Hello to everyone stopping by the first time, and welcome to Keep It Up, David! I’m guessing most of you are here because you saw me on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” today, so thanks for watching and coming to check out my blog!
UPDATE (Tuesday, 1/11/11, 11am PST): Now you can watch my appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” online! Click on “Watch Me On Ellen” at the top of this page!
I’m working on a post that’s all about the behind-the-scenes stuff you didn’t see when you watched my segment, but I’ll hold off until tonight before posting it – so everyone has a chance to watch the show when it airs in their city without reading any spoilers. You’ll definitely want to come back and check it out! In the meantime, take a look around – there’s lots to see!
- Read about the first part of my Ellen experience – working with a camera crew on the tape package – by clicking here.
- See more “Before” and “Current” pictures by visiting the Photo Gallery, also at the top of this page, or by clicking here.
- Learn more about my life-long struggle with weight by clicking on The Story So Far… at the top of the page (or, what the hell, just click here).
- Go to My Favorite Posts, also at the top of the page, to read some of… you guessed it, my favorite posts! There’s all sorts of good stuff there, like the fun I have with my RediSetGo, the comic strips I make out of big & tall catalogs, and more stories and examples of how much this weight loss has really changed my life. Click here.
- Catch up with my most recent posts – they’re collected in the “Need To Catch Up?” box that’s located in the right-side column.
It’s really easy to, ahem, keep up with Keep It Up, David. You can follow me on Twitter (I’m @keepitupdavid) and on Facebook (the brand-spankin’-new Keep It Up, David page is here), or subscribe and get my blog posts as emails by clicking the button within the “In a Nutshell” box in the right-side column.
I’m really glad you’re here. I just wanted to add that, too.
I announced during my interview with Ellen that I’m down 2 more pounds – woo-hoo! When I got home from the studio tonight, one of the first things I did was update my weight loss chart. For you new readers, my weight loss chart is something you’ll see a lot of on this blog – I track my progress on a graph paper chart that now takes up most of my closet wall:
And here’s the most recent 2 pounds that I’ve lost:
This puts my weight at 243, which means I’ve now lost 159 pounds!
Keep it up, David!
I just watched your segment on ellentv.com! You were fabulous!!! Your readers are so proud of you!
I just saw the “coming up” featuring YOU!
You look even better in live motion.
Me again. Just finished watching the segment. You were fabulous! You looked great, you sounded great. I got all choked up watching you. Great Job!
I’m trying so hard to get motivated to lose more weight! I want to be more healthy, & you have definitely made me feel like I can actually do this!!! Lookin’ good!!!
Congrats!
I must say u are an inspiration. I am 50lbs over weight from 2 pregnancies and i am miserable,so sad with my body n it makes every1 around me miserable 2. i wish i had $$ 2 get professional help. when i try 2 diet n exercise i end up in the hospital with my anemia at 6. anyway keep up the good work u r amazing.
Hi David!
I just wanted to leave you a comment because I too am losing weight. I have lost 80 lbs so far so I understand the struggle. 1 thing that has really helped me is having a great support system and weight watchers. If it wasn’t for them I would still be at 265. I have since decided to get my degree is dietitics. This whole journey is hard and incredibly rewarding! I look forward to reading your blog . I have subscribed to it because I find it very motivating to read success stories. Thank you so much for sharing you weight loss journey.
Sara
Your story moved me to tears. I can honestly say that the more success stories from “real people” like you that I hear, makes me more and more determined to stop cheating myself and obtain my goal. There are millions of excuses, but there’s only one desired result. I’m going to make the result more important than whatever drives the need to come up with the excuses in the first place, be it food or laziness. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!! You look amazing.
Amazing! I have just started this “journey to lose weight”….AGAIN. What an inspiration you are! Thank you for sharing.
Congratulations! Keep it up!!!! I love a new blog!
David you’ve done great! Congrats hun!!!
http://www.formerlyfluffy.com/
Hi David! I LOVE Ellen but I found out about you on an AOL story. Thanks for the motivation and inspiration. I finally got going after a long time and have lost 15 of 42 pounds so your blog will really help me as it gets harder for me to lose weight. Thank you..and KEEP IT UP!