Posts Tagged ‘school’

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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Life moves forward

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Life moves forward,

I’m still jobless. Which is a little annoying, as I’ve actually been trying to get at least a part time one. Some positive things though. I started the ball rolling early this month to go back to school. Right now its look very good. I’ve got my stuff in for financial aid, and I took my Accuplacer Test today. I was nervous as all get out going in. I haven’t really taken any tests in 10 years. I did well, well enough to get in for my degree of choice for sure. What am I looking at? IT Programmer/Analyst. Its not what I really want to do, that would be Physics. A 2 year program compared to the 6-8 I’d need in Physics is more appealing at present though. I think I’d like to go for Physics afterwards, but this will give me something to work with, career wise.

Yesterday was also a good day for me. I reach one of my personal monthly goals. I jogged a full and complete mile, without stopping. I don’t jog very fast, and my legs felt kinda jell-oish afterwards, but I did it. Now I just need to continue, letting jogging become easier and easier. I will get to that 7 minute mile. Its just a matter of time.

I’ve also made a little change to my weight training. I’m starting to incorporate some more body weight exercises. Push-ups, squats, lunges, to name a few. I’m hoping to add some pull-up/chin-ups once I shed a bit more weight and get a little stronger. I’m aiming to be functionally fit, and these I think will help me with that goal.

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