January 15th, 2008 by john 
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As I write this I have lost 15 pounds. Fifteen pounds! That’s the equivalent of 60 quarter pound cheeseburgers. Fifteen, 16 oz rib-eye steaks. Or, thirty, 8 oz cups of cottage cheese…..Yuck! No matter how you cut it, fifteen pounds is a lot of extra weight.
“That’s great” you may be thinking. However, I am far from reaching my goal. I plan on losing 70 lbs., for good. You must be wondering, “How did you let yourself gain 70 extra pounds?” As best I can recall, it all started about 11 years ago. That’s when my wife and I quit smoking. Yes, I know, that sounds like a really lame excuse. It’s right up there with “the dog ate my homework”. But it’s true. For whatever reason I gained a tremendous amount of weight. For whatever reason? I know the reason. I began to eat everything in sight. And then some! It was a see-food diet! Now it’s time to pay the piper.
Do I regret quiting smoking? No way! I’d do it all over again. Absolutely! I feel wonderful! I can breath again! I have regained my sense of smell and taste. I don’t cough continuously anymore. It’s great! Except for the weight.
So, how do I plan on returning to the previous ME? The old fashion way. Hard work. Diet. Exercise. Diet in the sense of eating well balanced meals. Not a starvation plan. We are giving the Alli Weight Loss Aid a try. My exercise plan is realistic and very doable. I am walking two miles a day for starters. I plan on making these changes permanent. A lifestyle. I’ll let you know how I’m doing as I progress. Are you struggling with your weight? What are you doing about it? I’d love to hear from you!
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Hey John glad to hear you lost 25 lbs. I know you’ll make it to 70! Keep it up! I guess I’d have to say that I’m blessed that I never had to loose any weight in my entire life. Well at least not that much, there was a month or two about a year and a half ago when I wasn’t doing any athletic activity and I was just sitting around eating. A couple times I ate like 3 full buckets of yogurt in like 2 days lol. you know the big kind. I noticed that I was staring to get a little belly and I freaked out and I said to myself I’m not eating like this every again. So I stopped and started back in my athletic activity and I have not gained that weight back since! Which I’m glad Phew, not to mention eating all that yogurt. I’ll probably never eat yogurt like that again. Right now when I eat I usually get a tuna sandwich and subway or go to the store to buy fruits and veggies. Anyway keep up the blogging and weight loss!!
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Cheddarfix – Thanks for the encouragement! You are lucky to never have had a weight problem, it stinks! Thanks for taking the time to read and post you thoughts! I really appreciate it!
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