Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Progress!

233...
It's not the number, but the fact that i'm on my way to making progress again that is exciting. It's funny... The whole Hawaii thing is what is a HUGE driver for me to succeed. I've always known it's vanity mostly that makes me workout, but as I get older I just want to set myself for the best health.

I'm still looking at diets, but I think I'm good with my new workouts. Right now I am doing crossfit which makes me want to shoot myself at times, but in the end I feel so much better about myself (asides from the soreness which I am getting a lot.) The best part is that there are three owners there to watch over the activities and keep you motivated. So shoutout to Dan, Garnett, and Jason (in alphabetical order.) This blog is still moreso personal than anything else, but I am feeling better about myself. I wish I had a picture of me in ROTC to show them the good shape I was in and to give myself more to aspire for again. No more back in the day I was fit and in shape. Going to get back into the swings of things again!

I felt so good about my weight loss that I ended up going on the eliptical despite it being a recovery day for me. This was instead of going to Mr. Greeks, a nice greasy hamburger, gyros, fries, etc. joint... That pizza puff would have been soo good though.

Been thinking about pizza puffs a lot lately... I guess I'll just indulge in Hawaii though!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

December: Holidays, Birthdays, and other special occassions

It doesn't help that a few days after starting this blog that it was my sister's birthday. Not a big deal normally, but because my parents love the casino there is the problem of crab leg buffet. Usually I'll have a little bit of everything that I like. This includes carving station items, mac and cheese, polish sausage, crab rangoon, crab legs, and a varied assortment of dessert. Really not a good idea to have any buffets as I don't like stopping trying to get the most value and just having the mindset of all you can eat.

There is also Christmas in which my mom doesn't want to cook so she wants to order deep dish pizza. I don't think she listens when I say I don't want to eat that, but whatever. In addition to Christmas and my sister's birthday there is the inevitable pizza at work for the people working during the holiday weeks and my good friend's wedding and bachelor party.

Overall, I've been doing okay with the food. For the buffet, I ended up making myself a big plate of salad with no dressing and cottage cheese/sunflower seeds for a little bit of fat and taste. Of course I added olives and other veggies, but this was from a crappy casino buffet so I wasn't thrilled about the quality. Besides the salad, I did have a lot of crab, but that was to be expected for me. I don't use butter and eat the crab plain aside from a bit of Thai seafood sauce.

The bachelor party was not so good for me, but it's my friend's party and I did the best I could. I did have some snacks like chips, but I did partake in the veggie tray moreso. The worse was the two pizza slices and ice cream. I was supposed to workout at this crossfit gym, but considering I was out late for my friend I can't be too mad at myself. I'll just be sure to do something later and not just watch football.

For Christmas and New Years, I will just try and make it a point not to partake in anything bad or if necessary severely limit what I eat of the bad stuff (because it still tastes oh so good.) Maybe I will cook some chicken and/or turkey with veggies and bring it over. I think it'd be really good to have that as opposed to my mom's idea of pizza and fried squid.

I think what will help a great deal is a food journal. Here's what I've had today so far:

2 cups of cherries - 174 calories
2 clementines - 70 calories
1/2 apple - 47 calories
1 cup grapes - 104 calories

395 calories and I feel full right now. I'll try to go for something more substantial later, but I am content with the fruit right now.

It's early for this blog and I know I only have one follower right now and possibly will only have one, but what is your favorite good for you snack?

Friday, December 17, 2010

21 Days to Hawaii... So effing lazy


Ok so it's 21 days to Hawaii. I did weigh myself on Tuesday and have been doing some workouts on and off this month. At 238 and knowing I have lost some weight I am upset that I let myself go this much.

I've done mdbethin.com where I started around 238 and dropped down to 200. I can't believe I gained so much weight back since. To be fair I did just balloon overnight and I do know the causes. The problem is this is not the first time. Before mdbethin I worked out quite a bit and used nutrisystem. I actually was at my best when I was at 180 working out the multiple times a day (I miss that job where I was able to do that.) I was fitting into medium shirts and I was a proud 33-34 on my actual waist.

Looking at some pictures from back then and looking at some now I am frustrated that I broke my own promise to myself...

I think it's time to make amends though...

My first goal is to fit into a suit I bought when I was getting bigger that I don't really fit into now. I have about a week and a half to do so as I have a close friends wedding to attend. This shouldn't be too bad, but I really need to buckle down.

My second goal is to get in better shape for Hawaii (and really what is prompting my sudden interest in actually starting to use this blog.) I don't want to be the fat guy wearing his shirt at the beach. Not cool...

Overall, I just want to fit into my old clothes and actually become active again. I've always been bigger, but I've seen myself at a lower weight and it's time again to get back there and possibly surpass everything I've done before!

Btw... the pic is stupid and the caption for it was Mike dancing. This was from my 25th? birthday party. The only point of the picture is that it actually shows me skinnier. Medium guess shirt (I've always felt their shirts run smaller...) and 33" waist for my jeans. I miss that...