01/31

Well, yesterday was a interesting and exhausting day. One of my boys, Jacob who is 9 years olf got an attitude at work and carried it over to the family before we left church. It got so bad that we felt it was time to have him learn another lesson the hard way. He walked home form church.... 4 miles. Now he did not walk alone; I went with him. He was so mad though that he kept a block or two distance between us.

Now, I was planing on walking alot, but in making the same trek as my son, in dress shoes (he wore tennis shoes) and at times I ran to try and catch him; up hill and down, I am sore to say the least. Everytime i caught up to Jacob, he would bolt ahead by a block to keep the distance.

Now today... I am sore. My feet are recovering from the abuse of yesterday and I had a busy morning in taking care of erands. Then to top it off, I forgot my lunch and dinner. So, I was on a liquid diet from 10 am onward.

We will see what tomorrow will bring with a -2 degrees forcasted for a high....

01/29

Well the good news, lost more weight than the last post...

140.9 kg....... 309.98 pounds

Diet wise, I am getting the portions down and drinking more fluids, but am needing to cut out sodas again.

Breakfast was skipped due to a school openhouse for Sophia and high school.
Early Lunch: steak fajita (6 oz), cheese (1/4 cup) and sour cream (1 tablespoon)
Dinner: 3 eggs scrammbled with a tablespoon of heavy cream, 1/4 cup of bacon (cooked), chopped bell pepper and mushrooms.

Stress is starting to mount as some un expected bills came in and I am frustrated over the timing. However, all in all, parenthood was the only other stress today.

Weigh In

Well, I have been meaning to do this all weak....

Last time I weighed in....

145.7 kg.......... 320.45 pounds

As of today
142.4 kg......... 313.28 pounds

YEAH, me.... I just need to keep it up.

01/26

Busy day with school and work. I have not had time to exercise, nor the energy. For what ever reason, I went to bed at 11pm (after work) and could not fall a sleep till 2am. Up at 5 am and RUNNING for the rest of the day.

Food:
Breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 bacon, half a cup of cheese, mushrooms and bell pepper in an omlette
Lunch and Dinner: meet and cheese slices.....

Tomorrow... Exercise!

01/25

Well, been busy with job hunting, resume building and getting all my ducks in a row for graduation. the WII active 2 is frustrating me to the point that I have given up on it. I am doing exercises on my own and I still do not have a copy of P90X....

I have noticed a size reduction and I still need to weigh myself.

Life is busy, tiring and not so stressful right now.... and FINALLY feeling better after Wednesday through Saturday of not feeling well.

No exercise for today....

Food:

Breakfast: 2 eggs 4 slices of bacon and 4 oz of cheese
Lunch: 9 oz of shreaded beef
Dinner:

1/23/11

Busy day with hurt kids, skick kids and cleaning.

I did get exercise in with a 6 mile walk....

Breakfast was three eggs, half cup of mushrooms, bll peler and two slices of bacon.
Lunch was none ounces of cooked chicken
Dinner was eight ounces of pot roast and maybe an ounce of green beans.

To all, Tomorow is a weigh in to see where I am at.... for the record.

01/21/2011

Another day and still trying to get my body to feel better. Have had just fluids and 1 Atkins shake to try and clense my body. Hoping that it is working because I need to get back to exercising and dieting....

Tomorrow, we will see...!

1/20

Well, i do not know what is going on with me, but anything that I ate today made me sick to my stomache. I do not have the flu or the stomache bug, but food was just not appealing to me today. In not feeling well, I did not exercise either.

For tomorrow, I am planning for a liquid diet in hopes of overcoming whatever is in my system....

01/19/2011

Had a good  day overall; stress and frustrations down and got alot done.

Exercise:

Mountain Climbers         10X3 reps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTq2cfppWIc&feature=player_embedded

Air squats                      10x3 reps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1FpWEfJW1s

Burpies                         10x2 reps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DVzT5mqeew

Time: 23 min... (Burpies are an ass kicker) I did the exercise with as few interuptions or stopping as possible.

Food:

8.30 am Breakfast: 3 eggs (Scrambled) with 1 table spoon of cream, 1 oz of shreaded cheese and 3 sausages. Before: Hungry    After: Satisfied

1.00 pm Lunch: 6 oz of broccoli salad (walmart)  Before:Hungry    After: Satisfied

5.45 pm Dinner: 18 oz of coloflower and 3 slices of bacon. Before: Hungry    After: Full

Water: 76 oz for the day.

Exercises for 01/18

Excersise  1/18/2011
Exercise	Number/Time	Reps
Flutter Kicks	30 sec	x2	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_ONDu5SL30
Sit Ups	20	x2	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUfi2GVswu8
Russian Twist	20	x2	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7kaPiLfV10
Bycile Crunches	20	x2	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqoD0Bdggto
Good Morning /no weights	20	x2	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUpOZnhS4FI
Air Squats	20	x2	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILPJ1oGjdbs
Tomorrow:	http://www.youtube.com/user/sixpackshortcuts?feature=pyv&ad=6213376927&kw=exercise#p/u/0/bkD9LwDBWW0

Day 1

Well, getting reorganized and am looking forward to my wifes input on the changes. She has given me some pointers as to what the BLOG is needing; more specifics. So....

No exercise today due to the kids being out of school and having to be daddy with all the fighting....

Meals: (As of 01/18, this will include time, food type, prtion size, How I felt before eating and how I felt after eating)

Breakfast: 3 eggs and 4 slices of bacon
Lunch: 1 chicken breast and colifower
Dinner: 1 chicken breast and 1 hamburger patty (small)

Stay tuned for the updates.... It may be more work, but also more helpful in the overall picture.

Take 2....

Well, there is a reason why I do not keep a journal... I miss days, weeks, months at a time. Seems that this is no different, and I need to put forth more effort in posting.

So, With 2 snow days and kids having late starts and the stomach bug, I have not done much last week. Now this week, I have been busy exercising with the WII Active 2 which does not read when I do a movement or exercise and when I need to do 20 reps, I do about 60 before i can no longer do them. The Active 2 will not let you skip an exercise, so I have to stop. I am starting to hat that program.....

Than there is the gym, which I have been going back, but now with having to pay out of pocket the one class that I need to graduate, the wife is wanting me to quit the gym.

Still waiting for my friend to give me a copy of P90X, but it has been a month.

So exercise is in jeoardy, but the diet is still on. I am recomitted to posting everyday. So stay tuned and thank you Asa and Wendy for holding my feet to the fire.....

Day 4

Well, what a day....
I had a physical mid December last year and got some test results back. Being 40 years old, you get to have new tests done. One was to check the arteries for plack. Today I found out that at the age of 40, I have the arteries of a 58 year old. Good news, no major build up of placks. The bad news, I know how I am going to die. I have the gene for heart disease. YEAH Me. So, I am now on a Statant (Crestor) to begin treatment now and possibly get things under control.

No I am not going to die anytime soon, but we are hoping to head of any future "major" medical issues.

The second bad news from the doctors was the need to schedule a 2 day sleep study for sleep apnea.

He has encouraged me to keep exercising and dieting to help correct these two issues.

So with all this, just in one day, I did not exercise.

Meals:
Breakfast: 2 eggs and 4 slices of bacon
Lunch: 9oz of tuna salad
Dinner: Skipped due to the above issues and information which I am still digesting.

So, one of my dreams, loosing weight to join the United States Army may be dashed. So now I need to generate new hopes and dreams to work for and "dream for".

Day 3

Well, today was a challenge. I didn't think things would be easy, but what I have discovered is that the harder I exercise, I some hou develop insomina and have a hard time sleeping. Today, things started and I have been exhausted all day. I did do some exersise, but not nearly what I was hoping for. I would get through and the fatigue would set in. I am off to hopefully gett a GREAT night sleep and do what I wanted tomorrow.

Exercise:
25 alternating crunches
25 squats

Meals:
Breakfast: Four hard boiled eggs mixed together for egg salad.
Lunch: ham and cheese party plater.
Dinner: 1 chicken breast, fake potatoes, green beans

Day 2

So, Today I am exhausted. For some reason, when I work out hard, instead of getting tired I have a hard time sleeping (Insomnia).

For exercise, I did 30 minutes on the WII EA Sports Active 2. Had to deal with some financial issues which prevented me from going to the gym. Tomorrow, no school or work and I am looking forward to going to the Gym.

Meal wise:
Breakfast          2 eggs, 2 slices of toast and 4 slices of bacon
Lunch               A sandwitch with alot of meat, cheese and veggies
Dinner              A low carb pizza.

Back off sodas to help me lose the weight.

See you all tomorrow.

Colorado Springs; Check them out!

http://redrockscrossfit.typepad.com/
They seem to be reasonably priced; trainer is included for the monthly membership.

Todays acheivements....

Kids were a bit of a distraction and did get some exercising done...

3 sets of 20 squats
2 sets of 15 alternating lunges

Food:
2 eggs and 4 slices of bacon for breakfast
1 chicken thigh and drumstic for lunch
9 oz of Tuna salad for diner.

At the time of this post I have drank 64 oz of water.....

Goals...

So in order to better acheive my weight loss goal, I have come up with several goals or measurements to better acheive this.

1)      Eat within a calorie range, 1500-1800 calories; includes low carb and gluten Free. The range for my height and weight is 1800 to 2100. however, I am looking at burning more calories than which I comsume

2)      Focus on portion control by weighing food and reducing the amount which I partake.

3)      Track all food, calories, fat and carb intake on paper.

4)      Eat five small meals every 3 to 4 hours.

5)      DO NOT SKIP BREAKFAST!

6)      Control stress eating, illness eating, etc by taking control and controlling the things which I can control.

7)      No more eating out. Take time to prepare meals and if my wife can help by saving leftovers first (before the kids eat EVERYTHING!)

8)      Eat more veggies in my meals and snack.

9)      Control sugar intake by not partaking of products which has added unnecessary sugar; sodas, juice, candies, sweets, etc. To watch sugar intake from foods which has it naturally; fruits, processed foods, etc.

10)  Return to the gym for daily workout and conduct a military boot camp workout (have the tools from studying cross fit... http://www.crossfit.com/)

11)  With weather permitting, walk the incline 3x a week (http://www.inclineclub.com/incline/). If weather will not, P90X BABY!

12)  Begin to supplement vitamins into daily use... after all I am 40 years old.

13)  Moving more per day. In working in a call center, all I do is sit. Add additional walking or cardio exercises per day.

14)  Track my progress by weighing my self, tape measure and photo updates. Do not have a blog, but I do have Facebook

Through all this, I want to loose an additional 50 to 75 pounds (at least), run an 8 minute mile, be able to perform 50 pushups and sit-ups without a break and preferably to military time of under 2 minutes.

Day 1

Hello All.

This is Day one of the rest of my life. Since face book was not doing it for me, I have decided to follow the movie: Julie and Julia" in creating a blog to post my exercise, exercise and the mood of the day. I am excited, but also leery; I am terrible at keeping a journal.

So.... Just like the movie, I am going to post all the pertinent information in hopes of others wanting to follow for encouragement, ideas, just for fun, etc.

I am hopeful that this will help not just myself but others....

BIG Rich (Hopefully not for long)