Dr Pepper, Pizza, and a Lofty Goal
I brought this up a while back, but i should probably say it again:
I … am … fat(ish).
Dang it! See… i can’t even write it correctly. *sigh*… anyway, i’m overweight, it’s causing issues in several areas of my life (though obviously not in the baby making part of life *HIGH FIVES GUYS AROUND HIM*!), and its getting old fast. More accurately, its aging me fast. I have a few problems that a 27 year old shouldn’t have such as really jacked up knees flaring up over the course of this summer.
My lack of discipline is nine four fold:
* I love me some Pizza and Dr. Pepper (and cheese, mexican food, etc).
* I’m lazy when it comes to working out. I’m not lazy in every area of my life, but this is one of them. I enjoy working out, I just don’t enjoy the sweat and the working part of it. I like the adrenaline, though.
* My dad is fat(ish). I know that isn’t nice to blame it on genetics, but he didn’t exactly provide a good example for me growing up. I love him deeply, but he missed the boat on this one.
* My mom loves me too much. She does, and thats great. Growing up she made me eat my veggies, but nachos and quesadillas weren’t off limits when i was fending for myself. Now she tells me I need to lose weight, but her fridge is always stocked with DP despite the fact that she doesn’t drink DP (mom, i know you read… stop buying stuff for me…).
* I don’t really believe i’m fat. I believe i’m overweight and need to lose weight, but not to the degree of many people that I know, see and work with every day. As long as I think like this, its too easy to ignore.
* I work a desk job. In high school i wasn’t some buff athlete, but i was active. Street B-Ball, riding bikes, and general screwing around (TPing your pastors house is quite the aerobic workout… especially when your Youth Pastor thinks it’s funny to lay on the horn and drive off).
* My cardiovascular system sucks… and blows, but doesn’t do either very well. I know, it’s because i’m fat(ish), but I can’t do as much during exercise that I want to do, which discourages me and makes me feel like a loser. Who wants to feel like a loser?
* Xbox 360, PS2, and Freekick.org are far more entertaining than a punching bag (although of the workouts I have available, i do enjoy the heavy bag the most). When I have free time away from work, school, and family, these things call my name louder than exercise… almost like an addiction.
* Jesus didn’t work out. I’m going to toe the Church of Christ line here and say since it’s not mentioned other than in an analogy in the new testament, than it’s sinful (i.e. - instruments in church). He probably didn’t have to work out, he walked everywhere and built awesome stuff with his hands… and you know, he’s God… but lets not worry about that, okay?
If you could fight through the stricken text above, you know the real reason, don’t you? I don’t take responsibility for my lack of discipline. I blame my situation, my surroundings, my upbringing, and everything but myself. But I have a plan; some of it you will see on here, starting with the One Hundred Pushup challenge that my bloggin’ buddy Blake threw down. We’re rolling with it this weekend.
Today, the fat me is dying, and the new me is emerging…
WHO’S WITH ME!?!
(cheers and applause, feet stomping and fist pumping, all that revolutionary jazz fills the air)
Good… now lets get started! … just as soon as i finish this Dr. Pepper.
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You can do it! (ever seen “Waterboy”?)
I’ve lost 35 lbs in 6 months. The end is definitely worth the middle…
you mentioned bad cardio…that may never change. it doesn’t only have to do with weight. it has to do with your insides. i was an athlete, as you know, but i still had cardio/breathing problems while working out. even when i was doing a cardio routine on a regular basis it was difficult.
Jeremy,
I’m starting the One Hundred Pushup challenge Monday! We’ll have to spur each other on with this!
As a fellow Dr. Pepper drinker, I am right there with you! Sometimes I believe that I have to want it enough. And then I never do actually want it ENOUGH. Now my only motivation is getting a trainer and having actual appointments that I have to be at. But I will get there eventually! Plus with all the money I will spend on a trainer, I won’t be able to afford Dr. Peppers!
Amy: Wow, awesome. The other day we were on facebook and dionna asked me if you lost weight… How was I supposed to know? We hadn’t hung out in forever… So, even via the net your efforts have been noticed
high five baxter for me.
Dionna: True, but I used to play basketball non stop for hours, so i *think* i can get my cardio back where it should be, or at least closer. As long as i unclog my arteries
Amanda: I thought about doing the Personal Trainer thing a while back, but it was too expensive. I’m glad I didn’t because we ended up moving and I haven’t been back to that gym since. But i can imagine that if i was paying for it, i’d certainly stick to it more easily.