Free herb, Free toothpaste, or cheap milkshakes

If you've read through my site, you know I get the milkshake mix from iherb.com.  Since I have this code: BUS490 that people use (to get free toothpaste, or anything under $5 free, or $5 off anything else - they have thousands of items -  I get credit towards future purchases (4 cents on the dollar - woohoo! :)). I get my headache herb (butterbur), zinc lozenges to ward off colds, birthday gifts, and other cool stuff from them.  Shipping is super-low (or free if you spend $40 or more) and they also have pages of free stuff you can add to your order (herbs to try, books, more toothpaste, coffee, chocolate and nutrition bars, etc.)  So basically you can use my code and get $5 off your purchase, then they will give you a code - post your code online and accumulate money. You're basically doing the advertising for them but then you get free/super awesome cheap stuff.

Thanks for coming by - all six million of you!

I could never have imagined this site would generate any where near this much traffic - thanks for all the support - hoping you are all successful in your battle against the bulge.

A decent start - 5 pounds in the first week for me - and my partner in crime...

...is already half way to her goal.
I am relocating back to Hawaii this week - not sure how easy it's gonna be to stick to this, but so far so good...

Saturday we begin again!

My partner in crime (I guess the crime would be stealing fat cells??? - sorry it's late) and I have set a date - this coming Saturday to begin. My goal is 30 pounds, hers is 5 (she weighs about half of what I do).

So I am enjoying the last few days of stuffing myself with crap - but I won't miss it - I feel so much better when I am eating right - especially when eating right means pizza and milkshakes!

Getting ready...

It is a new year... a new decade and I've got ten or maybe 20 pounds I'd really like to lose, so I am preparing for the next round... so far I have;
*found a partner to join and support me ( and be supported by me )
*weighed in and roughed out a goal both weight and time to lose it - I will make both the amount I will lose and when I will lose them specific before I begin
*been eating up all the sugar and white flour containing foods in the house
*stopped buying foods that I will not be able to eat once this begins
*procured the proper shake mix

anyone know the creator of this pic so I can credit them?

More Studies on why NOT to eat sugars...

You can thank me later for waiting until AFTER the holiday chowdown...
"They found that the normal cells lived longer, and many of the precancerous cells died, when given less glucose..."
LINK

Back on the plan NEXT Monday...

I was going to start following the plan again this past Monday, but just too much going on this week - Bachelor parties, happy hours, charity events, boat trips, BBQs - no need to set myself up to fail. So next Monday (Mondays are a good day to start - no weekend events, and my local pap john's has their Monday special so I can get a cheap whole wheat pizza to start it off). I'm ordering a new supply of Protein Energizer from iherb.com (remember the $5 off $5 coupon if you haven't used it yet "BUS490"

fail.

Didn't get back on the plan. Still do the occasional milkshake and pizza, and I haven't put much back on, but I am going to have to commit if I am going to get to where I want to be.

Too much BBQ, too much socializing

Life is great. However BBQ's twice a week, and socializing every night do not a skinny boy make. I've been holding steady, but I don't know when those last ten pounds are going to fall off...

Invited on Oprah

...that's my goal. It would be fun to share with people how to get fit eating what you love. I don't know if it's possible, I don't have anything to sell, there's no book you need, just an idea and a few pointers. Just a silly idea, but if anyone knows Ms. Winfrey be sure to pass on the goal to her :)

Cravings...

I didn't just put on a few pounds visiting family over the holidays, I reignited cravings - through the reintroduction of sugars and white flour to my diet. I was doing OK working through them. I was drinking my shakes, eating my pizza, making my salads, and then... I was given a sourdough beef sandwich thing and a pint of Ben and Jerry's. I happened to be rather hungry at the time, as my cravings were still being tamed, so I thought I could get by having a sandwich, and I love Ben and Jerry's, figured I could put it in my freezer and it would be OK as a treat now and again. Within an hour both were gone. Finished. The whole sandwich, the whole carton. But I am back on track today, and I will be fine, things like that aren't really a big deal, because it is so easy to get back on track, after all it's milkshakes and pizza.