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.

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.

Remember

Don't give up today because you fucked up yesterday.

18 February 2009

Three weeks limited lifting

My shoulder has still not healed from my rugby injury. I have decided to forgo joining the team until I have completely healed. I was not able to lift much in my workouts earlier this week and today I suffered from the feeling of pinched nerves in my shoulder and neck while at work. The term "unbearable" comes to mind. I have been at the gym walking everyday but I am anxious to return to my lifting regimen.
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09 February 2009

Player down

Last Saturday, Jan 31 I injured my shoulder playing (practicing/learning) rugby. Its an odd injury but it hurt like hell for a week and is just now starting to feel like normal. I could not lift anything with my right arm and any type of bouncing was unbearable. So I took a much needed but reluctant week off from the gym. Today I am going only to run and do a few leg excercises. NO chest shoulder or arms for another week.

I am feeling much better and will return to rugby thursday.
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23 January 2009

January has been a good month so far.

My running plan has been going well. Its actually seems easier than it was last year. I have not lost a single pound. But that is not my Primary concern while I am in "running training".

I am making a change to my exercise schedule. In the past I worked out 6 days a week. Monday thru Saturday. But I do not work on Saturday's. But I do on Sunday nights. So essentially I have no complete day off. So beginning tomorrow. Saturdays are now my day off. No exercise. My new Workout week will be Sunday thru Friday.

Saturdays will be days to do things for me or spend time with friends. I love to ride my bike (the motorized variety). In addition I am also trying to free up time for a team sport. I am attending an intro session for Rugby on January 31.
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15 January 2009

Run Fatboy Run

Week two into my 2009 running plan.

Its going well. I did a warm up week and and started the c25k plan Tuesday. I am running Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. It has been easier than it was last year.

I did revert back to my prior lifting schedule. After my run, I do my lower body workout. It seems to work well.
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06 January 2009

First post of 2009

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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30 December 2008

December 30, 2008

The end of a challenging year is upon us. Today the US and the world is facing a huge Financial obstacle. I have had a mix of success this year. From a weight and health standpoint I have to be extremely proud of what I have accomplished. I continue to fight a battle with my weight and not always do I feel like I am winning. I have lost weight and I have added a significant amount of Muscle to my frame. I have also added back some of my fat. My weight fluctuates between 235 and 245. I will blame the holiday season for some of that. But not all of it.

My challenge for 2009 is to keep the fat off. I am less concerned with the number on the scale but I still consider it a good overall indicator. Beginning Jan 1, 2009. I am switching my focus for the month from Muscle building to running and cardio. In the last few weeks I have had a few comments from guys at the gym asking if I am a power lifter shows that I have added a lot of muscle. Its time to trim it down some. March 2009, I plan to return to muscle building.
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