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Ok…July…

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Well, what to say? July was not a very good month for me. I think everything just kind of caught up to me this month. I was really stressed out. It all kinda boiled out yesterday, and after a nice long walk, I sorted my head back out.

Even with the bad month, I managed to lose 10 lbs. Which is a very good thing. I’m not having any problems on the exercise level of everything. Its more a diet issue. Which I really didn’t go off too bad, I just had a few days of drinking which definitely didn’t help me any.

No excuses though. No feeling down. I will do better next month.

As always I’ve posted pics in my progress section.

July Goals

Get to 265 lbs - Nope, but I’ll take any lose.

Get a job - This one irritates me a bit.

August Goals

Get to 260 lbs

Get a Job

Start the 100 push-up challenge

Get situated in school

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Bye Bye June

Monday, June 30th, 2008

I’ve posted new pictures on my progression page.

June was a fairly routine month. Which is also why I haven’t made any posts here.

My aim for July is to be very goal focused. I’m not going to make many of them, so that I can really focus.

June Goals

Get to 280 lbs - Didn’t do this, but I think its because I gained a bit more muscle.

Time my mile jog and get to 12 minutes if its longer - I’m no where near this. I think I need to lose a bit more so the strain on my legs isn’t so bad. I’ll give this another go in a couple months.

Be able to do 10 military push-ups - Done

Start working on pull/chin ups - I did this a little. Not able to get near doing any.

Stay smoke and soda free - 6+ months and still going good.

July Goals

Get to 265 lbs

Get a Job

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May is over, time for an update

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

The month of may is over. It was a good month in many ways. I’ve taken some fairly big steps in improving myself and doing things I’ve always meant to do. I’m currently enrolled to attend a technical college in the fall. Its looking good, and it looks like with financial aid I’ll be able to cover most the cost of attending.

As usual for my progression posts, I’ve posted new pictures of myself on my progression page. You can find the link on the right under “navigation”. I posted a disclaimer, but I’ll say it again here. I don’t dress up for my photos. You get me how I am that day.

My ankle is doing much better. I’ll always have pain there, I have for years, but as I lose weight, it gets better. I was told by my brother that I limp much less now then I used to. Which I never did much to begin, but even less is good. I feel a lot more “fit” then I have in the past. I enjoy doing my cardio, working up a sweat. I kinda feel like a new person in that regard. I used to despise that “work out” feeling. 

I’ve started doing some HIIT on the exercise bike. I like it I think, and I’d like to incorporate some running/sprinting HIIT in the future. Just something to work towards.

So goals…

May Goals

Get to 295 lbs, losing my 2nd 10% of my body weight - I got to 298, close, but not quite. Still good though.

Be able to jog 1 mile - Did this one. Well before the end of the month.

Incorporate some stretching/yoga into my weekly routine - I’ve been stretching more, but no Yoga.

Do more body weight training - I’ve been doing push-ups and planks mostly

Stay smoke and soda free - Done and Done

June Goals

Get to 280 lbs

Time my mile jog and get to 12 minutes if its longer

Be able to do 10 military push-ups

Start working on pull/chin ups

Stay smoke and soda free

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End of month update

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

I’ve updated my progression page with new pictures from today. Something I noticed, my cloths are getting extremely large on me. They look super baggy. Going to have to break out some older clothing soon it looks like. That’s a good thing though, it means I’m moving ahead.

I’m not sure what I did to my ankle last week. Its kinda irritating though. Its not my normal ankle pain, I get a kind of pain in the back of it and it feels kinda like its grinding when I move it. Like something is moving up and down. Hopefully it gets better quickly, I think its improved some, but its stopping me from walking and jogging because I’m afraid I’ll hurt it more. Instead I’ve been doing my cardio on the exercise bike. Which is now down with all the other equipment since we straightened up our basement.

Now lets see how I did on my goals for this month.

April Goals

Get a job – I put in at least 2 applications every week. Nothing much came of it, although I do have an interview today. If I get hired, then I’ll update and call this one successful.

Get to under 300 lbs — I got to 310 lbs. I did not achieve this goal, but I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to begin with. Having my plateau and my few slip up days in the middle of the month are what did it I think.

Get up to 2.5 miles in an hour on the treadmill — I can do this, and started jogging some as well.

Continue to weight train and work out – I weight trained 3 days a week, and worked out every day except for my one day of failure.

Continue to stay smoke and soda free – I did not touch a cigarette or soda all month long

On to this months goals

May Goals

Get to 295 lbs, losing my 2nd 10% of my body weight

Be able to jog 1 mile

Incorporate some stretching/yoga into my weekly routine

Do more body weight training

Stay smoke and soda free

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An update

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I know I’ve mentioned before that I have a bad ankle. Its kinda frustrating, when I walk for a time it tightens up and starts to get sore. I work through it, and I don’t want to use it as an excuse. I have avoided trying to jog much in fear that my ankle wouldn’t handle it. Until today. I decided it was time to at least attempt to jog a small portion of what I have been walking.

I was concerned I wouldn’t be able to do it much at all. It hurt like hell at first, but amazingly, my ankle loosened up after a bit while doing it. It was weird really. I jogged till I was fairly winded (which didn’t take too long, heh), but I did it. Its given me some hope for the possibility of reaching my goal of a 7 minute mile. In addition to being able to do HIIT and sprints in the future.

I’m also pretty happy to say I hit the 50 lbs. lost mark yesterday. I’m trying to really push for my goal this month, I may not make it due to hitting a plateau for a week and a half, but I’m definitely trying. I would really like to be able to say I did it, despite the issues.

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