5 Training Sessions Complete

Tomorrow is my sixth training session.  My body is sore as hell.  Seriously sore.  Also this training has made me very very hungry.  I have to figure out how to deal with it.  I have one week left til my trip to Key West... YAHOO!!!

Run Fat Boy Run- Part 1

I completed my first week of training for the 5 k. I will direct you to the two websites that helped me with this weeks training.

c25k.com and www.ullreys.com/robert/Podcasts/page4/files/category-7.html

The first link tells you about the plan but the podcast that you use while you are actually running is great. Robert's idea for the podcast coach is awesome. I was sweating more than I ever do with my normal workouts.

I completed the first week and now I am getting ready to start on week two. This past week I did the program on Monday Wednesday and Friday but this next week I am changing my days to Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Wednesdays are very difficult from a schedule standpoint for me.



I feel like I did a really bad job of eating yesterday. I just grazed like cattle all day long. With two weeks left to my vacation I am not happy with this. So I am going to have to be extra diligent.

Hope all is well.

My next Challenge 5 k Run

Today I started training for a 5 k run.  Atlanta hosts the Peachtree Road Race (10K) every 4th of July.  The registration is and has been closed but I have decided to train for it anyway.  I am following a plan called Couch to 5 K.    c25k.com

I started my training this morning and I feel great.

Updates to come.  

I have been a bad Blogger

It has been exactly one month since I have written and that is not a good blogger. The last month for me personally and professionally has been a struggle. Its also a good example of what can happen to your health if you do not make it a priority. I have maintained my weight loss for most of the month without a major issue but in the last week I have put on about 6 pounds or so. Some of this is water weight. Too many carbohydrates and no enough green vegetables. Some of my bad habits are creeping in and it took me a few weeks to start realizing it and to decide to adjust it.

I was at a bike rally this week and healthy eating and bike rallies just do not mix. The general atmosphere is eat, DRINK and be stupid. Alcohol is adding too much to my caloric intake.

Carbohydrates have also been creeping in. To much bread and to many french fries. I have discussed this before. Carbs are not good for ME. They cause a trigger which makes me eat and I have let them in. Not the good carbs but the bad ones have "come a creepin back in".

I have 30 days til my trip. I weigh about 238. In 30 days I want get down to 220. I made that plan originally a month ago and thought I was Ironman. Well Iron weighs a lot. I admit I have an issue with carbs and will cut out the processed carbs... I will also give up my Pizza (oh how hard that will be) and I will give up any trips to diners.

This month will be a clean month. Lean protein. Bison and Chicken- Green and yellow veggies- and I will start using meal replacements to streamline my health.

Physical activity- The gym has always been my friend. The treadmill has become monotonous to me. I have not been good about my aerobic activity. This is hanging as well.

I have seen some great improvements in muscle mass however.
Check back in a week or so for an update.

March 22- Two months to Key West

May 22nd, My Friend Greg and I leave for my annual trip to Key West. My weigh loss focus has changed some in the last month or so. The numbers on the scale are important for my overall health but my health and the appearance I believe is a better indicator of health. My weight is fluctuating within about 2 pounds everyday. I do not feel that I am losing weight anymore. Since being able to return to a full schedule of lifting I find my focus has shifted to doing that. Lifting and is more important than just getting the numbers on the scale to be smaller. I am reassessing my goals.

Yes I would love to be able to say I have lost 100 pounds (209 would accomplish this), but this 209 goal was designed so I can say that I lost 100 pounds, not for any other purpose.

I still want to lose the weight. But my goals are going to be smaller. so 10 pounds by April 30. Which will put be around 220 or less.

Thanks for the comments.

77 days til Key West!!!

Every year I take a trip to Key West with a small group of friends. There is a core group of three that generally go but this year only two of us are going and I think we are just going to keep it that way this year. The Trip is paid for and Greg and I are both trying to get ready for pool time in Key West. Well I have been working on Key West for about a year and a half now and I am excited about my weight loss but I would like to lose another 20 pounds. My weight has fluctuated this week by about 2 pounds on a daily basis and I have had NO time in the gym in a few days. In Atlanta right now there is a flu like illness that seems to be going around and I had it a few weeks ago. I feel well but I am still congested. I have been disappointed with my gym performance this week. First. I have had little time to hit the gym. Second when I have been to the gym I have been preoccupied with work and third I have little energy when i actually get into the gym.

I am going to make some changes beginning in the morning. GYM comes first. Aerobics come first at the gym and I will do Resistance exercises four days a week. I currently do them 6 days a week. I think this is wearing me down while I have this ongoing chest congestion. I hope to make this adjustment for a few weeks and then resume my previous level of exercise.

I have started reading a new book on weight loss recommended to me by my friend Chris who is following a similar path that I am. He is on the Optifast plan but he is continuing the Liquid phase longer than I did (this is very common). He has also limited his resistance exercise while he is very strong on his cardio work (much more than I).

The Beck Diet Solution (Judith S Beck Ph D.) deals with Cognitive Therapy and Weight Loss and teaches you how to think like a thin person. Expect Mini Book Reports in future weeks.