Blogs take too much time.

I have a really good excuse for not posting in a long time.  I gained a bunch of the weight back and I didn't want to have to face you kind people who follow this blog.  

I am going to be honest. I hate blogging.  I don't like writing long posts and trying to figure out something funny or interesting to say everytime.  So i have decided to put a stop to this blog.  I have created a facebook page under the same name as my new home for tracking progress.

https://www.facebook.com/Leviisafatty

This page will be more than just weight loss, but that might still end up being a big focus.  I realized there are more problems with me than my weight. Who would have known?  Right?  

Well, if you wanna follow me there, I'd be happy to have you.  I will be deleting this blog in a week or two.


See ya soon.

Laziness.

So, yeah.  I am going to give an excuse now for why I haven't updated in a  long time.  It is going to be the excuse that everyone gives for every situation since the beginning of time.  I've been soooooo busy.

While I have been busy, I'm sure I could have updated a little here and there. But I didn't.  Soo here is a short little post about what has been going on.

I quit my juice fast after 14 days.  8 Days into the juice fast my juicer broke, soo I was drinking Naked Juice Smoothies almost exclusively.  Now you wouldn't think that switching from juicing fruits and veg yourself to a very healthy juice smoothy would bring your weight loss to a screeching halt.  But it did.  By the end of the 14 days I was getting dizzy and light headed, mostly due to the fact that I didn't drink enough juice towards the end of the day.  On day 14 I had lost a total of 32 lbs.

I didn't stay on a diet like i said I was going to.  After the fast, I tried to limit the bad stuff I was eating.  I did that a little bit.  I think I've gained 4-5 pounds back since then.  I am ready to get back on track.  I have to reach my goal.  I will reach it, even if it kills me.  Well....maybe not.

My goal for this next week is to be back to my post juicing weight.  228lbs by next Friday.  I know I can do it.  But will I give in to the pressures of fatty food?  Join me next week and we will see.

Short and Sweet

I was waiting to be finished with a week of juicing to write another blogpost.  I meant to write about it this morning but I was kinda busy.   I am just going to do bullet points instead of trying to write in sentences.

-Before I started the Juice Fast I had lost 18 lbs. I weighed 242.
- I juiced for 7 days.
- The first 2 days sucked big time.
- At the end of the first 7 days I lost another 14 lbs.
- That is a total of 32 lbs.
- Not having good solid food is getting old, fast.


So I have revamped my plan for this juice fast.  I plan on juicing for 30 days or until I lose 40 lbs, which ever comes first.  It sucks that I will still be juicing when mine and Val's anniversary comes around, cause I'd really like to go out to dinner to celebrate.

I'm not going to post photos of myself until the very end. So if you want to see what I look like, you'll have to see me at church.  Central Vineyard in Clintonville if you don't already have a church and want to go somewhere.

I want some tacos or pizza right about now.  Sucks.  When I finish I'm going to reward myself with a small portion of something good, because I know my stomach is probably the size of an egg right about now.

Keep this image of me in your head til I'm done.

I'm Not Enjoying This.

I started my juice fast on Sunday morning, so today is day two.  Val has been juicing enough so that we only have to make it once a day.  We got on the Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead website and looked at all the different recipes.

Sundays recipe was as follows:

1 Apple
2 Beets
3 Large Carrots
1 Piece Ginger (thumb sized)

Here is how that went down.

Blogger sucks so it won't let me embed the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXy3G_I8M7A

Plus it made my urine a light pink color.

Consensus....It was awful.  I don't know if it was the beets or the ginger or a mixture of both, but I will never drink that crap again.  It took all that was in me not to let it come back up.  As if drinking this stuff wasn't bad enough, val started making some sort of Nachos around 6pm yesterday.  I couldn't handle it, so I went downstairs and fell asleep......for 4 hours!  Good thing I have an awesome wife who not only fed the kids, but put them to bed while I took a 4 hour nap.  

I am going to say this.  That guy who made this documentary had it easy. 1. He didn't have to make food for other people while he was drinking this crap.  2. All of it is based inside a documentary, so there is no way that he can give up because there is way to much wrapped up in it.  3.  He is going to make a bunch of money selling copies of the movie, plus he'll make a Joe Cross juicer and make more money.......sigh. Maybe I'm just hungry and tired and want to complain about how much easier it was for him.  


Today wasn't as bad.  Apples, Oranges and Ginger.  Ginger is not good.  It totally ruins the fruit juice by making your throat burn. Hopefully the fact that I can't stress enough how much this sucks, is motivation for you to do the same thing that I am. :)   

As far as how I feel, I feel unmotivated, sore, tired, blah.  Hopefully this changes over the next day or so.          Not enough energy for a smooth segway.  Here are some photos. I'll post again later this week. Maybe.

1 Weeks worth of food.

Disgusting Beet juice.

Less disgusting Apple/Pear juice.

19lbs Down!

I feel very encouraged as I write this blogpost today. Half of It is probably because I am typing this on an iPad, and it makes me feel really cool. But the actual reason is that I have a plan. I have a plan to jumpstart not only my weight loss, but my road to healthy eating. Up to this point, eating heathly was a distant second to losing weight. Btw...I've lost 19lbs, as of this morning. Booya! For the first time in years I can look down and see my....belt buckle?

Why am I encouraged you might ask? I watched a documentary. For anyone who is close to me, this is no real news. I watch a documentary nearly every night. I have strong opinions on the truth about September 11th, And I want to punch Billy Mitchell in the crotch. This documentary deals with Detoxing and resetting your system. The documentary is called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.   Watch it on Netflix.  It is very well done and eye opening.

Here is the trailer.

So as soon as I get a juicer I will be on my way to "Rebooting" my body. My plan is to do this diet for 30 days. After the juice fast I will be trying to stick to a Micronutrient filled diet. Vegetables, fruit, beans, and nuts. That mixed with other healthy food options should shove me quite a bit closer to my first goal of 180 pounds. I am super excited to start this experiment. You won't be able to recognize me in a few months.

Not much else to say really.

Man Boobies & A Trip To GAP

So I haven't posted anything in a while.  I don't feel like I have interesting things to talk about every day or even every week.  Or maybe I didn't want to post anything because I haven't been doing anything groundbreaking.  I have been really busy and a lot of things have been going on, plus I like to spend time with my wife and kids.  Those things have been more important to me than posting or exercising.

I have actually been stuck at 13 lbs weights lose for a week or so.  Most of this is due to the fact that I haven't been exercising much outside of walking around.  Plus last weekend Val and I didn't have the kids and we went out to eat a couple times.  I wanted to get something that I haven't eaten in a long time.  We went to Bar Louie in the arena district with some friends and I decided to have a reprieve night.  I got a burger (gasp!)with the bun. and fries. and a coke.  Sue me.  Was it the best choice for me?  Yes it was. :)  It was orgasmic.  We'll not literally. But you know what I mean.  I may need to go back to telling everyone what I eat every day.  I think being lax on that has made me less accountable, and has allowed me to make not so good choices.  I mean I'm not eating whole tombstone pizzas anymore, but I could be making better choices.

Pretty sure I need more fiber in my diet.  I'll let you guess what that means.  I mean, I'm not getting bread or anything with wheat, which is where I get most of my fiber normally.  I'm told vegetables have it in them. If only they didn't taste terrible It would be easier.  I have been sporadically taking Juice Plus, but Val says even If I took it every day I would still need to eat more fruits and vegetables which is crap because I am told each time I take the recommended amount of Juice Plus that I get like 2 servings of fruits and 2 servings of vegetables.  So if I take enough for 10 servings of fruits and veggies, I only need to take ....(counting on fingers)...like 40 capsules a day?  I would almost rather do that.  Then I can spend my calories on things that kind of taste good.

**Disclaimer: Not everything I say on this blog is 100% truth.  A lot is intended to be comical.  I am not exactly as ignorant about food as I come across. But I am serious about how much I dislike the taste of most vegetables.  I can't help it.  Val knows more about this stuff than anyone I know so, I know what I should be doing.**

Went clothes shopping today.  Me and Caleb.  That shows you just how awesome our jobs are.  :)  I tried on some shorts and a short sleeve button up.  I can ALMOST wear a large shirt and be comfortable.    Pants and shorts are always weird at places with nice clothes.  I have big thighs so I have to go with bigger pants sometime because of this fact.  I can wear size 36 jeans, but the 38 shorts fit today.  Annoying.    Here are some photos, I need to lose a little bit more weight to feel comfortable in this shirt. It starts pulling apart in the middle because of my boobies (which shouldn't be there).

I bought this outfit anyway.

So this day was kind of a wake up call to hit this weight loss thing hard.  Really be consistant with some exercise, eating small frequent meals, staying under my caloric intake, drinking lots of water, and trying to force some vegetables into me into my diet.   I do see a difference in what I look like, I'm starting to look less fat.  But I must not be content.  180lbs is my first goal.  The big one.  Then I will reassess and see what needs to be done.  I refuse to fail.  For my sake and for the sake of my wife and family.

Is Kate Moss Right?

"Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."  This is a moto that Kate Moss lives by.  While some people are firmly against this mindset, I am not so sure.  I am not skinny by any stretch of the word, but since I've lost a little bit of weight I can say that this weight loss feels better mentally than most food.  Besides Hounddogs pizza. And Ray Ray's BBQ. And Sprecher Root Beer. And Jeni's Pistachio and Honey ice cream.   (The best way to lose weight is to constantly think of the most delicious food that you shouldn't eat a bunch of)
    If you have been fat in the past, then lost a bunch of weight,  you probably can understand what Kate is saying.  I hope to have a very good perspective on this in a few months.

I ran on saturday. By 'ran', I mean jogged. And by 'jogged' I mean flailed my sweaty body up and down the back streets of North Clintonville.  I tried to stick to the back streets of the rich neighborhood that lies directly south of where we live .  I didn't want anyone I knew to see me in this state.  And since none of my friends are rich, I chose this very specific location. Of course I jogged with pristine form down my street on the way home, to impress the neighbors. I walk in the door. Light headed. Slight Headache. Thick white spit.  I can see why people love this.  Idiots.

I weighed myself this morning and I've lost 13 lbs. I started this experiment 14 days ago.  I am feeling good.  I'll probably run tomorrow morning for the second time.  Hopefully the soreness in my legs doesn't last as long as it did the first time.  Maybe I'll start jogging in places that no one else does.  Like the mall.  Or Hilltop.

I probably need to get more serious about losing the weight.  I know I have lost 13 lbs but I don't feel like I earned it.  I haven't done very much at all.  36 followers are watching me, and I need to do something entertaining.  Maybe post some videos.  We'll look into that.

bye.