All about building Muscle

I have changed my focus from losing weight to building muscle. I am now working out 5 to 6 days a week. And I Expect to add some weight with this heavy weight training plan.

My weight loss has stopped essentially. In a month I will be celebrating my one year anniversary of my weight loss journey and I have not decided what to do yet. I am planning on posting pictures as a slide show of pictures from before the journey through the time of my liquid diet, into transition and up through the the current time.

I have Two 5 K walk/runs planned for the coming months. October 4 will be the Ted's Montana Grill 5k Run/Walk and Fun Run. and the Later in October will be the Aids Walk in Atlanta.

I am looking at getting a bicycle. I find that I get really bored of running but a bike will give me more scenery to look at . I hope all is well.

Weight Training and Body Changes

It has been a month since I Blogged because I have considered this Blog a Weight Loss Blog. As of today I am changing the blog to incorporate more of a body change theme rather than a weight loss plan. Since I originally started my plan at Emory I have spent a significant amount of time working with my weights to change my body.

I believe... in order to lose weight you must address your diet. Weight training will not help you lose weight. I have gained a few pounds since I expanded my weight training but my waist is smaller and my clothes fit much better. My body definition is changing everyday.

In the next few weeks I will share what I am doing to change my body.

Week 8 of C25K Training

I have been a bad blogger again. I have completed 7 weeks of my c25k training and I have completed day 1 of week 8. 7 weeks ago I was running a minute and a half at a time. Today I am running 28 minutes at a time.

My legs are getting huge and my body fat is falling away. I made a big mistake and shaved off my goatee. One of the girls I work with told me i look cherubic (like cupid) I would post picts of me but there is no way in hell I am going to post the 12 year old cupid boy that I look like.

I have had some great success since I joined the weight watchers core plan. I get plenty of protein and I have lost at least 5 pounds in three weeks. Saturday is my next weigh in and I expect to have lost a few pounds more.

Hope all is well

Run Fat Boy Run Pt 2

Well this was my first weigh in day after being in weight watchers. I am not expecting to lose a bunch of weight but I need some support and Help with my life long weight management plan. My group leader Melanie is Great.

After a few weeks of some slight increases in diet I lost 4.2 pounds in one week. This rate of loss is not expected to happen long term but it was a good kickstart. I DO not like the scales at WW because I think they are off a little. My scale at home was perfectly set with the scales at Emory. But I am going to adjust my weight to the WW scales for consistency. My beginning WW weight on May 30 was 240.4. My weigh in today was 236.2 a loss of 4.2 pounds regardless of the actual figure a 4.2 pound loss in one week is too good to be true.

Also today was my completion of my longest run yet. I ran for 20 mins without a break. For my friends who are runners that is not a lot but for us couch potatoes. Thats HUGE BABY. Check back in a few days.

LOTS TO REPORT

Since my last post I went on my annual trip to Key West Florida. That was one of the best trips I have ever had. And the best thing is my fat ass could not fit into an airplane seat comfortably. Its such an incredible difference.

I met some new friends there and became re acquainted with some folks I have met before. I gained 0 (zero) pounds while I was on the island. I never over ate. I did drink a little more than I should have. The good thing about Key West is you walk everywhere so problem with drinking. I also ran everyday that I was on vacation except the day I traveled down. The day I got back before I went home I went to the gym.

I am in the middle of week 5 of my c25k training and that should be completed tomorrow. Its getting harder but I am able to tackle it better than I thought.

Last saturday I joined Weight Watchers as I feel that I need ongoing support with weight management. I do not feel that the plan at Emory has provided as much in the maintenance portion as I have in the past and there is no accountablility with their ongoing support. I decided to follow the Core Plan . I will give updates on this as I go along.

I put on a few pounds in the weeks leading up to my vacation. 7 to be exact. So I was around 239. I have reduced that to 234 this week.

Check back for updatest and thanks for your support.

May 20 Training for the 5k continues

I have now completed day two of week three of my c25k training.

Some training sessions are fairly easy and others are not. Today was one of those harder days for some reason. I am two days away from my key west trip and i finally feel that i will have a half way decent "pool body" There will be some jiggle but there will not be any beach whale thoughts.

Hope all is well.