I know, I know!  It is Wednesday, not Friday, but I am the queen of procrastination.  I’m working on it though and will soon get better, I hope.

I went back to Weight Watchers this past Friday for the first time in two weeks. 

See I slack at everything, not just blogging. 

Anyway, after two weeks of being away I had lost .6 pounds.  Not too great, but not too bad after what I had eaten the two weeks prior to weighing in.

Since starting Weight Watchers I have lost 7.6 pounds.  At one point I was up to a loss of 8 pounds, but obviously I gained a little back.  It’s ok though, I’m actually happy with the 7.6 pounds.  That doesn’t mean that I am stopping there, I still have a way to go to reach my personal weight goal. 

However, I have already met my Weight Watchers goal.  This means that I am now a lifetime member and as long as I stay within two pounds of the weight that they set and weigh in at least once a month I will remain a member without having to pay a fee.

I intend to keep weighing in and attending the meetings.  I’m afraid that if I don’t I will gain back all of the weight that I have lost and I sure don’t want to yo-yo like I have done in years past.

We have really made life style changes and I couldn’t do it without my partner.

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James @ 7:58 AM

I have decided that today I will fast.  Last week I almost tried it - having missed a few meals on accident and was thinking I could make it… but that little voice told me to eat.  Actually it was more like…

“EAT FATTY… EAT!  ARE YOU FREAKIN’ KIDDING ME?!?!  IT HAS BEEN HOURS!!”

Something like that.

I was talking with my Mom and she was thinking of doing the same thing and this morning I am going to see how far I can make it.  I may get to mid-morning and breakdown because I am dying of hunger… but if not, I will try to make it past lunch.  Then dinner.  That is how fasting works for you non-participants.

I have never done this before, at least not that I can remember.  Maybe one time when I was poor or something and couldn’t afford food for my belly.  Wait… that never happened. 

So wish me luck.  This might be something I try once a week to get my endurance up.  I think it is good for me.  That is what I hear anyhow.

I am not trying this to lose weight… I am trying this to help trick my body into not really having to have food.  I am in one of those funks that my mind is telling me… eat food eat food eat food.  Even though I just ate.  I don’t know what is going on, so I am going to fix it.

James @ 12:53PM

So I made it through the morning without eating and lunch passed and finally I am feeling that twinge of hunger pains.  Nothing too crazy or anything, haven’t noticed any bad effects.  Worked on some things at the house at lunch time and so it kept my mind off of eating. I don’t see why I couldn’t do this all day, however it is still early in the day.  The hard part will be later tonight. 

I just hid my breakfast bar from myself.  I brought it incase I broke down or had some kind of fit and pee’d myself or something because of the lack of food.  It hasn’t happened yet, but instead of staring at it for the next 4 hours wasn’t in my best interest.

James @ 2:48PM

Haven’t died yet.  Am drinking craploads of water - no hunger pains at all at this point.  Haven’t felt faint or anything crazy.  Corey’s lunch did smell tasty, as did Gaby’s - but nothing I couldn’t dodge for the most part.

James @ 5:31PM

I’m too close to making it to 24 hours now without food that I can taste it.  That was a pun for you non-funnies.  Couple more hours and it will all be better.  Actually it isn’t that bad, no pains at this point.

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When I first realized that I was going bald, I was really upset.  Funny thing was, when I was in high school I shaved my head the entire time.  Back when I could have had a full head of hair and done anything I wanted with it… I chose to shave it.   All this time since starting my decent into baldness I resented it, now as I look back at being bald in high school I think it was readying me for this.  Maybe I always wanted to be bald, but for a while I didn’t know any better.

At this point I have nothing to do but accept the fact and roll with it.  Over the last year or so I really have come to terms and in fact I am rockin’ the bald look 100%.  So if your balding, don’t worry - shave it all off and be comfortable.  Bald is the new black.  Check out this list of reasons why going bald isn’t all that bad.

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Bought some new clothes yesterday, and when I went to try on the pants I was back in a 34 and it wasn’t tight or anything.  Now I know for you skinny boys out there it might not mean much, but for us fatties… it does.  I always worn my pants just a bit baggy (to say the least) and so I know some of my pants were 38’s, since that gave them enough sag to make me a bit more gangster-ish.  Makes me feel safe.  haha

Anyhow, I think I could have wore 32’s, but it would have looked like I was… well you know the addage.  So down some pant sizes which is always good and I’m wearing Large shirts again.  Another thing that probably sounds dumb to skinny people - but for me it is positive.  I definitely was wearing XL for a while pretty solid… so its an achievement to me.

This week was a tough one again.  Worked really hard to shed the weight I gained over the Easter loooooooong weekend.  I will be honest, Monday morning I weighed 213.4.  I was up about 5 lbs from when I weighed on Friday morning.  I was scared that I had really binged to much over the weekend (obviously), and I wouldn’t be able to make it back.  And let me tell you, it is hard to think you have to tell the entire internet that you are fatter.  It just is.

So lets get to it…

207.8 lbs

I lost .6 lbs this week.  I know it doesn’t seem like much but I’m have been consistent and this keeps it there within consistency range.  To make it back from 213, that was gangster… like my pants.

Here’s to another week down, and one step closer to 205.

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8 Healthy Reasons To Drink Beer - Forbes.com

DUDE!  Like I need more reasons to drink beer.  Healthy reasons at that.  Sign me up.  Moderate drinking is the key, after reading a few of them.  Beer is good for the brain, your bones, makes you live longer.  I think my brain, bones & lifespan should be in good shape. ;)  Next time someone tells you that you drink to much… shoot them this link.

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