Today was my first visit with the nutritionist since October. The past week without a doubt has been better than the several weeks and months prior to it. I have been eating better and doing more. The weather has been a little warmer (a lot warmer yesterday. 60 degree days in January. woohoo!) and I have been taking advantage of it. Yesterday I got out and took the recycle we have been building up during the past two months to the drop off. My garage is definitely happier to have all that recycle out of it. Today after my appointment I took the dog out for a walk. It was only about 8 blocks. Not far, but still a good start. I’m hoping for more warm days and also hoping that we don’t slip back into the frigid temps. As long as it stays above freezing, I see myself getting out for daily walks. My appointment went pretty much as I expected. I am 5 pounds heavier than I was in October. Not great. But not horrible either. Last week that number would have been +10 pounds. So, I am moving in the right direction again.

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My biggest challenges come in the food I eat. I like to eat and I like to eat a wide variety of food. A lot of the foods that I think are good aren’t exactly so good for me. So, I figured with my new start in the new year, I would take a look at some of the trouble foods that are my biggest challenge points to losing weight. These are the foods that I have a tough time avoiding and saying no to.

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Well, the past couple months have been a real trying time. Its been a lot of ups and downs. With the end of last year and the beginning of a new one I am using that to close out the past few months and get a fresh start on my journey. I am writing off last year as the year of excess and taking it easy. I am looking to 2008 as the year of working hard and achieving my goals. Not only as far as weight loss goes but, in business as well. I have slacked in the last year or two and need to refocus my business and set some new goals to help it continue to grow as I continue to shrink. Today I found a site called 43 Things. 43 Things lets you join with others in setting your goals for doing things you want to get done. So far I am only doing 1 thing. That is losing 150 Pounds. Here is a post I made there. It kind of sums up my journey to this point which seems like a fitting way of closing off the past chapter of my journey and getting started on a new one.

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Why is it so hard to find fitness equipment for people over 250 pounds? I have been wanting to get an elliptical for a while now. The problem is that almost every one I look at has a user capacity of 250 pounds or less. I just don’t get it. I want to lose weight. But, to be able to have a home gym workout, I need to lose weight. It is starting to piss me off. Oh yeah, sure. If I want to go out and drop $1500+ I can get a gym quality machine that holds 300 pounds or more. But, I don’t have $1500 to spend on a single piece of fitness equipment and I don’t think I should have to spend that much. Are you telling me it is impossible to manufacture a machine with a user capacity greater than 250 pounds for less than $1000? I have found one elliptical that will hold up to 300 pounds. I have found a few treadmills that will hold 325 but I still have not found anything that will go to around 350. There has to be something out there. But, I don’t know where to look.

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