Life As Nick Starr

Four months from today (121 days to be exact; or 17 weeks 2 days), I want to publicly publish a goal of reaching 160 pounds. I know that 165 sounds more reasonable, but with my weight floating between 182-186 (depending on the scale) losing 22-26 pounds in 4 months doesn’t sound all too unreasonable. The average weight loss on a 1200 calorie diet is 1 pound per week, so if I am able to keep dieting as I have been (pretty much Atkins meets South Beach) and going to the gym at least 4 times a week (hopefully more), I don’t see why this isn’t obtainable.

I am going to buy a digital scale, and be using that as my own means of measurment. The scales at the gym all seem to be a bit different.

I will be honest, yesterday I broke down and cheated on my diet some. I forgot my Alli at home, and ended up eating 3 of the small sized pieces of candies.  I didn’t do anything besides that to break the diet, but I felt guilty. Today I am back on track, taking Alli, eating very low carb items, and went to the circuit gym during lunch today.

My goal for the gym is to do as much cardio as possible. I am currently doing a half hour max, and want to work up to at least an hour every other day.

I think that these simple 22-26 pounds will be life changing for me, but I think it is a long road ahead. I have been pretty diligent about going to the gym and sticking to my diet since the new year.

I also plan on participating in Dawn and Drew’s 365 Flickr self-portrait project (my pics). Keep your eye on the pics there to chart the progress of my weight loss as well.

I can’t wait till June to see the results, and hopefully I can stay motivated. Until later, buh bye.

I can’t believe it. I was at the gym this afternoon, and weighed myself, 182. This down from my all time high of 220 is amazing to me. My old jeans are now slipping right off, and even the new jeans I bought recently have a bit of give to them.Since the new year (or right after that) I have bee dieting by virtually eliminating all sugar, lowering my carbohydrate intake, and trying to eat foods that are lower in fat, or less amounts of these foods. I also joined the gym the day after MLK Jr. day, and have been going virtually every day. At first it was hard, but it is becoming more of a routine now.

I have also started this past week taking Alli, the some what controversial OTC FDA approved weight loss drug. This isn’t a miracle drug where you sit back and loose weight. It helps you lose weight by blocking 25% of the fat that you eat. There are “treatment effects” if you eat too much fat, but fortunately I have yet to experience any of these.Ultimately my goal is to get around 165 or maybe lower and at this pace it seems like it could be a reality.

Until later (when I’m even thinner) buh bye…

Most days in the past, I would get dressed in my same outfit as I do every day, thus eliminating precious time in the morning spent on trying to decide what to wear. If I had to work at Blockbuster that night, I would throw a pair of khakis and my Blockbuster shirt in my car, and be off for the day.

Now when I say, “off for the day” I literally meant that. I would leave the house by no later then 7:30am and head to work by 8am. My day job is M-F 8a-5p with an hour lunch. If I work at Blockbuster that night, I drive the 10-15 minutes down the road to Blockbuster, and work from 5:30pm-11:30pm (or 12:30pm on Fri/Sat). The drive home from there is around 30 minutes (no traffic that time of night), and I am home by Midnight or later, to wake up the next morning at 6:55am and do it all over again the next day.

Doesn’t leave much if any time to myself, but I am also still in a rebuilding phase and need the extra money where I can get it.

Now that I have started going to the gym, and I went last night to the Petaluma branch, which that place is huge and worked out for over an hour. I am quite sore from the day prior, let alone last night. I am now going to try to hit up the gym near my work (15 minute trip there and back) during my hour lunch and do a 1/2 hour workout at circuit training facility.

This makes my getting ready for the day a bit more complex…I now have to get my regular outfit, my work clothes for Blockbuster, and now gym clothes. BTW, I haven’t ever really been to the gym much, and with most of my clothes and personal belongings stolen, I don’t have much in terms of gym clothes either. I do still have 2 black mock turtleneck short sleeve shirts for the gym, and one pair of “workout” pants I guess you would call them.

It just seems like chaos…I started wearing the same thing every day to simplify my morning routine and make life less complicated, now I have to prepare 3 sets of clothes in the morning and find time in the day for myself as well.

Oh well, I don’t really know what the point of this post was, other then just to rant some…I don’t have a ton of people I can talk to out here and just chill out with, so I guess writing on here helps me let out what I’m thinking sometimes…

Oh well, till next time, buh bye.