My (and your) big, fat ass

footfootfoot · 08-25-2012, 05:08 PM

Actually, in my case my ass is still pretty buff, but the rest of me is enveloped by a carpet of fat that I was pretty fucking shocked to see in a recent photo of me at the beach. Fri-ten-ing.

I also have noticed what appears to be a pronounced gut developing. This is not how I want to spend the rest of my life. This morning my BIL and I went to the local diner for breakfast and I noticed that, at 6 feet and 220# I was by far the slimmest person in the diner. Every person in there, myself included was obese by any metric.

This has to stop now.

How do you eat and elephant? One bite at a time. Or a journey of 10,000 miles is taken a step at a time. (until you get to the airport and discover that the plane is on a tread mill, so instead while you are killing time waiting for another flight you go outside to do a bit of squirrel hunting...)

So, one bite at a time. I began thinking about this because it always made me feel defeated, even before I started, to hear things like "you just need to exercise" or "join a gym." All very effective, I'm sure, but vague-sounding, and in pst experinces I'd work my ass off at the gym only to discover that I hadn't even burned off one snickers bar. And the whole thing sucked.

Out of curiosity, I looked up just how many calories I need to burn to lose a pound. (3500) and I thought, well, I could certainly create a 3500 calorie a week deficit without even noticing it. Much. And if I could do that for 52 weeks, I would lose 52 pounds. In theory. I know there are adjustments to be made as weight comes off.

So that's my plan, to reduce just one pound per week, or 500 calorie deficit per day, by a) watching what I eat, and b) cycling an hour a day.

This will be my weekly check in page. I aim to keep it simple and achievable. At 220# (nearly 16 stone for you bog trotters) 60 minutes of cycling at 15mph avg equals about 1000 calories.

I'm looking at this as training for this ride, next year. I did it twice in my 20s

photos:http://100-200.org/2012Ride.htm

08-25-2012, 05:08 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	My (and your) big, fat ass Actually, in my case my ass is still pretty buff, but the rest of me is enveloped by a carpet of fat that I was pretty fucking shocked to see in a recent photo of me at the beach. Fri-ten-ing. I also have noticed what appears to be a pronounced gut developing. This is not how I want to spend the rest of my life. This morning my BIL and I went to the local diner for breakfast and I noticed that, at 6 feet and 220# I was by far the slimmest person in the diner. Every person in there, myself included was obese by any metric. This has to stop now. How do you eat and elephant? One bite at a time. Or a journey of 10,000 miles is taken a step at a time. (until you get to the airport and discover that the plane is on a tread mill, so instead while you are killing time waiting for another flight you go outside to do a bit of squirrel hunting...) So, one bite at a time. I began thinking about this because it always made me feel defeated, even before I started, to hear things like "you just need to exercise" or "join a gym." All very effective, I'm sure, but vague-sounding, and in pst experinces I'd work my ass off at the gym only to discover that I hadn't even burned off one snickers bar. And the whole thing sucked. Out of curiosity, I looked up just how many calories I need to burn to lose a pound. (3500) and I thought, well, I could certainly create a 3500 calorie a week deficit without even noticing it. Much. And if I could do that for 52 weeks, I would lose 52 pounds. In theory. I know there are adjustments to be made as weight comes off. So that's my plan, to reduce just one pound per week, or 500 calorie deficit per day, by a) watching what I eat, and b) cycling an hour a day. This will be my weekly check in page. I aim to keep it simple and achievable. At 220# (nearly 16 stone for you bog trotters) 60 minutes of cycling at 15mph avg equals about 1000 calories. I'm looking at this as training for this ride, next year. I did it twice in my 20s photos:http://100-200.org/2012Ride.htm __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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