Beginnings...Again

What's that, you say? This blog is starting up again? Even I don't believe it. Stay tuned...

Back in the Saddle

Alright, so it's no secret that I've been somewhat...stagnant in my weight loss recently. No one is more aware of this than I am, so this past week I really put in a solid effort. I had a small goal to try to hit 321 this week, losing three pounds and getting back to keeping that shiny graph to the right moving south. So, feeling pretty optimistic that I just might hit that loss of three pounds, imagine my shock when I step up and see this:

316.6

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Wait, what? I stepped back on the scale, thinking that can't be right. 316.6. Seriously?! 7.4 pounds lost last week?! That's more than a pound a day! Woohoo! Gotta admit, it's bee a while since I've felt this good. As a matter of fact, I think I'm feeling good enough to take on one of my goals. No, not the ricecake. Stop kidding yourself. I'm going to go hike to the top of Timpanogos Mountain either this week or next (probably next since this week in nuts at work. 60 hour work weeks are fun.) Let's keep this rolling stone moving, so that it can get the early worm! Or wait, that's not it. Umm..Two in the bird is worth ...uhh...three in the...umm... You know what? I think I'll just try and stay away from the motivation catchphrases. There's a reason why I don't work for Hallmark.

Car Shopping = The Devil

I finally, FINALLY found my car and bought it! Words cannot begin to express how happy I am. And not because I love my new car (which I do), but because I don't have to keep shopping for cars. That right there is worth the price of admission. Life...is good.

So, immediately after I purchased my car, we (Me, my brother Blaine, and my two cousins, Tyler and Jordan) took it for a quick test drive down to San Diego (we all live in the Salt Lake City, Utah area). Though it was an incredibly fun weekend (I got far too much sun, which is fine if you like your Brett extra crispy), I unsurprisingly ate nothing but foods that are normally associated with road trips: Fast food, sodas, burgers, all sorts of sugary junk food that comes in a pouch, ect. I had a perfect opportunity to show that you can even eat healthy on a road trip, but I blew it, and paid for it. Stepping onto the scale this morning I got another ugly number:

324.0

Ugh. This car shopping thing (and subsequent vacation) really messed up my momentum. Alright, no more excuses. Time to refocus my attention and get back to work.

LIAR!

Wow. I can't believe how long it's been since I posted. One of my goals when starting this blog was to write at least once a week, and there has been some serious failure on that front. Can I change the past? Not without a flux capacitor, and since I can't seem to find one on sale anywhere (they're fairly expensive), it seems that all I can do is offer an apology. I'm sorry and I will do my best to make sure that there are no further weeks without an update.

As to my weigh ins and what I have been up to, they correlate quite a bit. Let me show you:

6/22/09: 321.0

6/29/09: 323.0

7/6/09: 322.4

Not pretty, I know. Not to use this as an excuse (I've been making excuses about my weight for some time now), but these past few weeks have been an incredible stress roller coaster, one in which you get nauseous on the first turn and throw up, but the ride operator thinks it's funny to keep sending you though over and over again without giving you the chance to get off. Kind of. You see, I've been shopping for a new car. This sounds like a good idea initially. When you first decide to go car shopping, you will think to yourself, "Hey Self! This is going to be so fun, picking a new car! It'll be way easy and people will be nice to you and you can test drive a bunch of different cars to see what you like and the tooth fairy exists and you can even pick whatever color you want!" Do not listen to yourself when you say this because you are a liar. Shopping for a new car will destroy your soul; your very will to live. Everyday I got off work, I would stare at the computer for hours, HOURS, trying to find something that fit what I needed out of my new car. I looked at so many cars that I have the basic Craigslist page outline permanently burned into my retinas. Have you ever stared at a computer screen for so long that you can actually feel your eyes internally bleeding? I now have. On the upside, I think I finally found the car and we are in the process of getting everything signed. It's almost too much to hope for to think that this nightmare will soon be over. If it does all go through, I'll post some pics for you, even though it has nothing to do with weight loss. Try and stop me! You totally can't!

So, to review: Flux Capacitor, vomit, Tooth Fairy, soul stealing, Craigslist, internal bleeding. Did I miss anything?

No Weigh!

So, I'm all nervous about weighing in today. Mainly because I was denied my first 20 pounds lost marker last week. No, not denied. Cheated out of, more like. Or swindled from, if you prefer. I can keep going with these, but nobody wants that. On to the scale we go.

319.4

Booya! Suck it, Last Week! 4.6 pounds! That puts me at 20.6 pounds lost in 8 weeks. Which means that I have just under 10 weeks to lose 19.4 pounds and hit my goal of being below 300 before August 21st. I totally got this.

Monday Comes a Bit Late This Week

Sorry for the delay. I guess the idea that bad news travels faster than good news is a lie. Here's what the scale had to say to me:

324.

I knew getting into this that there would be weeks where I would not only not lose any weight, but in all likely hood gain some back, but knowing that beforehand doesn't soften the blow any. I gained almost two pounds. Lame.

Either way, I'm going to hit it particularly hard this week because I have that much more to lose if I'm to hit that first 20 pounds lost marker this next Monday.

It's Monday Morning. Do You Know Where Your 'Weigh In' Is?

It's Monday again. Here we go, onto the scale:

322.2

Down 1 and 1/2 pounds. Not terrible. I was actually really worried because this week has been so incredibly stressful, both at work and at home, that I wouldn't have been surprised if I had gained 5 pounds. I won't go way into it, but basically a person a work quit without warning, which hoses me over, and I got sick over the weekend (still not feeling well at all), which can't really happen because I need to be at work since there is no one else.

Regardless, I'm coming up this next week on my first little mini goal. If I can lose 2.2 pounds by next Monday, I'll have lost 20 since I started. And if I stay consistent, then I'll hit my goal of being below 300 by August 21, no sweat! Well, quite a bit of sweat, actually, but you know what I mean...