60 lbs heavier, and shirtless... (ahhhh!)

Sep 062011

Do any of you remember this picture?

This was from my “Exposed” post that I did back in April 2010.  I remember being terrified of taking that picture, and disgusted at the way I looked.

But holy shit, how I wish I looked like that now!

The above picture was taken this morning, and reflects about a 60 pound weight gain.

Not exactly a step in the right direction, right?

Everyone knows that I’ve lost a lot of steam since mid-last year, and that I’ve had varying degrees of success since then and a lot of ups and downs.  I know I’m fat, I know I’ve gotten VERY fat, and this is the body I’ve been looking at for a long time now.  Still though, seeing it compared to just last year, when I still thought I was “very fat”…that’s a bit disheartening.

Still though, I can whine and cry about it all I want, but it won’t do a damn bit of good unless I do something about it.

This is Running on Awesome, not Running on Tears and Self Loathing.

Status Report: 10/12/10

Oct 122010

Progress Report: October 12th, 2010
Weight: 266.6lbs
Body Fat Percentage:  35.8%
BMI: 38.7
Weight gain since last weigh in: 0.2 lbs

Yeah…so…

After I last weigh in I told ya’ll that’d I’d be down in the 250s…

HA! Because that worked out so well…

Now…I don’t want to be one of those people that gains weight (usually after eating a box of twinkies) and claims that it’s muscle gain…but I do think some muscle has been gained.  My moobs aren’t as squishy, my triceps are becoming a bit more prominent (for some reason I am unable to attain decent biceps), and when I do run (which doesn’t happen as often as I’d like it to) my gut isn’t flopping around in front of me as bad as it used to.

So yeah, I may be gaining muscle…but all that frickin’ fat is still there too.

I’m a broken record, but I know it’s the diet.  Whereas before it was laziness, now its been laziness/false sense of priveledge.  I haven’t felt the need to watch things as closely since I’ve been at the gym almost daily.  I really do know better than that, but does that matter? Apparently not.

So yeah…diet.  I will work on it, and by next weigh in (10/26/10…I like the biweekly thing) I will be in the 250s…even if I have to cut off an arm (I kid…I kid…)

Hope ya’ll are having better luck than me!

 In other news…

I want to take a moment and direct ya’ll over to Eating Journey, where Mische is celebrating the One Year Anniversary of her Exposed Post.  I did my own Exposed post in April and it was kind of petrifying, but I am glad I took part in it.  It taught me to take pride in my body (for better or worse) and to recongnize the good it’s done for me.  I’ve trying to get back to caring about it, and hopefully when (and I will) revisit my own Exposed post, I’ll have something better to show you :)

Have a great day, everyone!

Floating on tweetcloud nine

Apr 072010

This is going to be a random post of awesome things.  Onward, bullet points!!

  • To everyone who showed their support of my Exposed post yesterday, whether it was on here, on Miz’s post, on Twitter, whatever:  I wanted to say THANK YOU!! You took something that was well, really quite horrifying and you made it a lot less scary.  I was taken out of my comfort zone, which I expected to happen alot when I started this blog, but never to that extent.  I’m so glad to be a part of such an incredible and supportive community!
  • To all of the others who created Exposed posts yesterday, you rock!  A lot of people jumped on board yesterday (you can see the list so far here) and one very awesome Jack Sh*t did an Exposed post today. WooT!  You are some of the bravest people I know, and you should be proud of yourselves.
  • TWEETCLOUD! I thought this was pretty cool, and becoming a bit popular, so why not jump on the bandwagon! A tweetcloud is similar to a tag cloud, except its for your tweets (imagine that!).  Mine fits pretty well, I think. What do you think? (you can click on the image to see it full sized):

  • I mentioned this before, but David from Running…Because I Can is running for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.  He’s accepting donations for the run, and had currently recieved $280 of his $500 goal.  It’s a great cause and any help would be awesome.  You can find out more, or how to donate, at his Relay for Life page.
  • Mary, in her infinite awesomeness, has put out an E-book called “Creating a Better Health Blog.”  It’s full of awesome tips on how to get your health, wellness, weightloss, etc..blog started.  If you already have a blog, it talks about how to get traffic, monetization, SEO, and alot more!  I suggest you check it out.

 

That’s all I got.  Is there more awesome to be had?  I’m sure there is! If you have a random awesome thing you’d like to share, just leave a comment!

Have a great day, everyone!

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