Category: Motivation
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Day 853… Day 1
Weight: 291.8 lbs. (up 53.2 lbs from Best Weight Ever) Last time I weighed this much: January 22, 2023 I woke up this morning with dread and hope and excitement and fear and trepidation. That’s a lot of emotion to experience before your first cup of coffee, don’t you think? Today is the day that…
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Day 672
Happy Thanksgiving. Sure… how can one be happy when there is nothing to be happy about? How can one be thankful when there is so little to be thankful about? My weight stayed the same as yesterday. I’ll take that as a win. My office chair has been a problem for a few months, and…
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Day 593
Fuck you, bathroom scale. Another day of staying true to the program, and another day of my weight going up. I have gained 1.2 lbs. in the last 48 hours despite staying true to the program. ARGH! With that, the number of days I weighed less than today jumps back from four to ten; this…
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Day 578
Today is the day that I am going to get back on track. I have been asked to audit a class this week (one that I have taught many times before) which means that I will be sitting at my desk all week during the day, in addition to teaching Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings.…
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Know Where To Stick Your Comments
**This is another article that I wrote during a previous weight loss attempt. It is funny how little editing I needed to do in order to make it apply perfectly to this week, nearly three years later. –MDG Has anyone else had it up to here (gesturing just above my head) with people telling you…
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Day 365 Facebook Group Post
On July 30, 2020, I posted this picture with the caption: “This IKEA bag is filled with clothes to go to charity tomorrow… none of it fits anymore!” I was so proud of myself. I weighed 279.2lbs, down from 394. I would, by two months later, lost another 19lbs… and then that was it. Something…
Losing a part of me 