Day 2 - 15 Jan 13

It says Day 2, but it's the first day of my actual workout schedule.

I was completely not prepared for this morning at 6:45...and it was crappily cold in my room which made it extremely hard to get out of bed.  I did run up and down the stairs a few times for my workout. I did not do the plan for p90x2 like I had wanted to.

I did make changes to my diet though.  I ate my oatmeal this morning with a whole lot less butter and a whole lot less sugar (1tbs and 2 tsp, respectively.)  For lunch I didn't eat; however, I did have carrots and almonds for a lunchish-like thing.  I had some cheese sticks for a snack at some point.

For dinner, I sucked...I had a 32oz coke and a Double Quarter Pounder from McDonald's.  I kind of forgot about what I was doing today...however, I haven't eaten at McDonald's in around 6 months.

So, I did ok, and sucked at the same time.

When I get stressed out I forget to workout.  Today, I finished something for work and feel a lot less stressed.  When I get stuck on something and I've told someone I plan to have it done by a specific time, I do everything I can to make that happen...which is part of what I said yesterday in my journal entry - I need to remember to take time for me.

Tomorrow, I start anew and will attempt to get up and workout.  I may do 20-40 on the elliptical in the morning while watching Airwolf... then save Tony "Effing" Horton and Insanity for my noon or 4:15 workouts.

I also plan to eat more snacks and figure out what the heck I'm actually going to eat including V8 for the afternoon snack.

For supplements, I'm about done with the 14 day detox and began taking magnesium.  When the detox is complete, I'll begin taking the multivitamin, coconut oil, and fiber.  Once I get into heavy workouts I'll do the coral calcium and some other supplements that my personal trainer recommend.

Day 1 - 14Jan13

The last time I worked out I spent 65 days working out at least 3 times a week.  I ate pretty well and lost about 10ish pounds.  I stopped because I began prepping for an interview for a new job, then studied to stay up with the new job and then I wanted to let the dust settle.

Well, I am very happy to say that I am very happy at the new job and I have been finding that I am finally able to budget time for working out again.  It takes me a while to get into working out, but once I do, I hit it hard.  I'm feeling a bit more motivated this year.  I've set a goal this year of doing different workouts and pushing it pretty hard and putting myself first.  So far, I'm 14 days in, and I've not put myself first, yet.  Tomorrow morning is the day.

There are several changes that are happening with my office and workout areas.  I am moving my office down to the studio area where I also have my workout equipment (and the projector.)  In this way, I will be able to work, then take the time to workout by jumping on the elliptical to think about a particular problem I'm working on - or simply be closer to the workout equipment to knock out some quick 5-10 minute workouts during the day.

So, the trick is going to be getting enough sleep tonight that I will get up at 6:45 in the morning to workout for 45 mins doing some version of P90X or Insanity, then enough time to eat and get my youngest ready to go.

The rest of this week will be getting used to that.  Next week, I'll add a noon workout and an afternoon workout.  This plan is to last 30 to 60 days.  During that timeframe I will be eating very healthy.  My goal is to lose as much size and weight as I can then cut out my afternoon workout and/or my noon workout and eventually replace all with 40 minutes of elliptical in the morning or multiple miles of running (no more than 3.)

My overall goal is to lose 80 to 100 pounds by October.  Technically, it is possible to lose the weight.  Ideally, I would like to be 160-180 by the end of the year and only doing maintenance workouts 3ish times a week.

Day 65 - 1Aug12

So I wanted to see my progress.  I've not been as consistent as I have wanted to be with working out.  I've been a lot more consistent with eating healthier.

I've found that my schedule gets me messed up quite a bit and that I am going to have to workout in the mornings before I get up, because I don't want to get out of bed.  I've been having a problem sleeping lately.  I think some of it has been sporadic workouts.  I've actually cut out most of my tea consumption to almost nothing and been drinking far more water during the entire day.  I have one 20oz coke in the morning (mostly b/c I hate coffee and the amount of sugar I have to put into coffee to be able to drink it is far more than the sugar in the coke -- and there's a lot more caffeine in the coffee than the coke) and the rest of the day is water, unless I workout at noon then I have a Gatorade.

I wasn't feeling great the last two weeks, but this weekend I flushed my system and have felt much better.  My headaches are almost completely gone now.  I ate crappy twice in less than a week and I think that was enough to throw me off.  So, now I am sticking with foods I can pronounce all of the ingredients to...that includes cheese that may not actually be cheese, but melts wonderfully on nachos.

So, considering that in the last 13 days I've managed to get in only 2-3 workouts, I've been doing better.  If I don't workout during the day I can't sit still.  I have to move around constantly; if I do not then I get this feeling in my body that I just need to run it off or do some sort of zumba-flashdance workout while screaming...so yesterday I ran up and down the stairs in the office a few times and that helped a bit.

My breathing isn't quite what I want it to be.  My trainer tells me there are some yoga breathing exercises that will help with that.  I keep telling my trainer that I need to go see a hypnotherapist; if only I knew one.

So, anyway, here are the following measurements after 65 days of changing my diet and exercising at least 2-3 times a week.  If you look at the navel measurement note that it is not measured by "sucking it in;" it was measured by "letting it go."    If I suck in my belly I can get that number down to 46.5 without trying and 46 if I really try... you'll notice that my navel measurement and my waist measurements are getting a lot closer together... woot!

I'm not disappointed by the weight measurement as the size is getting smaller.  That is more important to me.  I'm sure if I also worked out 2-3x a day like I want to I'd knock off a lot more weight and size.  I'd like to workout 2-3x a day, but my schedule isn't accommodating at this time.

I can tell you that people have noticed my size getting smaller.  I was told at work that too many more days of p90x and I'd need to get a new wardrobe.

Which also brings up one other thing.  I've been doing P90X2 for the most part, but I've become very addicted to Insanity.  It kills me to do Insanity, but I absolutely love it.

	13May12	7Jun12	31Jul12
weight	270	272	268
navel	49	48.5	47.75
waist	46.5	48	45
hips	54	52.5	NA
neck	18	17.5	NA

PS - Do not mistake my love for Insanity and P90X (and P90X2) as loving Tony Horton or Shaun-T -- I hate them so.  One day, I would like the smaller me to be able to tell Tony Horton how much I don't like him ;)

Day 52 - 19Jul12

This last month has been absolutely crazy.  I thought it had only been a week or two since I posted; imagine my surprise when I found out it had been a month (30 days exactly) since I last posted.

I've been doing fairly well.  My weight has fluctuated up and down some, mostly in the last week or so it has gone up due to a "flow" issue.

I've been eating very well.  Nearly every day I eat every two hours or so (generally not on weekends): where I have carrots, almonds, peanuts, sandwich or grilled chicken and a v8 or two then dinner is a fairly normal dinner.

I've been working out a little, not as much as I was.  A friend of mine wanted to workout with me and I waited for him, there were a few days that I did not workout b/c I was waiting for him.  I should have just worked out and I didn't.

The last month has been incredibly stressful and nuts with home life.

Last night I did the Insanity warm up and P90X2 Plyocide... I am definitely feeling it today.  My calves were on fire, but I feel really good.  I still have some out of breath times, but that's going away.  I now need to do Insanity for 60 days in a row and my wife will wear a costume I've picked out for a convention...Princess Ardala from the pilot of Buck Rogers - yeah, this is going to happen.

I wish I had worked out this morning so I wasn't anxious to workout.  I get anxious now if I don't workout... that's the problem with working out, it becomes addicting - I just have to make sure it doesn't take over my life.

So tonight, I will be doing Insanity followed by some P90X2 Core

Day 22 - 20Jun12

one bag of almonds
one bag of carrots
2 bags of grilled chicken
v8
20oz Coke - I wanted to see if some of the "off kilter" was from aspartame - tomorrow, I'll drink coffee for caffeine instead of Coke or Coke Zero

Day 21 - 19Jun12

I felt great today until about 230 then my body crashed.  I had eaten the 2 bags of carrots, 2 bags of almonds, the coke zero, the grilled chicken and I was done.  I fell asleep a few times at my desk... I don't think I snored.  I also had a gatorade (I don't remember why, but at the time it seemed like a good idea.)

For dinner I had some awesome zucchini and squash stuff with parmesan on top, some butternut squash and couscous.

I'm getting ready to go do P90X2 Plyometrics...then shower and relax until bedtime.

My morning weight was 268.

Old Pictures

I found these old pictures from the start of P90X in the Spring of 2010.  They don't look right at all, but I'll bet they look very similar to what I currently look like...Ok, I'm more sexy now, but the size is probably about the same.



When you think of yourself, think about how you truly see yourself.  I don't see me as the guy above.  I see me as I was when I was 18-21 and about 150-170 pounds... now nearly 100 pounds heavier is what you see above.

If you want to put some perspective on that.  If I were 18 and carried my wife around, I would weigh the same as I do now if I were to step on a scale.