(-62 lbs.) How Am I Doing It?

That's the question people keep asking me. They see the weight coming off and they want to know what program I'm using or what pill I'm taking. People think that the only way to successful weight loss is paved by someone or something else.

Well, Im here to tell you that the only way to change your life (and that's what weight loss does) is TO DECIDE TO AND TAKE ACTION. There are tons of weight loss gurus out there, probably thousands of diet plans, pills, and potions.

Guess what?

THEY ALL WORK and NONE OF THEM WORK

Truth be told, no matter what you do, it's all you, baby! You decide each and every moment what your outcome is going to be. You choose to take action or not. Whether you're fat or thin, successful or not, or whatever you are versus whatever it is you dream you should be, you only have YOU to thank or blame for it.

When I say "you" I really mean "me" because as I type this I'm pretending that the monitor is a mirror because, whatever the reflection of myself shows right now, I have only ME to thank or blame for it. I believe I'm changing my life for the better each and every day since that personal wake-up call on May 21st. I am taking action to improve myself- I say it, not only to the mirror, but to the entire world because I am accountable, I am responsible for what I'd become am the direction I'm now taking.

No one ever told me I was fat. I don't know if they were afraid to because I might sit on them if they did, ir they were just being polite- it really doesn't matter. Had they told me earlier on that I was fat, would I have blossomed to the level of enormity I had achieved? It doesn't matter; it's not up to anybody else to remind me that I'm getting fat. My body condition is my responsibility. I am fat and it's ALL MY FAULT. I can't blame genetics, my wife, my doctor, or anybody else. It's all me baby!

Am I too hard on myself? Am I damaging my self esteem? Am I depressed?

Hell no! I am determined. PERIOD. I finally realized that my clothes weren't shrinking over time, that I couldn't gorge myself at meals and feel good, that it wasn't normal to feel winded getting out of a chair, and so on and so on- and that I was the only one whose was responsible for the way I felt and how I was going to correct it and I'm taking action.

What it all boils down to is that, in my case, HOW is less relevant than WHY.

How am I losing weight? I just am because I decided to. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Come hell or buffet.

P.S. Today was a track day. I walked the track at a pretty brisk pace and climbed the stands four times- that is, every other lap around the track.