Dang I'm sore

So i did 2.9 Miles of Walking and Running on Tuesday and really feel it today

I have a SPA at home that's heated but now it's not working .. ahh perfect timing

Hopefully I an work on it tonight and get it firing up properly

Wish me luck !

311 Pounds

Wow its been a long time dear blog since I have been here but I think it will help me.

I am no longer low carbing , I am trying to eat "balanced" and as smart as I can. And I'm trying to change my view on food.

I've realized recently that I DO like food. And I do find "Enjoyment" from food, its a means of happiness and there is nothing wrong with that but ...

Food is for nutrition ! We are supposed to eat for energy not for enjoyment.

And at the same time this does not mean .. NEVER ENJOY food .. there is a time and place for enjoying food , just like there is a time and place for drinking alcohol

So right now I'm just starting out, weighed myself at 311 Lbs this morning, and am starting a new journey unlike I've ever tried before

Wish me luck !

Day 10

Day 10 of my restart and on Day 9 I screwed up again

Lots of stuff going on though, I'm hella broke at the moment and cheap food is very carby.

I'm doing the best I can but eggs are gettign old !

Hangin in there keeping things as low as possible

I am "OFF SCALE" till next week and the "good scale" in the office is gone.

So now I need to buy a new scale, ... and I'm broke .. ahh but not giving up.

Day 3

Day 3 and still clean in terms of carb count daily so that's good.

Right now I'm looking for a house to buy so that's pretty darn stressful.

We might get a house with a pool. (I hope)

So we will see hopefully we can get an offer on it today.

Other than that nothing new :)

Day 2 - two week Moratorium on Scale Checking

So I've decided to challenge myself not only to stay "on plan" but to not use a scale for two weeks

The reason is because I've noticed if I'm doing "GOOD" I actually use that to rationalize that I can eat a little more carbs.

I'm going to wait till the 26th to hit the scale again

Also going to challenge myself and go to the DAMN GYM !!!!

At least 6 days between now and then

Day 1 (298.8)

OK I screwed up this weekend and well .. got off the plan

I have been doing alot of that lately so I'm going to just reset the days and start over day 1

It's a journey right !

I'm up a few pounds which sucks

So here we go Day 1 (again) I'm not gonna give up

Day 50

Wow 50 days in already

OK lets talk about Acanthosis Nigricans again

It's a type 2 pre-diabetes and full diabetes symptom very common in darker skinned people. I have had it for several years and the unhealthier I am and the higher my insulin levels the worst it gets.

Now 50 days into Atkin it's about 95% clear. If I can stay on plan it should be 100% clear by end of summer.

295 day 48

Ahh back on track i had some days of laziness on blogging and a ice cream slip up last week

So one ice cream and POOF ... 2 pounds went up

So no more of that !!!

At 295 I'm feeling alot more AGILE then usual .. I know it sounds stupid

At 316 (In December) I could barely get out of my chair

At 295 i find myself doing things that I have not done in a while w/out even thinking about them.

Excercise is just around the corner !

Day 42

Well clothes are definately getting looser and looser

It seems that I visually lose some weight, I see it in clothes, face, and the way I feel. The weight does not move .. then one day

Whooosh

It's odd, it requires patience !


So today I noticed my pants just look great, they were really tight before and I was in denial

One of my XXL T-shirts that was snug actually was looking good on me yesterday

I may not need XXL anymore which is a happy day

Weight is still around the same, but the visual appearance is good

Have I mentioned how I love Buffalo Wings !

Day 41

Yesterday it was a minor kidney stone, I drank a bunch of water and my bladder was in pain, i felt it move to the leaving point and thankfully it passed the "final section" without pain

Immediately after I was relieved, and only minor soreness from it

It was small enough I didnt really see it pass but I know it's gone now

Lesson to me that I need to drink ALOT of water to keep these from coming

Arrrgg .. I also gotta get off my ass and excercise ... 296 .... i gotta set my eyes on 290 and head for it !

296.0 (Day 40)

Hmmm I might have a small kidney stone

I had one before a few years ago, and I've been slacking on water sooo I may have done myself in .. God I really hope I don't but the pain is pretty unmistakable

I have to drink water today, and well I'll be finding out soon

I feel it already IN the bladder, so it probably already passed from the kidneys which would explain some lower back pain I had and yesterdays "upset stomache" feeling all day which is pretty much what I had before ...

Grrr this is gonna suck

So back on plan Sunday, Monday NO PROBLEMO in fact i didnt even eat much it's amazing how this eating plan takes away the hunger

Lots of hamburger meat yesterday tho for convenience

Today I'm gonna try to go to the Mediterranean place and get some Spinache, and Baked Fish !!!

296 .. not bad seems liek just the other day I wanted to get under 300 now 296 seems so far away from my goals

290 here I come !

Have a great day !

Day 39

Have a stomache bug today ahhh sucks

Gotta drink lots of water, stayed home sick today

This weekend .. i had one slice of pizza and one Michelobe Ultra I stayed in Ketosis .. I'm not gonna play that game often but glad it did knock me out

TOns of water today

Oh yeah so I was down on 6th street, and well just love the street vendor pizza and normally eat 2-3 peices so I did not feel too bad

It's the first time I've had carbs .. but then again .. one not too bad, I"m not gonna beat myself up just stay on plan

And .. it wasnt even that good :)

Day 36

Day 36 here I failed on water yesterday and was pretty dehydrated

I can feel not so good when I do that

This morning my ketones level was super high . so I MUST do some major flushing

I slacked on fiber-ish stuff for the past few days and I am starting to feel it in the gut .. and I know it's time to spend a weekend with some sort of supplement to make things better

This weekend is gonna be BUSY but fun, I am going to 6th street with an out of town friend, I can't drink :( which sucks but at the same time I have sworn off drinking because it is a gatway for me to over indulge in foods .. nothing like greasy street vendor food after drinking in a club watching a live rock show

Tonight we have band practice right after work .. time to go buy some Jerkeys !!!

Day 35

Made it through yesterday immediately after work went to Walmart and got me some low carb and sugar free Jerkeys and some Atkins bars

I don't go crazy with Atkins bars, but when you skip breakfast, or when you are in a pinch and have NO OTHER CHOICE it's better than nothing and they have a TON of Fiber in them. I'm staring at one right now and it has 10g of dietary fiber.

Fiber is mucho importante, anyone who has done atkins for a long time can tell you. You CAN NOT be healthy without Fiber .. bad stuff happens !

Today gonna try (again) to get my water intake UP UP UP

Have a good day !

Day 34

Getting out and spending time with a band and not eating carbs is pretty tricky.

I know in the long run it's going to be way better for me, but man oh man our sessions (like last night) can get long. Trying to be there on time and also eat on plan gets hard.

I've gotta stop off at the grocery store today and get some carb free snacks to pack with me.

Today is going to be hard, I am at work all day, with a online class between 11am and 1pm and I did not pack lunch, and then tonight I gotta go write music immediately after work.

To add to the stress I'm low on cash, I can't just go get some sauce free brisket from the Rudy's BBQ down the street. It looks like canned Tuna and Beef Jerkey today which is not appealing but it will keep me on plan.

Healthwise I wanna talk about my FEET, I know it's gross but being pre-diabetic I was having serious foot infection issues. THANK GOD it never got gangreen or badly infected enough to need surgury.

Since I've been on the plan my feet have unswelled, I had thought my feet were fat, but they were actually swollen, I can see veins and coloration in my feet. It scares me how bad they were before. I'd pretty much keep socks on all the time cuzz I was so embarrassed of how they looked. Now they arent so bad ! It makes me wonder if I was more than "borderline" diabetic. Maybe I was actually fully diabetic at times depending on how much my sugar intake was.

My energy level is definately getting better, I can do things I love for longer periods of time.

Guitar Playing .. it's funny to say but it's getting easier, I noticed last night I'm playing with my guitar in FRONT of me, not to the SIDE of me. Before my belly was so bloated and round that with my guitar in front of me I couldnt play. So I'd sit my guitar off to the right side of me and actually play to the side.

These are those cool little things you see happen as your losing weight. There is a long long road ahead of me so ... I gotta just take this one day at a time.

Day 33

Today was one of those days, I woke up and I can see changes

It's good to see and feel changes, clothes getting looser, pants fitting better

I think today I will take some pictures so i can have good documentation of my 296 Phase

I need a new scale at home

The thing has read 305 the whole time that the official scale at work has gone from 307 to 296

So clearly the home scale does not work

296.4 (Day 32)

Wow I got a little whoosh of weight off me this week. I'm super happy about this.

I was gonna set my next goal to 295 but since I am at 296.4 I will make it 290

This week is going to be tricky as I'm adding in Gym work, this will lead to some water build up and maybe some weight gain. I have to keep my focus though and not let it knock me off plan. Also have to remember that working out does not entitle me to eat more, or eat any carbs that are NOT on the PLAN

I'm very happy about this, keeping a diary is really making it very visible that though things are changing slowly, they are in fact changing, and those little changes over a period of time are all that matters in the LONG RUN.

OK I'm off to have a great day !

Day 29

Gonna be an interesting day I've managed to slow down my water intake and I'm gettign a bit dehydrated

Sooo .. gotta drink plenty of water today and that means

PEEEEEEE alot !

Oh the joy

I've got to get it in my head that I NEED to exercise more, I need to drop this weight I'm doing good at a little over a pound per week. I've got to be patient but I also need to make good progress

I think this weekend I'll be hitting that treadmill !!

Day 28

And 28 days later how do I feel compared to when I started

I feel so good compared to when I started, life is less scarier, I don't feel like I'm on the verge of a heart attack

Today was a busy morning, we are house hunting and we went to go look at a bargain place. Saving money for a house is hard, so I'm short on money to eat out or buy good food. Gotta go with the bargain deals !

I'm trying to stick to weighing officially once a week here at work we have a scale.

It's tough but I gotta remember it's for the LONG HAUL !

Nothing good in life is easy to get it takes a lot of work

Day 27

It's becoming more routine now to stay "on plan"

I'm also not as hungry as I used to be, very little food can keep me going for a long period of time

Low blood sugar issues seem to have gotten better overall and I don't drop so fast anymore on blood sugar

Ketone levels are lowered now I've added in more healthy carbs and won't turn down a BIG salad :)

Nothing new except I'm trying to buy a house and cash is gonna be short for a while