" I need more belt holes, Compliments are nice but dangerous and damn those Cravings!!!..."

So, it's been another 10 days, and I am happy to report that my weight this week is 234 on the dot! Wow, a whole .5 lost since my last log in which was 7.30.09. Now, normally, in the past, this would frustrate me to no end, because the lack of results "I am" seeing. However, it seems I'm looking like my new way of living is working! I was getting dressed this weekend and I put on my belt and went to fasten it, now I'm usually set at like the 3rd or 4th belt hole, but this time I pulled my belt until it was tight and when I went to put the belt needle into the hole, there was no more holes to use! I was in my closet, so I started to yell out " I NEED MORE BELT HOLES!!!" to my wife Jinky and our three girls that were in the loft. I walked from my closet to the loft and said it again " I NEED MORE BELT HOLES!!!"... My wifey and girls just started to laugh. This felt good, because I realized that it's just not weight I am trying to shed but inches too. I never thought about that before. I've always had the mind set that losing weight was all I had to do. Now, I'm not trying to be a size 32 or 34 waist kind of guy, I like the idea of getting to 36 and then maintain from there. I have two different pant sizes in my closet that are 38 and 40. The 40's are too big now I am happy to say and the 38's are starting to fall more now too. I think when I hit my Silver Goal of 215 it will defitnitley be time to hit THE GAP again for some pantalones..



Compliments are nice, but dangerous...



So, this is what I hear when I walk through the halls of my work... " Oh my gosh! What are you doing? You look so good..." or " Man, are you sick? You look like you've dropped alot! "...Now, if you know me, you'll know that I am one of the "Cockiest" people on this planet. Even as a fatty, I still act like my "ish" don't stink. Now imagine me getting complients about my apperance. My head is getting more swollen than Barry Bonds juiced dome! But, I'm taking this all in stride and not letting anything people say to me distrubt my task in front of me. I'll be the first to tell you that my journey is not even close to half way to where I want to be. If you want to get techinical, I feel I have only taken one step towards my ultimate destination and I have about a million miles ahead of me. This is all good though, because I am learning to be patient. Learning that it took almost 7 years to put myself in this situation and that it's not just going to take 7 days or 7 months to get back to where I was in good health. I'm happy that my mind and body know what our daily routine is now and that at certain times in the day this is what and only what I will be eating. This past weekend was a good example of throwing off my routine. I was working late Friday night putting the finishing touches on a website I've been developing, so I didn't get to bed until about 2:00 a.m. My lovely wife Jinky let me sleep in until about 11:00 a.m. After I got up, I did'nt go down stairs and get something to eat. I basiclly went into the loft after brushing my teeth and taking my morning dump. There I layed and watched T.V. until about 1:00. I got dressed and the family and I went to meet my sisters who were going to take my two older girls to Marine World. Now, it's about 1:45 or so and we stopped to get coffee at this shop in Benicia called RAAGS. My Jinky loves this place. Anyway, I got a large iced white chocolate mocha. Why did I get large? I do not know. I think my stomach ordered for me because I knew better. I hadn't eaten anything all morning, I hadn't put anything into my system yet and I was going to start my day with this LARGE ICED WHITE CHOCOLATE MOCHA. So, I get my drink and I drink it down. I was starving and I thought that this would head my stomach until I got to eat something good. Well, we ended up going to this Hawaiin BBQ place. I got the BBQ Chicken and Chicken Katsu plate, no rice, but extra Mac salad. NOT a good idea to be the first meal of the day. Let me just put it this way, for the next 5 hours I was in out of the men's room. I was leaking more than a busted faucet.... Like Bernie Mac said in Ocean's 13.. " NUFF SAID." I've stressed before that the weekends are kind of tough for me to eat like I do during the week. I did eat a nice BBQ Chicken salad last night so the weekend was not all lost...



I do get cravings ( man, do I ever! ) at night, for like ice cream or something else that's sweet. I've been able to maintain though. I have eaten carbs after 5:00 a few times this past week, nothing too bad, but it's funny, because I don't have that bloated feeling afterwards when I do eat them. I have approxitmitley 15 days ( started May 18 - ends Aug. 25 ) until my 100 days of No Rice and Soda is finished. I've learned to not really miss rice, but I love Sushi so that is when my cravings kick in. It would be nice to have a Coke or Pepsi too, but I think I can go longer without having to have one of those. Maybe it will be a good test to have a soda when my 100 days is up, just to test how strong I can be and not want one again? As for rice, I am very excited about trying Brown Rice. I've heard some good things about it and I think it will fit in what I am trying to accomplish with my new eating habits.

Well, that has been the last 10 days. I did also buy some new Nike's for training. They are the Nike Free 5.0, they are crazy light and feel like I have nothing on my feet when wearin them. This is what they look like:


I'll post a review on how they are for workouts...

Other than that, I have not been as consistent with my workout program as I would like, but I have been active. I did get to Box a few rounds with the bag and my family and I have been walking alot at the park and around our neighborhood. I have been really inspired by my two older girls, Lala and Kiki. They agreed to do the "Cooper Test" every day last week. The "Cooper Test" is just running at an easy pace for 12 minutes.

I was very proud of their work ethic and dedication, so I have no choice but to return the favor and show them I am going to be healthy and strong for them! ; )

TTFN.