Slimdude

*I have done really really well today. I did my workout DVD… I did eat a little lighter, but I certainly didn’t starve. I’ve just eaten dinner and my calorie estimate for the day is about 1200. Tonight, I really am going to try and remember to log onto BuddySlim and Blog or Read your Blogs if I get any kind of urges or hunger pangs or anything. I really really want to weigh-in and be 159. That would give me 3 pounds down this week. I’ll be right on track.  And you do want me to read your blogs, don’t you?

Thought so!

Okay then. I was thinking to myself about the days when I used to be thin. SOme people, I know… have never been slim or skinny or anything. They have always been, ummm… pleasantly plump and they are just now losing weight and venturing into territory they’ve never been to. I’m more like the … hmmm… okay I wish I could think of a dude who is slim and then gets fat and then gets thin again. Ray Liotta? Or that guy who played Chandler on friends? really, even though it’s so girly, I think Janet is my best example. Janet when she is really slim is how I used to be. Like that in-shape. But when I think of how much work it really took… I mean I ate about 1500 calories every day, sometimes I would do 1800 if it was a “party night” or something.

And then there is the activity level. I was the kind of person who walked or biked to my jobs… that alone would take about 30 minutes at least. And my jobs were the type where I was always on my feet and moving.

I used to do things like shovel the car out of the snow for 20 minutes BEFORE driving to the gym to workout.

So you can see how… I dunno… sometimes I sit here and look at my little belly and wonder if it is here to stay and I should just accept it? Because even if I do lose the weight, is it going to be just TOO HARD to maintain it? I mean, yeah it would feel great if I could be one of those rare dudes who stays slim and doesn’t have a gut even as I get old.

But sometimes I can’t help but wonder if it is just too hard and I should just give up.

But yeah right. Then I slap myself across the face and tell myself to stop being a little bitch, cowboy up and get slim!

—Matt

So here we are, headed into the weekend… and I realy wish I had done better this week. I don’t beat myself up too much because I know I exercise every day…. yesterday not only did I do my Morning Workout DVD (The Biggest Loser) but I went to the gym and rode the bike for half an hour in the afternoon before picking up my son.

I eat healthy meals and snacks. It is this Night Time Eating that is sabotaging my weight-loss efforts. Seriously. And it is bizarre, I don’t really feel hungry, but it’s like I have to eat and eat and eat! I think last night I had crackers and salsa, two waffles, some graham crackers, an ice cream sandwich, and a big bowl of cereal. This is at about 10:30pm.

Hmmm… I need a better battle plan. No… you know what I need? To STICK to my battle plan. Tonight when I wake up and have the urge to eat something, I will instead log onto BuddySlim and either Blog myself, or read some Blogs, or look at the forums, or something.

Because I will never lose the weight if I don’t stop this. I have to ReProgram myself. And I believe it can be done, because I changed the Other Bad Diet Habits in my life! I eat healthier foods in smaller portions and I never binge or go overboard during the day like I used to.

People can change.

You can change, I can change. And together we will get Slim!

—Matt