which equals 2.26796185 kilograms. I can not complain about weighting 246 down 92 pounds total and 78 pounds down from the day I arrived home from the hospital (Aug 22 2008). I am feeling great and can not believe it. I even made my PCP amazed by my progress and even made him laugh hard when I saw him on Monday. I had to have a med changed and during our conversation and talking about the side effects, which neither of us though was a negative. But now we changed the med and will see what happens. The funny thing is the new med has a side effect of weight loss. Lets see if that changes any of the weight in.


So after I got out of work on Monday I went and got some new work clothes that fit me. I have to say after wearing clothes that were huge on me I see the difference even more now when I am wearing clothes that fit. A XL shirt and 38 inch waist pants. In the words of Kaidan; "I love it!" I can not completely realize how much my life has changed except when I look back at old post and then i truly understand how much I have changed in this whole experience. My eating habits, my outlook, my interactions in life. I will say this again, Besides getting married and having my buetiful sons this was the best decision of my life.

TV So this weekend My uncle David and myself installed our bedroom tv into the living room. It was a whole day project but it turned out awesome. The picture above is what it looked like as we were running the lines and the bottom picture is what it looks like completed. Now I just have to deal with the old tv in our bedroom.




Until tomorrow night, I will post because I have to work late and I want to give you some inside details of the workings of my mind, and I am going to the gym tomorrow, Go team super awesome wolf squadron!
Night.

This was supposed to be posted last night, opps:
So the last three days have been good. Well my abscess has deflated and work is going well. I am excited to get past the training aspect of it and start getting my feet wet. The work is the same as my old job but guidelines and way things are done are different and will keep me on my toes for a while I bet. I am trying to figure out the balancing two houses. I have done it before successfully but not for more then a few months. I think it will be easier here because of the support level i believe is there. I have also found many positives to this agency. I believe they are what makes this agency a great agency to work for, but it is a bit preliminary to say. Also everyone I have met seems very cool.

On to today's info.


So I have been thinking about my confidence level for a bit tonight. Now thinking back I have seen my level rise so much. I have not worried about feeling like the elephant in the room and have not worried about sweating and becoming nervous when doing things out in public or in my house. I wrote a while ago about how I have felt like that all the time before but over the last two weeks I have not even thought about it. I guess being back at work and not worrying about what people think of my size made me think about it. It could also be that I my random mind stumbled upon the thought tonight and I was amazed thinking how the stress from that is gone. YEAH!! At least some stress is gone.

Until tomorrow,
Night.

So my first day on the job went better then this guys. My activities were filling out a bunch of paperwork and then I watched a ton of videos that I have seen before. It comes with the territory and I am just glad to be working again. First impression went well and I really believe I am going to love working for this agency. Now I have to say i felt very comfortable and confident interacting with new people with my 87 pound weight loss. I hope that continues while keeping me grounded. More info to come.


6 pounds = 2.72155422 kilograms and that is what the rims weights in the picture. So today was weight in day and I came in at 251. That is a 6 pound drop in a week and I can not complain about that. Now I am hoping that i can continue that for a bit longer, especially with the holidays coming up. What I have read said you will lose the majority of weight in the first 6 months and I am planning on dropping as much as possible. My goal at this time is 199 but i do not know if that is where I will end up. The most important things is I am healthy and able to live a longer life to see my children grow up.


So when i woke up this morning I felt some discomfort in my mouth. I believed it was a canker sore but then in the evening I looked at it again and noticed it was most likely not a canker sore. I call my dentist and he told me it is most likely an abscess and that he wants me to come in first thing tomorrow morning so he can check it out and get me some antibiotics for it. Now hopefully he will be able to drain it also so the pain will go away and my face will not have a deformity. I like my new face with so much less weight on it. The other issue is I do not know what time I am wanted at the new job because the HR rep had to leave before she could tell me today. I know that I have a meeting at 9 so I will make sure to be there before that and I will call her at 8 tomorrow to see what she has for me.

Well until tomorrow,
Night