HEALTHY LIVING

[johnson2113]

At the KC concert last year, my camera card fouled up on me. Sent it off to various places hoping to save the pictures, no luck. I found a couple that I didn't lose.

4 years and 2 days between the pics.

[BeachBumJim]

WOW!!!

Impressive. What a gift of will power you have to go through that transformation. So much hard work.
Congrats again!

[johnson2113]

I've neglected this post for too long, had to figure out just what in the hell I was doing. Depending on everyone else other the person that needs to get things done.

Part of me is that it's not that I don't want to do it on my own, like doing it on my own but I have to do it on my own. No whining, no crying about it. Not blaming anyone, it's just that if it's going to be done right up to my standard of right it has be on my own.

For entirely too long, I just sucked it up and faked my way through all the stupidity and half-assedness and I just can't fake it anymore. I can't put a smile on my face and listen to, I can't let it go in one ear or out the other anymore.

The gym was a total and utter failure, I heard from a guy that worked there, that he couldn't take it, it was complete BS. Wish I had heard that before I went. I checked out another place, it's one workout a day, I looked at the schedule and mentioned that it was like P90X.

The look on the guys face, well I'll leave it to your imagination, because I know there are standards that can't be crossed, but I'll just say he was very offended. Paint your own picture from there. I just saw a picture a buddy of mine posted on FB from there, P90X

I've got a very thorough and thought out schedule for myself. I've taken a lot of time on this, so I'm confident in the effort I put into it.

I have three runs scheduled so far this year. A 4 mile run, the Warrior Dash and the Hospital Hill half marathon.

I keep being hounded to join a running group, I really prefer my runs as quiet as possible with heavy metal blasting directly into my brain, I don't like to talk and I sure as hell don't like it while I'm running. I'll keep being nice, until it's time to not be nice. Caught part of Roadhouse the other night.

I truly hope everyone hear is keeping up with it, feeling good, looking even better. I'll do my best this time around to keep the thread up.

[Salukulady]

Hey Johnson,
It's all good.
I started with a personal trainer 3 weeks ago. I'm 51, she's 54 and built like a teenager. She's busting my tail two times a week. I journal my intake and exercise to her. Counting calories is good for me.
I have a trip to visit a butt load of music friends the last week of May. Hoping to feel a little better about myself by then.
Sally

[johnson2113]

Hey Johnson,
It's all good.
I started with a personal trainer 3 weeks ago. I'm 51, she's 54 and built like a teenager. She's busting my tail two times a week. I journal my intake and exercise to her. Counting calories is good for me.
I have a trip to visit a butt load of music friends the last week of May. Hoping to feel a little better about myself by then.
Sally

Most excellent!!!! I'm sure you will. Keep it up!!!

[Anne Bonny]

Dude, you are my hero, (well right after Jimmy).

I've backslid this winter due to foot injuries but I'm jumping back on the fitness wagon.

[conched]

Backslider here too!

Just not enough motivation to eat right.

[Dr.Corona]

I've been back on track since income tax season ended & I've got to fit into my shorts & swim trunks with a Myrtle Beach trip coming up in 2 weeks!! Here's hoping I make it.
Ah.......but sustaining........that is the problem.

[conched]

How fun, Dr. C.
Hope you make it too! Sustaining at Margaritaville is tough.

I usually have these little intervals between trips to work on IT, but not even that has motivated me.

I think it is comfort eating, as I am still getting just as much exercise as ever (not drinking much alcohol at all), but eating all the wrong things.

[conched]

It doesn't help either to HEAR the news that all those calorie counting tools are ERRING to the LOW 15-18% on the iphone APPS for all the restaurants, etc.

Must go back to "the FRESHER the BETTER." I can improve by June for Buffett in TEXAS!

[johnson2113]

Thanks, ya'll.

And you can get back on track, it's just a matter of finding that thing that centers you.

One of the lines from Yoga X, "Is to clear you mind of all the garbage before and all the garbage you have to do and focus on the present moment and it'll be like a ride you've never experienced before."

Now I hate to go with a bunch of inspirational quotes, because what I see is people don't take them to heart. They post them, they say them, but I don't think actually read them or hear them. So, I just applied that to every waking moment of my life. I'm not putting up with anyone's ***** anymore.

No one has been off limits, if they tell me that aren't doing it, I don't hold their hand stroke their ego. They get it with both barrels, shoot first and don't ask questions.

I never like one type of music except for one song.

One hundred stories high
People gettin' loose y’all gettin' down on the roof - Do you hear?
(the folks are flaming) Folks were screamin' - out of control
It was so entertainin' - when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin'!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M

I love the story behind the song, the writer was watching the Towering Inferno and people were just gettin' down on the roof as the building burned. That's where I'm at right now, I'm there, gettin' down, while it burns.

#burnbabyburn #burnthatmotherdownyall

I had that p*** poor excuse for a personal trainer email 5 months after my last appointment was cancelled right before Christmas, I didn't hold back, I said how poor the service was and explained why and never got a response back.

Drink you water people, with the exception of the concert I haven't had anything else and the weight is just falling back off of me.

[pbans]

The biggest part of getting back "on track" is just coming to terms with the fact that you got off track.

Sometimes it's easy to just say, "I've blown it this bad, what difference does it make." OR even worse...."I really blew it and I only gained five pounds.....wow....I can get away with this sh*t now." I've done both.
Now I just have to do the self talk thing and acknowledge that I've let my eating get out of control and then not beat myself up over it. I'm not BAD because I got off track. I'm not WEAK because I got off track.....I'm human and therefore, I get off track.
Then I work my way back towards 'the track'! Like we talked about before.....giving up the vending machine, keeping a box of protein bars in my desk drawer INSTEAD of a bag of jelly beans.....

Struggled this winter....gained more than I care to talk about....BUT I've managed to get most of it off....still carrying more of a muffin top into spring than I'd care to....but dealing with it one day at a time!

It is one of those times that I do think it's easier living alone....I take total responsibility. I don't have to make dinners for a family, so it's totally up to me what I eat. I don't have to keep "snacks" in the house for kids....so if they are here, I have to take responsibility for it....

[Dr.Corona]

The biggest part of getting back "on track" is just coming to terms with the fact that you got off track.

Sometimes it's easy to just say, "I've blown it this bad, what difference does it make." OR even worse...."I really blew it and I only gained five pounds.....wow....I can get away with this sh*t now." I've done both.
Now I just have to do the self talk thing and acknowledge that I've let my eating get out of control and then not beat myself up over it. I'm not BAD because I got off track. I'm not WEAK because I got off track.....I'm human and therefore, I get off track.
Then I work my way back towards 'the track'! Like we talked about before.....giving up the vending machine, keeping a box of protein bars in my desk drawer INSTEAD of a bag of jelly beans.....

Struggled this winter....gained more than I care to talk about....BUT I've managed to get most of it off....still carrying more of a muffin top into spring than I'd care to....but dealing with it one day at a time!

It is one of those times that I do think it's easier living alone....I take total responsibility. I don't have to make dinners for a family, so it's totally up to me what I eat. I don't have to keep "snacks" in the house for kids....so if they are here, I have to take responsibility for it....

Dead accurate! I do kick myself in the azz though....it's 1 thing to not exercise as much as I should or have an "extra helping" of something once in awhile.....but when you wander into Taco Bell and order a shtload of food & you KNOW you're an azz for doing it, but you do it anyway....makes me want to yell out loud....YOU SUUCK KEN! I know it's a semi-addiction in my head, pure & simple, just like smoking, or alcohol, or worse.....but it's a matter of getting past it.

Glad to hear you've been successful at knocking off the winter baggage. Always great to hear GOOD NEWS on health front for pholks!

[pbans]

The biggest part of getting back "on track" is just coming to terms with the fact that you got off track.

Sometimes it's easy to just say, "I've blown it this bad, what difference does it make." OR even worse...."I really blew it and I only gained five pounds.....wow....I can get away with this sh*t now." I've done both.
Now I just have to do the self talk thing and acknowledge that I've let my eating get out of control and then not beat myself up over it. I'm not BAD because I got off track. I'm not WEAK because I got off track.....I'm human and therefore, I get off track.
Then I work my way back towards 'the track'! Like we talked about before.....giving up the vending machine, keeping a box of protein bars in my desk drawer INSTEAD of a bag of jelly beans.....

Struggled this winter....gained more than I care to talk about....BUT I've managed to get most of it off....still carrying more of a muffin top into spring than I'd care to....but dealing with it one day at a time!

It is one of those times that I do think it's easier living alone....I take total responsibility. I don't have to make dinners for a family, so it's totally up to me what I eat. I don't have to keep "snacks" in the house for kids....so if they are here, I have to take responsibility for it....

Dead accurate! I do kick myself in the azz though....it's 1 thing to not exercise as much as I should or have an "extra helping" of something once in awhile.....but when you wander into Taco Bell and order a shtload of food & you KNOW you're an azz for doing it, but you do it anyway....makes me want to yell out loud....YOU SUUCK KEN! I know it's a semi-addiction in my head, pure & simple, just like smoking, or alcohol, or worse.....but it's a matter of getting past it.

Glad to hear you've been successful at knocking off the winter baggage. Always great to hear GOOD NEWS on health front for pholks!

There's a book called "Food and Feeling" or something like that....my doctor gave it to me when I first started considering WLS, it's a workbook. Sounds cheesy, but it really did help me identify my "triggers" and understand WHAT is going on that influences my decision to go to Del Taco (my fast food drug of choice) and order not just the bean and cheese that I usually get....(which is actually quite acceptable) but also the funnel cake fries (yes, as good as they sound) and the fried cheesecake bites....(again, yes)....usually it's when I'm feeling lonely, when I'm feeling unappreciated, when I'm feeling defeated....SO I make a choice that makes those feeling WORSE....effin' brilliant. NOW I can identify that.....here's the reality....sometimes I just WANT that s***....so I make a choice....yep, gonna get the cheesecake bites....gonna eat two of them and hastily chuck the rest....I'm going to enjoy them and I'm NOT going to feel sh*tty about it......BUT if I know I'm going in there out of a sense of trying to "fill" something other than my stomach.....I stick with the bean and cheese and talk myself through it. It's hard.....it's hard to admit that food is pretty much my drug of choice. I still come home feeling lonely, unappreciated, and sometimes defeated...BUT I haven't made it worse by self-medicating.
It's always a battle to one degree or another.....some you win, some you lose.....but the awareness is huge.

[johnson2113]

The biggest part of getting back "on track" is just coming to terms with the fact that you got off track.

Sometimes it's easy to just say, "I've blown it this bad, what difference does it make." OR even worse...."I really blew it and I only gained five pounds.....wow....I can get away with this sh*t now." I've done both.
Now I just have to do the self talk thing and acknowledge that I've let my eating get out of control and then not beat myself up over it. I'm not BAD because I got off track. I'm not WEAK because I got off track.....I'm human and therefore, I get off track.
Then I work my way back towards 'the track'! Like we talked about before.....giving up the vending machine, keeping a box of protein bars in my desk drawer INSTEAD of a bag of jelly beans.....

Struggled this winter....gained more than I care to talk about....BUT I've managed to get most of it off....still carrying more of a muffin top into spring than I'd care to....but dealing with it one day at a time!

It is one of those times that I do think it's easier living alone....I take total responsibility. I don't have to make dinners for a family, so it's totally up to me what I eat. I don't have to keep "snacks" in the house for kids....so if they are here, I have to take responsibility for it....

Right on, right on, right on!!!

You have to remember how much better you felt and how much better you looked. Everyone wants to focus on feeling better and being healthy. And I'm all about that but just looking good, makes feel better as well. My jeans are fitting better again, my shirts are hanging not tight around the waist anymore.

And my arms, damn, I don't want to sound too vain, but they are looking good!

Very nice definition starting to show in the biceps, my triceps are insane and veins are stating to pop up. I don't know my vascular system but the ones running down the top of my forearm are really popping up and yesterday I could see them in my bicep.

And that makes go faster and harder!!! Tuesday I was on fire a great workout, Plyometrics a lot of jumping. A move called squat reach jump. You squat down touch the floor, jump up and extend your arms up. I've got a 9 foot ceiling and I touched it. That's a good six inches over my previous vertical leap measurement!

[johnson2113]

Dead accurate! I do kick myself in the azz though....it's 1 thing to not exercise as much as I should or have an "extra helping" of something once in awhile.....but when you wander into Taco Bell and order a shtload of food & you KNOW you're an azz for doing it, but you do it anyway....makes me want to yell out loud....YOU SUUCK KEN! I know it's a semi-addiction in my head, pure & simple, just like smoking, or alcohol, or worse.....but it's a matter of getting past it.

Glad to hear you've been successful at knocking off the winter baggage. Always great to hear GOOD NEWS on health front for pholks!

And the problem with eating out, I've eaten out a few times in the last 5 months and let me say it didn't taste good. It's just convenient and nothing more. I make way better meals than anything I've had out to eat.

If you're going out to eat I say just think about it for a minute, risk vs reward basically. Is it really worth it? Does it really taste that good?

We all have to STOP and just give ourselves a minute. I ran over to 7-11 the other day and thought to myself I've been working hard I'll grab something fun. I got in there grabbed my bottle of water walked over the isle and said F that. I don't need it, don't want it, won't get anything from and continued on.

[johnson2113]

It's hard.....it's hard to admit that food is pretty much my drug of choice.

That's my Mom's quote.

When things got crazy she would get the bread and butter. It goes to my previous post just weigh it out in your mind is it worth it and sometimes it sure is.

Keep up the great work, we all feel the same way. Lord knows if I could write as well as you, this post I just quoted could have come straight out my head. If I wasn't such a damn maniac right now.

And the water is the biggest thing, Dad has been just kind of stuck for the last few months not moving and he and Mom drank about 10 16oz glasses the other day and it was insane how much they came down. Even if you do need to go have a "fix" stick with the water!

[pbans]

It's hard.....it's hard to admit that food is pretty much my drug of choice.

That's my Mom's quote.

When things got crazy she would get the bread and butter. It goes to my previous post just weigh it out in your mind is it worth it and sometimes it sure is.

Keep up the great work, we all feel the same way. Lord knows if I could write as well as you, this post I just quoted could have come straight out my head. If I wasn't such a damn maniac right now.

And the water is the biggest thing, Dad has been just kind of stuck for the last few months not moving and he and Mom drank about 10 16oz glasses the other day and it was insane how much they came down. Even if you do need to go have a "fix" stick with the water!

I totally agree on the water thing. If there is one habit that I've picked up that I think has saved my ass more than anything, it's water drinking....I always have a glass or bottle of water sitting around....usually one in each room of the house. I try for a gallon a day. I make deals with myself...."If you still want that after you've drank a full 16oz bottle of water, you can have it." More often than not, the water sort of 'washes' the idea away. It helps TONS with the heartburn that I sometimes get.....I always know when I'm low on my intake, I'll start to get a little heartburn.
Have had super grumpy tummy lately and I know, for some reason, that a big glass of hot water with a little lemon in it, will make it all better. It seems kind of counter intuitive, but lemon water really helps with heartburn....not like lemonade strong, but a tablespoon in a 16oz glass of water kicks it for me.

[johnson2113]

It's hard.....it's hard to admit that food is pretty much my drug of choice.

That's my Mom's quote.

When things got crazy she would get the bread and butter. It goes to my previous post just weigh it out in your mind is it worth it and sometimes it sure is.

Keep up the great work, we all feel the same way. Lord knows if I could write as well as you, this post I just quoted could have come straight out my head. If I wasn't such a damn maniac right now.

And the water is the biggest thing, Dad has been just kind of stuck for the last few months not moving and he and Mom drank about 10 16oz glasses the other day and it was insane how much they came down. Even if you do need to go have a "fix" stick with the water!

I totally agree on the water thing. If there is one habit that I've picked up that I think has saved my ass more than anything, it's water drinking....I always have a glass or bottle of water sitting around....usually one in each room of the house. I try for a gallon a day. I make deals with myself...."If you still want that after you've drank a full 16oz bottle of water, you can have it." More often than not, the water sort of 'washes' the idea away. It helps TONS with the heartburn that I sometimes get.....I always know when I'm low on my intake, I'll start to get a little heartburn.
Have had super grumpy tummy lately and I know, for some reason, that a big glass of hot water with a little lemon in it, will make it all better. It seems kind of counter intuitive, but lemon water really helps with heartburn....not like lemonade strong, but a tablespoon in a 16oz glass of water kicks it for me.

Absolutely, we all used to have terrible acid reflux, coughing all the time. When I would stop drinking pop and just go to water it would get better, and now I don't have that problem anymore.

Some of things I've heard about water is, 16oz of cold water first thing in the morning to get you metabolism firing and drink 16oz before a meal. Just like you said if you still want it after a full 16oz you can have it. It's supposed to help fill you up before a meal.

Keep it up!

[Joetown Parrothead]

NOW 5 years without an A1C over 5.8

New A1C Test: 5.5
Triglycerides 147
HDL: 49
LDL: 64
Total Cholesterol: 131
Blood Pressure: 120/86

Lost 15 pounds in the last 2 months... Want to lose 30 more before the Vegas Concerts this year...