An Uncomfortable Truth: I weigh 366.8 pounds

I've decided that I HAVE To get off my ass, change my ways, and get less fat. This started off great way back in the day and I kept it up for a little while. I was doing it for the wrong reasons then. I have to do this for me this time. I have to get healthier for my own sake now. I went and bought a scale today to see where I am so that I can know where I need to go. I am currently 366.8 pounds of habitual laziness. I recently started changing my eating habits and recording what I eat so that I know just how many calories I am taking in. I can tell you that before I started that, I was taking in WAY TOO FUCKING MUCH. Now I am taking in less, and better calories. That is the most important part of this process, I know. I have to stop being lazy and ordering in when I live three fucking minutes from a grocery store that sells real food. That's just lazy. I have been lazy and I have been lazy for a long time. There is no excuse, as a man with a degree in Culinary Technology, to not cook my own meals. I have to change how I do things.

What is this that I spy with my little eye?

This will make a return. This will be more than it once was. This will be my sounding board, my soap box, my scratching post, my cave. I know not who all may even see that this still exists, but anyone that does see the posts that will follow are welcomed to comment and discuss anything herein. Let's see where this all goes.

OH SNAP!

So the past week or so has been a bit wild. With the unfortunate rollerskating debacle of 2011 last Sunday, I never got around to getting my measurements and whatnot taken. In addition, I no longer have access to a scale that is worth a shit, so we are going to work off of measurements only for a bit.

That said, Week 5 follows:

Resting Heart Rate: 70 bpm
Height: Still 6'8"
Waist (at navel): 48.75"
Hips: 49.5"
Chest 50.25"
Left/Right Thigh (at midpoint): 27.5"/27.5"
Left/Right Bicep (at midpoint): 18"/18"

So everything measurement-wise is still moving in the proper direction, so I am willing to assume that the weight part is doing what its supposed to as well.

John B. Umstead

So, as Monday was absolutely beautiful outside, I decided to head out to Umstead State Park and go walking about with camera in tow.  Shot half of the roll of film on my walk out from the parking area off the Reedy Creek entrance and half on the way back.  I love how you see completely different and awesome looking things just by walking in the opposite direction.  Hence why I saved half of the roll for the walk back.

The following are a few of the ones that I really liked.  Minimal photo editing was needed for these four.

And now, for something completely different...

As I am sure everyone has noticed, I haven't been updating this here blog thing on a very regular basis.  Basically, I find it boring to just post what I did for a workout that day.  It makes for uninteresting reading, and quite frankly, uninteresting is not what I am all about.  So here's the fun part.  This is basically going to be my space for posting whatever I want to.  The basis for the blog will still be focused on the quest for a better, healthier, happier Thomas.  However, there are things aside from defattyizing that aid in my betterment, happiness, and health.

This is now a place for all of those things to live.  Starting with the newly revisited interest in photography and photo editing.  A week or so ago, I decided to actually use my old film SLR and not only that, but try to learn to use it properly and therefore achieve appealing results.  The first roll of film was mostly a bust.  I tried too do too many things that I and/or my camera couldn't do, or at least do well.  Most of the shots were blurred or overexposed, but I did end up with a couple that I really liked (one after monkeying around with it in GIMP).

Decay

Renewal

Week Three Results

Resting Heart Rate: 72 bpm
Height: Still 6'8"
Weight: 311 lbs
Waist (at navel): 49.25"
Hips: 49.5" 
Chest 51" 
Left/Right Thigh (at midpoint): 27"/27.25" 
Left/Right Bicep (at midpoint): 17.5"/17.5"

So some interesting results.  I will state first and foremost that this was not a great week for me as far as the workout goes.  Admittedly, I had to cut out a couple of workouts thanks to my right knee hurting (joint pain, not muscle pain).  So in the interest of not actually hurting myself, I tried to avoid much of anything that put any impact on my knee. As a result, I did more weight training stuff that before and assume I gained a little muscle without losing much or any fat seeing as how I gained this week (+0.5#) while losing inches in my chest and hips (-1.5" total) while gaining in my thighs and arms (+1.25" total).  The knee is feeling better, so I should be ready to go back at it tomorrow.  Today I walked around Umstead State Park for a couple of hours without it hurting at all. 

Not the results I was hoping for, but nothing to discourage me either.  I know that some weeks, things will happen and the results will look weak.  However, it is the long term results that matter.

Week TWO!

Resting Heart Rate: 72 bpm
Height: Still 6'8"
Weight: 310.5 lbs
Waist (at navel): 49.25
Hips: 50"
Chest 52"
Left/Right Thigh (at midpoint): 26.5"/26.75"
Left/Right Bicep (at midpoint): 17.25"/17.5"