One man reaching..

Preface: I should have done this as my first post last month.
I used to eat and never think that the food would be there later. It wasn't That i believed the food fairies would come and take the food in the middle of the night, it was a just never thought that yes i can have this later or two days from now. It was the immediate gratification aspect that I focused on and that is something I am working on because if I do not have that under control, I will not be successful and all this effort was for not.


Now on to my daily info:


So today Cooper and I went for a walk where we live. Cooper only wanted to walk for the first half of the trip so I carried him the rest of the way. Now what i started to think after that point was that if I was carrying both my sons plus a gallon of water during the walk it would have been equivalent to what i used to weight and have to carry around on a daily basis. That was another realization of how much weight I have lost in such a short time. Even when I was putting clothes together to take to donations I found it amazing that I was wearing all these clothes just a month and a half ago. Kara was surprised that all those clothes that did not fit me any more and I had to remind her the amount of weight I have lost. I continue to tell my friend who just had the surgery how fast it will happen. I look back over the last month and a half to two months and it seems as if it was just yesterday I started on this adventure.


Later in the day I went to Wegmans and I grabbed a grocery basket. I used to never get them because I hated carrying them. They would rest up next to my body and I felt uncomfortable with that happening and it made me wider then I already was. A cart was safe because it somewhat hid me. Back on point; During carrying the basket around I noticed there was no rubbing of the basket on my clothes. Also I never felt my arm weaken due to the basket and I wasn't switching it from hand to hand as I used to. Plus I never worried about sweating by just carrying a basket. See even the little things I over analyze and find the positives out of it, the negatives also. I try to make sure to notice the little things that are changing because those things keep me motivated, It is only once in a while when there is a big wow moment.


Also I am down 2 lbs today. The picture is of two pounds of cookies, david's to be exact. When i was searching for a picture of something 2 pounds I found this but overlooked it because it wasn't appealing to me. Back a few months ago I would have wanted a cookie just by looking at the picture but now I can only think about how many calories and other things that are not good for you in it. Granted I know everything in moderation works but at this stage I am an all or nothing guy. It is something I have learned to work well with to transition into new things in my life. Of course I am going to have a sweet here or there but I always need to remind myself of the work that it has taken me to get to the point I am at, the surgery, the appointment, 6 months of time.

As i am finishing up my blog tonight I am watching The biggest Loser and they have this challenge, The person to eat the most calories would win the right to make up the new teams. When the total calories were read all i could think about was how much work it would take to burn them. And it reminds me everything in moderation.

Night