melkor41 wrote:After seeing some of the weight loss threads on the other forums, and my recent slacking in my weight loss I have decided to start a thread here.
I started out on my quest for weight loss as a new years resolution in jan of 2007. Since then I have gone from 315 down to 255.I got back into martial arts as both a student and a teacher. I decided to cook my own meals and monitor my intake.
but.....
I have recently gained back up to 270 in the last month. The reason for that is stress from work, I stoped working out due to work being crazy, and eating unhealthy quick food because of work. I love my job, but every quarter we do a lease return and have to replace and reload dozens of machines and servers. This time I am trying to get a system setup to help track this better, it takes a lot of setup and it takes a lot longer because of that setup, but in the quarters to come this should be 10000% easier.
I am NOT going to let this continue. NO NO NO, I WILL NOT allow myself to backslide and loose all my hard work.
I normaly cook my own foods, but due to the time constraints from work I have been eating fast food. I have made a comprimise. I went and picked up a ton of healthy frozen dinners. I know they are loaded with sodium, but I can offset that with more water intake and its MUCH less sodium that I was getting from the fast food.
I have also told my boss that if I need to work overtime, i need to go to my martial arts classes then come back to work to get the extra hours. I have a key to the dojo where I help instruct but working out alone is not as productive as being in a class or leading a class where you are being driven to perform harder.
The exercise should also help with the stress factor.. its a shame that our natural reaction to stress is to calorie load and sleep instead of eating healthier and exercising to pump up the metabolism.
I will try to post on this topic daily as a confirmation to myself that I am still putting that goal, my health, above all others.
To make a slight modification to the ole saying... I would rather be fired by one, then carried by 6.
Everyone is welcome to use this thread for the same goals. I ask that if you want to post before/after pictures that they adhere to the 8 year old daughter rules. (wear a shirt)
I support you all the way. I too am on a quest to drop pounds. I've recently gone from 275 to 250. I'm struggling to get past that point but have htough tbaout taking up martial arts. I was scared that being overweight would not allow me to do that. What are your thoughts?