Wednesday June15th - - Yearly Physical and more randomness

Tuesday and Wednesday, I did nothing, I know I set out to do two workouts a day and I did not do them for two days. Usually this would send me into a downward spiral. I would usually say “F*** this, I guess since I messed up I will start back next Monday”, I would then slowly become a garbage compactor and stat shoveling bad stuff into my body. Not this time, I am actually looking for to tomorrow and getting back on the horse. There is no need for me to wait until Monday or whatever arbitrary day I make up. I’ve come to a conclusion that there will be bad days. It’s what you do after those bad days that help develop who you are as a person. There will be days I don’t work out or eat the right foods, but it’s the next day, meal, or workout that needs to be better. So, I am going to stop looking at my small failures as a much larger failure. It’s a little strange for me to actually look forward to my C25K runs, but I am actually excited about my run tomorrow. Well, I guess it does not hurt when you get a little motivation from an outside force. I had my yearly physical today and I was dreading the weigh-in. Why? Well last year at my physical my doctor suggested I go see specialist about sleep apnea and to see if I needed a sleep study, due to my weight. Well, I went home that night and looked to see if my insurance covered the sleep study and how much was the out of pocket cost. To have a sleep study done it was going to cost me a few hundred bucks. I can not remember the exact cost, but it was more then I was willing to pay. So, I mad a deal with my PCP, that if I did not lose weight before my next physical, then I would go see the specialist. Well, the day of reckoning has come and I stood before the scale and passed the test. I have lost 20lbs since my last physical a year ago. I went from 256lbs to 336lbs. I was completely and utterly speechless. I totally was in shock and happy that there was no need for that sleep study, that I still did not want to spend money to have done. This is why I am looking forward to my run tomorrow. This is why I want to keep pushing. This is a small victory that has put some things in to perspective for little ol’ me. I want to have more victories (small or large). It felt great to put one in the win column. Heck, yeah!

On another note, Doc says I need to cut my caloric intake back to about 1800 calories from 2700 calories, so there might be some anger posts or just random rants about lack of food. So that means I will have to keep a better eye on the foods I eat, so I am going to give this food journal another shot. Wish me luck!

Monday June 13th, 2011 - First day of 2-a-days!!

Weight loss
Nov 12 = 345
Nov 26 = 342.8 (-2.2)
November Total = 2.2

Dec 10 = 340.2 (-2.6)

Jan 03 = 344.2 (+4.0)
Jan 10 = 337.8 (-6.4)
Jan 17 = 340.4  (+2.6)
Jan 24 = 340.4  (0.0)
January Total = -0.02

Feb 07 = 342.2 (+1.8) Feb 14 = 344.6 (+2.4)
Feb 21 = 339,2 (-5.4)
Feb 28 = 339.6 (+0.4)  337.4 (-1.8)
February Total = -3.0

Mar 07 – Did Not weigh-in

Mar 14 – Did not weigh-in

Mar 21 = 335.2 (-2.2)

March Total = -2.2

Apr 04 – N/A

Apr 11 – 335.6 (+0.4)

Apr 18 – 336.6 (+1.0)

Apr 25 – 336.6

April Total = +1.4

May 02 – N/A

May 09 – 336.2 (-0.4)

May 23 – 336.4 (+0.2)

May Total = -0.2

June 01 – 333.2 (-3.2)

June 13 – 334.0 (+0.8)

June 20 –

Total loss so far = 8.8

This morning I woke up at 6, sorted the laundry, started a load, emptied/loaded the dishwasher, and then watched some news. I probably did everything I possibly could to delay this mornings workout. Oh how I did not want to go for this run. Since, my knees were not hurting I told myself I had to go do my C25K. I REALLY did not want to do anything but sit on the couch and watch the news for the rest of the morning until I had to go to work. I tried, but TW was not going to win this round. I gathered my workout stuff and hit the road. It started out rather well, but I think it is time to update the workout mix on my iPod. I think I might do that this afternoon. This was week 3 day 1 of the C25K, which means I had to do a 5 minute warm-up(walk), then do intervals of jogging 90 seconds, walk 90 seconds, jog 3 minutes, walk 3 minutes. The 90 second intervals were not bad, but those 3 minute jogs were pretty hard. I had to stop a few times and walk, but I did not let myself walk longer then 10 seconds. Once the couch to 5K app ended I was towards the end of my street, so I jogged another 2 minutes and then walked the rest of the way home. I am surprised that my knees do not hurt that bad. I am still going to ice them, but I am just glad I can still walk.

Through out the rest of day I will do some push-ups. That reminds me I need to start using my 100 push-ups app again. Well, I think I am going to start that app today as well. Also, I will cut the grass this afternoon, not sure if I am going to count this as my 2^nd 30 minutes, but we will see. (More then likely not, depends on how I feel after I am done.)

Totally, missed doing push-ups today and I counted cutting the grass as my 2^nd workout. After, cutting the grass in the middle of the afternoon I was pretty beat.

Sunday, June 12th New Day, New Plan

So, Today started a new workout plan. I’ve started two-a-days. I am going to work out for a minimum of 30 minutes 2x a day. This plan has started off rather well. We got up this morning around 5:30 or 6 and put in a 30 minute run before church and then I tried my hand at yoga this evening. I keep forgetting that yoga kind of sucks. The stomach gets in the way of some of the poses, but I did my best. That’s all you can ask for, correct?

Tomorrow, I am going to try and do another run in the morning, depending on how my knees feel. Then, in the afternoon I have to cut the grass and hopefully in the evening I can get in another 30 minutes before I get to bed. So, this should be an interesting experience. I’ve got all these exercises in my head, so I hope I can get through everyday with two workouts.

Grapefruit, Beets and Carrots

Oh, on another note the wife and I started juicing fruits and veggies this week.   It has been pretty fun and not so fun. I think we only juiced 3 or 4 times and I think 1 out of the 4 tasted good. The rest were not bad, but they were not great. I’ve had a lot more veggies in my diet then ever before. We’ve juiced beets, wheat grass, cucumbers, apples, lemons, strawberries, carrots, oranges, and grapefruits. Still to come is radishes and kale. It has been an experience that we will more then likely continue.

Wheat-grass, strawberries, oranges, and carrots