Archive for January, 2009

1 Year and the old me

Friday, January 16th, 2009
Old me

Old me

That is me about 2 years or so ago. Sleeping at work because of my sleep apnea. Sleep apnea that has vanished with my weight lose.

It has been one year to the day that I started tracking my weight. It’s crazy to me how fast this year has gone by.

I’ve done big things and changed my life around in ways I never knew I was capable of.

I haven’t smoked a cigarette in over a year now (I stopped smoking about 2 weeks earlier then when I started keeping track of my weight), that to me is big as well.

I’ve completed a semester of college classes. Something I had always put off and never got around too.

The huge thing is, I’m not so huge! I’ve lost 148 pounds in a years time. One hundred forty eight pounds. That is just amazing to me. I never knew I would lose that much, or heck even stick with this. I have though.

I’m pretty sure I would have died doing what I do now as a work out 1 year ago. There is no way I could have done it.

I have 42 lbs. to go to reach the goal I set for myself when I started out. I know I can get there.

Thank You to all those who have given me words of encouragement throughout this whole time period.

Almost One Year

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Happy New Year to anyone who reads these lame posts of mine.  This post is a couple days later then normal but I’ve been distracted by other things. I’m sure no one missed it anyway.

It’s the middle of winter here, and I’m starting to miss the ability to walk and jog outside. The treadmill has finaly crashed under the stress of having me abuse it. I am likely going to buy an elliptical machine to replace it as a friend of mine highly recommends them over the classic treadmill. Just haven’t fully decided yet.

Starting today I’m going to get psycho about this again. I haven’t been bad at all, but I feel I just need to get even more obsessed with this then I have been.

It’s almost been 1 year, and I will be making a post when I get to that point. Which is about 2 weeks from now. Though I don’t think I’ll be making my 1 year goal, I can live with that.

As always I’ve posted pictures on my progression page.

December Goals

Get to 220 lbs - I never make these, but I still set them. Lost 10 lbs, which is good

5 minute plank - I’m not sure why but I just haven’t done these much

Be able jog/run 1.5 miles without stopping - Done

Work on increasing my speed doing HIIT on the treadmill - Done, even though it broke last week

January Goals

Get to 210 lbs

5 minute plank

Be very strict with my diet

Look into adding a little body weight circut training