I'm Young, I'm pretty, I MUST be the Greatest...

Looking solid. Feeling good. Eye of the Tiger.

I've been eating lighting and crapping thunder.

Floating like moth, and stinging like a flu shot.

Sucking wind.

Still Moving...

Busy with work, but I'm down three pounds in two days, and I'm in my 3rd day of perfect eating. I feel great.

I'll be doing a heavy bag/push up/sit up routine tonight, so I hope to kick my own ass.

Whee!

48 Hours

The last 48 hours have been perfect. Eating has been perfect, water intake has been up, and I feel more focused and driven. Still need to do a better job of scheduling my day now that I'm back to work. I hit the wall hard last night and didn't have the gas for a full workout.

Even so, I did hit the bag with Becky enough to get my heart rate up a little bit. Still, I know that won't get it done.

Not much time, but I wanted to let everybody know that I was back, and moving in the right direction.

Let's make it stick this time. Losing 90 pounds is nice, but it's not nice enough.

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Reset

I hit the button today. Had to.

Starting today, I'm back at full strength.

Beck and I were talking last night, and we discussed how it'd be almost impossible to lose weight in our current situation. Maybe, but I know of a guy who weighed about 360 pounds, and had no gym, no friends, no hoops or football leagues - nothing. So he did push ups and ate better. He went on weather-appropriate walks. He did the best he could with what he had. And he lost 90 pounds.

It can be done, you just have to make it happen.

I need to make it happen again.

So, we're back at it. Hitting the heavy bag, minor plyometrics in the basement, dumbbell workouts, clean eating - results will have no choice but to follow.

To anybody in Michigan - I say we start a flag football team for the spring. We start practicing now, and we find some other people to play with as it gets warmer. If you're up for it, and have friends who may want to join, let me know.

So, here's yet another "Day One."

Needing Something

Stuck in a funk. Drive is non-existent. Willpower is at a minimum. The new work/moving/family/life dynamic is taking time to adjust to - different wings of my family are falling apart for various reasons, including an unlce who was just informed he has cancer through his entire body, and doesn't have long. Finances are a HUGE issue right now, too.

No need to go into too much detail, but we'll just say that Beck and I both often miss the single, or at least kidless days. I wouldn't trade my life for the word right now, but if all I had to worry about was going to work and hitting the gym, I wouldn't have a huge problem with that.

Having a wife, two kids, incrdible stress, moving across country in a week, taking on a new job...it makes it tough these days. I feel tired. I feel drained. The bronchitis didn't help. I'm still not 100%. The oldest child's strep was tough, too. Being sick and taking care of a kid who is sick is a lot of work.

And as much as these things sound like excuses, the truth is that they are true and legit road blocks right now. It's been six years of having to deal with multiple major issues at once, and I think it's wearing on me a little bit. I just need some of these things off of my plate. I don't feel like I have the energy to be spread so thin right now.

As soon as I can, I'll join the Rec Center in Troy, and I'll play basketball three nights a week, and hit the weights three nights a week. It was the same formula I used in college to go from 297 to 239 in under six months.

But, that won't happen for several weeks. So, it's on me to find a way to drag my butt out of this. It's a major struggle right now.

On another note, I think watching this movie would be motivating as hell.

http://www.neverbackdownthemovie.com/

Karate Kid meets UFC meets Rocky.

Still Alive

Fighting off bronchitis. Moved across country. Floating in the mid 270's.

Could be worse.