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I made it another month

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Really good month for me. I may not have achieved the little goals I set, but I did a lot of other things.

I’ve been doing real well in my classes, I’m working 30ish hours a week, and there is something else that’s been diverting my attention. In a good way though.

I’m happy with the month, and I’m happy to see a bigger number down then I did last month.

As always I”ll post pictures on my progress page.

October Goals

Get to 240 lbs - 245 actually, but that’s good

Continue 100 push-up challenge - I’ve actually taken a break from this.

Get to 15 minute mile - I’m so close, I should have this in the next week, my ankle makes it hard sometimes

Work on a 5 minute plank - I didn’t do this much, I’ve been focused on the cardio

November Goals

Get to 230 lbs

5 minute plank

Be able jog/run 1.5 miles without stopping

Work on my bench press amount

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Another month down

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

As always I have put new pictures up on my progression page.

September is my slowest month so far for weight lose. I think it has something to do how busy I have been with work and school. That’s not a bad thing.

I’ve been challenged by someone to get to 150 lbs lost by my one year mark. That means I have 43 lbs to go in 3.4 months. I’m going to give it a real push to get there.

September Goals

Get to 250 lbs - Only 7 lbs lost, my slowest month. Been busy though.

Keep my job - Done

Continue the 100 push-up challenge - Stuck on week 3 but still working on it.

Get situated in school - Doing well here.

Get to a 15 minute mile - Ankle hasn’t cooperated but will continue to work on it

October Goals

Get to 240 lbs

Continue 100 push-up challenge

Get to a 15 minute mile

Work on a 5 minute plank

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The dog days are over

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

So the month of August has come and gone. As always, I’ve taken 2 pictures of myself and put them on my progression page. I did something to amuse myself with it this time. I wore one of my more “comfortable” shirts from when I was much larger. Its kinda funny to see exactly how big it is on me now. On to my goals.

August Goals

Get to 260 lbs - Nope, I’m good with 265 right now though.

Get a Job - Hell yes! I start this week.

Start the 100 push-up challenge - 1 week into it, no major issues thus far.

Get situated in school - One week of classes down. Doing well.

So once again, I do not hit my weight goal. Honestly I think I set them pretty boldly, so even though I don’t make them I at least have a high goal to work towards. However, getting to 265 means I have lost 100 lbs since I started this little endeavour. That’s a huge milestone.

I also start my job this coming week, and I’m in school. I’m having to adjust my schedule to still allow me to get my work outs in, but I’m determined to keep up with this. I feel so much better then I used too. I don’t ever want to go back to where I was.

September Goals

Get to 250 lbs

Keep my job

Continue the 100 push-up challenge

Get situated in school

Get to a 15 minute mile

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One hundred push ups

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

I’ve been meaning to post about this, so as to make clear what I meant by the “One hundred push up challenge”. There is a reason I’ve been late in getting this up, I strained a muscle in my right arm at the beginning of the month doing my weight training. So I’ve been taking it easy, still doing some lifting, but I didn’t want to actually hurt myself, or tear something. I’m feeling better now, so this past Monday I started my little challenge. I’ve been busy most the week thus far, and I’ll get into why in my progression/goals post at the end of the month.

What is the one hundred push up challenge? My goal is to be able to do 100 consecutive push ups. Where did I come up with this goal? I found a web site doing some surfing.

One Hundred Push Ups

Now I know I can’t just decided to do this in one month. And that web site is set up so that its not in a one month period. However I’m going to take what the web site does and go a step further. I will progress as fast as I feel comfortable doing. Meaning, if I can’t do the next step in the schedule, I will just repeat it until I can. This means it could well take me longer then 6 weeks, but I’m OK with that.

So far, 2 days down in week 1 no problem.

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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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