Brutally Honest Soap Box

I have made a solid goal for May--get below 228 pounds of wonderfully positive Muscle (at least more muscle than a year ago).

But I am going to break one of my rules today, I am going to get up on my soap box. Now I said early in my blog career that I would only write about what works for me and not what someone else should do ---but hell it is my blog so I can deviate some if I want to.

Now 99.9% of the people that know about my Fat Loss Journey have been wonderful and supportive and I thank all of you. But one has been a toot( that is a nice way of saying a hemorrhoid).

Now I have one person that is negative about my journey and their ability to loss some fat. The bad part is they don't direct the negative comments directly to me , but I over hear them.Comments like"I can never lose weight""he will gain everything back" "life is too short to sacrifice all the time" are beginning to piss me off. So, in an effort to get away from being pissed off I am going to get on my soap box and vent and get it over with.

SOAP BOX-

If you want to make a change for the better, do it.It is kinda like shooting doves, when there are 100s of doves flying around ya and you are trying to hit em all--you miss. You got to shoot one at a time. It is the same with losing 10-20-50-100 pounds of fat, you have to lose one at a time.Make 1 good decision, 1 good choice,1 good effort---then make another, look in front not behind.

BUT, if you want to go thru life eating what you think is good because you "deserve it" or you want it "now because life is short" then quit your bitching. The rest of us don't to be drug back down in the land of "I can't move without hurting".

I am of the opinion the hard part about being morbidly obese is not falling down dead from a heart attack--that is the easy part. The hard part is falling down with a heart attack and someone screaming"Oh God help him" and some well meaning medico shocking your ass and you waking up with steel wires in your sternum. Or having a stroke and living for years and years in a bed with someone having to come wipe your ass because you can't. If that is what you want then hell go for it--BUT quit your bitching.

Years ago , I heard of a medical study where hundreds of terminally ill patients were interviewed.Not one said they wanted one more day to work for the company, not one said they wanted one more taco, one more bowl of ice cream---they all said they wanted one more day with their family,their friends or their God.

We all make choices in this life, some sooner than others, but rest assured, you WILL pay for every choice you make , just like me.

END of SOAP BOX

I feel so much better now.

Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Making a decision is like pulling off a band aid, just jerk.

The Blog and the mirror

I spoke before about this blog being a great tool for keeping me honest and I thought about that over the weekend.

I am beginning to realize how much the blog is like a mirror. When I look in the mirror there is no one there that I can lie to.The face in the mirror knows the truth. The face in the mirror is not impressed with some bullshit story about how hard I worked or how little I ate. He is not swayed by the fact that by eating broccoli I offset the 6 glazed doughnuts.

The face in the mirror does not care if I worked hard or what I ate, the face in the mirror knows if I am telling the truth or lying.What he does with this knowledge means the difference between learning from my education and remaining where I am at.

Albert Einstein is quoted as "INSANITY--doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Now that cat must have been pretty smart!!If the truth was know I bet he was a cowboy.

So, to me this blog is like the mirror in that I could type in any bullshit story I want and few would know the difference--me being one of the few.

I think the person who reads my posts the most often is me.I have been going back and reading what I wrote just to see what I was thinking(reflecting I guess).You know from reading what I wrote as little as 3 months ago I can tell when I was down and when I was thrilled---why?--because I know the truth.

I would encourage anyone starting a trip like mine to start a blog about the journey.It has done wonders for me.

Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Be careful what toes you step on in life, ya never know when they will be connected to an ass you have to kiss someday.

He Scores!

Howdy from the World Wide Headquarters of Common Senseville.

As promised I am catching up on April's Energy Equation and what the results are.
Friday 3459 cal.burned -2176 cal.in= -1283
Sat 3430 cal. burned-2960 cal.in= -470
Sun 2950 cal.burned-3000cal.in = +50
Monday 3267 cal.burned-2028 cal.in = -1239
Tuesday 3400 cal. burned-2135 cal.in = -1265
Weds 3174 cal.burned - 2023 cal.in = -1151

As you can see on Sunday I ate a lot. Couple of reasons I did this, #1 I worked like a draft mule on Saturday and was really spent and #2 we went to eat for Janet's birthday(she turned something over 29) and I ate a regular meal at the restaurant.But going over a mere 50 calories is not bad and I am looking for weekly and monthly averages anyway.

For the month of April I walked 42.5 miles with my Full Pak Tak and Texas Walking sticks. I also got in 16 30 minute walks on the treadmill and 15 Turbulenc Exercise practice sessions.I can tell ya I really feel good after getting in some extra motion during the day, both mentally and physically.

I ended up the month weighing 233 this morning. Thursday is typically the lightest weight of the week for me.So my total since starting my fat loss journey is 72 pounds of lard gone.

I would encourage anyone to start a journey to better health. Even if you have 10 pounds to lose, get started.Espically if you are 20 pounds too fat and 35 years old, becuase one day I woke up and was 54 years old and 100 pounds too fat.

My goal for May is to get down to 228. Travel with me and keep me honest. That is another thing I really like about this journey---this BLOG--thanks go to Janet and Muata for telling me straight up to do it. It does keep me honest with myself---and that is as important as not eating a damn doughnut.

Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
If you don't want to screw up, then put yer hands in yer pockets and sit down and make sounds like a carrot.

slide ? or go in standing?

tomorrow I'll catch up on the run around the bases.

Rounding Third

I really like baseball, I remember watching a crippled up Sid Bream in the World Series running around the bases to take the lead. He was running and limping and running and limping, and I was wondering if he could round third and make it all the way home.He did.

On April 12 I re-looked at my Energy Equation and decided to cut calories really hard for the rest of the month and see where I was.On April 13 I hit the ball and I have been running and working (a little limping) since then. Well, today I am rounding third and heading for home.

I will see on Thursday if I can make it all the way home, but I know I can make it.

It has not been bad at all. I continue to learn a lot about the way I eat and the way I used to eat.

I will post my month end weight on Thursday and the balance of my Energy Equation for the month.

Keep swinging for the ball!!

Pearl of Wisdom from the miind of WEL
Never ask a barber if you need a hair cut.

friday's update

Greetings from the World Wide Headquaters of Bill's Fat Loss Guided Tour!!Ha that's sounds either really smart or really dumb---depends on yur mood I guess.

It's Friday and I thought I would post an update on my Energy Equation before the weekend, because I am gonna be busy burning calories and may not get back until Monday.

Wendsday--2193 cal in 3534 cal. buned = -1341
Thursday--2149 cal. in 3165 cal. bunred= -1016
so far Friday looks like I will be deficent 1100 or so.

The group at work, were treated to lunch by the boss today, I chose to go do my Full Pak Trac instead. I have gotten to the point I really enjoy my practices and the way I feel after I get thru.

I cannot begin to discribe how thankful I am that I started this journey and how much I have learned since I started the trip.For anyone one that thinks they cannot do this OR anyone that wonders if the effort is worth it ---I can tell you , for me, it has been incredible.I now know why there is so much depression and negitive thinking in the world-----we forget to tell ourselves----AMERICAN!! A - MER - I - CAN!!

Travel with me, I'll bring the CAN!!

Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
It don't take a damn genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.

Rain rain rain

Howdy, today is Tuesday and the sky is blue.

I posted last Friday how I hoped I could Full Pak Trac in the rain and it did not happen.Well on Saturday we were blessed with 8 inches at the house. Filled up the tanks and ran down the gully and generally rained like a cow pissing on a flat rock.

Oh yea , I went out and got wet too!!

Still cutting calories fairly hard. Not too hard over the weekend but I was deficent around 300-400 both days.Friday my Enegry Equation was 2300 cal.in / 3400 cal burned=
-1345, Monday 2125 cal. in /3149 cal. burned = -1024.

I still feel good and I am able to gradually increase the Turbulence Exercises a little each week.

Janet has a birthday this weekend and we will be going out to eat, but we have a yard project to start so I should be able to burn plenty of calories.

I will continue posting my Energy Equation for the rest of the month.

Peral of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
We all have peices of crazy in us, some of us have bigger peices than others.