Awesome Weekend

It has been an awesome weekend! Three days off, no work, and great workouts! We have had some wonderful family time, my girls are the best! My workouts consisted of 35 min on the treadmill, 35 min on the elliptical, and 32 min on the stationary bike. The cardio is great, don't get me wrong, I can really feel it in my body and heart . I am looking forward to hitting the weights again once I hit 250! Also I am so looking forward to hitting the trails on the mountain bike this spring, and out of the gym! So thank you everyone for your help in keeping me going on my journey! Well it is time to get some sleep, goodnight moon!


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I'm Back!

Ok, well it has been a while since I have posted any progress or basically posted anything on my journey blog. This has not been because I fell off the wagon or took a break from my journey, basically it had to do with time and pride. The time issues just because there never seems to be enough hours in the day and what free time I have is for my girls. Inorder to solve this and get back to posting along my journey an iPhone app was needed. That way I can post from anywhere.

The pride issue stems from the man that I used to be and how far I let myself fall. Recently I have found a lot of my Marine brothers on Facebook, which is very good. But it has been a slap in the face when I look in the mirror and think about the shape that I used to be in. Yes, I was big in the Corps, my callsign was Chunks, but I was 110 pounds lighter and in shape. So I just have to suck it up and realize why I am doing this journey again. I am making a lifestyle change to get back into shape and reclaim my health. I have two beautiful daughters to see through life!

So look forward to more frequent updates from me. By the way to those who have been paying attention I am down to 268.5 from 306, a total of 37.5 pounds. I feel great, I can run with my girls again! Only 62.5 pounds to go to hit my goal. Also to any of my Marine buddies that want to come to Colorado in the fall for a race, the annual Warriors Dash is going to be my first, post being fat, race. Viking hats and fur pants are optional! Semper Fi!


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I did not fall off the wagon!

Ok, to those of you who don't already know, I had an accident at work last month that burned my right hand and put me on light duty for awhile. It was a very stressful time with taking care of myself and dealing with the investigation that went along with the accident. Well I am healed, the flight hardware I was working on is fine and delivered, and I am back online.

There has been some amazing progress on my journey, the weight loss slowed down, but I am still on track to reach my goal on time. I am currently down to 281 pounds, so that is a total loss of 25 pounds! The biggest news is that I had to go clothes shopping. I was in 46" waist pants (see I told everyone I was fat) and could only find pants in the big and tall section or online. Now I am wearing 42" waist comfortably and can shop where the "normal" people shop. In the shirt section I was wearing 3XL and my choice of clothes was again very limited, now I am in 2XL and the options are very opened up.  I was able to walk into the UnderArmor store and find the shirt I wanted in the color I wanted and it fit.

I don't know if this was far to Laura or not, but I have asked her that during my journey that no one but me buys me clothes. I have some stuff from my fall from in shape to fat that we have saved and I am looking forward to breaking that out again. There is one shirt in particular that I can not wait to wear again, it is this electric blue and yellow Hawaiian shirt that I look so good in, hopefully Laura hasn't gotten rid of it. 

So I am back online, continuing on my journey. I will keep everyone posted. 75 more pounds to go and I feel wonderful. Also as a side note I am so looking forward to my 50 pound reward from Laura, WoooHooo!

Peace to everyone this Christmas/Holiday/Winter season. Kiss your kids/dogs! Cuddle with your significant other and remember everything in moderation!

This next week is going to be a trying week. I am heading out on travel for about a week. The good news is that my hotel has a pretty good fitness center. I also got approval to go to the market to get my food, I don't have to try and stick to my diet eating out 3 meals a day. Wish me luck in sticking with the program.

Kind of had a rough week! I could use an emotional pick me up! Work has me stressed out and it has affected my mood and workouts. I could tell by the lack of weight loss, only one pound this week. So 287 pounds, 19 lost overall since Oct. 1st. The good news is that my clothes are a little more baggy!

Oh yeah my weight is 288lbs, 2 lbs last week, and 18 lbs total in a month!

Official weigh-in tonight went well, especially after pizza and candy on Halloween. So I have to wonder if it would have been better if I would have stuck strictly to my diet? Many people have told me that I shouldn't deprive myself because the diet won't work. I don't think this is depriving myself, it is a life style change, a choice, I want to live to see my daughters grow up! If that means no mountain dew and cutting back on sharp cheddar cheese, then that is a very small price to pay!