Today seems to be one of those BLAH days. I am not really depressed about anything in particular but I am not really excited about much either. I am sort of just costing through the day hoping that things stay quiet around here and nothing breaks. In some ways I am like the Maytag repairman, part of my job is to fix servers and associated peripherals or hardware if it breaks. I do both hardware and software monitoring , repair and reporting. My job title is server analyst but I am also a systems administrator with all that I have to keep an eye on. Luckily we have systems in place that will notify us in case of some sort of failure, I just have to respond to it in a timely fashion.
I am averaging about 1800 calories per day and I am trying to remember to climb the five flights of stairs here at work at least 2 times per day. I did it once yesterday and once today. I need to do it one more time this afternoon to keep in line with my goals. I am going bowling tonight so I am looking forward to that. Hopefully I will do good tonight and at least get my average or higher.
Hope everyone is having a good day today.
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
james.moffitt@comcast.net
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Healthy choices
Good morning fellow calorie counters and friends.
I am happy to report that instead of buying a biscuit with sausage egg and cheese this morning I purchased Kellogs specia K individual container at the Hungry Cougar across from my work place this morning. I was so tempted to get the former but chose the later in an effort to make better choices. Instead of doing what I am used to doing I am chosing to retrain myself to realize that part of losing weight is losing bad thinking and renewing my mind with good information. Having information is useless if we do not put it to action.
I have been losing half a pound per day thus far this week. That means that the weight is coming off slowly but surely. I need to increase my exercise a bit but that should be easy to do. Monday was a pretty high energy day with two trips up the five flights of stairs and bowling for two hours so I took a break from the stairs yesterday and instead went for a 30 minute walk at lunch.
I am holding myself accountable to others by sharing my journey with folks in my life such as yourself and my extended family and friends on the Internet. I am doing this so that I can be transparent with myself, God and you. If I am transparent and honest then it will be easier for me to face facts and do what I need to do. One of the people that I shared this with agreed with me that I needed encouragement. In the very next sentence this friend told me that walking stairs at work was not going to cut it but if I wanted to lose weight that I need to walk 45 minutes continuously every day and that the secret to their success was to join weight watchers so that they could lose the 30 lbs they needed to lose.
Instead of encouraging me this person sort of drug me down for a few moments. Sometimes people do not realize or they forget how hard it is to actually motivate one self to make the life changes that are required. I reminded my friend that for me to carry all 365.6 lbs of me up five flights of stairs certainly is an aerobic exercise because it gets my heart rate up into an aerobic range. I get more of an aerobic workout by doing that than getting on the eliptical trainer for 15 minutes. The bottom line is this. I am doing SOMETHING different which is better for me and has added value that burns calories. No, I may not have a high octane work out that some other person that is in better shape than myself. The important thing is that instead of taking the elevator on the way up into the building every time I come into it I make the effort to take the stairs.
I figure that every good choice that I make , the less calories I eat and the more exercise I get the better off that I will be and those things put together will equate to slow permanent weight loss. Every day I chose to learn from the day before and make better choices and not make the same mistakes from the day before. If I can continue to do that I will reach my goal both in weight loss but in other areas of my life as well.
Have a great day folks!!
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
james.moffitt@comcast.net
I am happy to report that instead of buying a biscuit with sausage egg and cheese this morning I purchased Kellogs specia K individual container at the Hungry Cougar across from my work place this morning. I was so tempted to get the former but chose the later in an effort to make better choices. Instead of doing what I am used to doing I am chosing to retrain myself to realize that part of losing weight is losing bad thinking and renewing my mind with good information. Having information is useless if we do not put it to action.
I have been losing half a pound per day thus far this week. That means that the weight is coming off slowly but surely. I need to increase my exercise a bit but that should be easy to do. Monday was a pretty high energy day with two trips up the five flights of stairs and bowling for two hours so I took a break from the stairs yesterday and instead went for a 30 minute walk at lunch.
I am holding myself accountable to others by sharing my journey with folks in my life such as yourself and my extended family and friends on the Internet. I am doing this so that I can be transparent with myself, God and you. If I am transparent and honest then it will be easier for me to face facts and do what I need to do. One of the people that I shared this with agreed with me that I needed encouragement. In the very next sentence this friend told me that walking stairs at work was not going to cut it but if I wanted to lose weight that I need to walk 45 minutes continuously every day and that the secret to their success was to join weight watchers so that they could lose the 30 lbs they needed to lose.
Instead of encouraging me this person sort of drug me down for a few moments. Sometimes people do not realize or they forget how hard it is to actually motivate one self to make the life changes that are required. I reminded my friend that for me to carry all 365.6 lbs of me up five flights of stairs certainly is an aerobic exercise because it gets my heart rate up into an aerobic range. I get more of an aerobic workout by doing that than getting on the eliptical trainer for 15 minutes. The bottom line is this. I am doing SOMETHING different which is better for me and has added value that burns calories. No, I may not have a high octane work out that some other person that is in better shape than myself. The important thing is that instead of taking the elevator on the way up into the building every time I come into it I make the effort to take the stairs.
I figure that every good choice that I make , the less calories I eat and the more exercise I get the better off that I will be and those things put together will equate to slow permanent weight loss. Every day I chose to learn from the day before and make better choices and not make the same mistakes from the day before. If I can continue to do that I will reach my goal both in weight loss but in other areas of my life as well.
Have a great day folks!!
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
james.moffitt@comcast.net
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Starting over Tuesday 2008
I blew it big time with my calories yesterday coming in at 2300+ The only thing that saved my keister is that I burned 2450 calories with walking , climbing five flights of stairs twice at work and two hours of bowling. I probably burned more than that with my other daily activities but I dont feel like micro managing every single activity like typing, reading etc.
I want to keep my calories around 1800 a day. Some days I get close but it is usually on the MORE than that side of the number line. I need to get better at reducing how much I eat at night. I ate a tuna sandwich last night at the bowling alley because I was starved. Then when I got hom the family had ordered pizza so I warmed up two pieces of pizza and had a cinnamon stick. Then before I went to bed I had some cereal.
I guess I just rationalized the fact that I had gotten a lot of exercise on that day and it was ok to blow it a little bit. The problem with that justification is that I am not going to lose weight by doing that. I must eat less, eat right things and exercise more. Repeatr after me. I must
Eat less
Eat the right things
Exercise more
Msriff, I saw what you said and I am honored to be your friend and I will do whatever I can to encourage you. The truth of the matter is that we all need encouragement. We need to be willing to be transparent with one another and be honest about what is going on. Amen ?
We need to explore why it is we make bad life choices with regards to over eating etc. Some of us are emotional eaters and some of us (like me) have gotten where we are because we have made some terrible choices with regards to exercise and eating choices and now we are where we are at.
My choice in 2008 is to do whatever it takes to make the right choices so that I can lose weight. My goal is one lb per week. I think that goal is quite reasonable and I fully expect to lose more than that every week. My expectation is 1 lb and if more than that comes off then praise God.
One of the ways that we can support one another is by communicating BEFORE we blow it and stick the wrong thing in our mouth or get trapped by our emotions which can cause us to get down in the dumps and give up. Trust me when I say that I understand what it is to get depressed about life's circumstances. I have my days when I think about all the negative crap in my life and Just want to quit and say to HE** with all of it.
The only thing that bails me out of that mindset is my belief that God is real and that my faith in Him to keep his promises in His word gives me the HOPE I need to go forward. When the going gets tough I call out to Him and I say Abba father , please forgive me for my gluttony (and other sins or failurs) and help me to turn over the junk to you (He is more able to handle it than I) and give me the strength to carry on.
If you dont have that type of faith then you will be grasping at what the world has to offer and you will find yourself coming up short more times than not. If you are depending upon your own self determination and discipline and nothing else then you are going to be dissappointed. If you are thinking you can do this alone without reaching out to others then you will be in trouble.
Keep on keeping on and know that God loves you no matter how fat or skinny you are or perceive yourself to be. Lets all make the right choices with regards to life today with the idea that we want to be healthier in 2008.
Take care
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
james.moffitt@comcast.net
I want to keep my calories around 1800 a day. Some days I get close but it is usually on the MORE than that side of the number line. I need to get better at reducing how much I eat at night. I ate a tuna sandwich last night at the bowling alley because I was starved. Then when I got hom the family had ordered pizza so I warmed up two pieces of pizza and had a cinnamon stick. Then before I went to bed I had some cereal.
I guess I just rationalized the fact that I had gotten a lot of exercise on that day and it was ok to blow it a little bit. The problem with that justification is that I am not going to lose weight by doing that. I must eat less, eat right things and exercise more. Repeatr after me. I must
Eat less
Eat the right things
Exercise more
Msriff, I saw what you said and I am honored to be your friend and I will do whatever I can to encourage you. The truth of the matter is that we all need encouragement. We need to be willing to be transparent with one another and be honest about what is going on. Amen ?
We need to explore why it is we make bad life choices with regards to over eating etc. Some of us are emotional eaters and some of us (like me) have gotten where we are because we have made some terrible choices with regards to exercise and eating choices and now we are where we are at.
My choice in 2008 is to do whatever it takes to make the right choices so that I can lose weight. My goal is one lb per week. I think that goal is quite reasonable and I fully expect to lose more than that every week. My expectation is 1 lb and if more than that comes off then praise God.
One of the ways that we can support one another is by communicating BEFORE we blow it and stick the wrong thing in our mouth or get trapped by our emotions which can cause us to get down in the dumps and give up. Trust me when I say that I understand what it is to get depressed about life's circumstances. I have my days when I think about all the negative crap in my life and Just want to quit and say to HE** with all of it.
The only thing that bails me out of that mindset is my belief that God is real and that my faith in Him to keep his promises in His word gives me the HOPE I need to go forward. When the going gets tough I call out to Him and I say Abba father , please forgive me for my gluttony (and other sins or failurs) and help me to turn over the junk to you (He is more able to handle it than I) and give me the strength to carry on.
If you dont have that type of faith then you will be grasping at what the world has to offer and you will find yourself coming up short more times than not. If you are depending upon your own self determination and discipline and nothing else then you are going to be dissappointed. If you are thinking you can do this alone without reaching out to others then you will be in trouble.
Keep on keeping on and know that God loves you no matter how fat or skinny you are or perceive yourself to be. Lets all make the right choices with regards to life today with the idea that we want to be healthier in 2008.
Take care
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
james.moffitt@comcast.net
Monday, January 14, 2008
Monday all over again
I had a busy weekend but managed to get some personal TO DO things accomplished. That is always a good thing. One of those tasks was to redo the church website and update it. One of the tasks was to wipe Vista OS off my laptop and put XP Professional back on it. Those two tasks took most of the day Saturday to accomplish. Luckily for me I was working with my buddy Luke from church so that was nice and made the time pass by nicely. I loaded Dreamweaver on my laptop so I can learn how to use it with regards to website design. I need to redo www.lightourworld.com as well.
Sunday consisted of Church and watching my favorite team give away the season to the NY Giants. I am still angry about that stupid mess. Dallas was penalized for so many stupid mistakes and their receivers could not catch a football unless you walk it to them and stick it in their hands for them. GRRRRRRR
I did ok with regards to calories. I asked my wife to go with me for a long walk to Wendys last night. We drove the truck out to the main road and walked on the lit up sidewalk. I guess it is about half a mile to Wendys and back. Other than that walk I had not gotten any exercise this weekend which is bad.
A friend of mine is offering to help me with paying for a BMI test in Mt Pleasant. That will tell me how many calories I burn per day and also give me a plan for what I need to be eating , how much and how frequently. My friend has been doing this for ten days and she is working out three times per week with a personal trainer. I am so proud of her and I am praying for her continued sucess with this.
I still do not understand how I burn 4300 calories per day and eat less than 2000 calories per day yet I still struggle to lose 1 lb per week? One of the things my friend told me last night on IM (she is a pharmacy doctor and really smart) is that when we eat refined sugars that there is an enzyme (?) chemical that is blocked that tells our body to burn fat. In other words our bodies are in starvation mode storing up the fat for a rainy day.
I am sure I have part of that wrong but I think I understand how that works. Less sugar for me indeed. I love sweet tea though..... Whaaaaaaaaaa OH HUSH UP you big baby... Do you want to lose weight or what?? YES.....
LOL..
Have a good day.
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net
Sunday consisted of Church and watching my favorite team give away the season to the NY Giants. I am still angry about that stupid mess. Dallas was penalized for so many stupid mistakes and their receivers could not catch a football unless you walk it to them and stick it in their hands for them. GRRRRRRR
I did ok with regards to calories. I asked my wife to go with me for a long walk to Wendys last night. We drove the truck out to the main road and walked on the lit up sidewalk. I guess it is about half a mile to Wendys and back. Other than that walk I had not gotten any exercise this weekend which is bad.
A friend of mine is offering to help me with paying for a BMI test in Mt Pleasant. That will tell me how many calories I burn per day and also give me a plan for what I need to be eating , how much and how frequently. My friend has been doing this for ten days and she is working out three times per week with a personal trainer. I am so proud of her and I am praying for her continued sucess with this.
I still do not understand how I burn 4300 calories per day and eat less than 2000 calories per day yet I still struggle to lose 1 lb per week? One of the things my friend told me last night on IM (she is a pharmacy doctor and really smart) is that when we eat refined sugars that there is an enzyme (?) chemical that is blocked that tells our body to burn fat. In other words our bodies are in starvation mode storing up the fat for a rainy day.
I am sure I have part of that wrong but I think I understand how that works. Less sugar for me indeed. I love sweet tea though..... Whaaaaaaaaaa OH HUSH UP you big baby... Do you want to lose weight or what?? YES.....
LOL..
Have a good day.
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net
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