Archive for May, 2009
Day 24 - My Man Boobs are Getting Perky
I haven’t weighed myself since day five when I posted “No More Bathroom Scales.” And honestly, it hasn’t been that hard. Although I have to admit that this morning, when I got out of the shower, I looked under the bathroom sink for the scales. It was a momentary slip, but in the end, I’m [...]
Full StoryDay 20 - I Hate You Jillian Michaels
I don’t normally work out on weekends; in fact, weekends are usually when I let everything slide. This weekend I want to break this pattern. Instead of having three big breakfasts at the greasy spoon at the corner, and instead of letting my eating slide and not working out at all, I’m trying something different. [...]
Full StoryHot Bod in a Box
I have to say upfront that I’m a huge Jillian Michaels fan. I’m a member of her weight loss website and I listen to her radio show every week. And Jillian Michaels has just released a cool new product to help us work up a sweat in the gym. Hot Bod in a Box is [...]
Full StoryThe Biggest Loser
I finished watching The Biggest Loser finale last night. I always find it inspiring to see how much weight these contestants lose. However, I was disappointed that Helen won. I didn’t find her the least bit inspiring, and in fact, I was really angry at how I think that she shafted her daughter in the [...]
Full StoryDay 11 - Importance of Eating Breakfast
I’m finding my groove this week and I think I owe it all to eating breakfast. I’ve never been a big breakfast eater, not as an adult anyway. As children, my brothers and I ate piles of Cocoa Puffs, Captain Crunch, and Booberry — remember how Booberry turned your milk blue and Frankenberry made it [...]
Full StoryWeight Loss Reason #2 - I’ll Feel in Control
It’s funny to me that I’m a control freak in just about every other way in my life; but when it comes to losing weight, I feel completely out of control. I’ve been “going to lose weight” for years now, but I have just never managed to make it happen. And that feels like I’m [...]
Full StoryDay 17 - I Can!
I started feeling a change in my attitude yesterday from I can’t to I can and I will! I was watching The Biggest Loser finale last night, and in the opening montage, they showed all the contestants at the beginning of the season; there was a parade of I can’ts. I can’t lose weight, I [...]
Full StoryDay 16 - It’s Grandma Day!
I love May; next to September, it’s my favourite month. May is the month in which my maternal grandmother, was both born and died. Her name was Marie, Yvonne, Emelia, Andre Lamarre. A few years ago (exactly how many I’m unsure, but maybe as many as eight) my partner, Ted, was walking home from a [...]
Full StoryDay 15 - What Am I Doing?
I’m getting rather pissed with myself. Here it is, day 15, and I’m still farting around. I can’t seem to find a groove with this weight loss program — or won’t! I’m stuck in this pattern where I’m running a fairly decent program Monday through Thursday, but then come Friday everything starts to slide because [...]
Full StoryDay 5 - No More Bathroom Scales
I have put away my bathroom scales. Well, my partner, Ted, has put them away. If I “hid” them, I’d just drag them out at the first inkling that I wanted to weigh myself, which is right now actually. Let me tell you what happened. On Friday I weighed myself for my regular weekly weigh-in. [...]
Full StoryMuscle vs Fat
Please stop consoling overweight people by telling them that muscle weighs more than fat. It’s simply not true. A pound of muscle weighs exactly the same as a pound of fat because a pound is a pound. Got it? What is true is that fat takes up about 20 percent more space than muscle. Take [...]
Full StoryDay 5 - In the Public Eye
It’s one thing to decide to lose 100 pounds, it’s quite another to invite the world to watch you. And yesterday was a hard one for me. My partner had e-mailed me photos of myself from the laptop so I could get them up on my blog; and this was the first time I had [...]
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Welcome to Beating The Bulge. My name is Michael and this is my journey to lose 100 pounds. I hope you'll find something useful here. I would appreciate it if you'd join in the discussion and share your own experience. Teamwork is the best way of achieving a goal! 
