Hello again! If you read my first post, then you know that at one point I had a weight problem. I had a gut that hung over my belt. I did not feel good. This was not where I saw myself as a 40-year-old man/husband/father.
I decided I needed to change what I ate, my level of activity, and how I felt about myself. I basically did two things. First I cut down on what I ate, and secondly, I increased my level of activity.
Notice I did not use two words – diet and exercise. I try not to use those words. I find that they sometimes work against you. You know what I mean. “Jeez, I hate this diet. I’m always hungry.” Or “I hate to exercise. I get all sweaty and sore.”
The sweaty and sore part doesn’t bother me as much as the hungry part. I can’t go long without having something to eat. My blood sugar starts to drop and I get headaches. So I don’t necessarily want to eat less or less often. This means I have to eat smarter. I think I figured out how to accomplish this. I either choose to eat foods that have less fat and/or less calories or less of the foods that have more fat and or calories.
More in my next post.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Introduction
Hi! My name is Leigh Ervine. I will be writing here on health issues as they relate to fitness, weight-loss, and feeling better. I will try to post here roughly two or three times a week. Hopefully I can help you with what I write here.
Anytime you feel the urge, please leave a comment or question, send me an email, or if I have it running send me an IM at my Yahoo account.
First, a little bit about myself… I grew up in Southern West Virginia, one of the most fattening places in the U.S. Somehow I managed to make it through college and still be thin. When I graduated, I weighed 135. For a 6’1” runner, that was downright skinny. After about 5 years of work, I had gained up to 170. Fortunately the weight was mostly muscle.
It wasn’t until my wife became pregnant with our first child that my weight problems began. I gained almost 40 pounds in that 7 and half month period. I was bursting at the seams, literally. Still I did not see it as too much of a problem until our daughter was about 6 months old. At that point I really noticed how tired I was all the time. I was over-eating fast food for lunch, not getting exercise, and still not getting enough sleep. I knew in my head that this was not a good combination and decided to change my habits.
In the next 10 months, I went from 210 pounds down to 175 (where I am today, almost five years later). In the coming posts I will try to explain how I have accomplished this. I think the principles I have learned and use can work for quite a few of you out there.
Stay tuned for more!
Anytime you feel the urge, please leave a comment or question, send me an email, or if I have it running send me an IM at my Yahoo account.
First, a little bit about myself… I grew up in Southern West Virginia, one of the most fattening places in the U.S. Somehow I managed to make it through college and still be thin. When I graduated, I weighed 135. For a 6’1” runner, that was downright skinny. After about 5 years of work, I had gained up to 170. Fortunately the weight was mostly muscle.
It wasn’t until my wife became pregnant with our first child that my weight problems began. I gained almost 40 pounds in that 7 and half month period. I was bursting at the seams, literally. Still I did not see it as too much of a problem until our daughter was about 6 months old. At that point I really noticed how tired I was all the time. I was over-eating fast food for lunch, not getting exercise, and still not getting enough sleep. I knew in my head that this was not a good combination and decided to change my habits.
In the next 10 months, I went from 210 pounds down to 175 (where I am today, almost five years later). In the coming posts I will try to explain how I have accomplished this. I think the principles I have learned and use can work for quite a few of you out there.
Stay tuned for more!
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