Starting to hit the weights again

Hitting the weights again...

     Now I have my gym set up and ready to go.  Last few days I have been trying a new workout routine. It is going to take a few weeks to see if anything comes of it, but I have heard nothing but good things about the type of work out I'm doing.  I'm going to work out as much as possible, hopefully 6 times a week.  3 days will be upper body workouts, 3 days be lower body and core.  

     The work out is one that you just keep going until you can't lift another weight that way.  This has been talked about on many different sites I have looked at as one of the best muscle building workouts.  However, I'm not going to see (flex) for a month so I can see the progress all at once.  We'll see how that goes however.  

     I'm still not losing the weight and I know deep inside I need to start tracking what I eat again using Sparkpeople.  So Sparky here I come again! I'll keep you updated! 

Moving means losing weight right?...

Moving

     So we moved out of the place we were staying and moved into a place of our own.  Very nice house, and lots of stuff that had to be moved.  I was excited for more than one reason.  First reason, finally get to have my family living in a house of our own again after 15 long months (thanks to those who put up with us haha).  Second reason was, moving all this stuff and all the exercise I was about to partake in, I was bound to lose some weight.

     Well, what I didn't take into account was the fact that eating was going to be a little difficult.  Dominoes here, Jack in the Box there, and my full time work diet that I talked about last night, really did a number.  I haven't really gained, but all of that extra work I did with moving seems to be the only thing that has kept me where I am.  That and those almost daily walks.  

     We are all human and bound to make mistakes.  I need to learn to control myself again and get on a routine so that I can better monitor what I eat.  Not only do I need to go back to monitoring what I eat, but I really need to start my strength workouts again.  I have my gym, it's time to cut my crap and start hitting it hard! 

The diet that is not working...

Finding a way to overcome...

     Lately I have been stagnate in my diet.  It seems I have hit a rock that will not move.  I'm at 195 pounds and I know people seem to think that I am fine at this weight, but in reality I'm still overweight and need to still drop hopefully 20 pounds.  There are many reasons why this has happened, but one shines brighter than the rest.

     I have started working full time at my job.  This is different than I"m use too.  I'm use to only working four hours or so at one job, having a few hours to come home and do things and then work at a different job.  Now, it's eight to nine hours of working, with a half an hour break.  

     During that half an hour I will go out for walks, sometimes taking something easy with me to eat.  This easy thing is normally a sandwich or a bag of nuts.  Other times I will not take anything at all.  However, I do go for that daily walk and I think that is the only thing that has kept me from not gaining.

     So what I have here is most of the time I will eat breakfast.  I then go through the rest of the day not really eating anything.  So by night time I'm starving and eat and eat and eat.  This has been a killer and a habit I am trying to get out of.  Struggling is not fun, but it is a good learning experience.  We all are going to have our ups and downs, its getting past the downs that gives us great experience.  

     Hopefully, I can break this here in the next week or so.  Kind of getting tired of not losing weight anymore, I know in my heart I still have more to go. 

Crazy week

Court is done

     April 6th 2008 is a date when my whole world came crashing to a stop, literally.  At the time I was working full time at the post office, while working my Sundays at Pizza Hut.  I had made this drive over a thousand times, each time without any incident.  I guess my number was up.  With just one quick glance to my right my car was suddenly no longer on the same path I had intended for it.  

     I have been driving for years.  Not once was I ever in an accident that occurred while actually driving.  You never expect it to be you, but I guess after years of my jobs being purely delivery jobs it was bound to happen.   

    Over a thousand deliveries and this one would end up changing my life forever.  When I was hit, I only had enough time to veer a little to the right and brace my body for impact.  That impact would eventually tear my ACL in my left knee and create a few compression fractures in my back.  I had been losing weight, feeling great, and getting my life back together.  It was then all gone.

     Only recently have I been able to get back on track.  Finally I was able to get my court date and finish all the madness.  I will say that things ended up going my way which I am glad.  But who knew that it would be so stressful and so draining.  I will have to write more about the inner workings of the court case next.  For now, I just wanted to let everyone know where I have been and why I have been away from the computer.  Hope you enjoy! 

     

Long two weeks

It's been a few weeks

     Due to having to be out of town and working a lot more it has been hard finding any sort of free time.  I just want to say sorry to my followers but I will be posting more soon.  Stay tuned!  

Feels good

Words of Encouragement

     I think that the best feeling I have gotten from all of this, is the words that come from my wife.  Last night while we were getting ready for bed she noticed just how much I have lost from my legs.  She told me how she didn't think I had anything to lose from there, but now they were so "little" and muscular.  It is amazing how the small saying like that have a deep impact in me.  She is the biggest reason why I have accomplished anything in my adult life.

     If it was not for her I might still not be working, or if I was not the jobs that I have had and loved.  I know I never would have gone to school, I use to talk about it, but never did I act on it.  She made me believe in myself and encouraged me to take the next step, now I'm just two classes away from my bachelors degree.     

     When it came to losing weight, she was the biggest reason why.  I knew I had to and needed to do it for myself, but I think we all need external forces to help.  It was her believing in me that kicked all of this off.  For that, I thank her, for changing my life in many ways.  School, kids, and my own health.

Getting a sweat going...

     Dancing to the Oldies...

     Today I did what started out to be one of the most embarrassing workouts to date.  That's right, I took the leap into dancing, not just dancing but dancing while Richard Simmons was on the television. What was I thinking?  At first I was pretty embarrassed and barely moving to the moves.    Then I saw that my wife and my daughter were really starting to get really into it and I decided, what the heck, what do I have to lose besides calories.


    What can I say, he is a silly man who may have some issues, but he knows how to exercise and get the blood pumping.  After just 20 minutes I was close to burning 200 calories.  I don't care how embarrassing it was at first, it was worth it seeing the numbers and feeling my heart work out.  This just goes to prove, if you want to lose weight, you cannot let anything get in your way.