Okies…Monday…I weighed myself and I gained 3 lbs. Ugh! But going veggie has helped me actually lose those pounds (been eating yummy salads and other yummy veggie foods and meat substitutes). We have a Papa Johns next to us and I get a veggie pizza without any cheese on it (delicious…but I put garlic butter on it…oh well….). Haven’t weighed myself today but I will post tomorrow when I have more time. Doing shownotes for my 6th show which I did on Monday (told you how busy I was) and blog posting and so I will post on here tomorrow. Love you guys!

Okay! Busy week hopefully over and I can start contributing more on here. Anywho, I have decided to go vegetarian not just for my health, but also cause i’m getting a little more in depth with my spiritual life. I have started my own podcast called The Gay Buddhist and its going to be a bit more about myself and my life and all aspects around it. Trying to get that off of the ground so I haven’t had a whole lot of time to go out and exercise, but hopefully this week I will be able to. Eating less fat this week and being more conscious about my choices in regards to food. I made myself today some veggie quesadillas by sauteing onions and green peppers in olive oil (good for your heart) and cheese. A bit fattening, I know, but i’m going to make up for it by making a veggie and barley soup tonight which is going to be delicious and lot fat! I usually put carrots, celery, onions, stewed tomatoes, potatoes, and barley in it. Usually I put in beef, but to save fat and calories, I won’t! Oh! And some garlic too. Fresh garlic. Not that overpowering powder.

 Anywho, just a quick post and I will be posting my weekly weight tomorrow…wish me luck!

P.S.-Was feeling dirty and ugly last night so I went to the Wal-Marts and I got some moisutrising bath suds thingies and a facial mask and some other pore cleansing products…felt like a Chunky Goddess afterwards! We big girls must pamper ourselves once in a while, no?
PPS-Dur. Forgot to put the info for my podcast. Its http://thegaybuddhist.libsyn.com. iTunes hasn’t posted it up yet….bastards….feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/thegaybuddhistspodcast

Well, I did my weekly weigh in and I only gained 1 pound, up to 283. I haven’t really dieted all this week because it has been so frickin’ busy. I literally would be busy all day and barely enough time (or energy) to get to the gym. This week (hopefully) will be different and I can get some quality exercize time.

But I am having an issue. Usually, I live my life and its all hunky dory…but lately i’ve been feeling fat. I’m more conscious of my fat and I feel like a skinny person inside of a fat suit. I can feel my gut and my fat and all of my fat. Bleh. Slightly depressed about it but I think it’ll give me motivation to get off of my ass and get some exercise. I haven’t had anything to eat (Monday) because I feel kind of bloated. I think i’m going to catch up on my reading and then get something to eat when I get hungry and not when its convenient…

It sucks being fat :/

     Okay, this week was the first full week of classes and so i’ve had a hectic week. Sorry for not posting guys but hopefully I will be able to post more as things quiet down to a relative degree.

     Okay…I must have worked a miracle because this week I haven’t exercised AT ALL….no low fat foods (quite the opposite actually…hot dogs and pasta and spearmint jellies…), I think I drank my liver away this weekend, I have raided the Cheetos factory (Wal-Mart had 2 bags for $2…I was weak…)

…and I lost two pounds….down to 282…

I will be available for blessings later *Chuckles!* Although I think my insides will look like crap. But I definately need to get my non tired ass back to the gym….I think my motivation will be the extremely delicious guys that work out at the gym…naked….in the shower…

 ….where’s my gym bag…

Well, I weighed myself today…284. Bleh, fat whore!!! So for lunch today I had some Mock Hot and Spicy beef with Brown Rice (more fiber!!). I had the Hot and Sour soup (should have had the miso) and the eggroll…but but it came with the meal!!! My exercise for the day is I walked to my car to my classes and back, and my parking spot is a good 15 minutes away so roundtrip its a good 30 minute walk. My snack…okay, don’t hate me but I had half of a bag of Cheetos left over and so I don’t want to throw it away…so i’m eating them…but dinner I made yesterday some Chili Cheese Hamburger Helper but instead of the ground beef, I used the Morningstar Fake Steak strips so cut down a lot of fat and cholesterol on that. And I used 2% milk. I’m going to have that for dinner. So first day…kind of bad but not too bad. Lets see if I can get to the gym today, but UPS still hasn’t delivered my FRICKIN’ SENSEO!!!! Gaah!!!! And I have to be the fabulous gay man and help redecorate my store (Starbucks) so maybe i’ll get to the gym after that. Hopefully….

Hey guys. My name is Mike and i’m a 21 year old gay man living in Richmond, Va. I go to college and i’m studying Political Science and International Relations with a minor in French and Religious Studies. About 3 years ago, I had the Gastric Bypass surgery where they essentially staple a little stomach pouch, cut it from your other stomach (so I think I qualify as a human cow because I have two stomachs…moo), then reroute your intestine to that pouch. The idea is to not eat as much and it can become physically painful if you eat too much. I lost 80 lbs from 320 to 240.

 Well…3 years later and i’ve put the weight back on (at least 80% of all Gastric Bypass patients do). While I am not criticising the gastric bypass community, I think that the surgery doesn’t work that much because I am very much of the belief that our food tastes is something learned. If you grow up eating fast food, you will enjoy fast food a lot when you have the economic ability to purchase such food. Thus, obesity in the US. Hearing that John and Andy were getting a blog together to monitor their weight loss, I wanted to join them in this effort since every successful weight loss endeavor needs a strong support base.

 So…yeah…that’s about it