Day Fifty-Eight

Now my size 38 jeans are getting loose! It wont be too long before they start falling off of me!

Sunday's the big 60 day weigh-in, so I gotta push hard for that.... I should be closing in on 30 lbs lost. During the past couple of days Ive been going through my closet finding clothes that I haven't worn in a bit, some of them are starting to fit me better. I've even been digging through clothes that I packed away years ago, at the pace I'm going it'll be another 4-6 weeks before they fit me again. Some of these clothes I haven't worn in 8 or 9 years! I always kept them cause I figured some day I'm gonna lose weight and get back in 'em. Up until 2 months ago that seemed like a pipe dream, now with each passing day it's becoming reality.

Day Fifty-Seven

I started working at an internship today, it's gonna take up a lot of my free time... But I still found the time for 2 one hour workout sessions. My schedule's in flux and there may be days when I just won't have time to workout in the morning or night, I'll only have time to workout during lunch. Depending on how early I have to be at the internship I may have to get up as early as 5:30 to have enough time to workout, which means only about 3.5 hours of sleep of night, which I could do, but it's just not healthy... I'll just have to see what my schedule is, I may have to be content with only working out at lunch.

The good news is if I do that point, it'll only be for about a month or so. I've already establish my routine, I've already gotten to the point of enjoying working out, I've gotten through the hard part. All the times I've failed at a diet or exercise routine before something's come along and disrupted my schedule but it's been disrupted early on in the program, when I haven't reached the point I'm at now. Now I'll do anything to get my workout in (including bringing clothes to work) whereas before my schedule would get disrupted and I'd gladly stop working out and eating healthy. So, despite the change in schedule I'm in prime position to stay focused and remain in track for P90.

WEEK EIGHT

It's official - I'm workout guy! I'm at the point now where I look forward to working out and I gotta workout at least twice, once in the morning and again at night. I was talking to my brother and he just couldn't fathom actually enjoying a workout, I told him that it's taken 8 weeks to finally get to this point. The first 2 weeks I really had to force myself to workout, then the next couple of weeks it got a little easier but it wasn't automatic. Then it took another 2 or so before it became automatic, I still didn't enjoy it but I didn't have to force myself, I just got up and did it. Then in the last week or so it's like a switch flipped: I enjoy working out!

Last Sunday was my off day and I wanted to workout, I had to force myself to not workout! So, now I look forward to working out in the morning, I'm bringing clothes to work so I can workout again on my lunch break, and I drive home fast to get in another workout before I go to bed at night. Everyday the workouts get a little easier, I can push myself a little harder, increase the intensity just a little bit, do an extra rep or two.

To answer my brother: After I workout I fell energized, I fell a good sort-of tired, like you feel after a hard but good day at work, I feel like I've sweated out toxins, my mind feels clearer, I can focus again, stress and tension melt away and I just feel like I'm ready to do anything.

This journey is a slow climb up a steep hill but at least now I'm enjoying the ride.

Day Fifty-Six

I'm loving this working out at work thing! With school and other projects Im working on there may be days when Im so busy that working out on my lunch break may be my only option, there'll be days when I have to leave the house so early and get back so late that I just wont have time to workout before or after work, so it's nice to know that I can do it at work during my lunch. I just have to remember to bring my shoes and an extra pairs of socks! The last 2 days I forgot to bring my sneakers so I had to work out in my socks, which was fine its just that they were all sweaty from working out so I walked around barefoot for awhile until I found a pair of my sandles hidden in my desk! I must forget my shoes alot if I have a pair of backup sandles hidden in my desk!

Day Fifty-Five

Brought a change of clothes to work and I worked out for about 20min on my lunch break. I was just getting warmed up and had to stop to get back to work :(.... next time I gotta bring my lunch, eat it earlier, around 6 or so before I actually go on my break and then I can have the bulk of an hour to get in at least 40 min. Oh well! There's always tomorrow. I think I am getting addicted to this whole workout thing!

Day Fifty-Four

Sunday, day off! Relaxing is great, I feel great, I feel like I could workout if I wanted to, but I think its important to stick with the program, I think having a rest day is important, even though I feel like I don't need one, its important to not over do it, let my body rest up so I can get back to it on Monday. I dont wanna go to hard and risk either getting hurt or worse burning myself out and then not working out for a couple of days, which then would become a couple of weeks, and then Im right back where Im started. So, Ill rest up and get ready to hit the ground running tomorrow.

Day Fifty-Three

I think I'm nearing the point of becoming addicted to working out... I'm definitely at the point of not even questioning working out, its totally automatic, when I wake up I know its something Im gonna do. But for about the last week or so Ive gotten to the point of not even being able to conceive of NOT working out. I think in about a week or two I'll reach the point of being a full blown work-out-oholic! All this in just 2 short months! I cant wait what the last 30 days have in store!

Day Fifty-Two

Some of the other guys at work yesterday got mexican food from this restaurant that I used to really like. The food is incredibly greasy, incredibly, cheesy and incredibly good. But watching them eat it I was kinda disgusted, I actually had no desire to have any of it. I knew how it would make me feel and I knew that I dont want that feeling from food anymore. That sluggish, full, weighted down feeling. So I had a veggie burger from Burger King with a side salad instead of fries. All together it was around 500 cals, and I felt full and happy afterwards.

Day Fifty-One

I worked out for 2.5 hours yesterday and when I woke up this morning my back was so sore, but I fought through that pain and about halfway through my morning workout I felt better. Afterwards any pain I had was gone. So one at work said that the human body is the only machine that gets better the more you use it. The transformation I'm going through is really amazing, I cant wait to start running!

Day Fifty

At the end of last night's episode of The Biggest Loser they showed clips of the upcoming season and for the first time theyre bringing on actual Marine drill sgts and having the contestants train in a real boot camp style, complete with 20 mile hikes with full packs- theyre gonna be training like real Marines train. So, I've been thinking I need to kick it up a notch. Once I hit day 60 I'm gonna increase the intensity and duration of my workouts, Im already nearly at 2 hours a day but I think I can do more, but not just more but by more efficient. I have to keep pushing myself if I hope to avoid hitting any kind of walls or plateaus, Ive been lucky that I havent yet, and I think its because every 2 weeks I ratchet up my workouts, so I need to keep that going, at least until the end of these 90 days, then I can stabilize my workouts for a few months before moving on to P90X.

WEEK SEVEN

Ive already begun planning for life after P90, specifically how im going to continue to lose weight and remain healthy. Which I guess is the whole point, its not just about these 90 days but about the rest of my life. I feel like these 90 days are a foundation upon which I can build anything. And not just in terms of working out and living healthy but doing whatever I want: get a better job, continue with school, make another movie, move across country, whatever, as long as I put my mind to it and am willing to do the hard work I can achieve anything! That's the greatest benefit of the program, all the weight-loss, increased energy and flexibility are great but the feeling that once I conquer these 90 days I can conquer anything is truly empowering! And really, after having the program kick my ass for 90 days everything else is gonna seem like child's play!

Day Forty-Nine

The newest season of The Biggest Loser started tonight. In seasons past I'd start watching, feel inspired for a bit than the feeling would start to wane, then I'd see how much these people were losing and then I'd stop watching because watching just reminded me of my failure. Well, I started watching again and I did feel inspired but now I'm starting in a place where I've already begun succeeding in weight loss. So, anything for continued inspiration. 7 weeks down 6 to go!

Day Forty-Eight

Well, I heard that the rumors at work are that I'm off the shit list at work... Either they finally realized my value to the company and that they cant get rid of me or someone else is higher up on the list than me, if I had to guess I'd say the latter... But this changes nothing as far as I'm concerned, I'm still sticking with the program, I'm still working hard at school, I'm still looking for another job, I'm still working on bettering myself and getting out of here. Ever since my review and being put on probation I have noticed they've toned down the rhetoric, maybe they moved on to something else, maybe they're busy with all the upgrades we're doing, maybe they realized I don't care about this place and calling me into meetings all the time serves no purpose.

Anyway... I always enjoy my Monday workout, after resting up on Sunday I can always kill it on Monday, soon I'll be killing it everyday!

Day Forty-Seven

Enjoying my day off! I woke up early this morning and have been goin ever since... It's nice to have energy get caught up on things like laundry, homework, cleaning my car, etc... I'm only on about 5 hours sleep and I feel fine, I don't need a nap like I would've before. On days like today I feel 10 years younger! And even though it is my day off I have so much energy I feel like maybe doing a light workout when I get home tonight... we'll see... either way it is nice to rest up before the start of another long week.

Day Forty-Six

Everyone at work is so proud of me. I told 'em how much I had lost and a few of 'em started clapping! It all felt really cool. But I don't wanna start celebrating yet. They're the guys in the sports department so I told 'em it's like celebrating at halftime, you may be up 23-0 but if you start slacking you could let the other come back and win. So, I have to stay more focused than ever, keep doin' what I'm doin', take it one day at a time and before I know it I'll be writing my blog for day 90.

HALFWAY POINT

Just a quick note to say that yesterday was day 45, the halfway point, so this morning I weighed-in.
45 days ago I weighed 282 lbs, this morning I weighed 259, which is a loss of 23 lbs.
At this pace I'll easily meet one of my goals of losing 50 lbs by graduation. I'm sure the pace of my weight loss will slow as my metabolism adjusts and I gain more muscle mass, so when that happens I don't want to get discouraged, so I don't wanna get too excited about having lost so much in 45 days... But it does feel great!

After the 90 days end in November I wanna start running and try to do a 10K by the end of the year. I'll be at least 50 lbs down and have 2 months to train, but I think that's my next big goal. 10K by the end of 2010.

Day Forty-Five

Halfway point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I may sound like a broken record, but with each passing day sticking to my routine gets easier and easier. Working out in the morning has almost become automatic, resisting food like pizza and cheeseburgers is a little tougher but I'm getting there. A lot of people now are noticing the weight loss and increase in energy and my general positive attitude. Everyone wants to know how I'm doing it, what's my secret- it feels really good to tell them that I'm doing it the old fashioned way, eating a lot less and working out a lot more. Everyone's proud and that's the best motivation.

My halfway point weight-in will be tomorrow morning, but again I don't wanna focus on just lbs, I really wanna focus on getting healthy and staying active. So, no matter how much I lost I can feel good that I haven't missed a day, that I'm way healthier now than I was 45 days ago an I've taken the first step in permanently changing my lifestyle.

Day Forty-Four

The P90 program comes w/ a bonus disk called "Fat Burning Express". I remember trying to do it years ago when I first got the program... I had just started the program and it was way to intense for me, I don't think I even finished the one time. So, last night I busted it out, and it was just as intense as I remember, but this time I got through it. It starts w/ 3 or 4 minutes of strech and yoga and then goes into 30 straight minutes of cardio- no breaks, then 3 minutes of cool down/stretch. After I did it last night for the first time I was drenched in sweat, just dripping... and I felt great! Great just because I finished it for the first time, but great the way I always feel after my workouts. So, I'm gonna add this bonus workout to my regular routine.

I'm reminded of that stupid phrase used by simple-minded people in middle management always say when they cant think of anything original or clever to say to motivate employees, its trite and cliche but I think it applies to me in this case: "You gotta work smarter not harder". Before I was focused on working out 1, 1 1/2, 2 or 2 1/2 hours, but some of those hours were on the wii fit which isn't that intense. So instead of working to some number like 2 hours a day my new focus is doing this intense extra workout, which is only 30 mins. So, from now on it's the P90 routine in the morning for 40 mins +20 mins of wii fit. Then at night it's this intense "Fat Burning Express" for 30 mins. So, it'll only be an hour and a half a day, but it'll be a really intense hour and a half.

Day Forty-Three

I'm really pushing it hard for my weigh-in on Saturday... I worked out for an hour this morning, and it was a bit more intense than I usually do, and now I'm getting ready to do another hour... I busted out alot of my homework so tomorrow on my day off I wanna try and do 3 hours... I'll spread it out over 3 one-hour sessions so I don't kill myself, but I definitely wanna hit it hard before Saturday.

WEEK SIX

I was talking to my friend Justin the other day and I was telling him how I'm coming up to the halfway point, he said that it seems like it was just yesterday when I came up with the idea of doing P90. It seems so simple, you can change your life so much in just 90 days. It's little steps that you take every single day that end up having enormous impact.

He's a filmmaker and I related the process I'm going through of getting healthy and changing my lifestyle to making a movie. I've heard over and over from many people that they have a great movie idea but then that's it, they never make the movie, they never write the script, it never gets past the idea phase. Making a movie is a daunting task involving hundreds of steps and dozens of people. It can be overwhelming, especially to people that have never made a movie before, most people don't know where to start so they never do. That's why most filmmakers start by making shorts or music videos, they're a way to learn the process on a small scale that can then translate to a larger scale. Eating right and exercising is the same. To live a healthy lifestyle can be a bit overwhelming, at first, but it's doing a little bit everyday, breaking in down into small steps, making smart choices day after day and not getting discouraged when you slip up. So I look at these 90 days as a short film, a sort of trial run that will give me the tools and skills to help translate these 90 days to the feature-length film that is the rest of my life.

As in filmmaking, it's the little victories that end making a successful film. It's the day when the light is perfect or an actor is on fire or when the cameraman pulls off an amazing move. Those are the days you live for as a filmmaker. Doing the P90 it's days like today when I say "no" to free (junk) food at work or when I push myself and run a bit farther than before or do 1 more push-up than yesterday or go one more day without a soda. By taking small steps you've accomplished something that you thought impossible: you've made a movie or changed your lifestyle.

Day Forty-Two

I'm proud of myself. Today at the station Chic-Fil-A brought in sandwiches for everyone in the newsroom. Alas they were all breaded chicken sandwiches, so I said "no" and just ate the fruit they had brought. Everyone was proud of me, but no one was prouder than myself. Again, I probably could've eaten the sandwich and been fine but it was what it represented more than anything that I said "no" too. If I had eaten it it would've made it easier to eat the next time they brought in junk food, and then easier and easier, and before you know it I'm right back where I started eating whatever I want all the time.

I remember seeing money advice on CNBC or CNN or something, they said if you feel like buying something, stop, think about it and sleep on it for 24 hours, if you still want it after 24 hours then go ahead and get it. I've adapted this philosophy for food. If I really want to eat something, I just stop, think about the consequences, give it an hour or two and then if I still want it, I'll eat it, but in most cases (like today with the chicken sandwich) I let the momentary desire pass and when it did I felt good. If I can just keep it up for 48 more days I'll be well on my way to making those decisions a part of my lifestyle.

Day Forty-One

For the briefest of moments I thought about sleeping in this morning and waiting to do my workout after work- but I shrugged it off, I knew that would set a dangerous precedent. So, I got up and did the full 40 min routine (didn't have time for any more, but I'll do at least another half hour tonight).

Friday marks the halfway point so I really wanna kill it this week for my weigh-in. Today also represents the first full week of starting the longer, higher intensity workouts. Again, it's gotten a little easier, I can push myself a little more and get through the entire workout more easily. And, I LOVE YOGA! I've increased my flexibility and endurance so the yoga isn't as hard as it was 6 weeks ago. I'm still not as limber as Tony and the other guys on the DVD but I'm gettin' there!

Day Forty

Well, had a bit of a bad night last night. I went out and had 4 drinks over the course of the night, which by themselves were only about 250 cals. But after the club a bunch of us went to 5 and Diner, where I had the turkey club and fries. I just drank water and fortunately the fires were so old and stale that I only had a few of them. On the upside it was so late that it was early and I didn't eat breakfast this morning. All in all I don't think I ate that many extra cals, I'm just upset that I ate late and I let having a good time cloud my judgement and have a few more drinks than I wanted which ended up leading to the eating late.

On a funny note, while at the club I wanted to dance but I couldn't! I took a change of clothes to work but forgot to bring a belt, the pants I wore didn't even fit me 6 weeks, now they're way too loose! I didn't think of bringing a belt, so I had to spend most of the night with my hands in my pockets, secretly holding my pants up! Bopping and nodding my head, I'm sure I made quite the sight!

Day Thirty-Nine

About 3 or 4 months ago I was thinking of finding a therapist, or a psychologist or psychiatrist (still not sure of what the difference is)... either way I was not feeling good, nothing made me happy, I just seemed depressed all the time. Its a feeling that I get from time to time every few months and this time it seemed really pronounced. I was scrolling through all the doctors in my network to see who was near, what their speciality was, etc. Well I never went... my biggest hesitation is that I don't want to be put on any drugs, but if I really do suffer from a chemical imbalance and it's for the best than who am I to question modern science?

Fast Forward to now and I feel great! I've been told this all my life but never payed attention to it and never really believed up 'cause I never experienced it.... until now. A healthy body leads to a healthy mind. There really is something to the mind-body connection... I was eating garbage and so of course my body felt it, but more importantly my mind did too.

That's the biggest change I've noticed... Within a week my body started feeling better, more energy, sleeping better, but now after almost 6 weeks my mind is felling better. It's like a fog has lifted, I can think clearer, I'm not in a haze or funk all the time anymore, and my depression is gone. Life is good again! I feel like this whole process is a total body and make over, soon I'll look good and be healthy on the inside as well as the outside.

Day Thirty-Eight

I didnt get a chance to blog yesterday since my wifi was acting all wonky....

But just a quick line to say that I worked out for 2.5 hours yesterday again. Which is my new record! I was exhausted and my feet killed me. I slept good and woke up this morning refreshed and ready to go. I'm not that sore, my recovery time is great.... In a bit I'll do today's workout and relax as I'm done for the week. One more week till I'm halfway through the program!

Day Thirty-Seven

I did work out again last night, so that made it 2 hours yesterday, I worked out for an hour earlier today and I'm getting ready to do another hour. It feels like anything less than an hour seems like a waste. An hour is so easy it almost seems like its barely worth it, so I gotta do an hour and half to 2.

I happened upon a P90X commercial last night and one of the guys said something that I think captures my philosophy. He was talking about how easy the program is, how you don't have to do anything 'cause it's all been figured out for you already, the exercises, the diet plan, its all there and then he said all you have to do is pop a dvd in and push play everyday. In a very real sense that sums up my goal. My goal isn't to get through 90 days, my goal is to get through one day: today. And then when I succeed at that just repeat it 89 more times. So that's my goal: just push play everyday, just get through today's workout, don't worry about  how many days to go, or how hard the program is taken as a whole, or how many pounds I lost this week vs. last week, just worry about today, just worry about the 40 minutes of the routine, and worry about tomorrow tomorrow.

Day Thirty-Six

Worked out for an hour this morning, gettin ready to workout again, so no time to type! It's my day off, so I have to myself harder while I have the time.

WEEK FIVE

I can officially say that this is the longest I've ever been on a diet or exercise plan. And honestly id doesn't seem that long, and more importantly I will like I'm starting to get over a kind of hump and making the transition to long term lifestyle change. I don't have to force myself to workout in the morning as much as I had to 5 weeks ago, I don't eat anymore late at night, I maybe have one diet soda a day (as opposed to 3+), I don't eat as much red meat as before, I'm eating a lot more fruits and vegetables, I'm drinking so much water I have to pee 5 times a day! But the best part is that I don't feel deprived or like I'm sacrificing. For the most part I'm eating what I like, I'm just being sensible about it. I enjoy working out and I like all the positive feedback I'm getting. I have more energy and I don't need to take naps during the day, I don't feel "blah" like a I did all the time and when I did get a cold this past weekend, it only lasted a day and a half instead of the 3 or 4 it would've lasted in my pre P90 days.

So with 5 weeks down and 8 to go I feel like failure is not even a possibility. I'm not getting tripped up like I have in the past, I have very strong motivation (motivation that goes beyond just losing weight or getting healthy), I have a great support network that I didn't have before and most importantly I honestly say for the first time that I believe in myself, I believe I can do this. I may have told myself that in the past but I never truly believed it, until now.

At this point is not a question of "can I succeed?" I know I will, it's just a matter of doing my days - 35 down, 55 to go

Day Thirty-Five

I stayed up late getting caught up on my reading for school, so I woke up late this morning, which means another late night workout session, which is fine, Ive been staying up till 2 or 3 so time's really not a factor, i'm just mad that I won't be able to workout as much today, I've been good about doing an hour in the morning and at least another half hour at night, but tonight all I'll have time for is the 40 min of P90.

Day Thirty-Four

I feel better than ever! The day of rest and nyquil did wonders! So this morning I worked out for an intense 40 min routine than did so moderate aerobics for 20 for a total of an hour. Tonight I'll do at least another 20. The last couple of days I really didn't feel good and working out didn't make me feel any better, so today it was nice to workout and get that "good" feeling afterwards. I'm alot sticking to my plan of eating a bit more, including protein bars, drinking lots of water and taking my multi-vitamain. I'm the past whenever I'd get sick it'd last 3-4 days or more. This time I was really only sick for a bout a day and a half. So I think my immune system has gotten a boost from all the fruit and veggies I'm eating.

I read that it takes, on average 66 days to form a habit like working out on a regular basis, that is it takes that long before you longer have to force yourself to work out and it just becomes routine. If that's true I'm halfway there. But for me I think I may have already reached that point. This morning I still had to kinda force myself, but not much, my friend Justin is right, if I ever were to miss a day I'd totally regret it, but I have yet to once regret having worked out. I just try and keep that in my head in the morning when I think about skipping a day.

Day Thirty-Three

A wonderful day of rest! It's official I'm sick. I was feeling so bad last night that I knew my aches and pains were more than just from working out. So I've been taking dayquil/nyquil and I'm starting to feel alot better. By tomorrow I should be 100% for when I resume my workouts. I just have to remember to take my vitamins, eat my protein shakes/bars, make sure I eat right, not kill myself and hit the pool when I can.

Day Thirty-Two

Ugh, I feel horrible!  I think I ive overdone the last couple of days- wed 2 hours, thurs an hour, yest. an hour and a half and today 40 min, and the last 2 days have been at the more intense level 2 of the program. Add to that the fact that I ate a lot less before I reached the 30 day mark and my weigh in. Also I havent been eating any protein shakes or bars after my workouts like I should, so I think this is really killing my energy and recovery time. I'm so glad I'm switching my day off to Sunday 'cause I'm really gonna need a day to rest and recover. With the more intense workouts I think I'm gonna throttle back on doing wiifit for at least a week or so, so I don't kill myself. I'm also gonna make sure I eat enough protein before and after my workouts. I also used to hit the pool after my workouts, I think that really helped with the soreness, I just havent had time, but I think I need to work that back into my routine. Until then I feel like taking hot bath for about 12 hours!

This next week is gonna be tough!

Day Thirty-One

It's the start of e new month so that means I go to the next higher level of the program. The workouts are longer (40 mins of cardio vs 30) and more intense (the pace is faster). After I did the routine I worked out on the wii for 20 more minutes to get to an hour. I was spent! I haven't been this tired after my workout in weeks! But I guess that's the whole point! When I first started the program it was this tough, after 30 days it was getting a bit too easy so I guess Tony's onto something with his program!

MONTH ONE

So, I've reached a milestone of sorts. I've been on my diet/exercise routine for one month now, I've seen some great results (16lbs lost, more energy, sleeping better etc) and have gotten some compliments (just today the sports guys said that it looked like "my clothes were hanging off me") and I've gotten great support from all my friends, family and coworkers (big shout out to Justin who texts me everyday to ask how I did and really keeps me going! and of course Shannon too, who's comments mean alot to me! thank you everyone!) But the hardest part is yet to come...

Everone's been asking if I'm gonna celebrate this one month milestone, I said there's nothing to celebrate... yet... The upcoming week is the test, I've never been on a diet or exercise routine past 30 or so days, so for me the real milestone is 30 days plus a week. As great as I feel, and as great as my accomplishment is, so far, I can't focus on celebrating or relaxing yet, theres still alot to do.

I've started the P90 program before, I've done Atkin's multiple times, I've had a regular routine of using the treadmill and wii-fit before, I've lost 20-30 lbs before, but I've always failed to make a lasting change, I've always failed to make it a lifestyle choice. I've gained all that I've lost and then some. I've always hit a wall around the one month mark. The last month has been relatively easy, I've done it before, the real challenge is month two, the real test is making the transition from diet to lifestyle change, from short term weight loss goals to long term life change. That's my challenge as I enter month 2.

So, the easy part's over, now it's time to get to work!

More Day Thirty

I woke up really sore this morning from my 2 hour workout the night before. For about 10 seconds I thought: "I'll relax, take it east, recover this morning and workout tonight when I get home from work." After mulling it over I than said, "fuck that, time to workout!" So, I ate breakfast, waited about an hour than sucked it up and powered through my workout.

I just keep telling myself, over and over in my head:

THERE IS NO WAY I WILL ALLOW MYSELF TO FAIL

It's worked for a third of the program, let's keep it up for the other 2 thirds!

Day Thirty

Just a quick note that I did weigh myself this morning...
(although technically I should weigh myself at the end of day for it to be a full 30 days)
... anyway I'm down to 266, that's a 16lb loss in a month!
And I'm sure I probably lost more fat since I've increased my muscle mass.

More Day Twenty-Nine

Just wanted to say that between working out in the morning and just now I worked out for a total of 2 hours today! That's my new record! Stay tuned as I keep working to break it!

Day Twenty-Nine

Day 29! Almost a third of the way-thru!!!!!!!

I met a friend for lunch at a burger joint. They had grilled chicken so I was good and got that (with no mayo of course). They had something on the menu called "The Godzilla". Out of curiosity I asked about it. It was a double cheeseburger with pastrami and roast beef on it. Even at my fattest, most gluttonous, pre-P90 days I would've found that disgusting! When she told me what was on it, I almost had to throw up, the thought of eating that much food and that much red meat was just repugnant. So much for my dad's idea of moderation! So I'm glad I got out of there with grilled chicken!