Little Debbie is a Bitch!

So it’s February 15^th (Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad) and its almost 50 degrees out.  Last year this time is about when I started my diet and working out.  My goal, to get to 180-190 pds.  I hit it.  I was in great shape for me.  I was running and lifting and playing softball.  Felt great.  Getting up at 445 to get to the Y to work out 3-4 days a week.  My diet was no pop, lots of water.  Lemonade or a beer at home.  I had a set breakfast and snack.  Lots of fruit and lunch was salad and cottage cheese every day.  NO FAST FOOD.  At night I didn’t eat any junk and didn’t eat after 7pm.  I had a goal of running the 5k at Dam to Dam and to look good at my cousins wedding.  I didn’t really want to look like a penguin.  An actual penguin.  The transformation was great.  I felt better, thought I looked better.  My temperament and stress levels and handling were better. 

Working out I felt less stress on myself.  I got less headaches, and I didn’t get as sick.  I could wake up and not feel 100%, go work out and then come home and shower and I felt like a whole new person.  Then fall and football and holidays hit.  Damn you Little Debbie Christmas trees!  And then add in my mom and wife’s baking and cooking, and not getting to the Y and my bum knee.  And then come now I put on 10-15 pds of the 40 I lost. 

So today with 3 days till my new daughter is born, I’m recommitting again.  I have a 15 year class reunion the day of dam to dam this year, so no go on that.  But I want to play softball again, or some.  I have the healthy active life style I still want to show my children.  This year my son can be in Bam Bam, my daughter is going to be doing things such as dance and she wants to do soccer again.  I want to keep them busy and active (and wear them out :P).

So here we go, I’m going to get the diet going again.  I’m going to get to the Y again 3 to 4 days a week.  I’m going to get back to where I was.  I don’t think it will be easy, it was hard last time, it will be hard again this time too.  But I want to do it.  I don’t have as much to lose to get to my goal this time, but then again, I can always go further.  I still haven’t had a pop since Jan 22, 2010.  As much as I want to blame little debbie, it’s really all on the man in the mirror. 

So body, here I come.  I’m going Ivan Draggo on you!  Without the roids.  (I would say Rocky but he trained in a meat locker and ran up a Russian mountain)

Allergies blow…..

So the past 2 weeks have been rough, physically, mentally and emotionally. Work has been really busy with Wachovia Conversion, program updates and well just busy and taxing mentally and wearing me down. On top of that, allergies are kicking my butt the past 2 weeks. Sneezing and itching eyes and everything else that comes with it is just adding to wearing me down. Really hurting too on me trying to wake up at 445 in the AM to go work out. I was only there 2 days a last week and will be 2 days this week. I need to get my butt going all week next week, otherwise Dam to Dam is going to kick my butt. I am still losing weight though. Weighed in at 198 today. For those who aren’t reading and scoring at home, that is 32 pounds and 13.91% percent lost. So the emotional part involved my wife’s grandfather passing away. It’s been rough and has made us think a lot more about our families, and kids and where we are. Hopefully we will be following through on what we discussed. Softball practice tonight, please rain stay away!!

I can't believe I hit goal #1!

Ok, so since no one is reading, none of you know that I’ve been working out since mid January and dieting to get back to where I was before kids, be in better shape, be more active, and to show my kids a healthier lifestyle. We’ll I haven’t written on it till now, and got the idea from one of Brady’s daycare buddies mom. Hopefully will keep me more on track and reliable.

I missed working out for the past year or so, we had no Y membership and once we got it again for the kids swimming. Well my buddy Jason and I worked out a lot in 2008, then they had an accident and we kind of stopped. Felt like with Brady being a year older, and the kids wanting to do stuff, it was as good as time as any to get back into the swing of things. So a month or so of lifting and running I felt pretty good, and then talked talk to my brother and my nephew and he were on a strict diet for my nephews wrestling and I thought, that might not be so bad for me. I had already stopped drinking pop. Haven’t had one since Jan 22nd. So I started doing salads for lunch with water and cottage cheese and a lot more fruit.

Then my cousin’s fiancé challenged me to do the 5K for Dam to Dam. I thought that was extra motivation to keep this up. Well I’m officially signed up for that, so I HAVE to go through with it.

So roughly 3 and a half months have passed, I’ve had my 32nd birthday. We’ve gone from snow to spring, and I’ve seen a lot of good results, though I’m not yet where I want to be. To go Biggest Loser tracking on you(or whoever may be reading this thing):

Started at:
230
Currently:
200
Lost:
30
Total %:
13.04%

I’ve basically lost a Brady plus a little more. My goal is to get to 180. Right around were I was before finding out ther would be a little girl in our future. If I can get down to less, I’ll take it too, but I’m also lifting to try to get more muscle and tone.

I was really upset I let myself get up to 230, that happened with the 2 pregnancies and a less than active lifestyle of raising 2 little ones. Also when I was at my grandma’s funeral/viewing, an old buddy of my dad’s came up to me and said something like “Put a few on haven’t ya?” That didn’t upset, it motivated me.

I think that’s good for my first post on this subject. I’ll post a picture to see if you can see the difference: the first is from my 32nd birthday party, (didn’t weigh 200 then, was like 210-215ish). The 2nd is from my 31st birthday party.