I have passed 50 pounds lost since January of this year. I now weigh less than I did at the end of 12th grade.
Observations:
- This has been incredibly hard and at the same time incredibly easy.
- By training myself to look forward to the leftovers I create by not eating traditional portions, I have drastically reduced the amount I eat, and the amount we spend on food.
- In general, I feel better than I have in a long time. This is psychological as much as it is physical- I love watching the fat melt off.
- Discipline is everything. This is the first time in my life, outside of when I was playing sports and competing for a spot on a team, that I have been able to routinize my working out and eating so effectively. I feel that if I stop I will quickly drop into bad habits, and this has become somewhat stressful
- I allow myself nights where my eating goes way over the top- candy, ice cream etc.
- Related to that, I do not deny myself any food; I simply minimize the amount of it I eat. A pint of Ben And Jerry’s consumed over two weeks is a treat every night and surprisingly easy to do with my weight loss goals in mind.
- While these changes have been easy/hard, thinking about eating takes up a considerable amount of my daily thought. I have not been as productive this season and I’m not sure how I feel about it. Perhaps weight loss should be my only goal right now anyway.
I’m going to post some before/after images soon. I have about 20 more pounds to go. Things have slowed considerably since the beginning of March. A chronicle of every single thing I have eaten since January can be found at my PBT Spreadsheet.
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The show is staying right there in my podcast list, waiting for whatever comes next. Truth be told we may well have seen the last of it. Ze is so far ahead of the game when it comes to understanding this medium that even when he resorted to cheap jokes and potty humor it was still a joy to watch. I have no problem proclaiming myself a Sportsracer. Hell, I’ve even joined the ORG.
Surprisingly, there wasn’t a lot of press regarding the end of the Show, but this LA Times Article notes that Ze “made enough to pay the rent and then some”. Now granting that his rent is in Brooklyn, which ain’t exactly cheap, this is fine and its how new medians should approach making money on the web. Part of the problem of hiring Hollywood representation and working within that system is that its built on the mass market- salaries and revenues depend on consumption by millions of people. Alternately, you can build a community, share in that community and prove to them that what you do is worth their money. Cut out the money machine because it isn’t built for narrow media.
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So my Shuffle broke again this morning and I was forced to walk to the gym without the luxury of information flowing into my brain. I’ve become so accustomed to jumping out of bed and walking up to the gym with the headphones on full blast that walking around my neighborhood without them at 6:45AM became an almost surreal experience. I suddenly remember so much more of the walk, for one thing. Without the headphones I observed so much more than I usually do. The sounds of people unloading bakery supplies, the pollutive city buses. The surprising number of people out and about.
Working out became a far different experience as well, as suddenly I was forced to hear the dance-pop on the gym stereo but also the assorted grunts and other sounds made by the other weightlifters. All typically events really, but again I’ve been so accustomed to my own internal soundtrack it was absolutely alien.
Is it a good idea to constantly stream information into my head? At high volumes? All these times when I’m exercising or walking to work I could be thinking, instead of consuming. It seems I consume so much information I may not have time to process it. And of course there’s the issue of my hearing loss, which Dawn will tell you is very real indeed.
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If you want one let me know. I personally do not use Joost very frequently. The content is currently far from compelling, and while I do kind of enjoy the interface of the client, and the video does indeed work really well, I find the “channel” model of video distribution to be completely unnecessary in the connected world.
Update: All invites are gone. Sorry to those who didn’t get them. Enjoy!
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I’ve lost 45 pounds.
I’m still pretty damn fat though. Regardless, I have crossed the thin line between loose clothing and clown clothing. I am going to have to bite the bullet and buy a few items.
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Yellow blow = human + seat ejecting from exploding viper. Believe it or not.
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I just threw out two months of dedicated mindful eating in a riotous bit Thin Mint consumption.
Evil, thy name is Girl Scouts.
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