Ahh..... Back to work after a short weekend vacation! Well KSTS & I met with some friends in Gatlinburg, TN Thursday evening. Needless to say it is quite difficult to stay on track with eating well when you are in that kind of environment.... So lets get to the point - we are okay most of the time, but Saturday was a total loss.... Full Flavor Saturday! Breakfast at the pancake pantry, this consisted of lots of sugar and carbs and probably not much real nutrition. But is sure tasted amazing! Then dinner at the Smokey Mountain Brewery - this also consisted of lots of naughty foods, as well as beer, and mixed drinks! Apple Pie Moonshine - AMAZING! So I am not sure of the calorie swing those couple days, but i am sure it was ugly! We did go for a great walk in the hills Friday, and we were active while we were there - but no real work out was done and the bad eating... So I weighed in this morning - 324.4! That was still a 1.2 lb loss from last monday! And I feel right good about it! I think that if I weigh again tomorrow am or Wednesday it will be even less! I think I am probably holding some water weight - but I am okay with the 1.2lb loss! Considering how much I consumed and the lack of a work out - I am a happy boy! Plus when we worked out yesterday I had a lot of intensity and my work outs were lacking over all last week. So this lapse over a couple days is not going to get me down. I am excited to get back on track! I am going to do what I can to cut down on the carbs - evening though I have been eating well and with the right calories (for the most part...) I looked back and my diet is consisting of roughly 60 - 70% carbs. That is not a super healthy option. While you don't want to do completely away with carbs, you do need to be mindful of what you eat. So for a week or two I am going to eat really low carb to shock my body, then try to maintain a healthy level of 40% of my diet coming from carbs. I have done a lot of reading and healthy lifestyles fluctuate a little, but they say you should be at 40% protein, 40% carbs, and 20% fats. I can do it! This is a lifestyle change that is worth doing and I want to make it happen!

Hello out there to all the world! Well, it is a tad cold this morning and I must say that I am beginning to tire of winter. Okay - well we worked hard last week and pushed ourselves a lot! Plus we ate well! There was a day or two in the week when my calories bumped up to the 2500 range, but that is still a lot better than the 4000 plus i was eating before! Last week I lost 3.8 lbs, and am now sitting at 325.6! And i am feeling pretty good! Not as much weight loss as I was hoping for, but it was my official week 2 of eating well and working out. Week 2 is the really tough week because your body is getting used to eating less and working out and it is trying to figure out what is going on. During week 3 some of that figuring out is almost done, but sometimes that is also a bit slow. But when week 4 comes, the pounds start to drop! So I will take my 3.8 lbs for week 2 and hold my head high! And I will take whatever I am dealt for week 3 with the same attitude! Now I must tell you, this week is going to be a tad naughty.... KSTS & I are going to Gatlinburg to visit with friends - we will miss two workout's this week, and we have given ourselves two naughty meals. There is a brew house there with killer dinner food, and there is the pancake pantry.... So we will eat really well for most meals, eat really bad for 2 meals, but we will be walking a TON and quite active while we are there - I am still confident that this week will still be a week of weight loss! My body bugg is really helping me keep track of what I have been doing and it keeps me super accountable! I mean - I don't know how I ever would have stayed so motivated without it! And really - this is just a lifestyle change. I know it sounds so cliche' but it is really the truth. Our lives are going to change from this! We are making ourselves more active, we are eating healthy (but still eating a lot of food, just good food!), and we just plain feel better. I haven't slept this well since I was in high school or college! I swear that when my head hits the pillow I am out, then when I wake up I feel rested and energized! I know it sounds hokey and silly - believe me, the stupid ass fitness people that are so upbeat all the time are so freaking aggravating and annoying, but I know why they are that way... BECAUSE YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU LIVE THIS WAY! And I am learning that for the first time in my life. I just feel better all over. My work feels more rewarding and I am better able to focus, my social life with KSTS feels better and I feel that I am able to be a better husband, and I feel more at peace with myself. KSTS got me pants that fit well for Christmas - I really wish I had taken some measurements before all this and then taken some yesterday, because when I put those pants on this morning they are so big on me they almost fell off! If it wasn't for my large butt and hips they would be on the floor! There is truly enough room in there now for me to smuggle a small watermelon around my waist! Okay.... maybe just some grapefruit, but you get the idea! Man... I am rambling this morning! I will go now, work calls - and these silly postings of mine really go nowhere. And I know that some people will think I am a hypocrite with all this healthy living gaboldy gook, but I hope not too much - Because as sad as it makes me, it is all true... Good luck peeps! Do something positive to change your lives and make an effort to just move more during the day! Someone loves you and if you aren't willing to commit to do something for yourself, at least do it for them!

GOOD MORNING!

Okay so you are thinking two days of blogging in a row!? Wow! Patrick is on fire! Well I just wanted to update everything quickly and let you know that yesterday I was a maniac for some reason and kicked the calorie burning (5,300!) and steps (15,000!) into high gear! I don't know what came over me, but my calorie goal to burn for the day is only 4,400 - So I smashed that! And everyone should strive for 10,000 steps a day - And I decimated that! Rockin Bitches! Maybe I should leave swear words out of my public blog... Probably so... Of course all my many followers are over the age of consent so I will leave it for now! I am feeling spicy this morning! OH! One more thing - My calorie goal is 1925 a day and for some reason I only ate like 1700 yesterday??? But I was full and didn't want anymore! This healthy eating crap is crazy! Who knew??? I am all fired up and I have been reading more and more about running... I know... But I kind of want to set a goal for myself. According to the Bodyubugg I should be reaching my goal weight of 250 in May sometime. I am thinking that when I hit the 275 rage I am going to start running. Right now my right knee kills me - I know it sounds silly and quite cliche, but it truly is an old football injury. When they sewed me up they said I could develop arthritis and problems in it earlier rather than later. Well I guess that is happening. I am not letting it stop me, I just want to get some weight off before I stress it with running. P90X is rocking it pretty hard - last night we did lunges for what felt like hours (really it was only about 10 total minutes spread throughout the video we were watching). And every single time I put weight on that right knee I get paints up and down my leg, it pops and sounds like bones are snapping, and I feel like it is going to collapse. Wah Wah Wah Wah.... I am not letting it stop me though! I can feel my body changing and my energy level increasing and I can feel myself wanting to push harder and do more! Wow! I am rambling this morning! I need to get to work! Adios Peeps!

Ahh I now have three followers, although 2 of you are the same person... Fame is wonderful! I will do my best to not forget you little people as I become famous from my ramblings! Well I weighed in this morning. First, let me explain about this past week. KSTS & I have gone on a healthy eating lifestyle change - at least we are doing out best to. We didn't get in all our gear the first week of Jan, so we didn't really get cranked up on the road to health until January 9th. So from the third to the 8th, we were not 100% healthy - but we weren't awful... Well I was pretty bad... What can I say... Anyway, one week of eating good - around 2000 calories a day (OF THE RIGHT FOODS!) and week one of the P90X - VERY Difficult home work out. We decided to try something that changes from night to night so we wouldn't get bored at the gym. And yesterday is the first time we have repeated a workout session! So it is pretty fun ( I mean that in a very loose sense, because no workout program is really fun). Also, we are wearing BodyBugg's. They keep exact track of how many calories we are burning in a day. Then we go online and log what we eat and it shows us a calorie deficit or surplus. As long as you have a calorie deficit every day then you are losing weight! Simple right??? ]

So all that being said - As of this morning I weight 329.4! This is down 6.6lbs from Jan 3rd! And I am going to keep on kicking it! I really want to be around 250 - that is still a large man size, but a healthy weight from someone who has a build like mine. And who knows - once I hit 250 I may want to drop even more! My brother was around 225 when he was young and he had a pretty good build. Maybe that is my magic number? I dunno. But what I do know is that I want to hit 250! I have not been that size since 8th grade - pretty sad huh? Also, I would really love to be able to run a marathon, or maybe just a 1/2 marathon!The Bodybugg program says that if I follow its rules and keep doing what I am doing then sometime in May I should hit my 250 goal! I will do my best to keep everyone (all 2 of you) updated as to my results! Now - I am finished with lunch (turkey sandwich & pretzels & water...) so I am going to put on my tennis shoes and go walk around our building complex for the rest of my lunch break!

Adios Peeps!

Well it appears as though I have not posted anything since October... I officially suck!

It was a rough later portion of the year in '10... The seas were rough that day, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli... But today is fresh! And this is a fresh start to a brand new year! A year of Fantasticness! I weighed in at 336.6 this morning.... Down overall from last year, but up almost 19lbs from my low point last year as well... KSTS and I have put a few things in motion to try and attack the weight loss issue different this year! I will keep you, my faithful reader (since there is only one, or none of you) posted on the progress! This year I will succeed!

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