The Geek With Everything To Lose

Weight:  469 Getting with it, staying with it, hard times, and not expected results So, first off, I am by no means giving up! So, have been on this program for a full 7 days, at weigh in this morning, at 469 even, and sometimes it is just flat hard.  Sometimes, I have to remind myself of the alternative, and that is leaving my wife and kids with nothing, as the alternative for me is death.  Sometimes, I smell food and want it.  Sometimes, I see food and want it.  Not even hungry, just want it.  Its my addiction, and I want it when I see it.  However, that is not a true option for me.  Also, I wanted to be about 465 this morning at weigh in, and I wanted to see better results, as I have been walking more, and working too, on things around the house, and being more active.  I have the energy to be active, and I have been.  I feel better.  My wife says I look like I am losing weight.  I feel like I am losing weight beca...

Weight:  469.8 A little update So today I feel pretty good, however, a little down that the scale seems to have stalled out.  However, It is my own fault.  Yesterday doing the work, and sweating I didnt drink much water.  Which causes the body to retain everything it can fluid wise.  So I am doubling up on water today I have already drank about half a gallon.  I was a little sick, and irritable yesterday after the work.  Also, I think that the oil and grease from working on the lawn mower has effected my scale depletion as well.  With this program, I have to watch what I put on my body as well as what I put in my body as everything gets sucked in.  For instance, there are certain types of shampoos and soaps that I can use and the rest I cant.  So I think the oil and grease from yesterday has effected the progress there, teamed with the lack of hydration. This is the reason for the daily weighing to make sure that things are going...

Weight:    470.2 Saturday Work Call Well its Saturday and I have been going almost a week now.  I didn't post a food log yesterday, I actually forgot to do that before bed.  I will catch it up today.  You can view it here:   Food Log Anyways, today I have had more energy than I have had in a long long time!  I fully serviced my lawn mower.  That is changing the oil, fuel filter, sharpened and balanced the blades and washed it.  Got it ready to go for the season.  Now, next in line is my weed eater.  It seems to be locked up, as long as my energy stays up I can fix that too!!  If you read my  The Real Talk  page you can see where this confidence comes from.  Enough of this boring stuff sure y'all didn't jump on here to hear this.  Weight loss keep on going So I have been active and able to handle day to day things a lot better just with the 24 pounds that I have lost.  The main thin...

Weight: 471.8 Pounds Like the Energizer Bunny Yes I am a fan of the energizer bunny!  I am a drummer after all!  LOL  Anyways, my weight loss is like him, it keeps going!  I am feeling better, and have more energy.  The first few days were a little rough, as the candida starts to die off I felt like crap.  No energy, flu like symptoms, but no flu.  Its just one of those things that happens.  Last night I was reminded of how various things that are put in food, namely MSG and the way that fast food makes your mind think.  So, last night, me and my wife had to go to town, as I live outside of town, to get our taxes done for this year.  Well, we past by Burger King.  I smelled their grill, and instantly my mouth watered!  Its truly an addiction.  I could taste their Bacon King in my mouth!  What a temptation!  I did not fall to that though.  I know that the difference between stopping and fulfilling tha...

Weight: 474.2 Water Weight Results are staggering!  The weight is coming off!  This is mostly water weight.  The first thing that the body does on this program is rid itself of excess water.  Then the real weight loss begins.  While the results are very high, and it seems that Im losing too fast, this is not the case.  While this week I will lose probably close to 30 pounds, give or take a few pounds, next week the results will not be as good.  Next week I may lose 10-15 pounds all week.  This is simply because before my body is going to start losing fat it has to get rid of the excess of everything else - which is water.  So, as of right now Im still on track to lose 250 pounds by June 1st.  So, 20 pounds in 4 days aint bad at all!  LOL  Please subscribe to my blog, by clicking the subscribe button above, and you will get notified each time that I post a blog.  Also, dont forget to click on the menu button, and che...

Weight: 474.2 Tardy, As Usual Freezing cold in Texas this morning!!!  Power went out at 6:30am, and I had to go to work to keep an eye on the battery backups for the servers, in order to not let them crash, but to shut them down properly.  After power was restored, had a bunch of fires to put out with various things.  Needless to say, this post is a little late, but its here!!  LOL Calorie Count, Food Shopping So, my wife is a stay at home mom, home school teacher, bill payer, food buyer, meal preparer, chauffeur, my friend, my love, my life!  She is out and about today taking the kids to college, along with my sister in law (she has started down a path to better herself, and I am very proud of her).  She messaged and wanted to know what vegetables did I want for the week.  This is not an easy task.  I can only have certain vegetables, and I can only have 1 vegetable at a meal.  I cannot mix them.  So its not as easy as it sou...

Weight: 486.2 A Tad Bit On My Weigh Ins So I think that I should explain my weigh ins a little bit, as the variations will be come very crucial in the long run.  Due to my weight, my weigh ins can vary.  The reason for the variations is because I live in a house with wood floors.  Under so much weight they give ever so slightly, which means the scale can read lighter.  Mind you, this variation is no more than 2 pounds tops.  In order to try to get the most accurate weight possible, I weigh in the same spot every morning.  In light of that, I dont want anyone thinking I am cheating or anything.  If I cheat I am only cheating myself.  Gettin With It So yesterday was fairly easy. I did have one problem around about 2:30 or so, I was a little light headed.  I called my doc and he told me what to do so that doesnt happen again.  One of the main things at the beginning of this is water weight will come blowing off.  Literally...

Weight:  491.8  Day One Of Program: This morning was a good morning.  Glad the load days are over.  Believe it or not, I do not look forward to load days.  It is hard, believe it or not, to eat that food.  Its sickening, knowing what it does to my body.  However, part of this program is that those load days have to be done correctly, or I will fail.  Anyways, those days are gone, and I begin the actual program today.  So, COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE - at least I can have all of that I want!  I got up, made some coffee, took my injection, took my morning pills.  No breakfast.  On this program there is no breakfast, only lunch and dinner.  I am so looking forward to losing this weight, that I know has held me down, and held me back for years.  Its dangerous, and unhealthy, and could very well leave my wife and kids with no income, were I take a turn for the worse.  Have to do it now, RIGHT NOW, before its too la...

Blood Work Results So got my blood work review today.  Dr. Hubert goes over everything line by line as to what it needs to be versus what it currently reads.  Accordingly, the things that are not where they should be are in the column "Out Of Range" - also highlighted in red.  The only thing that is going to be an issue is my testosterone.  I should be way up there, and it only sits at a 77.  So I have a choice of getting injections weekly or getting a 6 month dosage that is slow release basically.  Right now, its a tough call on that, as me and my wife have to look at the finances behind it.  Weekly supply will cost 200 a month and 6 month slow release will be 1700 per year.  Doc is expecting it to go up some from the weight loss.  He explained to me the reason is because fat stores something (he did name it, I just forgot) and this causes estrogen to go up and testosterone to go down.  He explains everything, I just cant remember it ...

Support Team Forming I have great friends and family. Not only my wife and my immediate family supporting me, I have a coach from high school that is standing with me on this journey as well!!!   Here is a text he sent me: Good evening. I saw your Facebook resolution for yourself and I am so glad you are getting into your new 2018 goal. Anyone can do anything that they really really want to accomplish. From the days I had you in school and football you have always had another gear to go to when you needed to. Find the time for a short workout to start a few days a week. Slowly but surely add a little at a time. This will be a happy long process but in the end it’s for you and your family. Once you get to a good exercise point then you can maintain it for a life goal that will work from now on. There will be tuff times and good times during this process but smile each day for you will become a better and new person forever. So there is my coaching points for now but I will be keepin...

Date Set... My wife and I, had decided that by next Monday, January 15, 2018, I will start the 2nd phase of the program, as phase 1 is the 2 load days preceding the reduction of calories, etc.  We chose this date as we were waiting on all of my supplies to come in, and to go over my blood tests with my doctor.  This is a very strict, and delicate program.  Do not attempt this without a doctors oversight.  Again, I would suggest Dr. Hubert and Advanced Remedy Center in Tyler, Texas.  Also, this date was set as this allows me to mentally prepare for this change of life.  This is not a whelm here!  This is a do or die (literally) situation.  So, in preparation, I have had talks with my wife, with my doctor, and a few other people.  There is a lot that goes into changing ones life style.  Its like lottery winners, and then they are broke in a few years.  They were not prepared for that change of life.  I am prepared.  I have...

Childhood... During the early years of my life, my father and I worked on lawn mowers.  We were known for this trade, and people would drive miles to get us to do this.  At the age of 12, my dad had a heart attack, I was issued a hardship license, and we moved from Powderly, Texas to Paris, Texas (closer to the hospital), and my dad told me, "I will live to see you 18th birthday but not your 19th".  You guessed it, I was, and still am a daddy's boy! Due to the move I switched schools, which brought on a lot of things, mainly bullying, new friends (which I am married to my friend from back in those days - not everything was bad!  😍 ), and the fear of my dads impending death.  I was bullied because I never went to school clean, as we worked on lawn mowers in the morning before school and in the evening after school.  I was blatantly asked if I ever took a shower, mind you this is in the 3rd grade, by a teacher.  Hind sight shows me that due to ...