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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Snowed last night this morning....only an inch or two but a reason to shovel the driveway... good excercise

  

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DIASTER 2/12/2010 1:02PM

just found your page. Did you lose the 100 pounds? Did you get to retire? Our city has a heated -88-91 degree therapy pool along with an olympic size lap pool all indoors, this winter it has been a wonderful blessing as we are freezing with highs in the 50's.In Fl. no less, only $88.00 a year. My daughter is also in law inforcement, her cruiser is burried under 50 inches of snow in the Baltimore area, they had to put them in a hotel as they couldn't get home with all the snow. Did you ever go off the diet?, or were you that motivated to stick to it? Report Inappropriate Comment

Back on track

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Lat time I had to lose weight was to avoid knee surgery... now its to avoid back surgery... I am going to find simpler reasons to lose weight.

  

You know your're making real progress when....

Thursday, August 21, 2008

I was asked to work an OT shift Sunday in uniform ( I have not had a uniform on since May ( I'm in the Detective Bureau ). I figured I had better check for a pair of pants since I have been losing weight for so long. Not one pair in my locker fit. I went home to check my closet for an old forgotten pair or pants. The only pair I could locate was my pants from my original class A uniform. They were 24 years old, ( the tailors label showed my name, ID and the date they were tailored "May 12, 1984")... not worn since the late 80's, I figured NO WAY... Guess what ? They fit! ! ! I wore them to work Sunday and told EVERYBODY I saw. For a couple of doubting Thomas's I had to show them the tailor's label

  

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ICEBOX4624 10/15/2008 8:58AM

I am so happy for you. You should be proud of what youve done. Miss ya pal!! Report Inappropriate Comment

How to eat an elephant... one bite at a time...

Thursday, June 05, 2008

I took the approach from three angles... First I went to a bariatric surgeon to get scared away from lap band or bypass surgery. Second I began changing my eating habits,counting weightwatchers points, using their meals once a day and a meal replacement drink for breakfast. A good Multi vitamin along with B complex vitamins...good carbs (green veggies) no pasta, sugar, bread. began finding low fat or fat free food items and incorporating them into my meal planning. The third thing I did was break out the clothes that I had grown out of and made three piles ( the tight pile, tighter pile, and the "I'll never wear them again so why am I even keeping them" pile ). Every couple of weeks I would try on the tight pile. In about a month they fit, then the tighter pile...same thing until they fit...I have only the last pile remaining and i hope to be in them before long. I starter with a 54 waist... and today I put on 44 pants and they buttoned ! ! ! I am even more supported by the clothes that I CAN'T wear any more because they are too damn big...
My advise is start with revising what you eat then set up short term goals to help keep your morale going. I have a forty two belt and an XL t-shirt that my daughter bought for me while on vacation in Vermont...then I have to buy new clothes.

  

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CODESEVEN 6/8/2008 10:51PM

Excellent blog Bill...Excellent! I see that the doctor scared you out of WL surgery....I had the opposite effect. You are doing a GREAT JOB with the weight loss and I found this blog quite informative... Keep blogging guy! Report Inappropriate Comment

100 pounds and out !

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

I have been big all my life. I was 6 feet / 200 lbs as a high school freshman. I never did grow much vertically but I did put on muscle weight. Then in college I found beer and all you can eat residence hall dining. Even at 260 I did carry my weight well and passed the entrance tests for the police department. A knee injury early in my career, combined with desk jobs blossomed my weight into the low, then mid 300's.
Just after New Years I got on a scale that went to 350 and max'd it out... and then some. I found a scale with a higher upper limit and was slightly discussed and embarrassed that I topped off at 360. February 1 I began my 25th year on the job. I made a commitment that I would not allow myself to retire unless I list 100 pounds. I began at 260 and I wanted to leave at 260.
I began counting points ala weight-watchers style and began to see the weight drop. A friend and co-worker turned me on to SparkPeople.com It is a valuable tool because it forces you to account for everything that you consume. If you go bad on calories fat or carbs allowed you see it instantly.

I had bad knees and was consulting with an orthopedist for knee replacement. Sixty pounds off has allowed me to put that surgery on the back burner and I have begun walking, stationary bicycling, and light weight lifting.

I recently went below the 300 mark for the first time in as long as I can remember. Sixty pounds in about 4 months have caused me to re-evaluate the goal. I now want to hit 230 by retirement ( that would be my college wrestling weight ).

  

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