Post T-Day 2010 breakdown

SO T-day has come and gone (thanksgiving for those not in the know) and as I had figured (and come to terms with) i gained a little. Not much about 4 lbs or so but a gain is a gain. Keeping at it its slowly coming down. Goggles still havent arrived yet (hopefully today) so I can get back into swimming more. I feel I was losing the most when I was swimming so I need to get back to that. In other news our car is crapping out on us. Need to get it fixed this weekned so there goes a huge chunk of our Xmas money. Thankfully my brother knows what hes doing so were taking it to him this weekend. Wish I had time to write more but its almost time to leave for work. I know its been a long stretch between post and ill try to do better. CHEERS!

Countdown to T-Day 2010

Thanksgiving here I come. I will honestly try to not overdo it this holiday but then again its turkey day and calories dont count LOL. Im excited, I have some goggles on the way to me (Thnx mom!) so ill be able to swim again. I also started using the reciprocal bike at the gym.. whoa..consider my butt kicked. 200 calories in 18 minutes. I cant hardly walk aftwards. Another upnote Im able to fit into some dickies I havnt really EVER been able to fit into. I wore them when I was bouncing but they were pretty tight, but now they fit pretty nice. Im feeling pretty good about meeting my 20lb mark by the end of the month, might even pass it. Stay tuned for more updates. ^_^

Mid November

approx 2 months down... and I feel good. so my goal for 2 months was 20 lbs... I stepped on the scale this morning and the verdict is.......323lbs. Missed it by 2 lbs. Oh well I just gotta keep on keepin on. The new work schedule is working out which is nice since i dont have to wake up ass early to go to the gym. To think.. if I REALLY push myself in another two months I might hit 300. That would be sweet.

OOPS! missed one

Seems I missed a post last week. Lets see where am I. Gym is going well for the most part. I lost my goggles so swimming isnt as good as before (if anyone wants to contribute to my "Get Jason new goggles fund" I would greatly appreciate it. It goes along with the "Get Jason some weights fund" thats already established.

My work schedule changed this week (stupid daylight savings) so now I go in an hour later. Its nice I get to sleep in a bit now but it means I dont get to come home and eat before school on those days. I have to go straight there. Oh well the semester is over in Dec so im not too worried about it.

I didnt post a weight from the first I dont think so I stepped on the scale today. 325lbs. Last time I was this low was when I had my wisdom teeth yanked and was on a liquid diet for 4 days. slowly but surely its coming off. My next personal milestone is 20 lbs gone. im sitting at 16 right now so im not too far off. Wish me luck. Well.. time for work.

Another week down

This week hasnt been the greatest. I started last friday when I came down with a headcold wich carried over into monday so I missed the gym. Tuesday I felt better so I did some p90X but didnt sleep very well that night so I didnt go to the gym on Wednesday. I did however make up for it on thursday by going and swimming laps. Yesterday started really well. Went to the gym again, warmed up, started doing a bunnch of weights but on my last set of my last exercise I pulled something in my shoulder/trap area. When I work up this morning I hardly move my head without it feeling like it was on fire. Popped a Motrin and tried to relax most of the day. Definitely going to be doing laps on monday. Weights are going to have to wait.

Ok well off to do my chores. Cheers all!

Week 5.. what!

Hello neighbors. Nice to see you again. Wont you sit and join me.

My birthday was great, thanks to all my family and friends that could share it with me or at least send me some well wishes. I let myself go over the weekend but to my surprise... I didn't really see a gain. Here we are at Friday again (Thank god this week has been brutal). Official weigh in isn't until the first but you know me.. I cant help myself so I stepped up on the scale and what do ya know 329lbs. "My god Jim I think its working!" Ive also had a few people say I look better. In my mind though with it being such a small loss I'm thinking they may just be complimenting me for motivation or just to be nice or whatever but Ive gotten it on good confidence from the wifey that she says I don't look as pregnant as I did before so its definitely encouraging. Anywhatsit heres how my week went

Mon: Gym. Swam a bunch of laps

Tuesday: to tired from the night before (set up Madison's big girl bed, rearranged furniture and homework) Had to skip otherwise i wasn't going to make it at work.

Wed: Gym. This day was a bust, i got to the gym a little early even to try and swim laps and the pool was packed! So I hung around the hottub for a bit but it just seemed to get worse so I thought I would go lift some weights.. well being a swim day I didnt bring my sneakers so I couldnt warm up properly. I did some arm and back stuff but it just didnt feel right so I left.

Thurs: P90X. I was excited for this day. My friend terry got me some weights so Im finally able to do some of the other routines. I cant wait to do more!

and then theres today. A headcold that came about last night put me off of working out today. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Well im gonna be late to work if i dont stop here. Cheers everyone!

Happy Birthday to me! 10lbs gone!

Another year older and I don't know if I'm much wiser for it. j/k. 30 is kind of a scary number but I wont let it get me down. I think Ive made some good decisions recently that will help me see many more decades so I'm pretty proud of that. Today marks not only my birthday, its also one month since Ive started working out. A whole month down already... where did the time go? I'm really enjoying my time at the gym and combined with the stuff I'm doing on my non gym days I think I'm learning a lot about balancing out my routines for maximum effect. We'll the verdict is in...drum roll please... 10lbs. Ive lost a total of 10 lbs on my journey so far. If I can keep up an 8-10 loss per month I will hit my target of 240 by July (TIME FOR THE BEACH!)It might not seem like a lot now but 10 lbs is 10 lbs and you have to start somewhere right. And thanks to it coming off I'm excited for the next month to see another 10 gone. I look at it like sure its only 10 lbs but just think.. in the next 2 or 3 months it will be 20 and 30 lbs... now were getting into mind blowing territory. I don't even remember the last time I was under 300 lbs. I think this month I might try and do more swimming.. maybe twice a week or so. So.. 10lbs down... 90 to go. Ive got a challenge in front of me and I wont let it beat me. I can doooo eeeeet!

ABS ABS ABS

Gym day. My glutes and thighs are still pretty sore from yesterday. Walked my mile to warm up. Then slicky and I hit an Ab routine. Crunches, Leg lifts, Bicycles, In N outs, Crunch machine, Oblique machine and Hanging leg lifts burned us pretty good. We tried to do about 2 sets of about 15 to 20 of each so im curious to know how ill feel in the morning lol.. or maybe i dont wanna know. I think tomorrow if im not hunkered over in pain im gonna do some Cardio X. Wont be Able to do much on friday though because of the early Drs appt.

Might have lost another lb. too but i dont weigh in "officially" until the 15th. Crossing my fingers

Cant.. stand.....must.... crawl.....

So I decided to try a new p90x routine today. Went with legs and back since I still dont have weights for the chest and arms routines. I dont have a pull up bar yet (ya like i could do a pull up right now if my life depended on it) so I just did different kinds of pushups while the people on the picture box did their thing. For craps sake my legs are wobbly right now. I thought I would have done better since its mostly different lunges and weightless squats but damn.. On the up side I always have new goals to try and attain.

I did get some Perfect Pushups from my friend Terry at work yesterday. Im still a bit off from being able to use them at full capacity but ill get there(another goal). The scale in the bathroom said 332.6 this morning. Another lb or so down. I think what im going to do from here on out is periodically check my weight but on the first and 15th of every month ill document it (ive started a graph)so Ill have a bi monthly total to track my progress. Also now that im at almost a month into this exercise thing im going to switch to weekly blog posts instead of daily (unless something crazy happens or i get a wild hair up my butt. Time to get ready for the day. Cheers all!

OCT 1

Hello October my good friend. Long time no see.

It was a good day today, First day of Oct AND a Friday. OCTOBER has some cool stuff going on too. Next Friday we find out if were having a boy or girl and then the following week I turn the Dirty Thirty. Also i stepped on the scale this morning and it said 333... not too shabby. Weighed myself at the gym at it said 334 so that makes me feel pretty good about the scale at home giving me a fairly accurate reading. I walked a mile again, then did some more ab stuff and some more weights this time focusing on chest and biceps. I might just get up in the morning and try to do something, we'll see how it goes.

Onward and upward to dead sexyness!

Well well well...

So I decided to sleep in a little bit today and just try to work on abs and upper body. I get out of bed, stagger into the bathroom, do my business and just for shits and giggles i step on the scale (you know, the one that only goes to 336 and then errors out for me)As I see the number rising rapidly i just wait for the error sign... but then it stops... on 334. Curious I step off then back on again while holding onto the towel rack so I can slowly release my full weight onto the scale to try and test it... sure enough it slowly climbs and i release my grip and when i let go... 334. Now.. at this point im pretty excited because that would mean since my last weigh in at the gym i would have lost 7 lbs. However as much as I would like to believe that i still think alot of it is lost water weight from sleeping. On the other hand the scale has never been able to read my weight in the mornings since i started this whole endeavor. Do I think some weight has come off, Im hopefull. Do I think its the full 7, i doubt it but at this point id be happy with 1 lb. Tomorrow is Oct 1st and will be the first gym day for Oct so I will get a weight reading there (although i dont like the scale there as it jumps around to much for me) ::crosses fingers::

Anyway back to this morning, I was able to accomplish 45 crunches, leg lifts and bicycle kicks, 30 wall pushups, 20 pushups and 15 In n Outs before my body screamed at me. pretty good for where im at physically i think. ^_^

Hump Day

Hit the gym this morning, no slicky due to work so I did my own thing. Started off walking an inclined mile on the treadmill, then did some abs and then hit the weights. Some pull downs and presses rounded me out, arms are sore which is good. Going to get a weigh in on friday, hopefully im down at least a pound.. we'll see. Tomorrow ill probably stick with ab stuff here at home. Time for some ghost hunters before i pass out. Night all!

soo tired..

Top O' the mornin to ya...
Back is still a little out of whack and ive still got a little bit of a headcold but I got up anyway. I was able to get through 30 min of Kenpo before I almost died a horrible death. Well.. it felt that way anyway. Kenpo kicked my rear. I went looking for some cheap dumbbells yesterday so I can do some of the other workouts but only found a couple of 5 pounders. Im looking for 8-10 lbs so i passed on them. Anyway, another day another dollar. Almost time to go to work and then a math exam at school. wish me luck

Week 3-Gym week 2

Did some more laps at the gym today with Slicky. Somehow tweaked my back stretching though.. I think I popped it after work and its just now(8:54pm)starting to feel better. Looking forward to P90X tomorrow. Im thinking Kenpo X. I really need to get some dumbbells so I can really start taking advantage of the resistance. I also want to start doing some weight stuff at the gym but we gotta wait for slicky's wrist to get a little better to be able to do it too and spot. Oh well, I think its going to be another early night for me. Night all!

End of week 2

Today is my second friday on this new working out thing and so far so good. Only two weeks so no real results yet but im confident they will come. First week at the gym was good. Might have to start getting up earlier to get more time in... we'll see. I just need to keep on truckin and set my eyes on the horizon.

Walked a mile on an inclined treadmill today and then did 15 min on the elliptical. Then walked around the parking lot at work on my break (man it was hot out today).

Hope you have a great weekend! Cheers!

Good mornin starshine...

Tweaked my neck somehow yesterday at the gym and my legs were pretty sore so this morning I did 30 minutes of X Stretch to loosen up some. Tomorrows another gym day so we will see whats in store for me then.

Gym Day 2

Slicky and I hit the gym again today. Started with 30 min of Elliptical and then 3x20 of crunches. Tonight's my long night in class so ill probably be doing the stretching in p90x tomorrow morning, we'll see how i feel. Oh so at the gym I was able to get a weigh in. ::drum roll:: 341 lbs .. 0_0 .. ya thats what I said. Im not happy about it but it can only get better.

Day 8 & holy crap im whooped

Good morning campers! Well since I wasnt able to go to the gym today (sorry rick) I popped in p90x. Since im still a newb and covered in goo I went with the Cardio-X. You know.. if I didnt lose 5 lbs in fat then im sure i lost it in sweat lol. It was pretty intense (for me anyway) which is good. I can only do better right. Id like to think I kept up with about %90 of the course so thats pretty good for a fatty of my size and stature. Anyway time for some more water and some oatmeal then off to work. (if i can get up from my chair that is)

Day 7 & 1

First day at the gym with slick rick. Did some laps in the pool. Towards the end i thought I was gonna drown and im pretty sure I swallowed a little too much pool water but it was good. Took most of the day until the strength in my chest and arms came back. Wont be able to go back to the gym tomorrow and probably one other day this week but thats ok because I got p90x finally so that will keep me going. Forgot to get an accurate weight at the gym so ill be sure to do so when i go back so for the time being im still 336+lbs.

Day 4: TGIF

Lots of sleep last night. I think I was passed out before 9. I needed it though. I think im starting to get used to this super early schedule. Could have been the amount of sleep i got but I woke up at 4:30 this morning. Still too early for me so I went back to sleep for another 45 minutes lol. Did about 20 min of exercise this morning. 10 minutes more than my first day so thats cool. Did a little testing with the bathroom scale. I held on to the shower rail and slowly put all my weight on the scale, turns out it goes to 336 lbs before erroring and im pretty much all but let go of the shower rail when it does so maybe im right around 338. Good to know if I lose like 4 lbs I might be able to use it normally lol. I start the gym on monday. I have a meeting with a manager there today after work so im pretty excited about that.

Day 2 : still alive

Got a little more sleep than Sunday night. I didnt think Prince of Persia was that long. Oh well.. got up and did just over 30 min of some good power walking. Even tried jogging a bit but thinking about some advice my brother gave me I just kept walking. I did notice one thing though. I REALLY need new shoes. The backs of my ankles are raw and I gained some blisters. No pain no gain right lol. On the eating better campaign things are going well, its all about portion control and not eating total crap. The wifey bought some zingers at the store the other day and the temptation is hard to resist but ive got it under control. I might reward myself with one this weekend if I feel ive earned it, we'll see. On a side note looks like im starting up at the gym on Monday with my buddy rick. That should be cool.

Stay classy San Diego! (or wherever your from)

Day One

Day 1: Weight 340+ lbs (the scale in the bathroom only goes up to 333 lbs so im unsure of my weight. All i know is its too much. My first milestone will be when I can use the scale.)

Today I got up early with all the intentions of doing 30 minutes of "cardio" or whatever i could to get the blood pumping. After some stretching I did some ab stuff and leg lifts and a few other exercises... I was dying after 10 minutes. Im sweating like a stuck pig right now... WOW am I out of shape. But its good, i just need to push myself to do more tomorrow and keep on pushing. Im hoping to get p90x today so that will be an experience.

Preliminary post

Why start this blog? Well maybe it just feels like the thing to do, or maybe im looking for strength and support. Possibly I’m looking for motivation (from which I thrive) to keep me going, or maybe I’m just wasting time. Whatever the reason.. here it is and be what it may I hope it lasts. I can’t count how many times I told myself “if I just lost the weight I could keep it off no problem”. Frankly I’m tired of saying things like that. I'm tired of always worrying about Fat Man Syndrome (sweaty pits or back even when in a cool environment). I'm tired of being tired all the time (much better now with the Apnea machine), speaking of which I'm tired of having sleep apnea (which I know I could still have if I weighed 150 lbs but my current weight isn’t helping it any). I'm tired of not being able to sit in those cool fabric folding chairs and I'm tired of getting tired when playing with my daughter. For the majority of my life I have struggled with my weight. Diets never worked, exercise never lasted and cutting back always lead to cheating. Fluctuating between mildly overweight to “ya, I need to lose a few” to “whoa fatty slow up on the mashed potatoes” has lead to a lot of lies and false justifications. Working in an office environment only exacerbates the issue. I've tried twice now to cut out soda but have slid back on the bad foot both times. I look at pictures of myself in High school and its a completely different person. I want to wear the half of the clothes in my closet that I currently cant fit into. I want to stop sucking it in all the time. I want to be able to take my shirt off without feeling ashamed. I want the bathroom scale to tell me how much i weight instead of Error-ing out and I want to be able to walk my daughter down the aisle someday. My BP and cholesterol are kinda high, lower than the Dr thought it would be but that's no excuse to stay heavy. I'm on a crash course to an embolism, stroke or worse and need to do something for not only myself but my family. As I get older I can already feel the toll this weight is taking on my body and I need to do something quickly.

So.. here I am. Taking the first steps toward a better life. Its going to require dedication and a lot of commitment but here is where the support and motivation come in. I need to just look at my little princess and the wifey currently carrying our second to know Ive got all the motivation and drive I need but the more the better.

I would enjoy any support you can give and here's to seeing you on the other side as a better, thinner person!