So…here’s what I don’t understand…how is it that blogging can be so much harder than working out or eating right?! It seems like I got into a routine with the eating and it has pretty much become second nature…working out has become something I just do…but after 30 straight days of writing a blog something in me said “F that shit…it’s too hard!” Really? Too hard?! Man I have problems. Well, I have problems besides the blogging…the eating and working out. Kind of ironic that I wanted to start my blog this way since tonight I chose to not work out and just write my blog – beginning my workout at 11pm doesn’t really help matters, but something about sitting on the couch with Abbey and just chillaxin for an evening is SOOO much better than sweating my B’s off in the office!
Last week I got down to 220 and it was a really good feeling. Oh yeah, by the way…Abbey and I decided that my official starting weight was 245 because everyday that I weighed myself before I started the P90Xperience I was 245 or 246…at one point, as Abbey kindly reminded me last week, I got up right around 250 and that was the point where I said …whoa! So, with that in mind I have lost as much as 25 pounds so far….YEAH! I’ve been a lot less strict about what I’m eating, but still (I think) staying in control. I’ve had a few “binge” nights here and there, but that’s the real world. I’m going to eat shit some days and others I’ll eat damn healthy – what I haven’t been good about lately is realizing that if I’m going to eat shit…I need to work out!
Today, a coworker was talking to me about The Biggest Loser. She said, “I really think that show needs to be on everyday because how can you NOT workout when you watch it?!” I said, “Pretty easily..actually while Abbey and I were watching it last night we polished off about half a pan of rice crispy treats.” Let me just tell you…these were some damn good rice crispy treats. Like take the best rice crispy treats you’ve ever had…smoke a pound of weed…then smoke one more pound and that’s what these tasted like. *I’m just assuming that would make them taste REALLY good…you know munchies and all…I’ll ask my neighbor next time – it’s probably what he smokes during his lunch break 
Point is this…I told myself…I’m good, we went on a 3mile walk today AND I’m going to do Plyometrics tonight so I’ll really sweat. Abbey and I caught up on the DVR shows and working out desire went away.
I DID wake up early and do 20 minutes of Interval X + which is a great workout; but it’s REALLY good in it’s entirety. It’s really hard to wake up early and workout…especially doing a workout like Interval! When I got home from work we went for a walk (about 1.5 miles); we cut it short since Abbey had already been on two 3+ mile walks today. When we got home from that I grabbed the mp3 player, stretched and went for my run. 2 weeks ago I decided that I was going to run the Toyota 10K on Flying Pig Weekend. A friend of mine gave me a small training schedule which I am loosely following, but my goal is to get up to a 6.2 mile run before the day of the event AND to complete it in less than 45 minutes. Sunday was my first run…I ran almost exactly 1 mile – and I was pretty winded. I also did it in just under 10 minutes. On my run today I wanted to go further…so I did! I ran to the Remke on Dixie Hwy…through their parking lot and back to my house – a total of 1.79 miles! Almost an entire extra mile than I did on Sunday…that’s AWESOME! The best news…I did it in 15 minutes which means that I’m averaging an 8.3 minute mile! I may have found the beginning of my running mix too…First song – Bedrock “call me Mr. Flintstone, I can make your bedrock girrrrllll”….Second song – blah Blah Blah “people they talkin like blah blah blah”….I shuffled around found something I had never heard then struggled till I got to my Third song – Rude Boy “come here rude boy boy are you big enough, come here rude boy boy can you give it up” – good stuff.
Running is so mental…if I can’t hear myself huffing and puffing like Cheech and Chong I don’t realize that I’m out of breath! If there is music going I block out other noises and tend to think about the songs and anything else BUT the fact that I shouldn’t be able to run 2 miles! Once I got home I came inside to check my time then went right back outside…the look on my face, Abbey probably thought that I was going to go out and puke…but I just didn’t want to drip too much sweat inside and it was really hot compared to outside. Needless to say, to quote Michael from the biggest loser, “I was sweating like Tiger Woods in divorce court!”
When I look at pictures from Day 1 compared to this week…it’s a pretty big difference, but still some room for improvement. My sister and my wife tend to think that I don’t need to lose anymore weight because I’ll lose it in my face and then I’ll look sick, but I disagree. I have less than 20 days left of my P90Xperience (I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT) and I’m going to try and push as hard as I can to get to my “new” goal weight of 215. To say that I lost 30 pounds in 90 days without a trainer or gym membership is something that I can definitely be proud of. I still think 200 – 205 is where I should be and maybe I’ll get there someday, but we’ll see how it works out for me. People have been asking me…”What are you going to do after it’s all done?” Well – I’m probably going to eat 7,000 lbs of Chipotle, get a been burrito from Taco Bell and eat some damn french fries! I haven’t had Chipotle in WAYYY too long and I don’t even know if my drive-in girl still works at TB since I haven’t been in 2010. Maybe she saw my blog or facebook and got her teeth fixed!
What I’m really going to do is continue what I’m doing now. I wanted to check out the Insanity videos so I’m sure I’ll do that, but my eating habits have changed. Even if I have a “bad” night/day here or there – it’s not going to kill me; I just can’t have them EVERY DAY! For the last 20 days I need to focus on the workouts and really push myself to cross that 220 barrier…I know I can – it’s just a matter of doing!
I’m sure you just can’t wait to see them so here are my most recent pics compared to week 1…
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