Roadblocks and blown tires

Motivation:

Today's motivation is another picture. Behold "The Virgo Godess" who was dancing with me during the annual Virgo party. (Many of my friends are Virgos and have a party in September to celebrate).

Looking at this picture, I see beauty and the beast. The motivation in this picture is to see the guy on the right and try to be kind, but at the same time, realize that this guy needs to put down the doritos and pick up a barbell. This guy on a dance floor is like a bull in a china shop. The second part of the motivation is the girl on the left. I don't have her number or even know her full name, but she was totally into me. I wonder if she will be around next Virgo night..... I had better be ready to knock her socks off.

Diary:

D: pizza (oh my, this was good pizza). The restaurant had some kind of 'accident' with the first pizza, so they re-made the pizza and it was free. The pizza was called the 'top of the line' and had all fresh veggies, no canned mushy stuff. It was about 1 inch thick, with mushrooms, green pepper, olive, tomatoes, sausage, pepperoni, cheese, saurkraut. since everything was fresh, it tasted good. I ate about 2 large slices. I felt very full after this meal.
One thing about this challenge is this: The point is not to deprive myself of fun things like pizza or birthday cake, or beer. The point is to sustain healthy habits so that I can maintain a more healthy weight, and overall lose fat percentage. Have a pizza night is not going to make a huge dent in the overall program, so the point is to plan for these things and make it more special. I was glad to spend time with my friend playing cards and eating pizza. Will it affect the Saturday weigh-in? Maybe, but so what?
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B: raisin bran and soy milk
S: protien bar
L: lean cuisine and xs and small side salad with italian dressing and vitamins
S: honey ham and swiss cheese and an apple
G: elliptical 1.67 miles @ 336+ calories, walk 1 mile, sauna

Later tonight - 1 beer and a side salad

Notes:

Today started out with a bang - literally. This is another "good story - bad story", so buckle yourself in.

Today was the coldest day of the year. Yesterday was in the 30's, and today it is like -20 below zero. I am wearing a long sleeved shirt, my blue fleece jacket, and my other winter jacket over that, plus my gloves and hat. This sparks another story, maybe for next week. Cold is another sensation that I am somewhat unfamiliar with, and losing weight is exposing some blood vessels to the world that are reacting to the temperature.

On the interstate, I blew my tire, but really didn't notice until I pulled to the offramp. the front passenger tire was flat, and I got out and pulled the temporary spare out. I proceeded to jack up the car, take off the previous tire, put on the temp, and put everything away. It took about 20 minutes, max, and I got back in the car. I stopped to think about the last time I blew a tire, and I reallized two things. Last time I had a flat tire, I was unprepared to change it myself, due to my weight and uncomfortable bending and stretching to pull out the spare. I had to call my AAA service to have a truck come and help me. It was an embarrasing, time-consuming wait. I thought that this shoudl be easier.
After changing the tire this time, I wasn't breathing heavily, and wasn't feeling any discomfort. Wow, that was quick, I thought. Even on the coldest, windiest day of the year, I just sucked it up and got the job done. I kick butt! I am going to take the tire to the shop and get it fixed or replaced, then have a salad and beer with my friend Pat while they fix it, then walk back over to the shop and retrieve the car.
No panic, no frustration, no turning to food for comfort that I was a victim. I feel rather normal today, given a situation that in the past would have rendered my incapable to care for myself.

Well, after re-reading that story, I reallize this was rather stupid, but I felt like it was a 'little victory' and sometimes the little victories are the best ones. One other note, at the gym, I saw another car with the exact same problem that I had earlier. I looked for the driver, but could not find. I was willing to get out and just re-do the performance I had done earlier for whoever was in vehicle. I thought that would be a good practice for my fellow man.

On a completely different subject, this weekend I am going to start using the crockpot to create my weekly lunch meals, instead of purchasing lean cuisine meals. microwave meals are convienient and easy, but they aren't all that tasty, and they are not as nutritious as I would like. Plus, at $3.25 for 9oz of food seems like a lot of money going down the drain. So I have purchased chicken parts and beef parts and tomato parts and onion parts (still need to find garlic parts) and i am going to put them together this weekend and divide them into daily meals that I can take to work with me. I will probably write about this some more next week, and let you know if the quality and taste make the meals worth the time and effort I put into them. It is a good experiment either way.


So, tommorow is Measurement Day #3. Just to remind us where I was 3 weeks ago:

Starting Weight - 470 lbs

Weight as of Jan 28 - 430 lbs
Chest - 58
Waist - 68
Hips - 58
Estimated Body Fat Percentage = 35.47%
Estimated Body Mass Index (BMI) = 55.20

First goal is to lose a total of 56.08lbs.
Next goals will be based on fat%.

You will have to wait until late on Tuesday to see the results. I will post something before the end of day on Tuesday with the measurements and calculations, and of course, more random thoughts from the fat man himself.

until then, have a good president's day, and a nice long weekend. more later...

Chazz