When you are not the "poster child."

When I started my journey back on 7/1/08 I thought to myself... My weight loss is going to be like one of those Today Show segments. Matt will come out and say, "Dwayne began his weight loss in July of 2008, and had amazing results in his for month eating a carbohydrate restricted diet. He lost a whopping 25 pounds in his first month! This was only the beginning of what would be an amazing journey for he and his family where he would lose over 100 pounds."

The reality is I have lost 11 pounds in my first month. It has gone up and down the more I watch it. I am more comfortable in the clothes I have, but I know now that my expectations may have been a "little" high. I was basing them off the old me. The 20 year old that could drop 20 pounds in a week and a half and laugh in the face of fat. The 32 year old me is a completely different person. I am spot on with my diet and the scale jumps around like a one legged man in a butt kicking contest.

At the end of the day I am going to be successful at this not because I raced to get it done, but because my family needs me around. I want to be there for my children and my wife. That means that, slow or fast, this is more than a race it is my life. Every mini goal I set is a path that leads to the ultimate goal. A long, productive life for my family with a healthy body. No Today show results for me, but in the end I know I will get there because I have to.

So with those thoughts I will post my meals yesterday!

Breakfast-
WOOPS I forgot to eat! That is a first.
Starbucks Coffee w/ Splenda&HC

Lunch-
10 Buffalo Wings with Blue cheese dressing and spicy garlic sauce
Side Salad w/ BC

Dinner-
20oz of Ribeye w/ HC/Pan Dripping/Worchestershire Sauce

I had to watch my wife eat Fazolis last night. She is pregnant and loves some carbs. It was very difficult watching that spaghetti and lasagna go. I did it though.





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