NO WEIGH! I'VE DONE IT!

i did it...

I have taken control of my life.

I have created goals and completed them. I have stuck with something and not given up. I have found that with hard work and determination and discipline you can make things happen...

Since weight watchers I have lost a good amount of weight.

I don't want to tell anyone at the moment because Im not done though I will never be done I want to hit my ultimate goal. What I can tell you is...

I hit my Goal weight that I made myself when I was 340lbs and starting on my journey...

AND IT FEELS AMAZING!

To anyone who has doubted themselves and gives up I am here to tell you...

STOP!

DON'T LET YOURSELF GET IN THE WAY!

A year ago I was sitting on the couch at 340lbs a complete mess, depressed, miserable, and practically had given up on hope.

Now I have reached my goal I set then and I see that there is nothing that can stop me except myself.

I'm getting looked at by women I never thought in a million years would look at me in the way they do. I'm working out at the gym and being looked at and complimented because I look so good. I'm not trying to be cocky, I'm only telling you what is going on.

I have people asking me fore tips and help. People who were always thinner than me who have gained weight and now want my advice and help because I HAVE CONQUERED IT!

peoples ears perk up when I start talking weight loss and what I've done.

I recently have talked with a women who goes by the name of Yenny Polanco a IFBB Fitness Pro! Fitness Coach, Elite Personal Trainer, Fitness Model, Fitness Writer.

She has talked with me and wants me to join her team as a motivational speaker for people who are over weight like I used to be. She's competed in ths Miss Universe competition and done some miraculous things with her career.

I am very excited to see where we go with it and what I can do to bring such light to her camp.

As those of you who have known me since I was that other guy I want you to know that I have changed. I have changed in so many ways and for the better. I'm not that old frompy bino. I am now... Robino Africa. I am somebody I am proud to be. I take pride in what I do. I am becoming the man I knew I was to be.

I HAVE to say that this could not have been as great as it's been with out the help and support of my family and my number one supporter and partner Anjelo Africa my brother. He has been there every pound of the weigh. He has been the rock. He's been the guy to tell me when I was fucking up, the guy to yell at me to do that last rep, the guy who has been there for all the LONG days at the gym. He did insanity with me. He has sacrificed his time, his life, his car, his school schedule, his entire life style around mine to make this work. He has given me the biggest shoulder to lean on in dark times and a pat on the back when I feel triumphant. I could never re-pay him for everything he has done for me. I can only say that he is my brother and I would do the same. I thank him for EVERYTHING! And I LOVE him with all my heart. He is one of my best friends as is my other brother Miguel and I am grateful, proud, and honored to call them my brothers.

My grandmother gets double the thanks for the support, the roof over my head, and the diet in my stomach! haha. She has supported me since day one and has kicked me in the ass when I got out of line and still is doing so to this day. She has raised three men from the best that my mother could do. She took us in when nobody could and has been there since day one. I thank her for starting me up at the YMCA and for the constant concern for my health and well being. It's her job as a grandmother anyway ;)

BIG SHOUT OUT to the YMCA who have worked with me financially to make it affordable for my brothers and I to stay. (Elnaiz) She has been an amazing inspiration to me and talked me into weight watchers and has also been there to listen to my pitiful love life and stories through my journey. She has lost a SHIT load of weight and is looking AMAZING! I thank her for her moral support and ranking in the YMCA because without her I think I'd be at "WORLD GYM" with all the meat heads. haha.

I also want to thank my boy Brandon who has been there through this journey and gave me that big brother advice I've never had. Who has pushed me to do this since 8th grade. I love him and will till the day I die. Thank you!

now aside from the usual thank you's I want to thank YOU! for supporting and reading my crap! haha. ok it's not crap... it's actually pretty good haha. But really Thank You for reading and following and supporting.

From 340...

I'll leave you hanging... BAHAHAHA!

Lets just say my second Ultimate goal is to reach 200lbs by summer...

and it is obtainable ;)

How bad do YOU want it?

Weight Watchers!

A revolution has been uncovered...

At first I wasn't open to the idea... I thought it was for women. i had lost 110 lbs with out any systems or programs. I did it my way and i didn't think I needed any help...

i started to slip.

As you can see from previous blogs I was on a rollercoaster feeling down on myself. I was falling back into those old shoes. but we all know... I couldn't let that happen... I will never let that happen... I am not that Robino anymore.

My entire being has changed.

I feel like I am weight loss.

I am the definition of weight loss.

I have determination, discipline, and drive. Nothing can stop me.

the only thing able to stop me is me and I am not standing in the way.

On this new weight watchers point system plus... I have lost... I know it may sound outrageous but... I've lost 17lbs!...
wait for it...
in...
TWO WEEKS!

I couldn't believe it! I was 245 two weeks ago and when i weighed myself in the morning I was 228! after my work out i was 225... thats water weight gone... so... You could say... 20 lbs... if you want to take the lowest number I pulled from the day. Which is... UNREAL. I have been and still am in ULTRA shock.

It sounds unhealthy. Yes. I know. But i've been eating well and working out hard. I pump my body with protein.

after this month I am going to assess what I have done and change things up. I'm going to either cut protein drinks to 1 a day and eat heartier meals or cut points and stick to what I'm doing... depends on what I want. I still want to build more muscle. So I think the second option is the best bet.

I can't be stopped is the point of this...

and you can be the same.

WANT IT!

envision it.
take it.
don't let anyone tell you different! If I had done that at 340... I'd be 400 lbs today.

I saved myself.
and you can do the same.

So with this blog... I tell you to look into weight watchers points plus system. It WORKS. Thats what everyone wants to hear. It really does work. No bullshit.

Im sorry I haven't updated you in a while... Its been a long time... i shouldn't have left you... with out a work out to sweat to... sweat to... sweat to... sweat to... hahaha I had to.

I will try my best to update more often. Im busy as hell with school and work... and working out. It's tough.

But make the right choices.
you have the decision.
take your life back!

RollerCOASTA! Oh NO! say WHAT!?

Did you know that I used to be too fat to ride a rollercoaster?

yes, yes it's sad but true.

I remember the moment and how ashamed and embarrassed I was of myself. It was a Six Flags New England and I was enjoying a day with 3 of my friends at the time. We were fresh out of high school and were going separate ways after the summer to different schools.

I loved Rollercoasters. I've always been something of a thrill seeker. I was the first kid to be at the front and ride the rollercoasters till the park closed.

When this day came (as I felt it would) it hit me hard. I was getting on the superman, one of the greatest rollercoasters on the eastcoast... maybe even the country, and they could not click the guard bar onto my lap because i was too fat. I had to get up in front of all these people who were waiting inline for me with hot girls and assholes who would never understand what i was feeling.

I never wanted to feel that way again.

so from that day on I hated rollercoasters. I would say they gave me headaches or made me sick. All the things that people I knew who hated rollercoasters used to say to me.

it was one of my lowest points of obesity.

Now that I've lost all my weight I am going to go on rollercoasters this summer and keep riding till the park closes!

I brought up this rollercoaster story because that is exactly what i am going through. I've been on a rollercoaster for the last week and a half. Last week I was doing awesome. I mean AWESOME. I hadn't felt as healthy or in shape at the gym since I was losing a lot of weight last year. I was eating everything I was supposed to. i was saying no. everything was awesome.

Then saturday came... I took a rest day... and I lapsed... I ate... and ate... and ATE... AND ATE!

and since I've been trying to get back on but the night time boredom has taken me hostage.

I want to let you know that we all have our weaknesses. Mine is night time eating. I tend to go straight to the fridge right when i get off of work. It's the very first thing I do. I put my shit down and open the fridge. It's a terrible habit.

Target your weakness and bite it in the butt.

I was late today too so it threw me off. I ended up just lifting (back) for and hour and a half.

I had an orange and egg sandwich for breakfast

chilli and crackers for lunch

and veggies and chicken for dinner

night time snackage...
I'm ashamed:

had a veal sandwich
some caramel peanuts
white chocolate pretzels
and a Dunkins hot chocolate.

I'm stuffed and disgusted.

You make your own choices and live with them just like I do. I had the choice. i mad the wrong one.
Will I give up and decide that hey what the hell I messed up today I'll start monday...

NO!

Losers start on Monday.

Success starts NOW!

make your choice.

Finish What You've Started! but Don't...

I read a quote from Bodybuilding.com the other day and it said "Do it like there is no Finish line" or somewhere along the lines of that and I thought "sure. that's perfect." That is the way it should be. you can make goals but you should always make goals. Even when you've reach your ultimate goal. I think a person ashould always reconstruct their body.

After body building I might go for a slim tone look. Who knows. but always keep your body guessing I guess I should say. And make it work!

Ive been really researching things lately.

Work outs. not so much diets... I was gonna lie and say diets but eh haven't yet. BUT SOON!

I'm a very ambitions guy when it comes to this stuff. i like to listen to people instead of reading it. I suck at reading. I probably have the reading level of a 8th... 4th grade boy.

But anyway I am doing a new concept of cardio. HIT. High Intensity Training.
Sortov like insanity... cept fuck insanity...

insanity is great... I just got tired of it. But i thought about doing some of the cardio.
anyway

But yea, HIT. It basically gives me the fat burning I want but doesn't kill my muscle build im working on.

On a good note im re-disciplining myself with diet.The question is how bad do you want it?
You deserve to not eat that cookie!

I've been doing some heavy lifting the last couple of days and i've been thinking about getting vitamins and fish oil to help my body run better. I think this is my next step. The new work outs i've been doing or these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL-d92jM9A8
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAFTAcNP1VA

great work outs that ive been bringing into my gym.

Today i felt great because yesterday i felt great. I think Im getting back into my grove. I also have had many people asking for help and motivation and work outs. This motivates me. This is what i want to do. i want to HELP YOU! I want you to feel as good as I do.

This is the New Year.

btw i wont lie I hate new years resolutions of getting in shape. It annoys me at the gym because it is flooded. I know all of them will be gone in a week but it pisses me off... They hoard. Anyway. Change your life. Stop living the way you do. Be happy with the person you are. Get the body you want. Go above and beyond. You got this.

So I felt great

I was bumpin some Lloyed Banks the new hunger for more. Shit is hot. Bump it.
I did shoulders. I felt great with shoulders. They are really taking shape.

Look into HIT. It might be for you.

Im feeling great today. these are the days to enjoy.

you know you them...

Feeling the Weight

I hated myself today.

Now before you get mad at me for this blog and what I'm saying and my actions and decisions know that I hate every thing I did.

holiday season got the better half of me.

I ate everything from cheese cake to twix to bags of chips. Anything you can think of I ate it.

I could not stand looking at myself in the gym. I was repulsed. My gut was hanging. my body still doesn't look right. Im still fat. Yes and this may be depressing. and you might think wow how is this going to help me...

This is going to help you because you are seeing into what really goes on. This is what you feel. this is what everyone feels at some point. DISSATISFACTION with themselves!

BUT!

Im not gonna stop going to the gym...
I'm not going to keep eating like shit.
I'm not going to put on all my weight.
beacause that is what makes me different.
That is what got me where I am.

I dont have much to say but... Today was just one of those days. You will go through it. Whether it is everyday or once in a blue moon.

I did an arm work out today. Check previous blog for arm work out.

Honestly I hate being negative.

It gets you nothing.

So what you do is wake up hit the fucking gym and keep going.
no one cares if you do it.

The only person you let down is yourself.
When you look in the mirror and know you could have done better. You fuck yourself. You only hurt you.

and thats what I learned today.

btw women. Leave me alone. lol

You make me make shit hard for myself... if that makes any sense. Disappear so i can stop wishing and hopping and focus on what I have to do. Just playing. as awesome as that would be because i wouldnt have to deal with the constant frustration or need to impress (and miserably fail) it would make life easy... and life is NOT easy. SO I'll say thank you for my fuel for the fire and the depression in my steppin'.

Tomorrow will be better. I start again. And I will be happier.

You all need to read this because this is real.

This is what I go through.

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES!

GET OVER IT and KEEP GOING.

cause imagine if all my blogs were like this. Why would anyone want to lose weight?

but the prize is there. You just have to have the strength to reach it.

Weighing Your Pros and Cons

I was talking to my boy Colby Reese today at the YMCA about the obstacles our body types have to go through. I'm a big guy who has had to lose weight and also build muscle. In different ways it has been a fun journey and in others it obviously has not. Now for him, he's thin and it is hard for him to gain weight. I just want to say to those who don't have to work for their body I truly feel bad because you will always take for granted the gift you have had. But I can't be so tough on you because you can't help it. It is your genetics. But none the less I hate you. haha. I'm just playing. You fuel me.

Anyweigh... hahaha I'm lame. I am also gonna catch up on Biggest Loser. I've been so busy I didn't keep up. Oh well.

You know I've been thinking. I'm going to tell the truth.
Some of the main reasons why I lost weight.

1. I was afraid I was going to die from being overweight.
2. I thought losing weight was going help me get women deeper into that certain women.

Well let my tell you my friends and foes it doesn't work like that. I did get something better though and as poorly written and thought threw these next words are going to be I'm gonna say them. "I found myself." I'm a very passionate person when it comes to this health revolution. I want to help people be happy with themselves. I want people to feel what I feel. Breath that big gulp of fresh air. Run a mile as a warm up. go up stairs and not sweat. I'm honestly watching this episode of the Biggest Loser and its the "where are they now?" episode and it has brought me to tears. I was just talking about bringing someones life together and feeling what I feel and Sam (on the show *a past contestant*) just hit the spot where I feel. It's what I am feeling now. Though I am still going through my day to day life struggles it is the big picture I have my eyes on.

here is the Link:
http://www.nbc.com/the-biggest-loser/video/where-are-they-now-special/1262207/

If you have time watch this episode; it's 2 hours but is real. These people are real. They feel what every big person feels. This is the change that we feel. It is a life style. it is true happiness.

It's not about money even though it is a game/reality show. It's not about that girl that never gave you a chance. cause face it if you were 300 lbs would you want to be with that person. Some people yes, but majority no. it's not healthy. Call me shallow. Call everyone else shallow but being overweight is depression. It's a dark life. It's lonely. It's a wall. It's a mindset. It's not right.

Anyway... Pros and Cons

Pros:
-A relationship with myself
-Confidence
-Happiness
-Passion
-Desire
-A close relationship with my brother

Cons:
-None

I have changed my life. I have started school full time and I am working to be a nutritionist/ personal trainer. I want to start my own fitness business and maybe a gym someday.

Well to take you into my day lest start with I was a lazy ass this morning. I skipped waking up to go shopping at 8 and slept till noon. Treat your body. sometimes ;)

So I woke up and felt over rested haha. That's what happens when you sleep too much and I think that is one of the big problems with people. Over sleeping or under sleeping. Find the right amount you need to function.

Breakfast:
another turkey breakfast burrito
ground turkey
3 large brown eggs
2 tortillas
1 Spike : D

I then headed straight to the gym. It's always tough to work out right when you wake up but it's even harder to not work out at all.

I did arms today:

warm up bar curls
3x12

warm up tri pull downs
3x12

Sitting Sit down curls
3x8

Standing over head Tris
3x8

Super Set
Bent Bar Curls
3x8
standing curls
3x8
(rotate)

Reverse Tri pull downs
3x10

4x4 curls
2sets 4x4 till burn out

Kick Backs
3x10

cable curls
3x10

cable Tri extensions
3x10

It wasn't a great work out but got the job done.

My mind state working out was positive. I'm looking good. I just need to lose more weight! I want it. Work i probably walk about 5-6 miles in 8 hours. So not bad.

Dinner i had left over Boston Market
green beans
corn
chicken
and cream spinach
all proportional

Now I bring to you my night snack
I had 2 PB and J's

not bad if you ask me. i'm working on it.
That's how it goes. You work on it.

Now it's 3 a.m. and I need to sleep. Let me send you off with this:

Say this out loud and to yourself... "I'm worth it."

Common Girls! Get IT! lmao!

I've come along weigh.

Celebrate your success.
I cannot stress that enough.

Your accomplishments are what's going to carry you through till you reach your goal.

Know that you will fail. Know that you cannot always be perfect and you will slip up. But know that you can do it. Know that it's not about what has happened. Start everyday as a new. Don't see anything as a continuation because it can get old. And throw some variety in your meals and work outs. That is being Healthy.

Today wasn't bad. I woke up and felt pretty good. I slept from 3-8 not bad. I fin myself satisfied with 5-6 hrs of sleep. Anything less I'm dead and anything more I'm over rested. 8 hours is a long time to sleep for me.

breakfast I had a breakfast burrito with the night before dinner meat.

ground turkey
egg whites
1egg
2 wheat tortillas
1 cup of OJ

Lunch I had half of a oven roasted chicken sub with
Lettuce
Tomato
cucumbers
pickles
no cheese
and some oil and vinegar

half before work out

I did some walking in the mall today too. Xmas shopping... not fun at all. Im terrible with gifts. esp. without money.

Oh and this cute girl was looking at me in Sears... So I told her she was cute... I dont think she thought it was cute that i thought she was cute but hey I thought what the hell. What do I have to lose. WEIGHT! lol It was pitiful anyway.

enough of that.

So I did Shoulder work out. my 2nd favorite

military press
3x10

incline delts
3x10

rear delt flies sit down
3x10

rear delt flies incline
3x10

Shoulder Flies (standing)
3x10

Front and side raises
3x10

Shrugs
3x10

Iso Shrugs
3x10

Upright Rows
3x10

No cardio today because i had no time. I should have just did cardio. Im in need of weight loss instead of lifting but Im addicted to the lifting results.

Working out can be addicting as well.

I Love it though.
it's the Results.

I always want to work out. Even if I'm tired. right now I could at least life and it's 2:30.

So for dinner My company had a meeting and provided food... Boston Market.
Now you can say i folded.

But i mad choices.

I had green beans
corn
chicken
and some cream spinach
no skin with the chicken

No potatoes
no Mac

drank water.

healthy choices.

it was more like lunch cause I had it at 4. for dinner i had a stufry from the night before.
with pea pods
broccoli
beef
and some stufry sauce.
it was great

snacks I had a granola bar.

when I got home is when i folded. This is my biggest fall. I mess up my whole day because of the night. It's all discipline.

but regardless I had about 4 or 5 small xmas italian cookies, a couple handfulls of cheezits, some sunflower seeds and thats it. Im not happy about it. I really want to nip that in the butt.

And now. it's 2:40.

You know. I want to show you that I am like you. Im not Mr. I lose weight everyday. I've been fluctuating between 230 and 240 the last few months. Im tired of it. I'm going to start new tomorrow and learn from today. I liked how I started. I need to work on my finish. It's all work in progress.

Something to inspire you...

Think about this.

Look at yourself in the mirror naked. Ask yourself if you are truely happy with what you see. If you are not. Make a goal and a promise. To only you. Don't do it for anyone else but you/ That's the only person who matters most.

and...

get it...

 I like :)

 Indeed.

 LMAO

I love it.

Enjoy your weight through life today.

Make a choice.