Last week was a joke. It started out great, in fact I was enjoying my workouts and I was so excited to get into it and hit it hard. Then on Wednesday I got into an accident, rear-ended someone and it totally threw my week into a tailspin. I didn't exercise on Thursday and I think I did Friday, but it was half-heartedly. This weekend my wife and I got sick and I really didn't want to go to work today. I have been having such a hard time getting back into the grove it isn't even funny. Today I just decided that I needed to force myself to do it. It was a challenge but I did it and I feel better tonight.
Lately it has been so hard for me to get into it because I haven't been losing much weight, maybe inches, but I have been working out hard with little to no results. I don't know exactly what the problem is, but I am going to get back to basics again. I am trying to make it to complicated. I need to make sure that I am watching my portions and no cheating on the weekends. I also need to make sure that I am making the most of my workouts. I also need to remember what I am doing this for. It seems to slip my mind more often than not. This is for my future children and my wonderful wife.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Funny moments
It's been a few day, but there has been a few things going on. Today I got in an accident, my fault, and school is pretty hectic. I just wanted to take a minute and say how cute my wife is. She is always so proud of me when I lose any weight and is so supportive of my goal. The other night, I guess it was Monday, when she read my post about losing 12 lbs she asked me, "good job on losing 12 lbs honey, do you feel lighter?" and I said, "like a feather, if I fell down the stairs I would probably float to the bottom." We both started laughing. I started at 288 and am down to 276, it's great, but when you weigh that much 12 lbs isn't all that much. Ask again when I've lost 50 honey!!
Monday, January 19, 2009
12 lbs so far....
So hopefully I am on the downward slide. Two weeks ago I set a goal to be 270 when I was 282. Then last week when I hit 280 I decided 270 was way to ambitious. So instead last week I set a goal of 4 lbs which would bring me to 276 which I hit this week. My goal today was 273. Not a whole lot, but if I happen to have another week like last then that will be great. I felt so much better when I started on my old routine and was pleasantly surprised that going back to it worked so well. Though I never got in my leg routine, I am going to do it twice this week to make up for it.
My weekend was good. I really don't like to exercise on Saturdays unless it is early in the morning, which I should have done on Saturday instead of getting up and watching a little TV before starting my homework. I worked on my Management homework and continued to push it later into the day. Then my dad called and we went and bought my Christmas present, a new handgun, and then went to lunch together. It isn't everyday that I get to spend time like that with my father, so I was excited to do it. By that time working out was a figment of my imagination and I went along my day without doing any exercising. My new goal this Saturday is to get up and workout before my wife and I head off to Logan for the day. I will have homework to do the rest of the day while we are up there, so I need to make sure that I get that workout in.
Yesterday we went to my parents for dinner and we had Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner. Love em, Love THEM. It's the greatest thing for two reasons a) you can make it healthy with brown rice, fruit, vegetables etc.. which might not sound so great together, but then b) you cover it all with a chicken gravy and cheese which then makes all the flavors blend together and combine for the greatest flavor (in my opinion). I totally went overboard with my proportions, which I really should have measured out, and was most of the night. It was really good, but I should have measured it out. Which goes to show that even though I am trying to make this life changed it isn't something that happens over night. It is something that I have to continually work on and remember to make a priority. It's like they say, "Old habits die hard," and that is exactly the case in my situation. Although I am doing a lot better with the exercising, the eating is what kills everything if it isn't reigned in. It's a good thing that today was a new day!!
My weekend was good. I really don't like to exercise on Saturdays unless it is early in the morning, which I should have done on Saturday instead of getting up and watching a little TV before starting my homework. I worked on my Management homework and continued to push it later into the day. Then my dad called and we went and bought my Christmas present, a new handgun, and then went to lunch together. It isn't everyday that I get to spend time like that with my father, so I was excited to do it. By that time working out was a figment of my imagination and I went along my day without doing any exercising. My new goal this Saturday is to get up and workout before my wife and I head off to Logan for the day. I will have homework to do the rest of the day while we are up there, so I need to make sure that I get that workout in.
Yesterday we went to my parents for dinner and we had Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner. Love em, Love THEM. It's the greatest thing for two reasons a) you can make it healthy with brown rice, fruit, vegetables etc.. which might not sound so great together, but then b) you cover it all with a chicken gravy and cheese which then makes all the flavors blend together and combine for the greatest flavor (in my opinion). I totally went overboard with my proportions, which I really should have measured out, and was most of the night. It was really good, but I should have measured it out. Which goes to show that even though I am trying to make this life changed it isn't something that happens over night. It is something that I have to continually work on and remember to make a priority. It's like they say, "Old habits die hard," and that is exactly the case in my situation. Although I am doing a lot better with the exercising, the eating is what kills everything if it isn't reigned in. It's a good thing that today was a new day!!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Cutting Carbs
Cutting Carbs is TOUGH!!!! So the first day that I tried it I was doing really good until I got home and then decided I wanted some Ice Cream. I love Breyers Fat Free ice cream. It is super creamy and smooth. When I had calculated it up I had eaten about 100 carbs. I had a lot of it, 2 Cups. I had done really good, if I wouldn't have eaten the ice cream I would have only eaten 70 grams of carbs, my goal. I realized that having those little temptations can send our goals spiraling out of control. Oh well, Tuesday was a new day. I didn't do as bad yesterday. I ate over 100, but not much over that. Today, I'm not sure, I had to substitute because it is time to go grocery shopping.
My workout have been really good this week. I got back to basics this week and haven't felt so pumped about my workouts since the week before last. I guess I needed that one week of part time exercise to realize that sometimes change is not always good. I am doing lots better this week. Well I have to cut it short tonight, lots more homework to do until I turn in tonight.
My workout have been really good this week. I got back to basics this week and haven't felt so pumped about my workouts since the week before last. I guess I needed that one week of part time exercise to realize that sometimes change is not always good. I am doing lots better this week. Well I have to cut it short tonight, lots more homework to do until I turn in tonight.
Monday, January 12, 2009
I'm Out
So my whole ambitious move to do P90X is going to be put on hold. I realized that I can't switch what I am doing and do something else because it makes me unmotivated. Last week I was having a hard time wanting to exercise and eat healthy because I was straying away from what I had already set in my mind. Plus P90X is REALLY hard. I am just going to go back to what I was doing and get my motivation back and work it that way. I'm usually a quitter, but it's for other reasons. I don't feel like quitting this routine is a failure because I am going to go back to what I was doing before and jump back on my train. It's not moving as fast, but it is moving. And I feel like it is a safer bet for me.
I have also decided to cut out most of my carbs. I think I eat WAY to many carbs, especially when I get home at night because after school, I don't want to go home and eat something heavy so I grab a bowl of cereal, so now I am going to try keeping a salad on hand with some broiled chicken and make it healthy that way. Then I am getting more protein and less carbs, but still eating healthy. I am not going to cut out all carbs because I want a balanced diet. I am trying to keep my Carbs at around 60 to 70 carbs a day. Not as extreme as others, but still I think a decent goal. I probably eat 200 carbs everyday as it is right now. I think this will be much better.
With the price of food lately it is really hard to eat extremely healthy. For the first time in a long time when my wife and I went to buy lettuce, iceburg was more expensive than romain and regular green leaf lettuce. It is getting so hard to eat extremely healthy. In conversation, my wife and I have decided that if we eat the right proportions anddo our exercises everyday, then we can be healthy. Now I don't think that means that we can eat mac and cheese every day, but it will help keep some money in my wallet her purse. We haven't quite made that transition yet, but the time will come here shortly where we are going to have to make that sacrifice.
Well it's a new week and time to get back on track.
I have also decided to cut out most of my carbs. I think I eat WAY to many carbs, especially when I get home at night because after school, I don't want to go home and eat something heavy so I grab a bowl of cereal, so now I am going to try keeping a salad on hand with some broiled chicken and make it healthy that way. Then I am getting more protein and less carbs, but still eating healthy. I am not going to cut out all carbs because I want a balanced diet. I am trying to keep my Carbs at around 60 to 70 carbs a day. Not as extreme as others, but still I think a decent goal. I probably eat 200 carbs everyday as it is right now. I think this will be much better.
With the price of food lately it is really hard to eat extremely healthy. For the first time in a long time when my wife and I went to buy lettuce, iceburg was more expensive than romain and regular green leaf lettuce. It is getting so hard to eat extremely healthy. In conversation, my wife and I have decided that if we eat the right proportions anddo our exercises everyday, then we can be healthy. Now I don't think that means that we can eat mac and cheese every day, but it will help keep some money in my wallet her purse. We haven't quite made that transition yet, but the time will come here shortly where we are going to have to make that sacrifice.
Well it's a new week and time to get back on track.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Change Up
I know I haven't written in the past few days. Ok, almost a week. I actually started school this past Monday, so I have been trying to get into the grove of that and also I am changing up my workout routine. I know I shouldn't shift gears in the middle of what I have been doing, but I forgot that I promised my friend that I would do P90X with him at the start of the new year. So he calls me up on Friday and asked if I was still going to do it with him and I said yes, I had completely spaced it off that I had told him I would do it with him. So Monday rolls around and what did I do? I spaced it again, so he texts me and asks if I had started the routine yet and said, "I just got done with the first disc "Chest and Back" and my arms are like Jello." SoI tell him that I am going to start it Tuesday and I will tell him how I do. So last night @ 9:30 I pop in the DVD and I jump into it. I just about died. I was so tired and sore when I was done after the 53 minutes that I could barely wash my hair when I was in the shower. So today I did the second disc called "Plyometrics" I have no idea what plyometrics is, but halfway through the workout I had to stop because my leg muscles and knees were just about to give out on me if I did one more jump. So after 25 minutes I finished and went back to my desk and finished out my day. Oh my chest and back? Yeah, they are sore! We'll see how the next 87 days goes.
I have some really awesome new regarding my measurements. When I first started this journey my Bro-in-law took all my measurements on my arms, thighs, calves, waist, chest, neck, and hips and the verdict is in:
Start Month 1
Arms 14" 15"
Calf's 18" 18"
Thigh's 36" 24"
Hips 50.5" 48.5"
Waist 57.5" 54"
Chest 54" 50"
Neck 17" 16"
Weight 288 278
Yeah I was excited. It may not be much, but it is something and it proves to me that my efforts are paying off. When he told me my measurements my thought was, just like it always has been when I lose some weight, "YEAH I can reward myself, I don't have to eat as strict as I was because it is working!!" Wrong. I need to make sure that I stick with it and that I keep giving it my all because I am not going to hit 180 ever if I don't. It's just like I put in my last post, I have to cut out the junk if I want to reach the potential that I have in my mind. So I have to tighten up the eating and be 100% STRICT. Ok so I probably won't be 100%, I don't think anyone ever is 100%, but I need to at least be in the 95% area. I can do that for sure. Well, it's back to homework for me. Until next time!
I have some really awesome new regarding my measurements. When I first started this journey my Bro-in-law took all my measurements on my arms, thighs, calves, waist, chest, neck, and hips and the verdict is in:
Start Month 1
Arms 14" 15"
Calf's 18" 18"
Thigh's 36" 24"
Hips 50.5" 48.5"
Waist 57.5" 54"
Chest 54" 50"
Neck 17" 16"
Weight 288 278
Yeah I was excited. It may not be much, but it is something and it proves to me that my efforts are paying off. When he told me my measurements my thought was, just like it always has been when I lose some weight, "YEAH I can reward myself, I don't have to eat as strict as I was because it is working!!" Wrong. I need to make sure that I stick with it and that I keep giving it my all because I am not going to hit 180 ever if I don't. It's just like I put in my last post, I have to cut out the junk if I want to reach the potential that I have in my mind. So I have to tighten up the eating and be 100% STRICT. Ok so I probably won't be 100%, I don't think anyone ever is 100%, but I need to at least be in the 95% area. I can do that for sure. Well, it's back to homework for me. Until next time!
Friday, January 2, 2009
New Year, New Me
Well the new year is here. New Year's Eve I read an article in a magazine about getting rid of love handles. Actually it was a question that someone wrote in for the Question and Answer part of the magazine. The response that was give was eye opening to me, not because I didn't think of it before, I had it in the back of my mind, but because it was just a reinforcement of my goal, but now it is becoming a more prolonged goal.
This is what he said, "Love handles are often the last to disappear when you're trying to get ripped. Overall training is a must, not just sidebends. Make sure you hit every muscle group twice a week. Getting rid of the last areas of flab is always tricky, but it comes down to diet. You need to eat clean all the time. Eating well most of the time doesn't cut it. Cut out the junk. You can do it, but it requires stricter attention to both your training and eating programs. And please note that once you get rid of the love handles, you'll have to keep to a clean eating regimen. Otherwise they'll return in double-quick time."
It just made me remember that this is a life change, not just "reach my goal and then quit". I have to make sure that I continue what I am doing for the rest of my life. Does that mean that I have to write down my food everyday? Probably. I'm horrible @ making wise decisions when it comes to eating. I am swayed too easily to eat the WRONG thing instead of choosing the healthy choice. Even when I am trying to eat healthy, and I forget to write down my food for a few days, I find that I don't quite lose as much weight as I did when I was strict about writing it down. So I better get used to it.
On Wednesday I did my leg workout. My bro-in-law told me that if I mixed my lifting with cardio it would help me build up my endurance. I started with a 5 minute warm up on the elliptical trainer and then I moved to my first set of squats, then I went back to the elliptical and did that for one minute then went to my second set of squats then back to the elliptical and I continued on with this through my whole workout for each exercise. I felt really good after words, but today is Friday and my legs are still sore. I felt like I got so much more out of my exercise routine that day, oh yeah, I did it on Tuesday also with my upper body workout, and it worked well with that one also. I figure I probably didn't burn twice the calories, but I maybe 1.5 times more than usual because I was keeping my heart rate up the whole way through the workout.
I am going to my in-laws this weekend so it is time to update the measurements and see where I stand for the month. Hopefully we have some good news. If not, then I need to work harder and be more strick in my eating habits.
This is what he said, "Love handles are often the last to disappear when you're trying to get ripped. Overall training is a must, not just sidebends. Make sure you hit every muscle group twice a week. Getting rid of the last areas of flab is always tricky, but it comes down to diet. You need to eat clean all the time. Eating well most of the time doesn't cut it. Cut out the junk. You can do it, but it requires stricter attention to both your training and eating programs. And please note that once you get rid of the love handles, you'll have to keep to a clean eating regimen. Otherwise they'll return in double-quick time."
It just made me remember that this is a life change, not just "reach my goal and then quit". I have to make sure that I continue what I am doing for the rest of my life. Does that mean that I have to write down my food everyday? Probably. I'm horrible @ making wise decisions when it comes to eating. I am swayed too easily to eat the WRONG thing instead of choosing the healthy choice. Even when I am trying to eat healthy, and I forget to write down my food for a few days, I find that I don't quite lose as much weight as I did when I was strict about writing it down. So I better get used to it.
On Wednesday I did my leg workout. My bro-in-law told me that if I mixed my lifting with cardio it would help me build up my endurance. I started with a 5 minute warm up on the elliptical trainer and then I moved to my first set of squats, then I went back to the elliptical and did that for one minute then went to my second set of squats then back to the elliptical and I continued on with this through my whole workout for each exercise. I felt really good after words, but today is Friday and my legs are still sore. I felt like I got so much more out of my exercise routine that day, oh yeah, I did it on Tuesday also with my upper body workout, and it worked well with that one also. I figure I probably didn't burn twice the calories, but I maybe 1.5 times more than usual because I was keeping my heart rate up the whole way through the workout.
I am going to my in-laws this weekend so it is time to update the measurements and see where I stand for the month. Hopefully we have some good news. If not, then I need to work harder and be more strick in my eating habits.
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