As I awoke this morning to one of the most reliable alarm clocks known to humankind (2 month old screaming), I realized that I can be a morning person in the opposite sense of what I have been. That is, I actually got some sleep before 5 AM. I'm not sure how sustainable this will be, but I've seemed to started a habit of waking up before the crack of dawn, instead of the usual crack of noon. Part of this stems from the freedom from a job that required me to labor into the wee hours of the morning, where I was bored out of my mind and surrounded by pizza to boot. Not anymore. I woke up, had my coffee, ate my yogurt oatmeal parfait, and got going.
So here it is, my pic o'the day:
Weight: 265
Pants Size: 40
Manboobs: training bra sized
Chin: currently double
So after yesterday's post, I've discovered a few things:
As you've probably have already noticed, I've been working on learning how to assemble a decent blog in a little under 2 hours a day. My other responsibilities; namely job searching, baby-caring and maintaining the cross hairs of my squirt bottle on the cat have eaten up the rest of my time. However, I'm not going to let this get me down. This morning I was inspired by Cory Booker's Facebook post. In the post, he recommits himself to a healthy lifestyle, despite the challenges he faces as mayor. My story is strikingly similar to his. Though he's the Mayor of Newark, and I was a pizza delivery driver, our plight was the same: we both eat when we're tired, bored, depressed, anxious, etc. Emotional eating has been a huge problem of mine, and has contributed to most of my weight gain in the past year.
Though I'm not able to completely banish these neurotic emotions, I have a simple strategy to avoid overeating in times of stress. Instead of actually eating, I drink sugarless Kool-Aid (or the cheaper Wal-Mart off brand.) It's extremely low-cal, hydrating, and strangely satisfying. While it's not a comprehensive solution to the larger problem of emotional eating, it serves as an effective intervention until I can take a step back.
As a word of closing, I want to point out that I'm not alone in this online campaign to lead a healthy, active lifestyle. Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign is a great way to get kids to start early. I hope that this idea sticks. After all, I want my daughter to grow up in an world where access to an abundance of healthy food is the norm. That's it for now, look for future posts for experimentation with html, formatting, etc.
So here it is, my pic o'the day:
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| Sexy, no? Wait, I mean Sexy? No. |
Weight: 265
Pants Size: 40
Manboobs: training bra sized
Chin: currently double
So after yesterday's post, I've discovered a few things:
- My blogging/web design skills are rusty/non-existent. Rather than edit my original post, I'm going to leave it up in all of its glory. Jigglenix v 1.0 will be due out around the end of the month. I promise not to DNF.
- I want to play around with how to post what I've eaten, and how many calories are in each item. I'm using mynetdiary now to document what I eat, mostly because its convenient Iphone app. There's only one small problem with this: there's no easy way to import mynetdiary's data. On my previous post, I copy and pasted the table, but it ended up in a formatting nightmare. Possible solutions:
- Post what I eat directly to Jigglenix w/timestamp, fill in calorie info later
- Copy and paste mynetdiary data table into excel or csv, then import formatted data to blog
- Find Iphone app/webapp that does everything mynetdiary does and dumps data into Jigglenix
- Write a script that identifies food names and fetches calorie info automatically
- I'm still not sure who my target audience will be. I'd like a dedicated band of bloggers, but I don't quite know where to advertise, or who would be interested for that matter. Goal: recruit 5 bloggers by the end of the year.
As you've probably have already noticed, I've been working on learning how to assemble a decent blog in a little under 2 hours a day. My other responsibilities; namely job searching, baby-caring and maintaining the cross hairs of my squirt bottle on the cat have eaten up the rest of my time. However, I'm not going to let this get me down. This morning I was inspired by Cory Booker's Facebook post. In the post, he recommits himself to a healthy lifestyle, despite the challenges he faces as mayor. My story is strikingly similar to his. Though he's the Mayor of Newark, and I was a pizza delivery driver, our plight was the same: we both eat when we're tired, bored, depressed, anxious, etc. Emotional eating has been a huge problem of mine, and has contributed to most of my weight gain in the past year.
Though I'm not able to completely banish these neurotic emotions, I have a simple strategy to avoid overeating in times of stress. Instead of actually eating, I drink sugarless Kool-Aid (or the cheaper Wal-Mart off brand.) It's extremely low-cal, hydrating, and strangely satisfying. While it's not a comprehensive solution to the larger problem of emotional eating, it serves as an effective intervention until I can take a step back.
As a word of closing, I want to point out that I'm not alone in this online campaign to lead a healthy, active lifestyle. Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign is a great way to get kids to start early. I hope that this idea sticks. After all, I want my daughter to grow up in an world where access to an abundance of healthy food is the norm. That's it for now, look for future posts for experimentation with html, formatting, etc.
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