Eating Slowly

One of the biggest problems I had over the years of overeating and just plain not eating right was eating too fast. Growing up with brothers I am sure had something to do with this, but was not the only reason. When I was in my late teens and early twenties I worked in management at a Long John Silvers. Managers were not given breaks, and we could only take time to eat if time permitted. Many times this meant that I ate while running around like crazy, shoving the food in whenever and however I could. This time in my life really helped set some of my bad habits of eating too fast and eating without sitting down.

I have to admit, this is still one of my hardest things to deal with. When I eat too fast I almost always eat too much. For me, sitting down to eat, and not being too hungry when I do are key parts to succeeding at this.

I came across this great post over at www.positivityblog.com which reminded me all too well of this ongoing issue I deal with. Many of these things are key things I used in my journey to lose the weight that I did. Give it a read, it is a great reminder.

Tim Wilson blog.2big.org

Monday Morning Stats - 8-25-08

Last weeks stats

This weeks stats:

Weight:
Scale: 167
Last Week Low: 163.8
Last Week High: 167.0
Average: 166*
Last Weeks Average: 166
Gain: 0

Measurements:
Waist: 34.5
Stomach: 35.5
Chest: 37.5

Body Fat Measurement:
Caliper: 14.8
BMI: 24.5 **

*According to PhysicsDiet.com rounded up - my official weight.

**According to the official BMI calculations and this BMI Calculator.

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org

Monday Morning Stats - 8-18-08

Last weeks stats

This weeks stats:

Weight:
Scale: 167
Last Week Low: 164.2
Last Week High: 167.0
Average: 166*
Last Weeks Average: 165
Gain: 1

Measurements:
Waist: 34.5
Stomach: 35.5
Chest: 37.5

Body Fat Measurement:
Caliper: 14.8
BMI: 24.5 **

*According to PhysicsDiet.com rounded up - my official weight.

**According to the official BMI calculations and this BMI Calculator.

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org

Not been eating great

Over the past couple weeks I have noticed a trend that I am not so happy with. I have not been eating really bad, but have not been watching my portions as well as I should. Don't get me wrong, I am not going terribly overboard, but just have lost the reins a bit and need to reel them back in.

What has caused this you ask?

I am not sure all that has caused it, but I can probably think of a couple things.

1. I am down, and discouraged because I still cannot run. Basically, I am having a pity party.... wanna join me? :)
2. I am going through a lot of changes in life, trying to figure out where I am going, what I need to be doing. Some may call it mid-life crisis, me - I call it changes.
3. Stress has been getting the best of me lately.
4. I have a daughter that just started high school this week, so I am feeling old which equals depression. :) I am very happy for her though :)
   

What am I gonna do about it?

1. Not sure yet, still working on that part. (suggestions accepted)
   

Thanks for reading and keeping the encouragement coming.

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org

Monday Morning Stats - 8-11-08

Last weeks stats

This weeks stats:

Weight:
Scale: 167
Last Week Low: 164.2
Last Week High: 167.0
Average: 165*
Last Weeks Average: 164
Gain: 1

Measurements:
Waist: 34.5
Stomach: 35.5
Chest: 37.5

Body Fat Measurement:
Caliper: 14.8
BMI: 24.4 **

*According to PhysicsDiet.com rounded up - my official weight.

**According to the official BMI calculations and this BMI Calculator.

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org

And the winner is.......

Thank you all for stopping by my blog and checking out my post Super Size Me - The Movie - Win a free download!.

For those of you that were already readers, thank you for your continued readership, and for those of you that just found my blog in the last few days with this contest welcome!

If you have not yet subscribed to my feed, I would greatly appreciate your subscription. You can either subscribe by RSS, or by E-mail.

If you have not read my story of where I started, you can learn a lot about me by doing so here, you can also learn more about me by heading over and checking out my running blog, 26.2 Quest.

Now, on to the winner. It was a tough job tabulating all the entries, and I think I really gave www.randomizer.org a run for it's money with all the entries. I hope I don't get a nasty e-mail from them for using so much CPU Time to get the results. :)

The numbers were fed in and the results returned cyberpenguin as the winner. Congrats!

cyberpenguin, please send me a DM on Twitter, or you can send me an e-mail to info@2big.org with your iTunes e-mail address. Once I receive this I will provide this to the sponsor so they can gift you the free movie.

Thanks again all for stopping by and participating, stay tuned for more excitement!

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org

Super Size Me - The Movie - Win a free download!

Super Size Me, the movie, is a movie that I have wanted to see for a long time. I have heard very good things about it and says a lot about what I have learned in my journey from being overweight to where I am now.

SUPER SIZE ME is one man’s journey into the world of weight gain, health problems and fast food. It’s an examination of the American way of life and how we are eating ourselves to death. Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts nationwide and by subjecting himself to a "McDonald’s only" diet for thirty days straight. His Sundance award-winning feature is as entertaining as it is horrifying as it dives into corporate responsibility, nutritional education, school lunch programs and how we as a nation are eating ourselves to death.

I just got some news the other day that this movie was now available for download on iTunes which is very cool because I have not seen it in places that made it easy for me to rent it.

Another very cool thing is that I have been provided with the opportunity to give a way a free download on iTunes to this must see movie, a $10 value.

Are you interested in checking out this movie? Why not take a look at the trailer here and if you would like an opportunity to win continue reading below the video.



To have a chance to win the free download do one of the following:

• Blog about this post on your blog and send people over here to try and win themselves.
• Twitter about this post.
• If you don't have a blog or a twitter account just comment on this post, but with a twist. When you comment tell us about your story when it comes to weight loss, getting fit, etc and you will be entered.

Once you blog about it post a comment to this post with links to the post, if you twitter about it post a comment with your twitter account and when you twittered it so it can be verified. Each blog post, twitter post, and comment will be an individual entry in the contest.

While you are here why not check out my blog starting with my first post about where I started. You could also subscribe to my feed or subscribe by e-mail so you can keep up with where I am and help keep me accountable, not to mention be one of the first to know when I run another contest.

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*Contest is open till Thursday, August 7th at 7:00 pm EST. Unfortunately, this contest is only open to US residents. Winner will be chosen using www.randomizer.org

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org

Monday Morning Stats - 8-04-08

Last weeks stats

This weeks stats:

Weight:
Scale: 166
Last Week Low: 163.8
Last Week High: 166.0
Average: 164*
Last Weeks Average: 163
Gain: 1

Measurements:
Waist: 34.5
Stomach: 35.5
Chest: 37

Body Fat Measurement:
Caliper: 14.8
BMI: 24.2 **

*According to PhysicsDiet.com rounded up - my official weight.

**According to the official BMI calculations and this BMI Calculator.

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org

The body is a funny thing

Sometimes I don't quite understand my body.....

OK, to be honest, I have understood my body less than I have understood most anything else. Just when I feel like I understand something about how my body works it throws me a curve-ball.

This past week I haven't eaten perfect, but I by no means have eaten bad either. I had ice cream one time, and had a few too many chips at a Mexican restaurant another time, but other than that really didn't eat bad.

Now that I have set the stage, or more or less tried to defend myself, let me tell you what has been going on and why I am complaining. This week my body has been on an upword spiral. My average weight has gone up by 1 lb, but the scale has gone from 162 last Saturday, to 164 during the week, and ended up resting at an even 165 this morning. I hit 165 one other time about a month ago, but that didn't concern me because it was more of a spike, rather than a week long increase. Last time it happened, the very next day it dropped, I am not so sure by the way it has happened this time that it will start dropping immediately.

Because of my recent collar bone break (you can read more about it on my running blog over at blog.262quest.com) I have not been running or, I am embarrassed to say, doing any cardio at all. This really didn't make much of a difference at first in my weight, as my weight continued to drop during the injury, but seems to be starting to take it's toll, or so it seems.

The thing that I never seem to understand is why something will work one time, but not the next. You see, I kept losing weight following the injury, and now it seems that even though nothing has changed my body decided to put it all back on in just one week. I know I am just upset because of the quick turn, and really shouldn't be concerned on what happens in just one week, but it can really mess with your mind when your body doesn't always act the same way.

So, what about you?

Have you ever had those unexplainable times when your body just doesn't do what you want it to do? Have you thought that you had everything under control only for your body to throw you a curve ball? Why not tell us about it? There are many that read this blog on a regular basis, or those that will come across it while trying to figure out why things just are not going as they should. These readers could be comforted by the fact that they are not alone in the frustration or inconsistency that they feel.

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org