It Starts

Captain's log. Stardate 20100101. I'm taking high blood pressure medication, I'm in the early stages of adult onset diabetes, I have to wear a brace to walk. Do you see very many really fat men over 65 years old? I don't. That being the case, I have less than 15 years left to live since I just turned 50. Something has to change and I have to be the one to do it.

This is my blog. I'm going to lose 2 pounds each week in the year 2010. If I do that, I will nearly be down to 250 by next New Year's Day. That's right. I weighed in at 359.6 pounds this morning. I'm closer to 400 than 300. My clothes don't fit. I can't sit at a table at most fast food restaurants. That means I usually get my fat - I mean fast - food to go and eat it in my car. That way, I can have it eaten before I get home, so I can eat supper at home. Then I have my snack and later have ice cream before I go to bed.

I can't figure out how I got so fat.

To lose 2 pounds each week, I figure I have to burn 1000 more calories than I eat each day. At caloriecount.about.com it calculated that I burn 3050 calories per day. I used Male, 50 years old, weighing 359, 6'1" tall, with a sedentary life style.

That means I can only eat 2050 calories per day.

On a day when I splurge and eat one of my cravings (i.e. ice cream, Big Mac, cookies) I have to walk or exercise enough to offset the calories taken in.

This is my documentation of progress in my attempt to Lose 2 Pounds per Week in 2010.