As I posted last week. My first two months of this year has been set aside to add running back to my exercise plan. I am following the c25k plan again which I found to be very successful in May of last year. My goal is to cut about 10 pounds off my over all weight.
I started my running plan today. My new exercise schedule will be Monday Wednesday and Friday I will do full body workout. Both upper body and lower. The Lower body exercises will be integrated into my normal upper body plan. But the lower body exercises will be somewhat limited. My running plan will be implemented on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. This will replace my standard lower body plan until I complete the c25k training plan.
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Prepare yourself for a very real and very challenging event in my life. I commit to being as honest and as clear as I can be in the webpage to chronicle my ongoing battle with my weight. The pictures can be explicit.
After 12 years of being bigger than I should be... ok lets just be honest. I was not big I was fat. I have been over weight and muscular for most of my adult life. But the muscular part has been over shadowed by a large layer of fat on my body. I've eaten too much and I lived a sedentary life. In December 2006 I weighed 320 pounds. The morning I weighed myself and saw that I was over 300 pounds I essentially went into a deep depression that day and I am sure that I ate another 5 pounds worth of food. But that night I decided that enough was enough. My weight problem had become more than just an appearance problem it became a health problem, a self esteem problem and it was starting to affect my business and income. I had to do something. And I had to be held accountable. Technology is a good thing. I decided I had to put it out there. I started texting everyone in cell phone saying "Officially a fat ass now I weigh 300". I had been lying forever and telling people that I was 250. And no one questioned it.
The first step I took was to hit the gym and cut my calories. I looked on webmd and found out how many calories there where in a pound (3500) and decided to create this formula to determine how many calories and how much extra exercise I had to do to lose 60 pounds by May 27th. My annual trip to Key West Florida. By February I had lost 25 pounds. On a plan that was essentially the same thing that Weight Watchers teaches you. Then life hit me. After being so good I just got tired of it. I had no real support structure. And so I just relapsed because I was on a diet. Not a life change. But between March and August I essentially maintained my weight loss. In April I got a part time job working in a restaurant as a bartender. Everyone thinks I was crazy to do that but the truth is I just needed something to make me active. I needed to get off my lazy fat ass and be active. I gave up sweet tea and I stopped eating beef for the most part. I chose bison. Which taste so similar and has a familiar texture but had half the calories. Nothing else really changed.
But I did not lose the weight I wanted. When I was in Key West I looked like a beached whale and I felt horrible. I have a picture from that trip that show the folds of fat on my back. I was so depressed after that trip. So I essentially just maintained until late July when my best friend Michelle told me that a guy we both worked with a few years back had lost a lot of weight thru some medical weight loss plan.
I kinda brushed it off. I was looking into Lap Band or some other surgery. Then another friend of mine saw Brad as well and said Brad has lost a lot of weight. So I called Brad and he told me about the plan thru Emory Hospital. I went to an info session on the plan and decided to enroll.
Before you consider any type of surgery please look into medically managed weight loss. IT WORKS. Your doctor or the Bariatrics department of your local university hospital can direct you. Too many of my friends had surgery and lost a lot of weight and regained it. Even with a smaller stomach you can eat ice cream all the time and gain it back. I have a friend that just did that.
So this is what I did initially. Follow my blog posts from the beginning and see the transformation.
Time to get a NEW LIcense Photo.
July 11 2009
A little too thin for me.
Halloween 2008 Sporting a Beard
September 21 2007
September 2006
Circa August 2006
August 2006 BTW he edited out the fat
Circa 2001
1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Sleep for 7 hours.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did the previous year.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
14. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
15. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
18. Smile and laugh more.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Forgive everyone for everything.
26. What other people think of you is none of your business.
27. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
28. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
29. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
30. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
31. The best is yet to come.
32. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
33. Do the right thing!
34. Call your family and friends often.
35. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy.
36. Each day give something good to others.
37. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
This is March 17th At Fado Irish Pub in Buckhead Atlanta with one of my closets friends Maggie. Marty is in the Back Ground. Maggie has been a huge supporter of my Weight Loss
January 26
It was August, I was Sweating and Trying to hide my belly behind the Bike.
2005 Key West
Fat Boy, Greg and Newton in Key West 05. Look at those tits!!! HOT
Follow me on my weight loss and fitness struggle... successes and failures.
My Story and The Plan
Hi, my name is J Brian (group responds HI J BRIAN). I am FAT. I have been for most of my adult life.
I will be A Fat Boy No More.
Three years ago I started a journey to become A Fat Boy No More. And since September 2007 I have been publishing my success and failures. This Blog follows me from the day I first started my weight loss journey and it focuses on the everyday struggles that people with weight problems have.
After 12 years of being bigger than I should be... ok lets just be honest. I was not big I was fat. I have been over weight and muscular for most of my adult life. But the muscular part has been over shadowed by a large layer of fat on my body. I've eaten too much and I lived a sedentary life. In December 2006 I weighed 320 pounds. The morning I weighed myself and saw that I was over 300 pounds I essentially went into a deep depression that day and I am sure that I ate another 5 pounds worth of food. But that night I decided that enough was enough. My weight problem had become more than just an appearance problem it became a health problem, a self esteem problem and it was starting to affect my business and income. I had to do something. And I had to be held accountable. Technology is a good thing. I decided I had to put it out there. I started texting everyone in cell phone saying "Officially a fat ass now I weigh 300". I had been lying forever and telling people that I was 250. And no one questioned it.
The first step I took was to hit the gym and cut my calories. I looked on webmd and found out how many calories there where in a pound (3500) and decided to create this formula to determine how many calories and how much extra exercise I had to do to lose 60 pounds by May 27th. My annual trip to Key West Florida. By February I had lost 25 pounds. On a plan that was essentially the same thing that Weight Watchers teaches you. Then life hit me. After being so good I just got tired of it. I had no real support structure. And so I just relapsed because I was on a diet. Not a life change. But between March and August I essentially maintained my weight loss. In April I got a part time job working in a restaurant as a bartender. Everyone thinks I was crazy to do that but the truth is I just needed something to make me active. I needed to get off my lazy fat ass and be active. I gave up sweet tea and I stopped eating beef for the most part. I chose bison. Which taste so similar and has a familiar texture but had half the calories. Nothing else really changed.
But I did not lose the weight I wanted. When I was in Key West I looked like a beached whale and I felt horrible. I have a picture from that trip that show the folds of fat on my back. I was so depressed after that trip. So I essentially just maintained until late July when my best friend Michelle told me that a guy we both worked with a few years back had lost a lot of weight thru some medical weight loss plan.
I kinda brushed it off. I was looking into Lap Band or some other surgery. Then another friend of mine saw Brad as well and said Brad has lost a lot of weight. So I called Brad and he told me about the plan thru Emory Hospital. I went to an info session on the plan and decided to enroll.
Before you consider any type of surgery please look into medically managed weight loss. IT WORKS. Your doctor or the Bariatrics department of your local university hospital can direct you. Too many of my friends had surgery and lost a lot of weight and regained it. Even with a smaller stomach you can eat ice cream all the time and gain it back. I have a friend that just did that.
So this is what I did initially. Follow my blog posts from the beginning and see the transformation.
Remember
Don't give up today because you fucked up yesterday.
March 2010
December 2008
Time to get a NEW LIcense Photo.
Pool Time
July 11 2009
My Lightest
A little too thin for me.
Fat is Sexy Day 1
Results Tracker
Updated Results as of Jan 23, 2010
Next official Weigh in will be February 20, 2010!!!
Next official Weigh in will be February 20, 2010!!!
Current Weight
227 Ponds
Beginning Weight September 21, 2007
290.4 Pounds
Weight December 9 2006
319
Total Loss since December 2006
Pounds
92
Fat Boy one year later
Halloween 2008 Sporting a Beard
Fat Boy Day 1
September 21 2007
My heaviest (marshmellow man)
September 2006
the casual professional fat boy
Circa August 2006
the professional fat boy
August 2006 BTW he edited out the fat
Important LINKS
About Me
- J Brian Crawford
- Decatur Midtown (Atlanta), GA, United States
- J Brian Crawford is a Real Estate Sales Professional in Decatur Georgia. He has 12 Years of Real Estate experience including Listings, Buyer Representation, Property leasing and management and he started his career as a mortgage loan officer. He sees every transaction as an investment in your future.
Optifast and how it worked for me
This is what I did in the Beginning
Phase 1- 14 weeks or 98 days NO FOOD This is s liquid only stage using products from Optifast. I drink 5 shakes or soups a day for 98 days. Started Sept 21, 2007 ended December 28, 2007. Food was not an option. I admit I do eat dill pickles. There are no calories in dill pickles and I really want the crunch.
Phase 2- 7 Weeks or 49 Days Reintroduction of food. Gradually ending my use of the shakes and soups and adding back the right kinds of food.
Phase 3 6 months- Ongoing support classes. This can and likely will be extended ongoing program.
And I thought I was not fat
Circa 2001
Tips for a Better Life
1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Sleep for 7 hours.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did the previous year.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
14. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
15. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
18. Smile and laugh more.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Forgive everyone for everything.
26. What other people think of you is none of your business.
27. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
28. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
29. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
30. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
31. The best is yet to come.
32. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
33. Do the right thing!
34. Call your family and friends often.
35. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy.
36. Each day give something good to others.
37. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
Saint Patrick's Day At Fado
This is March 17th At Fado Irish Pub in Buckhead Atlanta with one of my closets friends Maggie. Marty is in the Back Ground. Maggie has been a huge supporter of my Weight Loss
Activity and Workout Philosphy
To maintain any weight loss you must become more active. There is NO option to this very basic idea. What you do is pretty much up to you and the level at which you do it is also up to you and your specific goals. I want to be extremely muscular, where another person may prefer to be trim and lean and carry little mass.
Below I share with you my lifting routines. I would not expect anyone to do this much. It is extreme but it suits my needs specifically. And finally I will share with you a few of my suggestions for increasing activity the easy way.
I run/walk approximately 2 miles 5 to 6 days a week.
I run/walk approximately 2 miles 5 to 6 days a week.
My Favorite Passtime
January 26
Basic Workout Routine. Lower Body, Biceps and Back
Sunday Tuesday Thursday Routine
Leg Presses from a standing Position not a laying position
Calf Raises
Leg extensions
Leg Curls
Arm Curls (Hammer Curls)
Pull Down (Either Machine or Cable or Hammer Strength) for back
Leg Presses from a standing Position not a laying position
Calf Raises
Leg extensions
Leg Curls
Arm Curls (Hammer Curls)
Pull Down (Either Machine or Cable or Hammer Strength) for back
Basic Workout Routine. Upper Body
Monday Wednesday Friday Routine
Chest
Hammer Strength Iso Wide Bench Presses or Flat Bench Press
Hammer Strength Incline Bench Presses or Incline Presses
Hammer Strength Decline Presses
Shoulders
Over head or Military Press
Shoulder Shrugs
Tricep
Tricep extensions
Tricep Dips
Over head or Military Press
Shoulder Shrugs
Tricep
Tricep extensions
Tricep Dips
Body shot
________________________________________________________________________
A few before shots
Fat boy about to Ride
It was August, I was Sweating and Trying to hide my belly behind the Bike.
Biggun
2005 Key West
Beached Whale
Beached Whale Part 2
Fat Boy, Greg and Newton in Key West 05. Look at those tits!!! HOT
In the beginning
There was Fat
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