Headed To The Gym

June 29, 2009 2 comments »

I am headed to the gym.  Today, I’m going to focus on a long walk / run and then do some work on my chest.

It’s been a few days, and I’m sure I’ll be a little rusty, but I can hardly wait for the way I’ll feel when I’m finished.

I hope you dig the site re-design.  I’m still working on it, but I’m kinda digging it.  I missed the old green.

I have decided to skip all weigh ins for the month of July.  Instead, I will focus on exercising and healthy eating.

Oh, and it’s 100 degrees here.  Hot, hot, hot.

Treading Water

June 22, 2009 3 comments »

Hello, my name is NCN, and my body hates me.  The feeling, I can assure you, is mutual.

I’ve stopped losing weight.  In fact, I’ve gained and re-lost the same 10 pounds, over and over, for the past three months.  My body, instead of getting smaller, has entered into a strange stasis, and refuses to change.

I’ve altered a lot of my eating habits, I’m still exercising, and I feel much better than I did this time last year.  These are the positives.

It’s VERY hard for me to maintain weight loss, and I seem to gain weight MUCH faster than I lose it.  These are the negatives.

I’m still plugging along, trying to eat right, and enjoying my time at the gym.  It gets a little frustrating, but I just KNOW, that at some point, the weight loss will pick up, my body will give in to the work I’m doing, and I’ll see some more progress.

Thanks for hanging around.  I hope you are all doing well.  Rock on.

Back From Vacation

June 5, 2009 2 comments »

We are home from our (much needed) vacation.  I will head to the gym tomorrow morning.  I am skipping the weigh in, because I do NOT want to see how much I weigh.  Let’s just put it this way.  This past week, I ate as if I were going away to prison.  I ate what I wanted, in the amounts I wanted, as often as I wanted.  Now, tomorrow in the gym, I’m going to pay for it.

My wife is home for the summer, and we are going to start walking each evening.  It’s always enjoyable to to have her with me for my walks / runs, and it will be good to get into a routine.  I’ve missed the gym / track, and I honestly can’t wait to hit the leg press tomorrow.

I hope you all have been well.  We had a blast, and now I’m relaxed and ready for a very busy summer.  Rock on.

Super-Focused

May 9, 2009 3 comments »

I am super-focused right now – and for the next three weeks.  We are going on vacation in three weeks, and I want to be ready for the beach.  I need to drop about 10 pounds, but I’d be really happy with 5.  I had a great day “eating” and I’ll head to the gym tomorrow.  My wife and I are now working together, and it feels good to have a partner.

I’ll have a weigh in on Monday, and we’ll see how my renewed hard work has paid off, so far.  I hope to be back down, below 233, but who knows.

Just wanted to check in, and I should have more over the next few days.

Monday Weigh In – Little Roll

May 5, 2009 1 comment »

I’m down 2 pounds from last week’s weigh in!

I’m back to 235.6.

When I started in September, I was at 252.2.

I’ve lost a total of 16.7 pounds.

It feels good to lose weight, even if I am still several pounds above my “low” of a few months ago.  I had some great workouts last week, and I did much better with my eating.

Sunday, I started feeling a little sick, and I think I may have had a “mild” virus.  I’m not sure what was going on, but I just didn’t feel like working out Monday.  I feel much better today, and I’m really ready to get back into the gym.