Nice. Good new job?
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Thatās good work. Keep at it.
I need to lose weight as well. @Lauritzen is no joke on the carbs they seem to be addictive.
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Iāve been using the Duolingo app to improve my Spanish.
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I am fat without packing on the carbs! I canāt eat wheat the wife canāt eat potato and it was not like I was eating great big bowls of rice. I have never added sugar to any hot drink and itās almost impossible to get a sugary drink here in the UK as most everything is low sugar.
Around 10 years ago I did the Atkins diet and I did louse a lot of weight. Thing is with a change in lifestyle that has resulted in me being sat at my PC all day and all evening my weight has ballooned over the last 5 years even without carbs!
I tried the Atkins diet again with very poor results. I guess as there were so few carbs in my diet it was not the shock to the system that tricks the body into weight loss. the Atkins diet is quite effective if you have a normal western diet. If you can keep to it you can expect some impressive results quite quickly.
So Iām calorie counting using meal replacement diet program. Around 240 in the morning and another 240 midday. Then a regular meal of around 500 in the evening. Plus an allowance of up to two 100 calorie snacks to help with appetite control if needed. So Iām eating something like 1000 to 1200 calories a day. At least for the first month or so. You have to be mindful that as a man you need around 1500 just to sustain normal body function. So you canāt do this for too long. Thing is as my weight goes down exercise becomes something I can do. Right now almost any form of exercise is uncomfortable given my size, physical condition and age.
Iām using Slimfast products as the meal replacement, Iām not sure if their products are available outside of the UK so you may have to find your own solution if you want to try something similar.
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Taking control is what itās all about, so good for you for committing. If youāre low-carb anyway, just remember that eating some fats really helps with the appetite thing. Little bit of cheese, or nuts.
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You should try IF (Intermittent Fasting).
Itāll aid in resetting your metabolism.
I myself usually stick to a 16 hour fast each day. Then in my last two-ish meals of the day I consume around ~1800 calories.
Put together a home gym
Savings comes out to about $40 a month plus $50 a year membership.
I also put together a RothIRA. So I have RIRA, 401k, and a few savings accounts. Goal is to have a couple million by 40 and retire. Or, at least have working be an optional component in my life.
Planning on getting 20% on a few rental properties and having some steady passive income. Charge 1% of the cost of the house for rent.
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These shelves seem to be empty and being just dirty, could as well rip them off and have one step more space for that bag
Iāve found this very effective. I donāt usually eat breakfast anyway so a 16 hour intermittent fast ends up just being more of a goal of not snacking after dinner. Iāve found it works well more so because of the reward of hitting that goal itās self than the fact that itās IF.
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That whole garage is going to get sledged out eventually. But yeah the shelves are gross. The previous owner used it as his smoking room .
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Iāll keep it in mind as this strict calorie counting is hard going. After around three months I just canāt keep it up. I lost around 5 stone last time but put 2 back on. Iāll give IF a go in around three months once I have had enough of Slimfast! that might work well to keep the inevitable weight gain after the diet stops.
Do you have an iPhone? I use an app called Zero, i find it quite good as to keep track and give some motivation. Iām sure thereās something on android too. I dont think Iād do very well without a way to track it.
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Living room done 
Now I can finally start furnishing, finally install the new TV and consoles and get back on playing NieR #hype \o/
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Last week:
- Meeting with HR
- Meeting with boss
- Meeting with HR round 2
- Joined a club on campus
- Worked on my car
- More sweat equity into my house
This week:
- Marketing conference Friday
- Taking on new opportunities at work
- More renovations
very much so. $12/hr during training and $13/hr during production with a high likely hood of getting promoted
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Moving things over to the server for file storage now that I got the first HDD for it. Next got to add more HDD and do some weird backup setting that are impractical. Just got to start taking old backups and putting them on there and then make backup of that after Iām done so I can squirrel away backups everywhere! Now all I need is a bluray burner that does M-Disc. Figure if I can get rid of a few hundred old CD/DVDs by the end of the year I will have more room to store more old crap I donāt need.
This week I started doing some stretching exercises for my back. Mainly pelvic tilts and stand-and-reach stretches.
I have terrible problems with my lower spine and back (a couple dehydrated discs, a spur that may be putting pressure on a nerve, and a very old muscle tear). Plus my hamstrings are abnormally tight. And I have arthritis starting in my spine.
My back always hurts, but since I got a more sedentary desk job itās been much more bothersome. But since starting the pelvic tilts and stretching on Monday Iāve noticed the pain is less and Iām not as stiff. So thatās nice.
On top of all that Iāve been getting horrible headaches for the last few years.
I need to start losing weight. I hit 312 pounds on Monday. Which is very embarrassing. Iām tall and stocky, so I carry it sort of OK, but my doctor suggested I lose some and see if it helps my headaches. Itāll probably help my lower back, too.
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Yesterday I finally decided to get back on my ADHD meds. When I was about 15, I thought that me off meds was more edgy, and creative. I was wrong. What I was, was more lazy, and didnāt want to do squat. Didnāt help I was rebelling. My mother told me Iād regret it.
But back to what iām doing to improve my life.
I went back on the meds. And amazingly itās easier to concentrate now, Iām remembering important things like body hygene, and Iām not insatiably hungry anymore.
Before going back on the meds, I was hungry all the time. ALL THE TIME. Whether I was full, or empty, or bored, or entertained. Which led to me just getting up and eating before I realized it afterwards. I would look down, and a big plate of food was done while I was playing a game, or watching tv with my kids.
No wonder Iām 351 lbs. But I was weighed like 4 days ago, I was 358. Today at my hearing checkup Iām 351. So going back on the meds has reset my metabolism. Iām going to start walking as much as I can. Unfortunately a few years ago I had two mini strokes, and for some reason that has made walking very hard. And since I"m so overweight, walking gets PAINFUL.
But I hope this is a start to reinventing myself. And hopefully I find a job soon or Iām gonna lose my electricity. I have kids, this is not a good thing.
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I thought I had ADHD until I realized I was just addicted to sugar.
Cut out sugar (carbs) more and boom, instant mental stability.
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I did my tax. On time. Iāve been keeping transaction records in Banktivity on the Mac (and likely migrating to āMoneydanceā which is cross-platform on linux, mobile, etc.).
After years of half-assing it, iāve actually kept track of my money properly for the past 18 months and got a $1600 refund 
edit:
^^ above. cut sugar. reduce carbs. better sleep, better mood stability, better focus, etc. did that in Januaryā¦ resultā¦
The brief uptick for September is because iāve started working out
Almost zero/no change in exercise prior to September. Purely diet.
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