#FatGuyGottaTry | My weight loss journey

 

This blog is a work in progress.

It documents my weight loss journey from Sat 15 Aug 2020 - Sun 15 Nov 2020.

I'm sick and tired of being overweight. The aches, the pains, my clothes don't fit right, and I look like my children's grandpa.

So here's the deal. I'm going to commit to a healthier lifestyle. Over the next three months, God willing, I'm going to make an especially huge effort to eat better, exercise and do whatever needs to be done. No cheating like I've done in the past. You can watch those videos on my YouTube Channel.

Here's the playlist: https://bit.ly/3argYRI

If you want to follow my weight loss journey, over the next three months I'll be posting updates on Facebook and YouTube. Whether it's pictures, videos, stories, a sentence, a paragraph or two. Follow the hashtag #FatGuyGottaTry

Today is Saturday, 15th August, 2020. I don't have a scale but I'm pretty sure I'm over 260 pounds.

Sun, 16 Aug 2020

I'm aiming for five hours of cardio a week. And two days of strength training. Yesterday and today I went walking for about 45 minutes. I also downloaded an app called Tabata Timer. It's basically an alarm clock that allows you to set interval rest and workout periods for a given length of time. The defaults were too much for me, so I dialed it back to 15 seconds of work and 20 seconds of rest for 15 minutes. Got a good sweat. My knees and shins hurt.

When it comes to eating, I'm going for intermittent fasting. Everyday, I'll eat in an 8 hour window and fast for 16 hours. I think eating between noon and 8:00 PM suits me best. So I'll try that at first, change it if necessary. I'm eating clean, trying my best to avoid flour, beer and sugary drinks. Water only.

Mon, 17 Aug 2020

Woke up 0530, intending to exercise. Didn't. Instead I programmed until 1130. It was tough, stopping to workout, but I did. Yesterday, a friend recommended that during my workouts I listened to upbeat music or a motivational speaker, maybe Les Brown. So I listened to Les Brown. A bit distracting at first but damn, it worked and inspired me in different ways. To push through (20 sets of 10 body weight squats) and do something that I haven't done before which is offer programming classes for free. I'm scared, of course, but the results look favorable. If you're interested in taking part in the poll, it runs until the 31st August 2020 on my Facebook page. And here's that Les Brown video (Thanks for the recommendation, Shad):

Tue, 18 Aug 2020

My legs hurt like a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeyatch.