One good thing that has happened, during and after my hockey game on the April 28th, my knee felt loads better, but I still haven’t done much of anything else.  I have been eating better a little better, which probably helps.

I know this isn’t a race, and it’s better to lose weight at a moderate pace instead of a fast pace, but honestly, I am feeling a just a bit down.  I’m sure there are other contributing factors to this, but I thought it would be best to be honest about how I’m feeling here, nullas this is what this space is for.  I’m sure that in a few days, I will feel much better.

I’m going to keep at it and do my best to make a blog post about it about every week to two (2) weeks.  As I said, I’m sure that I will get out of this funk in the next few days, especially as tonight, I have a Flying Farangs practice at the new ice arena that has been built here in Bangkok.

Always Remember:  Don’t stop when times get tough!  You have the strength to keep going.

The reason I didn't do a blog post last week, is because I was on holiday in Koh Chang with @hirondelle, and some friends.  

The good thing is that I haven't gained any weight.  I'm holding steady at about 237 lbs.  I've also started doing Sun Salutation A. 

Now, I'm not doing them every day, but I am working towards that.  At the moment, I'm doing 5 in a row when I do them.  I did them for the first few days when I started, and then I didn't do them while we were on holiday, and then I did them a couple of times since we've been back.  Not enough, but it's a start.

Always Remember:  There is no failure, there is just a new starting point.

So, one of the things I decided I was going to do a few things.

1. Drink less beer.  When there is a game, football or hockey, on TV, I drink two to three beers.  I decided, that no matter what is going on, I'm going to only drink one beer a day at the most.
2. Drink less pop.  I don't generally drink a lot of pop any more.  I used to drink a lot of it, but I'm going to keep it down.  One of the things I'm going to do is, on the days, game days, instead of drinking two or three beers, I will drink one pop.  
3. I'm also going to start doing yoga again.  A minimum of three Sun Salutation As a day.  

On thing I plan on doing is keeping a weekly log of how things are going.  If I miss a week, please feel free to give me a nudge to get back on track.   

So, as of this morning, I weight 237 lbs (108kg), which is about 20 lbs (9kg) less than I thought I was.  I thought I was up near 260 lbs (118kg), so that's good.  That doesn't mean I'm not going to work as hard.  It just means I have less to lose than I thought.  

The start of my weight loss was yesterday.  There was a hockey game, and I only had one beer, and I had 1 coke.  When @hirondelle and I went to bed last night, we both did 3 Sun Salutation As.  It actually felt pretty good to do them.  I've gotten pretty shit at doing them, but it felt good at doing them.

There are a few reasons that I've decided to lose weight.  First and foremost, I just want to feel healthier.  I'm out of shape, and I know that once I start losing weight, the right way, I will start getting back into shape at the same time.  Another reason for me to lose weight, is it will help improve my hockey game again.  I feel I have gotten slower since my knee surgery and all the lock downs and gaining weight.  It really sucks, because I was starting to get decent.  The final reason for me wanting to lose weight is because my knee has started to feel sore, and losing weight will take some of the stress off of my knee.  So getting in shape, taking stress off of my knee, I think this will set me back on the correct path of getting my skill level back up for hockey.... I hope.  

Well, that's all for my first post.  See you next week some time.

Always Remember:  If you set your mind to it, you can do it.

The most important thing is that we support and encourage each other in this journey.

Thank you,

@Timberwolf