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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.

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November is over

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Another month goes by. November was a bit slow to start but I made up a lot of ground in the last 2 weeks. Might have just been a natural plateau. My ankle has been really tender the last couple weeks or so, I think I strained it a bit while doing HIIT, I’ve taken it easy since then as I don’t want to make it worse. As soon as it feels better I’ll be back doing what I was doing.

I’m still working a lot, an doing well in my classes. Looking forward to this semester ending and seeing that my hard work as paid off in my GPA.

I’m quite happy with things at present, and I’ve been very happy in my every day stuff.

As always I’ve posted a couple new pics on my progression page.

November Goals

Get to 230 lbs - Didn’t make it, but I never seem to. Must be why it’s a goal.

5 minute plank - I didn’t do to much of this, though I can do it for 2 minutes I know.

Be able jog/run 1.5 miles without stopping - My ankle has not cooperated this month.

Work on my bench press amount - The amount I’m reping is up, so done.

December Goals

Get to 220 lbs

5 minute plank

Be able jog/run 1.5 miles without stopping

Work on increasing my speed doing HIIT on the treadmill

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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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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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