Paul's Weight Loss Blog

OK, my wife has joined me in the effort to lose weight. This makes things easier because we both can help each other while not enabling each other to pig out.

One fo the best things we have done is start a daily weigh in chart. It forces us to weigh ourselves each day and hold ourselves accountable.

Knowing I have to write down a number the next day leads me to make better choices.

The numbers are going down and I hope we both stick with it.

Here's all you need to know:

"All you can eat wings & fries"

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I continue to teeter on the edge of good and bad eating habits.

Overall, I am still being pretty good about not eating eggs, meat, and cheese. This should continue my positive cholesterol results.

However, I have been eating a lot of pasta lately. It is really good pasta with a spicy peanut sauce. It is really cheap and it is difficult to avoid buying it.

I jumped on the scale the other day expecting the worst. It wasn't as bad as I had feared. This gave me confidence that I can get back on t… Continue

My motivation to lose weight took a big hit when I got a positive result from a recent cholesterol test.

I'm having two basic problems.

First, I have young children and sit down restaurants don't work for us. This means that if we go out to eat, we go to buffet restaurants. This way we can get a plate for the kids right away and we can pick and choose what we think they will like. It makes everything easier, but it also leads to my wife and I eating at buffet restaurants. With so much to try a… Continue

I'm getting some momentum going again in my effort to lose weight.

The good (actually great) results from my latest cholesterol test really set back my motivation.

Yes, the bad cholesterol test was the main factor in getting myself to start this quest to lose a lot of weight. However, I also want to lose weight to look and feel better. I also want to accomplish something.

I also know that my cholesterol can get bad again if I don't watch what I eat. I had not eaten a lot of meat or eggs that… Continue

One of the reason's I was doing so well with my weight loss efforts was because I was scared straight by a bad cholesterol test. I dramitically changed my diet and a recent test now shows that I am back in the normal range after only 8 months. Now my motivation is gone. My diet is falling apart.

I need to stay on track. I know my cholesterol can go back up and so can the weight. I wasn't only losing weight for the cholesterol reason, I also wanted to lose weight to look and feel better. I need… Continue

I started my diet push when I got a cholesterol test and found out that I was very high in most categories.

I have been on a mission to lose weight and also to stop eating things that add cholesterol to my body.

I have greatly reduced my intake of meat, cheese, and eggs.

Well, the effort has paid off. I have lost some weight - although I still want to lose a lot more - and I just got some great results form my blood test today.

I have improved my cholesterol levels in all categories. Not jus… Continue

My Halloween & Thanksgiving holiday period was not a good one for my waistline. It didn't help that the girl scout cookies were delivered around that time as well.

I made a commitment to do better over the Christmas holiday. So far, I am staying on a good path. I brought along a big thing of unsalted roasted almonds. When I get hungry I eat some almonds and that reduces my risk of making other bad food choices.

I have done a good job with portion control and I have avoided most of the dess… Continue

My breaking free of the Thanksgiving eating habits in order to get back on track with some positive momentum going into the next round of holidays is going well.

Even when I think I might have overdone it with some binge eating, my weight continues to go down because overall I am doing really well with the food choices I am making. Basically lots of oatmeal and vegetables.

Hopefully the positive momentum can continue through the holidays. I feel like the more I write about it here, the more I… Continue

My weight is heading down again after a terrible run in with Halloween candy, girl scout cookies, and a 20 pound turkey during Thanksgiving.

Even with the knowledge that food temptations were coming, I still didn't do as well as I hoped during the last month.

My goal now is to get some momentum and some positive results before the Christmas and New Years holidays. Hopefully I will pass the next test better than I failed the last test.

Last week, I hit that point where I knew I needed to get b… Continue