Phat Alba…and that’s why I will never have sex again!

The last few weeks have not been great for exercise. With only about three to four trips to the gym in the last three weeks, the thought of weight loss was far from my head.

Don’t get me wrong, I have been eating well. I say well, because I have had my fair share of beer and other fine adult beverages in the last few weeks, but overall, I would say my diet was well within the “WeightWatchers” guidelines for my size and age.

I stayed away from the scale intentionally as I didn’t like being stuck at the 230 mark. So when I hopped on the scale last week, I was sure the scale was not reading correctly. It showed I had lost five more pounds. This could not be right!

Of course it didn’t help that moving the scale from one side of the bathroom to the other resulted in a difference of about three pounds at times. Time to get a new scale of course.

Thinking that the scale I was using was defective, I decided it was necessary to use another scale. That scale as well showed a weight loss of four pounds. The scales are conspiring.

Knowing that I can know trust the scale at home, I will continue on my quest to hit 200 pounds, but I will be cautious of the readings I get from my scale.

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It was several months ago since I last posted. Since then, I lost all my “phatalba” database and had to start over. But within that time frame, there was change. A change in attitude towards my health. I decided to eat better, exercise more and make better decisions.

So far the changes have been positive. I started really dieting on June 1, 2009 and it wasn’t that difficult. I also made the choice to use my YMCA membership. I have used it more in the month of June then I have used it in the total 5-6 years I have had the card (very sad I know).

I have used the WeightWatchers points system that my wife if familiar with. It is fairly simple algorithm that uses calories, fat and fiber to determine a food/meal score in points. Each person is alloted a certain amount of points based on their age, weight, height and sex.

I was between 256 and 260 pounds for weight when this started (assuming the heavy amount as the start). In the first week of diet and exercise I lost 10 pounds and so I set a goal of 20 pounds total for my birthday.

I am happy to say I was 240.6 for my birthday. So what did I do, I went out and celebrated by eating at Paradiso and gained back 4 pounds

All is good now though. This morning I got on the scale and the scale was very nice, giving me a reading of 237.8  pounds. That means with my age and weight I am down to 35 “points” a day.

My new goal is going to be to get under 230 pounds by the end of July. It is only another 8 pounds but it will be challenging. I am hoping to increase my workouts to include more cardio and start lifting some weights.

I have done some free weights at the fire department, but I have never really liked lifting to much. I prefer running over everything else I do.

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