Weighing in...

Hello Fellow Bloggers...

Well, it has been quite a while since I blog on the topic that is my weight. I owe you all a sincere apology for not keeping to what I vowed to do. It all started when I had my rude awakening from school. I stopped going to the gym due to the fact that I was in school 24/7. I told myself I would continue to eat healthy but who was I kidding. The holidays rolled along and not only did I put on the 10 pounds I had lost but I also put on an additional 8 pounds. By January, I was weighing in at 248lbs. (Talk about taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back). Well, I worked hard on trying to get back to my previous success. I am currently weighing in at 227lbs. (my lowest weight since I started my weight loss journey...cue the woot woots). It's been a few weeks now since I dropped the "holiday weight" and I figured that before I continue, I should check in with my accountability partners which are you readers. I have found that the best way to keep myself disciplined is by keeping myself accountable to you guys. Now I won't be posting every week like I was before but I will still keep you all updated whenever I can. Here is my weight re-cap:

Starting Weight: 240

Goal Weight: 190

Current Weight: 227

Weekly Plan:

• Monday: Eat Right - Gym 
• Tuesday: Eat Right - Football 
• Wednesday: Eat Right - Gym
• Thursday: Eat Right - Football...and then watch LOST!
• Friday: Eat Right 
• Saturday: Eat Right 
• Sunday: WHAT DIET?

I found that the thing that has made me lose the weight the most is staying active by either playing football or going to the gym. I am also drinking tons of water. 

Ok...so there it is. I will have my weight tracker posted on the sidebar on the left again. Thanks for all the support and if anyone wants to join along in the journey please by all means JOIN!

Diet Week 7

Hello Fellow Bloggers...

Well, the numbers are in and I lost a total of 1 pound this week. Not bad considering I was in Orlando with a bunch of other young people and all we ate was fast food!

That is All

- Bert

Diet Week 6

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Well, I will go ahead and make this post short and to the point. I gained a total of 3 pounds this week. That's right, I said GAINED (Let the scolding begin!!.....comment below ). I totally gave in to temptation and cheated ALOT! However I'm not gonna kill myself over it. My good friend Danisa commented the following on an older post :

"Robert, it is more important to continue to move forward with a loss this week, than to dwell in the frustration and stay there another week. Get started again, like the first day. Find creative ways to move your body more during the day. Park far, do not use elevators, dance a good song in the morning before shower."

- Danisa Suarez

I admit I have slowly let the diet slip away, but like Danisa said, I will just get started again as if were the first day. That's the great thing about making this diet public, if I wouldn't have told anyone about it, then I wouldn't have to be accountable to anyone, and I honestly wouldn't have cared much. This morning, however when I stepped on the scale and saw that I had gained weight, the first thing that came to mind was, "how am I gonna break it to them?"

Thanks for the Inspiration fellow bloggers...keep em coming!!!

P.S.

It seemed that this week I let myself go during the Ocala trip, and just went downhill from there!!

This weekend, I will be in Orlando for the Hillsong United Conference, and I will be traveling with a bunch of eaters, So keep me in your prayers!!

Diet Week 5

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Well it's official I lost 4 more pounds this week for a grand total of 10 pounds. That leaves, 40 pounds to go. I was actually very surprised to see that I had lost 4 pounds, especially with me not going to the gym anymore due to my school schedule. I also had another cheat day, where I didn't do as well. However, every other day, I did really good. This weekend I'm going to be going up to Ocala to visit my Dad for a couple days, and I really am hoping and praying that I behave up there. Of course I mean that in terms of what I will be eating. I will have to give my dad a heads up before I go up there. No junk food and no meals after 7:00pm.....ok maybe just a little junk food. Keep me in your prayers!!

Diet Week 4

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Well Frustration is starting to kick in. I lost a total of 0 Pounds this week. This was definitely the worst week so far. As many of you know I have had a drastic schedule change recently and as a result, I have not been back to the gym. For the first time since I started the diet, I fell off the boat. And I fell off badly. On Sunday night a couple of us got together at my sisters house to hang out, and there was a lot of junk food. Earlier that day I had alot of people approach me and tell me I look thinner. Well I guess I used that as an excuse and I pigged out. At first I didn't touch anything, but eventually temptation gave in (Such a shame, especially since that's what the topic was for that weekend). I ended eating like 5 little chicken wings, and a bunch of oreos. I gotta admit, It felt good, but afterwards, the guilt started to set in. As you can see now, it obviously wasn't worth it. The week is over and I didn't lose an ounce. Time to get back on track!!!

Diet Week 3

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Well I just got home from the gym and had my weekly weigh in. I gotta admit I am a little disappointed in my self. I only lost 2 pounds this week, and though I did lose weight, I feel that I could have done better. I skipped the gym one of the four days I usually go because I fell asleep after work and once again, I did have one or two days of weakness, but overall I have been doing good as far as willpower. In fact, today we had a little birthday party at work, and I refused to eat any cake (It was Ice Cream cake so you can imagine how hard that was) I am planning on seeing a nutritionist either this week or next week to help me out with the diet. Keep me in your prayers!!!