Jumbo Rider’s BodyBlog

While I am still waiting for my fellow contestants to tell me how they scored their first week in the DW contest I will give you mine.   Give Jumbo a big fat 0 for both diet and workout.

There has been a mental block to both my diet and training.   This seems to have gotten straightened out this weekend, but does have me a bit worried.  Junk food simply has a hold on me.  Pizza and ice cream led to white bread and butter (known as toast) have found their way into my diet far too often and in far to large a quantity.  The supplements that had led to my current success seemed too difficult to take as of late.  Veggies that had replaced much of my diet have been too rare as of late as well.  This all led to my goose egg score.

Today has seen a big turnaround.  My supplements have been taken and I am drinking my water.  There is still a problem with eating as I have not had my meals every 3 hours.  Eating every three hours is key to keeping me rock steady and leading to me becoming rock hard.  By eating every three hours my blood sugar is stabilized and my poor eating temptations are avoided.  This also keeps me safe from my nemesis….the binge.

Workouts begin today.   It is the same boring stuff that I had been doing earlier this year.  Band workouts, mobility, and a bit of walking.  Tomorrow will see me swimming, walking, and stretching.

My immediate goal is to get to 325.  Once I hit 325 I will treat myself to some pizza and prepare for my next goal of 299.  Getting out of the 300’s is going to be such a mental relief.

This July I go to Vegas for a conference.  As a 380 pound man I avoided airline travel at all costs.  The seating situation was never comfortable for me or my isle-mates.  Office chairs that used to cut off circulation to my legs as the chair arms pinched in on my thighs are now fitting much better.  This bodes well for the airline seats but I need to be much slimmer to make the seating close to comfortable.  This is why my goal is to drop below 300 prior to my July 15th flight.

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I met with friends that I  had worked with several years ago.  In my mind’s view I was much smaller when they saw me last, but they were all surprised to see me so slim.  My weight must have been huge farther back in time than I actually recall.  In any case, having people that have not seen me in 5 or so years exclaim joy at my weight-loss made me feel pretty good about myself.  In fact, it was meeting with my old friends that has probably has brought me back to my healthy ways.

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