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Playing Catch Up

It started a couple year ago when Kevin Smith had a heart attack, not when my father did before my wedding in 2010, not when I had my first child in 2014, or the second in 2017. I ask myself, why is that? Why does a celebrity that has nothing to do with me caused me to look at my health and say, “I need to change.” It’s simple really, Kevin Smith has always been a motivational speaker. Every podcast, meet and greet or movie he makes shows you can do it no matter what. So when he had a heart attack and had the real talk about what he went through and what he was doing to get healthy, I told myself I needed to do that myself.

Of course it never happened immediately, even telling my doctor I am planning on working on losing weight. But it happened this year, I decided I will do something about my health.

I chose to begin the year with Weight Watchers. Kevin Smith was doing it, he even became an advocate. My parents have been on it for a couple years already. But I just wasn’t really interested in going to the meetings and talking about my issues. However a friend of mine, she was just doing the WW App and it was cheaper than I thought. The price point really helped, I told myself I was just going to do it for a month. I actually did it all the way through April.

The first couple weeks. I barely used the App, just trying to gauge what I normally ate. It was very insightful. I was over eating (which I knew) but seeing what I was really eating was painful. The point system helped and I tracked what I ate. At the beginning of the year I was at 266 lbs and by April with just watching what I ate, I was down to 255 lbs. After that I canceled my subscription and just tried to continue monitoring what I ate.

My downfall at this point was the renovation we were doing in our house and the scale was moved and I stopped weighing myself. For some people weighing is not helpful. For me I was playing a video game in my head, getting my stats up, so I weighed myself every other day, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Not doing this was bad for me.

Now that August has started and the scale has been found I weighed myself again. You guessed it, I gained weight, but not all of it back, I was at 262 lbs. I was upset, but not surprised. I changed jobs, started drinking pop again (Pop is Soda in Buffalo, NY). I saw all the things I was doing again, eating tons of ice cream (it’s my weakness, watching TV shows and eating).

262 lbs, was on August 1st, so now every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I will be weighing myself again, tracking my health through multiple Apps and writing this all down for you, the reader (if you have read all the way through this). As of Monday I am down to 261.4 lbs.

Thank you for reading, subscribing and commenting on this blog. You will gain insightful knowledge on how hard it is to really lose weight but my goal is to get down to 200 by next year for our annual family trip of a beach filled vacation. Hey, I got to get in shape not only for my child, and my own health, but my wife deserves some arm candy.

Again thank you for your time.

The First Pound

261.2 lbs.

Wow… I am excited for that first pound. It’s official now, I have lost some weight. I am on par with the start of the year of losing weight. That makes me excited.

Since Wednesday, I did not get to work out. My legs were still sore last night and I decided to rest instead of working out. Tonight is definitely the night to start at the upper body.

I spoke to someone this week at work, his wife is a coach for Beach Body. He said that coaches help with losing weight and he enjoys those shakes. I was not interested in getting a Beach Body coach just like not going to meetings for Weight Watchers. This is something I will have to think about as he said it costs no money for the coach.

Plans for this weekend, eat less Ice Cream. *maybe* But continue the first week’s work out until Monday and then start the 21 Day Fix program again. So tonight it’s Upper Body. If all goes well tomorrow will be Lower Body *gulp* then maybe Sunday will be Pilates or Abs.

Thanks for reading, have a great weekend.

Impossible Burger and Workout

On Monday I tried the Impossible Whopper. Talking about it will my vegan friends I just needed to try it.

I ordered it with out any mayo because it wouldn’t be vegan with the mayo. I tasted it, and it tasted like burger, unfortunately, it was a little dry. Maybe the mayo would have helped with that.

Monday night after the kids went to bed, I put in the DVD and put on Weezer’s Teal Album and worked out to the Total Cardio Max workout for the 21 Day Fix.

Warming up with okay, I stretched and I could feel my body needing it. The first workout routines were okay. However I didn’t want to strain myself, I felt my legs getting cramps. Today, maybe I should have done the 10 minute workout program first.

What I want everyone to know is, that first workout is going to drain you. Make sure you know what you are doing, do not over extend what you think you should be doing. Again, I should have done the 10 minute workout. With multiple tries of losing weight over the years I should have remember that day after feeling. Damn, my legs are tired AF.

I took my time and didn’t go all out on the training, but my legs were still sore. Humans do not use the muscles that Squats use on a daily basis. It’s Wednesday as I write this and I am still sore from Monday night. I was sore last night I didn’t even do the upper body workout I should have.

262.2 lbs.

Tonight no matter what I will be doing the upper body. That should help me out. *sweat beads down my forehead* Yea, that will help me out.

Thanks for reading everyone. Talk to you on Friday.

Everyday is like Monday

262.2 lbs

Let push things forward… *looks both ways* did anyone get that reference? Naw? That’s okay, it will be tagged all over The Streets.

The weekend was not that bad overall. I grazed on a chicken finger sub for two days. I was active with the children and went on two family walks, played some soccer with the oldest (just passing it back and forth). We also went to the zoo and so we walked around and saw animals. It was active weekend.

I looked over all of my DVDs and decided not to do the 10 minute workouts. I felt like they were too short for what I want to do. The Insanity workout was also nixed due to being too difficult for my larger body right away. I was debated on the Biggest Loser workouts or the 21 Day Fix. I decided on the 21 Day Fix workouts. It comes with a specific days on what needs to be worked on plus some food ideas.

For the food, I have been planning my days out right now. I want to have one day just to be a vegan day. It should help my health and should help the environment *wink wink*. Now that Burger King is selling the Impossible Burger it might be a staple to me diet. *shrugs*

So tonight will be my first night of working out and as I said in the beginning I will need to be push things forward.

Thanks for reading, can’t wait for the update on Wednesday.

The First Week

Well the first week did not go well. I drank way to much pop, ate too much ice cream and due to stress I got McDonald’s. Overall though my weight stayed the same from Wednesday.

262.4 lbs

I also did not get a chance to work out at all. I was lazy this week. But with the weekend here now I can try and relax and buy some healthy foods and snacks for next week.

One of the things I learned from the beginning of this year is that moderation is key to losing weight just based on eating food and not exercising.

Goal for the weekend:

Get a list started for the week on food that I need to eat.
Officially set up a work out routine.

Those are pretty much simple goals. I would recommend that if someone is looking to lose weight start with those two goals this weekend. Afterward we will work together and gain more experience and loss whatever we want.

This weekend I am also looking forward to not being sick. Last weekend was tough.

Question for the audience.

Are your goals to lose weight or to gain muscles?
Any favorite way to workout?
Any good healthy foods ideas?

Thank you all for continue reading this. As I work more I will be able to add recipes and workout routines and other ideas that I have in my head.

How Long Does It Take

How long does it take to loss 65 lbs. A very long time if you don’t follow these simple rules.

Don’t Give Up!
Don’t Eat Junk Food!
Exercise!
Don’t Give Up!

And don’t forget the most important rule.

42. Don’t Panic

Actually there are no real rules to lose weight. Each person is different, each person’s metabolism is different, each person’s goals are different. My goal is not to gain muscle so much as to just lose weight. I need to eat less and work out. The first four months of this year, I just watched what I was eating. Looking at it now, to get to this goal, I need to exercise. If you are following my weight loss you need to understand you will have to find what works for you.

I especially love my rule 42. Don’t Panic. It’s true, take your time and go your own speed. You won’t start off right away and do P90X every day. I tried, that routine is horrible for an overweight man, that hasn’t worked up to that harsh routine.

Since living with my wife we have bought multiple DVDs for workout routines. There are many to choose from, buy a couple on the cheap and see what works for you. At this time I have not started the work out routine yet.

With that revelation can you guess what my weight is? You guessed right if you said it increased, 262.4 lbs.

Like I have said, this weight loss is about trying. And I have not tried hard enough. However seeing an increase this morning has made me want to definitely try hard for Friday’s weigh in. I am not panicking, yet. Let’s see where I go from here.

Again, thank you for reading up on me and if you have any questions please comment.