Happy New Year!

Before I head to bed I would wish everyone a Happy, Safe, and Healthy 2009. This is the year that we will all keep losing, and stay focused on our goals.

"Let's eat and be healthy"

~Nathan

Back & Better Then Ever

Hello there readers, I just lost my whole article I just wrote, wow how frustrating. The last time I looked at a calender it was December 7th and now here it is December 31 and we are about to enter a new year just tomorrow. For most of you, you know where I have been. For those who are new or don't remember. I'm a hotel manager and I'm second in command. We recently lost our Food & Beverage Manager prior to the holiday parties rolling out. Well there I was left with a F&B Team and me to be the leader. We got through all the parties without to much bruising. I have to say under the circumstances we were given, it was a great sucess. There were weeks I was putting in over 70 hours. That really showed up to the dedication of my program when I jumped on the scale on 12/24 and I had gained 3.6lbs. Boy had I hit a sad moment during MY JOURNEY. I got back to it, and really realized I need to get back on track and get back to work. I did and was heavily rewarded this week with a 6.8 lb loss. I am starting to think that I might have been retaining water at last WI since I lost so much this week. That is like a Biggest Loser loss. Anyways things are great here.

I really think 2009 is starting off on a GREAT foot. As I'm entering 2009 49.4 lbs lighter. I really think this is going to be the year I recieve my promotion with my current company I'm with. I also am heading to Dallas on Jan 27-29 for some Revenue Management training from Hilton. I am then flying down to San Antonio on the 29th- Feb 1 to visit some friends and old colleagues. I think it is going to be a GREAT time. I have a lot of things to catch up on while I'm down there. "I'm coming home"---I use to live in San Antonio for 2 years back in 2005-2007 and really feel that is my home away from home. It is great I can get back, especially in this business.

I sit here and am raising my glass to all "YOU LOSERS" and say "CHEERS TO A GREAT LOSING 2009"

"Let's eat and be healthy"

~Nathan

My Weight Loss

I've really been out of the loop for about 2 weeks. I don't know how I managed to lose weight when I wasn't going to the gym. I also was not strict with my choices of food, meaning I didn't pack a lunch. I would try and grab a sandwhich on whole wheat breads. I tried to eat fruit when I could etc. I still managed to lose 1.6 lbs per week, for a total of 3.2 lbs in 2 weeks. I'm still a loser.

"Let's eat and be healthy"

~ Nathan

Celebrating My 26th Birthday

On December 14, 2008 I celebrated my 26th Birthday. The great part is that I am on a path to a life that will be ever changing. I am entering a new age, and on the road to a healthier life. I'm really excited for this new lifestyle. The sad part is that was my only day off that week, so I basically slept it away, and watched the Dallas Cowboys beat the Giants.

"Let's eat and be healthy"

~Nathan

Where HAVE I been?

Well I would like to think that I have been a great long vacation....unfortunately that isn't even close to being true. The reality is I think I might have stated this before and that we lost our Food & Beverage Manager at the hotel. Starting December 5, 2008 the Holiday Parties have kicked into high gear. I have been covering my department along with being involved 110% in the Food & Beverage effort! I have been working an average of 12-14 hour days. I have been unable to make it to the gym on a consistent basis, which is tough on me mentally. I really enjoy going, and I know I will be back soon. I didn't want my readers to think that I abandoned you but when you are at work that long and it takes 1 to get there and back. Along with time to get ready, when you do finally get home, all you want to do is sleep.

"Let's eat and be healthy"

~Nathan

Eating Well Magazine

This magazine is filled with recipes and great tips that can help you throughout your journey. The best part of this magazine is that you can submit recipes and their test kitchen will lighten them up, so we can all eat them. Now how many of us have family traditonal recipes that we would love to eat but can't eat them because of the calorie count. This magazine is a lot bigger and larger than most traditional magazines. This magazine also gets into why you may like sweets, for example. One of the articles I read said that you may light sweets if your grandmother was a person of a sweet tooth person.

You can get this at $4.99 at the newstand or $14.97 for 6 issues per year.

I give this 41/2 stars out of 5 stars!

"Let's eat and be healthy"

~Nathan

A Decent Weekend

Going into next week, I know that I have done pretty well after this weekend. I was able to stay within my allocated points. Which I have to say has been difficult to eat my points as work has been really crazy with holiday parties. Not that we didn't expect them to come, but without having a Food & Beverage Manager, means that I have been managing that department. Meaning I'm around lots of food all the time, and temptation has been running rampit. I have dabbled into a few things, and kept myself accountable, but have managed to do well over all.

My biggest issue is I have not had a whole lot of time to workout. I still plan on getting in at least 3 days of workouts in. I usually get in 5 so that is disappointing to me. Also it doesn't help that it is getting very cold up here in upstate NY. Tomorrow morning is suppose to be 10 degrees F. WOW that is cold, considering I go workout in the morning, in shorts, since I don't like to wear pants at the gym. Any ideas of how to stay warm, and comfortable.

"Let's eat and be healthy"

~Nathan

New Me by 2009 Challenge

I wanted to start a new challenge, and I was unable really to get motivated to do the same one I was with the Turkey Challenge. I wanted something different, some thing that wasn't so much tracking, as it took up a lot of my time. I decided to do a Blog Exclusive Challenge. It is called New Me by 2009. The challenge is to continue to lose weight and for every pound I lose I will put $5.00 in an envelope to be spent on something new for my new lifestyle (I plan on using the money for my new bike). For every pound I gain I will have to take away $5.00. For example if I lose 1.5lbs then I would put aside $5.00X 1.5=$7.50. My goal is to earn $50.00 within the next 5 weeks. My last weighin will be December 31, 2008. I'm hoping that evening I will have at least $50.00 in my envelope. This week I lost 3.4lbs so I put away $17.00 so I'm only $33.00 away from goal, if I continue to lose each week. It I any sets back then who knows what will happen.

For any of you who are interested in doing this yourself, then post a comment here, so we can follow along.

"Let's eat and be healthy"

~Nathan

The days after Thanksgiving

Weigh In was on Wednesday, and I was a bit scared that with Thanksgiving, I could have gained. I mean I was really good, but still it could have happened. I got on the scale for it to read 295lbs which is a loss of 3.4 lbs, so that is great. That puts my total loss to 43 lbs in just 13 weeks. I'm very proud of myself.

This past Wednesday I went down to NYC to watch the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. It was awesome to say the least, and then we went to a restaurant called Tony's. It is a little Italian Restaurant in Time Square. Anyways they had great food. I ate Chicken Parm with Pasta, and I even had a Strawberry Shortcake. I know I shouldn't have had it, but there was no items on there such as broiled, grilled, or baked. I was kind of stuck, and I have never been bad, well today was my first.

Now it is over and back on plan!

"Let's eat and be healthy"

~Nathan