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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Weekend Update
Well this week ended up being a bust. I was able to do my first run of the week on Tuesday. Moving week to week has been interesting, yet this week was definitely the hardest. I started out running for 3 minutes and then break for 1:30 minutes. Then I have to run 5 minutes and the walk for 2:30 minutes. Then I had to repeat it.
Let me tell you what running 5 minutes is like for someone who has never ran before. I felt like my lungs were straight piped to my throat by a 4" piece of pipe. My legs felt like they were going to explode. 5 minutes is a long time. However, I made it. I have begun to see that running is more mental for me than it is anything else. I have learned how to control my breathing and have learned how to pace myself.
On Wednesday when I set out to do my cross training to give my legs a rest, I felt like my workout was dragging and I was working way harder than usual. When I went home after work I started feeling sick. I ended up with a fever and stomach issues. The fever finally broke sometime before 4 am, but the stomach issues have remained for the rest of the week. I did do a run Friday night and was able to do my same run I did on Tuesday, but I felt it. I am going to repeat this week on this upcoming week and even though it will push my schedule back a week, it will be ok. In the end I will be stronger for it. The best advice I was given was by the guy at the Runners North store in Providence. He said to listen to your body when running. It will help you prevent injuries. We'll see how this next week goes.
Let me tell you what running 5 minutes is like for someone who has never ran before. I felt like my lungs were straight piped to my throat by a 4" piece of pipe. My legs felt like they were going to explode. 5 minutes is a long time. However, I made it. I have begun to see that running is more mental for me than it is anything else. I have learned how to control my breathing and have learned how to pace myself.
On Wednesday when I set out to do my cross training to give my legs a rest, I felt like my workout was dragging and I was working way harder than usual. When I went home after work I started feeling sick. I ended up with a fever and stomach issues. The fever finally broke sometime before 4 am, but the stomach issues have remained for the rest of the week. I did do a run Friday night and was able to do my same run I did on Tuesday, but I felt it. I am going to repeat this week on this upcoming week and even though it will push my schedule back a week, it will be ok. In the end I will be stronger for it. The best advice I was given was by the guy at the Runners North store in Providence. He said to listen to your body when running. It will help you prevent injuries. We'll see how this next week goes.
Monday, October 18, 2010
New Goals
My wife thought this is something that I should keep to myself until a later time, but I know I can put it on here because it is my journey of my thoughts and feelings with my life change and this most definitely is in that category. And besides I know that no one in my immediate family reads this so my secret will still be safe with me. But there is a story that goes with it, so you will have to bear with me to find out my news.
So a couple of weeks ago, I was talking with my supervisor at work, who has been a huge support and great influence on me. Recently, he had some health problems come up in his life that were unexpected to him and his family and he decided to make a life change and has really kicked some butt at it. He has lost a lot of weight and even picked up the sport of running, even when it was difficult for him. As he went through the process, his body adapted and he actually ran a marathon a couple of months ago. Just a great inspiration to me of changing his life and being an example to his family of healthy living. Anyways, I was talking to him about the marathon he ran and we got on the topic of the recent St. George marathon and talking about several people we know who ran it and the times they finished it in. I was telling him about my next door neighbor who ran it it and how he ran it in 4:06:00. A great time if you ask me. But I know a few other people who had run it in 3:48:00 and faster. Truly an amazing accomplishment. We started talking about one of our co-workers who ran the marathon and got a PR for his running. He told me that when he worked in our department he was a little overweight and so he took up running. As he started running and making better choices personally in his diet and life, the pounds started shedding off of him. I told him how I have been struggling with getting my running program going and it always seems like after a couple of weeks, I get hurt and stop the program, or I just get bored with it. And that was that.
Well later in the week I received a phone call from the wellness committee director telling me that I had won the drawing for the month of September and that I had $100 to spend towards anything fitness related. So I decided that I was going to purchase a new pair of running shoes. During my runs lately I have been struggling with sore legs and shin splints. So I went and purchased the new pair of shoes that same night. A couple of days later I brought the shoes to work for my run and showed my supervisor, and I told him that it was my first day to try them out. During my run, the first little bit was a little nerve racking. I thought I had purchased the wrong pair of shoes. My shins didn't hurt, but the muscle up the outsides of my legs above my ankles hurt really bad. At the end of my run though my legs didn't hurt and my run was actually very comfortable. I must interject something here. I am not running 100% of the time. I have never been a runner basically because I have always been overweight and I was a wuss my whole childhood and would never work through the pain of running. So I am gradually working myself into running for 30 minutes straight with a program I found on the internet called Couch to 5K. It is from the website http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/index.shtml
I am on week 4 already and it seems like the first two days of the week suck, but on the last day my runs are great and my body has adapted to the running regimen.
One morning I was talking to my supervisor again about running and how I really enjoyed it now with my new shoes and he said that I he was going to run another marathon. I don't really remember how it came up but we got talking about the Ogden marathon and he said, I'll run it if you run it. It really caught me off guard because running a marathon wasn't in my list of things to do anytime soon. It always looks like a lot of pain. But I started contemplating it, my work will reimburse the cost of the marathon and all I have to do is finish it. I said that I would talk to my wife and see. When I went home that night I decided to do it. So I am running a MARATHON. It's in May. So I figure I have 7 months to train and so I will finish my current workout and by February start my real marathon training. My current plan ends the week before Thanksgiving and I should be able to run for 30 minutes nonstop. My goal is to start another running program that will keep me going through the holidays and into the new year. Life is exciting right now, I feel good and I am trying to stay focused and positive about my goal.
So a couple of weeks ago, I was talking with my supervisor at work, who has been a huge support and great influence on me. Recently, he had some health problems come up in his life that were unexpected to him and his family and he decided to make a life change and has really kicked some butt at it. He has lost a lot of weight and even picked up the sport of running, even when it was difficult for him. As he went through the process, his body adapted and he actually ran a marathon a couple of months ago. Just a great inspiration to me of changing his life and being an example to his family of healthy living. Anyways, I was talking to him about the marathon he ran and we got on the topic of the recent St. George marathon and talking about several people we know who ran it and the times they finished it in. I was telling him about my next door neighbor who ran it it and how he ran it in 4:06:00. A great time if you ask me. But I know a few other people who had run it in 3:48:00 and faster. Truly an amazing accomplishment. We started talking about one of our co-workers who ran the marathon and got a PR for his running. He told me that when he worked in our department he was a little overweight and so he took up running. As he started running and making better choices personally in his diet and life, the pounds started shedding off of him. I told him how I have been struggling with getting my running program going and it always seems like after a couple of weeks, I get hurt and stop the program, or I just get bored with it. And that was that.
Well later in the week I received a phone call from the wellness committee director telling me that I had won the drawing for the month of September and that I had $100 to spend towards anything fitness related. So I decided that I was going to purchase a new pair of running shoes. During my runs lately I have been struggling with sore legs and shin splints. So I went and purchased the new pair of shoes that same night. A couple of days later I brought the shoes to work for my run and showed my supervisor, and I told him that it was my first day to try them out. During my run, the first little bit was a little nerve racking. I thought I had purchased the wrong pair of shoes. My shins didn't hurt, but the muscle up the outsides of my legs above my ankles hurt really bad. At the end of my run though my legs didn't hurt and my run was actually very comfortable. I must interject something here. I am not running 100% of the time. I have never been a runner basically because I have always been overweight and I was a wuss my whole childhood and would never work through the pain of running. So I am gradually working myself into running for 30 minutes straight with a program I found on the internet called Couch to 5K. It is from the website http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/index.shtml
I am on week 4 already and it seems like the first two days of the week suck, but on the last day my runs are great and my body has adapted to the running regimen.
One morning I was talking to my supervisor again about running and how I really enjoyed it now with my new shoes and he said that I he was going to run another marathon. I don't really remember how it came up but we got talking about the Ogden marathon and he said, I'll run it if you run it. It really caught me off guard because running a marathon wasn't in my list of things to do anytime soon. It always looks like a lot of pain. But I started contemplating it, my work will reimburse the cost of the marathon and all I have to do is finish it. I said that I would talk to my wife and see. When I went home that night I decided to do it. So I am running a MARATHON. It's in May. So I figure I have 7 months to train and so I will finish my current workout and by February start my real marathon training. My current plan ends the week before Thanksgiving and I should be able to run for 30 minutes nonstop. My goal is to start another running program that will keep me going through the holidays and into the new year. Life is exciting right now, I feel good and I am trying to stay focused and positive about my goal.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Doublin' Up
Well, I have been doing some doubling up on my exercising. I have two videos that I have been doing, they are the Biggest Loser videos. They are only 30 minute workouts, but when I do one video in the morning to get me going through the day, and then after everything has settled down at night, my wife usually does her workout, so I started doing my workouts at night as well. When I first started doing the cardio workout I could only do half of the workout. When I say half the workout I mean I couldn't even do all of the half of the workout. Then after the first week, I started seeing the differences. I started being able to do all of the half of the workouts, then I started doing all of the workouts. I decided to buy the second DVD and doubling up on the workouts. I am finishing up the first week with both of the dvd's and am feeling a noticeable change with myself.
The dvd's have a 6-8 week "Maximum Results" workout that I have been doing. It starts with weeks 1-2, then 3-4 and 5-6. I am probably going to make it 9 weeks and do each level for three weeks. Eight more weeks to go. My goal is to lose 40-50lbs by November.
The dvd's have a 6-8 week "Maximum Results" workout that I have been doing. It starts with weeks 1-2, then 3-4 and 5-6. I am probably going to make it 9 weeks and do each level for three weeks. Eight more weeks to go. My goal is to lose 40-50lbs by November.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
New Week
Well it's a new week tomorrow. This week I had a sort of mind opening experience. I hadn't gotten up to do my workouts the past week. It seemed like I was so tired every morning, like my body felt like lead and I didn't want to get up @ 5:30 to go walking. Even though I was tracking everything I was eating, I didn't feel all that good because I hadn't worked out all week. Then I really had a giant thought, if I didn't start doubling up on my exercise and working out more I wouldn't be getting to my goal of 40 - 50 lbs. So I decided that starting tomorrow I will be getting up and going on my walk and then at night after things are squared away I need to do another 30+ minutes of exercise to make my goal. I don't think that it's going to be another walk, but maybe something to do with weights and trying to tone my muscles. We'll see how that goes for a week or so.
Monday, August 9, 2010
It's Been a While
It really has been a while since I last updated. I can't say why I stopped updating, not can I explain my mindset. I had just started my running program when I noticed that the inside of my left knee started throbbing. So I stopped the program for a while and decided to let it get better. Well then we moved and I just stopped everything, I stopped going to Weight Watchers, mainly because we don't have the money to keep me going, but also because I just got into my normal funk and decided that I didn't want to go nor keep track of everything I ate. Well, it all fell apart and I just got fed up again. I hadn't let myself slip all the way back mainly because I have set a goal to lose at least 50 lbs by Nov. We are going to Sacramento for Thanksgiving and so I set my goal.
We started the pedometer contest at work and I signed up to participate in it. They are used a website to track our steps called: http://startwalkingnow.org/. It's the American Heart Association's website. They have a steps tracker plus a food tracker, but I am using the http://www.livestrong.com, the daily plate. My ultimate goal is 100 lbs, but I will start with 50. I never thought that walking everyday was going to help me lose weight, but there was an article on Livestrong.com called Walking Tips To Lose Weight, here is the link: http://www.livestrong.com/article/104473-walking-tips-lose-weight/?utm_source=augustnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100803. I have been trying to increase my walking to 45 minutes each morning, but some mornings I only get 30 in. At least I am going each morning. Well it is getting late and I have to get up for my walk at 5:30.
We started the pedometer contest at work and I signed up to participate in it. They are used a website to track our steps called: http://startwalkingnow.org/. It's the American Heart Association's website. They have a steps tracker plus a food tracker, but I am using the http://www.livestrong.com, the daily plate. My ultimate goal is 100 lbs, but I will start with 50. I never thought that walking everyday was going to help me lose weight, but there was an article on Livestrong.com called Walking Tips To Lose Weight, here is the link: http://www.livestrong.com/article/104473-walking-tips-lose-weight/?utm_source=augustnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100803. I have been trying to increase my walking to 45 minutes each morning, but some mornings I only get 30 in. At least I am going each morning. Well it is getting late and I have to get up for my walk at 5:30.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Running Around
Last week I wasn't able to hit the second week of running. I started the first day, but because of my running the week before I had a sore ankle and it just didn't happen. I am, this week, however, starting week two. Normally I should start on Monday, but this week we closed on our new home so I wasn't able to take my normal exercise/lunch time. Yesterday I started my week two regimen which is run two minutes and then walk one minute and I repeat that 10 times. I will probably have to have two weeks of this schedule. My 8 week walk/run program is slowly turning into a 10 week program, which I don't mind. I really want to pull through this whole program. So it might just turn into a 16 week program, which is fine. My body seems to need an extra week of a new week. Being a bit more overweight than the average beginning runner, I can't take it too fast or else I will sustain some sort of injury.
This week's weigh-in was great. I worked really hard last week. The weekend was a little bumpy, but I had done enough work the week before to help me take home a 2.4lb loss. This week I am trying to keep up with that weight loss. I have tinkered with my numbers for this week, dropping down my everyday points a couple of notches. Along with my workouts, I hope that I will be able to take home another 2.4lbs, or even some loss. This weekend may be a bit hard to stick to my diet because we are now moving into our new home on Saturday, but I am going to try very hard. We'll see what happens on Monday.
This week's weigh-in was great. I worked really hard last week. The weekend was a little bumpy, but I had done enough work the week before to help me take home a 2.4lb loss. This week I am trying to keep up with that weight loss. I have tinkered with my numbers for this week, dropping down my everyday points a couple of notches. Along with my workouts, I hope that I will be able to take home another 2.4lbs, or even some loss. This weekend may be a bit hard to stick to my diet because we are now moving into our new home on Saturday, but I am going to try very hard. We'll see what happens on Monday.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Delayed Post
I realize it's been a couple of weeks since my last post. Not that I have been so busy that I haven't posted, but just haven't taken the time to do it. I have still been doing Weight Watchers, and feel like I am doing pretty good. It has helped me to see the difference in my choices now. Friday treats at work used to be, grab a candy of some sort and then head back to work. I have realized in the past couple of months that I don't go to the table that has the candy unless it has baked lays potato chips; I just hit the fruit table and head back to my desk. I just don't want to afford the points that the calories would cost me. I still struggle on the weekends a bit, but I am trying to make better decisions with the food I choose. My wife might not think I am making any changes, but I am and I feel like I am doing so.
I know that I have said this before, but I am starting a walk/run program. I know I know, I started this a time before, and then P90X, and whatever else is out there, but then I find a way to not stick with it. I am the king of quitting what I start. If anyone out there needs to know how to not stick with something, or want to know how to start something and then not stick with it, I'm your guy! I can give you advice all day long about it. But in all seriousness, I did start it again this week. I made it through week 1. I found the program off www.RunnersWorld.com, I love that site. Though I am not an avid runner YET! I want to be and this program, which is an eight week program will help me train my body to run 30 minutes straight. I was supposed to run Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, but I got in Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. I think that is ok. I am going to move onto week 2. Saturday was a bit rough. I ran outside for the first time in a while. We are staying with my in-laws and they live in a rather hilly area. At one point I had to run down a steep hill, NOT a good idea. By late evening my ankle and hips hurt so bad, I thought that I had seriously fractured my ankle. Needless to say, today it was doing better, and I think by my run tomorrow, it will be doing a lot better. I think I should probably run outside more, but maybe when I have lost a bit more weight. Well I am off. I hope to post on the days that I run so I will hopefully be reporting back by tomorrow.
I know that I have said this before, but I am starting a walk/run program. I know I know, I started this a time before, and then P90X, and whatever else is out there, but then I find a way to not stick with it. I am the king of quitting what I start. If anyone out there needs to know how to not stick with something, or want to know how to start something and then not stick with it, I'm your guy! I can give you advice all day long about it. But in all seriousness, I did start it again this week. I made it through week 1. I found the program off www.RunnersWorld.com, I love that site. Though I am not an avid runner YET! I want to be and this program, which is an eight week program will help me train my body to run 30 minutes straight. I was supposed to run Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, but I got in Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. I think that is ok. I am going to move onto week 2. Saturday was a bit rough. I ran outside for the first time in a while. We are staying with my in-laws and they live in a rather hilly area. At one point I had to run down a steep hill, NOT a good idea. By late evening my ankle and hips hurt so bad, I thought that I had seriously fractured my ankle. Needless to say, today it was doing better, and I think by my run tomorrow, it will be doing a lot better. I think I should probably run outside more, but maybe when I have lost a bit more weight. Well I am off. I hope to post on the days that I run so I will hopefully be reporting back by tomorrow.
Monday, April 12, 2010
The Best Monday
Today I had my weekly weigh-in. I have been feeling a bit down about the whole WW thing because I can't seem to break the 280's, which I need to do so very bad. This past week, I watched what I ate, with the one exception of a splurge to Iceburg, which STILL kept me withing my weekly points! I was happy about this weekend because I didn't blow it. I watched what I ate and managed to throw in some exercise on top of it all. I didn't think that I was going to come away with much loss, if any at all, but when I stepped on the scale tonight I was pleasantly surprised. 8.8 lbs dropped. I couldn't believe it, neither could the ladies at WW. They were shocked. I was expecting 3 or 4, but 8? It was crazy. It makes me stop and think about what I am going to consume this week. I don't want to mess up what I have done, in fact I want to keep battling through to get to where I want to be.
Nichole and I made a bet, when I get down to 220, I can buy a pair of thick, chunky boots and a pair of boot cut jeans. I'm not talking cheap boots, but the kind of boots that are made to whoop some major butt. HA, but really, I have wanted them for so long, but I don't want to get them now. I want something to work for, and I am going to work for this. The bigger goal here it to get to a healthy weight range and be able to maintain my weight and be a healthy dad and husband, but it is still good to have smaller goals along the way that make me feel good and want to keep going!!
How is P90X going you ask? Well I haven't been so successful with it. I started two weeks ago, but then stopped because I just never knew that not only was it 90 days, but it is seriously a 90 minute workout everyday! That is a lot of time that I am just working out. So I have defaulted back to my cardio on the treadmill and doing weights, but hopefully when the time comes, I will hit the P90X again soon.
Nichole and I made a bet, when I get down to 220, I can buy a pair of thick, chunky boots and a pair of boot cut jeans. I'm not talking cheap boots, but the kind of boots that are made to whoop some major butt. HA, but really, I have wanted them for so long, but I don't want to get them now. I want something to work for, and I am going to work for this. The bigger goal here it to get to a healthy weight range and be able to maintain my weight and be a healthy dad and husband, but it is still good to have smaller goals along the way that make me feel good and want to keep going!!
How is P90X going you ask? Well I haven't been so successful with it. I started two weeks ago, but then stopped because I just never knew that not only was it 90 days, but it is seriously a 90 minute workout everyday! That is a lot of time that I am just working out. So I have defaulted back to my cardio on the treadmill and doing weights, but hopefully when the time comes, I will hit the P90X again soon.
Monday, March 29, 2010
A Long Week
Well, it has been a long week. We sold our house, and we close tomorrow and so over the last week we spend all of our time preparing for that event. I didn't workout one bit, but I did make sure to count everything I ate up until Thursday night and then Friday night. However I did track both days. My mom gave me words of encouragement last Monday because I didn't lose anything, but I did break even and she challenged me to figure out what went wrong and fix it. Well, well what went wrong is that I didn't write down anything I ate all week. When I do that I don't get anywhere because I am always overeating, and over portioning everything. Also, I missed the weeks meeting two weeks ago because we went to look at the house we put an offer on. So, I didn't get my words of encouragement. But doing this with my mom has really been helpful and really given me pushed me to really try to make this a change in my life, I think doing this by myself by now would have killed me and I never would have made it this far, but having my mom right by me helps me out.
This week I started doing P90X. My wife and I have a strange living arrangement, so I have nothing but time after work. I decided to make the most of it and start doing something that will help me while we are apart on the weekdays and then during the weekends we can do other things. It wasn't too bad tonight, but I know what is coming tomorrow, so I am not super excited. I want to do this a couple of times before I start my running routines. I just felt like my body isn't accepting the fact that I want to run, but still have a lot of weight on my body, so I am going to try this twice, which would put me at 6 months. I feel that then my body will be more accepting of my running goal. So check back often because I am going to try and post every night after my workout!
This week I started doing P90X. My wife and I have a strange living arrangement, so I have nothing but time after work. I decided to make the most of it and start doing something that will help me while we are apart on the weekdays and then during the weekends we can do other things. It wasn't too bad tonight, but I know what is coming tomorrow, so I am not super excited. I want to do this a couple of times before I start my running routines. I just felt like my body isn't accepting the fact that I want to run, but still have a lot of weight on my body, so I am going to try this twice, which would put me at 6 months. I feel that then my body will be more accepting of my running goal. So check back often because I am going to try and post every night after my workout!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Energized!!
So this week I feel totally energized! I went to WW last night and lost 2.2 lbs. Not to bad. I think it would be more, but I have been lifting weights pretty heavily trying to build up my shoulders and everything else. I have been also working out super hard lately. Last week I didn't do much working out because I had a sinus infection and really didn't feel like doing it, but I did stay within my points for the biggest portion of the week. Friday, and Saturday were a little shaky, but all in all I was able to lose weight and start the week on a high.
This week at work we started our version of "The Biggest Loser" at work, but we are calling it the Pound Plunge. There are four of us on a team and there are several teams, all vying for couple of prizes at the end of eight weeks. I don't necessarily care if we win. I am ultimately just excited to see the outcome after eight weeks. If I keep it up and lose 2 pounds a week then I will be able to have lost 20 lbs all together by the end of April. But, if I am strict with my diet and exercise, and can maybe pull out three pounds a week, the I could end up having lost all together 30 pounds by the end. Thirty pounds is nothing to shake a stick at. Though it is only a quarter of my ultimate goal, it is still a quarter of it!
I know that I have only been posting once a week, but I am going to start trying to post more so I can keep track of how I feel during the week and how my workout are going.
This week at work we started our version of "The Biggest Loser" at work, but we are calling it the Pound Plunge. There are four of us on a team and there are several teams, all vying for couple of prizes at the end of eight weeks. I don't necessarily care if we win. I am ultimately just excited to see the outcome after eight weeks. If I keep it up and lose 2 pounds a week then I will be able to have lost 20 lbs all together by the end of April. But, if I am strict with my diet and exercise, and can maybe pull out three pounds a week, the I could end up having lost all together 30 pounds by the end. Thirty pounds is nothing to shake a stick at. Though it is only a quarter of my ultimate goal, it is still a quarter of it!
I know that I have only been posting once a week, but I am going to start trying to post more so I can keep track of how I feel during the week and how my workout are going.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Being Sick
This week was a rather crappy one. It started out ok, but I knew over the weekend the inevitable was going to happen. Everyone at work has been sick with sinus infections and the sort and I was hoping that I was going to avoid getting it, but I should have known better, things like that just don't skip over me, especially when you work in an office and there are three people within 10 feet of you and two of them are sick. Dang. I was hoping that all my working out last week and taking my vitamins was going to help me stay immune to it, but it didn't.
Monday was my weight in again, I was up, .4 lbs. With all the crappy eating I did the week before, I will settle for .4 pounds. I haven't worked out much at all this week. With the way I have been feeling, I just cut my loses and stuck to my eating. My nose has been so clogged, it's hard enough for me to breath regularly, I don't want to know what it would be like when I exercise. So, Monday I will get back into the workout and see what my weigh-in brings.
I need to clarify something from one of my previous posts. I said in there that I didn't need a PT to help me lose weight, I needed to have someone help me eat something. My PT was/is awesome! I have never had a PT and working with her I DID lose weight when I was eating right...but I don't have a hard time exercising, except when she had me do some of the exercises I did, and I felt like I wasn't attacking my problem like I should be, and that is my eating habits. For me it was about addressing the darker of two habits and that is definitely my eating.
Monday was my weight in again, I was up, .4 lbs. With all the crappy eating I did the week before, I will settle for .4 pounds. I haven't worked out much at all this week. With the way I have been feeling, I just cut my loses and stuck to my eating. My nose has been so clogged, it's hard enough for me to breath regularly, I don't want to know what it would be like when I exercise. So, Monday I will get back into the workout and see what my weigh-in brings.
I need to clarify something from one of my previous posts. I said in there that I didn't need a PT to help me lose weight, I needed to have someone help me eat something. My PT was/is awesome! I have never had a PT and working with her I DID lose weight when I was eating right...but I don't have a hard time exercising, except when she had me do some of the exercises I did, and I felt like I wasn't attacking my problem like I should be, and that is my eating habits. For me it was about addressing the darker of two habits and that is definitely my eating.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Back on Track
The last week has been rather crazy. My father came home for a visit and we celebrated our 6th anniversary. SO last weekend we did a little splurging, but when I went to weight watchers on Monday, I was surprised to find that I had lost at least one pound. ONE, it's better than GAINING one pound.
This week my goal was to get back on track, so I have made sure to track everything and measure my food and stay focused. Monday I didn't exercise, but I have the rest of the week. Every day this week has been tough, I have struggled with the weather, exercise, eating right, work and everything. I was pleasantly surprised when I was driving home from work to see that the sun was starting to come out. Oh how I have missed the sun and the heat. I can't wait for the sun and the warming heat of Spring.
Tonight wasn't the greatest night. We went to my parents and had dinner and they had some treats. I would be lying if I said I was ashamed that I splurged, but I'm not. Yes, I did eat a bit more than I should have, and had one to many treats, but that's life. I wouldn't be human if I didn't have a few mess ups, but what is important is what I do the rest of the day and tomorrow. My plan is to workout and to make sure that I eat healthy all day and make sure that I choose something healthy when we go out to dinner with my family tomorrow for the last time before my dad heads back to Iraq. It's all about planning ahead and being prepared.
This week my goal was to get back on track, so I have made sure to track everything and measure my food and stay focused. Monday I didn't exercise, but I have the rest of the week. Every day this week has been tough, I have struggled with the weather, exercise, eating right, work and everything. I was pleasantly surprised when I was driving home from work to see that the sun was starting to come out. Oh how I have missed the sun and the heat. I can't wait for the sun and the warming heat of Spring.
Tonight wasn't the greatest night. We went to my parents and had dinner and they had some treats. I would be lying if I said I was ashamed that I splurged, but I'm not. Yes, I did eat a bit more than I should have, and had one to many treats, but that's life. I wouldn't be human if I didn't have a few mess ups, but what is important is what I do the rest of the day and tomorrow. My plan is to workout and to make sure that I eat healthy all day and make sure that I choose something healthy when we go out to dinner with my family tomorrow for the last time before my dad heads back to Iraq. It's all about planning ahead and being prepared.
Monday, February 15, 2010
My New Challenge
Since the beginning of the new year my wife has been hounding me to do something for my weight. Mainly it has been to start doing the HCG diet. Which after looking into, isn't really a diet at all, but a shot. And an expensive one at that. For like six shots it's around 200 bucks. So then she started talking to me about doing Weight Watchers. I have never been opposed to doing Weight Watchers and to be all honest I have done it before. But like all things I just stopped. So I started looking into it, more like dragging my feet at the idea. The problem with me is that I love to eat. I see things on tv and want to try them, or I make crap up in the kitchen. So giving up my food was the last thing that I wanted to do. I was going to my Personal Trainer, but when your not eating right, what's the point?? So one night I decided that it was time. It was right after the Super Bowl. I couldn't breath, I was having a hard time bending over to tie my shoes, and my pants were starting to not be so comfortable. The very next day I went straight from work to a local meeting and signed up. Now I'm not here to promote Weight Watchers.....yet. I want to make sure that I am going to stick with it, but in the past week I lost 2 lbs. That might not seem like a lot, and believe me that is a drop in the bucket compared to the amount that I NEED to lose. But it is a start. Week 3 here I come.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Another New Year
Well it's finally 2010. A lot was accomplished last year and now it's time to continue with my momentum and work on my 4 goals. This New Year's Eve wasn't too bad, in fact I was in bed by 10:30. We have had a series of unfortunate events that led to us pretty much not doing anything for the new year celebration, so I didn't really kill myself with what I ate. And though the first month is nearly over I am ready to get back on track and moving.
After having to deal with things that I necessarily didn't want to, it is time to get back on track and get moving in the right direction. Tomorrow my wife and I are going to start on a 6 week program and I am going to try working on my own at work so I can do double the work. I need to make up for the time that I didn't work out. I am hoping that I can do a little catch up. We'll see how it goes.
After having to deal with things that I necessarily didn't want to, it is time to get back on track and get moving in the right direction. Tomorrow my wife and I are going to start on a 6 week program and I am going to try working on my own at work so I can do double the work. I need to make up for the time that I didn't work out. I am hoping that I can do a little catch up. We'll see how it goes.
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