#NerdsUnite: 35 and single - now what? (How not to lose weight)
<editorsnote> Nerds, meet by buddy Jeff. We met on twitter a little while back, and then over Christmas I helped him revamp his OKC profile. He's now here to talk to you about his life outside of the programming world. I only have one more thing left to say ... HIT IT JEFF!!! </editorsnote>
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @Jtwebman
In my last post I talked about how I lost 40 pounds but had gained 20 back and how I made it a 2012 goal to lose 40 more pounds. Well here is that story for you. Back in July 2011 I got tired of being overweight so I made a goal and a Youtube video to lose 50 pounds over 4 months. You don’t have to watch the whole thing but you can see I was motivated and tired of being over weight. It’s crazy watching that video for me and how far I had let myself go. I mean shit I was a Marine how could I let myself get that bad.
A little side note. I also thought maybe my 6 year relationship with my ex-girlfriend wasn’t going so good because I was overweight. Later I found the real reason which I talked about in my first post but at this point I really wanted to make it work with her but was extremely depressed I figure it couldn't hurt to try something to get me out of the funk I was in.
As you can see from the video I started out right by eating better and exercising but then a few weeks in I watch this movie called Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead with Joe Cross. It was a great movie where Joe going on a 60 day juice fast. It was a huge eye opener for me especially once he got to the point of the movie where he started to help out this truck driver that was extremely over weight. If you want to watch the movie as well it is available on Netflix streaming.
After watching I wanted to challenge myself a little more so I set a goal to do a 30 day juice fast. I thought maybe a juice fast would help out with the weight lose as well as the depression. So on July 23rd 2011 I started a juice only fast. At first it was very hard but after about day six I was starting to feel like a million dollars, it was amazing. Basically in six days my depression was gone and I was starting to have more energy.
The down side though was, to be safe, I stopped working out. I didn’t want to stress my body out anymore then I was already doing with the no solid foods and just juice. Plus those first few days I would get light headed when standing up or walking up stairs. Now I can see this was just a excuse but at the time I thought it was for the best.
So though I still kept losing weight I was doing it 100% from diet well almost 100% I did workout by going for a few long walks at the end. This is where I went wrong. Once I hit my 30 days, here was the video from that, I started to ease back into real food but did not start back exercising. I gained about 5 pounds back right away, which is expected, but once I start eating real food and not exercising I slowly just kept gaining weight. Dang you pizza!
Now fast forward to last week. I got on the scale which I had been avoiding for the fear that I had gained all the weight back. Well I had not gained it all but I did weigh in at 210 so I had gained 20 pounds back. I guess I learned my lesson the hard way and I am back in the gym and feeling great. Now I am not saying the juice fast wasn’t good for me I am sure it was because it really did break the depression funk I was in but I probably could have just made it a 10 day juice fast and then got back into the gym.
My only hope is that you guys reading this will see that there is no substitute for hard work in the gym and watching what you eat. So if you don’t have those 6 pack abs (my goal this year) then just start moving and watching what you eat. Also try not to be to hard on yourself, I mean it took me 6 years to put the weight on why did I think I could lose it all in 4 months.
A little side note. I also thought maybe my 6 year relationship with my ex-girlfriend wasn’t going so good because I was overweight. Later I found the real reason which I talked about in my first post but at this point I really wanted to make it work with her but was extremely depressed I figure it couldn't hurt to try something to get me out of the funk I was in.
As you can see from the video I started out right by eating better and exercising but then a few weeks in I watch this movie called Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead with Joe Cross. It was a great movie where Joe going on a 60 day juice fast. It was a huge eye opener for me especially once he got to the point of the movie where he started to help out this truck driver that was extremely over weight. If you want to watch the movie as well it is available on Netflix streaming.
After watching I wanted to challenge myself a little more so I set a goal to do a 30 day juice fast. I thought maybe a juice fast would help out with the weight lose as well as the depression. So on July 23rd 2011 I started a juice only fast. At first it was very hard but after about day six I was starting to feel like a million dollars, it was amazing. Basically in six days my depression was gone and I was starting to have more energy.
The down side though was, to be safe, I stopped working out. I didn’t want to stress my body out anymore then I was already doing with the no solid foods and just juice. Plus those first few days I would get light headed when standing up or walking up stairs. Now I can see this was just a excuse but at the time I thought it was for the best.
So though I still kept losing weight I was doing it 100% from diet well almost 100% I did workout by going for a few long walks at the end. This is where I went wrong. Once I hit my 30 days, here was the video from that, I started to ease back into real food but did not start back exercising. I gained about 5 pounds back right away, which is expected, but once I start eating real food and not exercising I slowly just kept gaining weight. Dang you pizza!
Now fast forward to last week. I got on the scale which I had been avoiding for the fear that I had gained all the weight back. Well I had not gained it all but I did weigh in at 210 so I had gained 20 pounds back. I guess I learned my lesson the hard way and I am back in the gym and feeling great. Now I am not saying the juice fast wasn’t good for me I am sure it was because it really did break the depression funk I was in but I probably could have just made it a 10 day juice fast and then got back into the gym.
My only hope is that you guys reading this will see that there is no substitute for hard work in the gym and watching what you eat. So if you don’t have those 6 pack abs (my goal this year) then just start moving and watching what you eat. Also try not to be to hard on yourself, I mean it took me 6 years to put the weight on why did I think I could lose it all in 4 months.