It's just a number right?!!

#66/71 Quit the numbers game.

WoW?! What a crazy week! Tuesday I somehow manage to schedule 3 doctor appointments. 1 with my regular doctor, dentist and my optometrist! Wednesday and Thursday I spend filming and the rest of the week putting my house back together again from neglect! As for my weigh-in on Friday. 205lb again.

This week's theme is as you've read repeatedly dont get stuck on the numbers. If I was I'd be pretty depressed and in actuality it does wear on me. I can say it is you the readers that keep me going. If I didnt' blog I'd already would have given up on this weight loss like so many other times before. But, by the end of the year you will see at least 71 blog entries for each tip that was on the original blog. Whether I blow up like King Fatty or I hit my goal weight! I sincerely believe if you keep driving you will get there. When I talk about my crazy week I dont just mean my activities I mean the scale as well. The last couple of weeks my body has been out of whack. Just this week alone at one point I was at 210lb! I think my body was still recovering from the stomach virus that I got from Nikki and Andy. I mean Come on, do you actually believe somehow I gain 5 lb in a week and lost it in the same amount of time? No...there is other factors that affect weight. I've read and know plenty of people who specifically are not scale watchers. I do for recording reasons, but you can see the scale is not always your friend! It will just make you manic!

So, on a positive note my Doctor gave me the results to my tests and I'm proud to say I'm in better health then I was 4 months ago. So whatever I'm doing it's an improvement. Which is the whole point of losing weight, not just to fit into a speedo(no, I'm not going to wear a Speedo) for the summer, but to live a healthy lifestyle. My optometrist also reported my vision is the same as it was over 5 years ago outside of age catching up with me and having to use reading glasses! Don't get stuck on the numbers, a better measurement is how loose your clothes fit? How about the realization you aren't coughing up a lung anymore when you walk from your office to the parking lot? If you hit a plateau which I have don't get discouraged, change your habits whether eating or exercising. The human body is an incredible piece of machinery. Unfortunately it didn't come with a manual. What works for others may not work for you. Your body adapts quickly. If you see that plateau it maybe time for you to change up your exercise routine. I have 3 more days of filming next week and I'll be able to get back to some order. Don't get stuck on the numbers. Wish me luck this week!

Just Live,


Anthony