I want to tell you guys that there is no secret... The cat is out of the bag. There is no pill, shake, quick, short, easy, fun way either. it stands alone on one question. "How bad do you want it?"
Flash back
Lets look back a year and some change on where I was in my life:
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Wayne's World transition
Now 110 pounds lighter I say to you... There is no excuse.
I know how busy life is. I know the cost for a gym membership. I know the cost for eating healthy. The life isn't cheap but you're life is worth it.
You don't need the gym to get in shape. You are surrounded by beautiful country to talk a walk in or even ride a bike through. The time is now to stop making excuses for yourself and for the reason why you look the way you look even if you have 5 pounds to loose or 100's!
It took me 22 years to finally realize that I was worth it. I Plotted, I planed, I did the math, I wrote up the work outs, I made the goals, I set the deadlines, I had great intentions. I hung up the pictures of outfits I wanted. I wrote nasty words to myself to get that fire. I tried shakes. I even tried to diet. None of these methods worked for me. Now they be great for you,,, but it was just a build up for a let down in my world.
What does work for me is portion control and not depriving myself of anything I want. I teat myself junk food but I keep everything in reasonable amounts. I eat what ever I want I just don't over eat! That is the key. Oh and hard work at the gym!
All my life I was made fun of for being over weight. From school to home. I remember as a little kid when I started to really put on the pounds my dad would say to me "You gotta loose weight before you go to high school." Not knowing the difference from elementary to high school I kept eating myself bigger and bigger. Being made fun of as the fat boy. I hated myself. I hated being fat. Fat was not something to be growing up but I filled the role a little too much. I went girl friend less through school for the exception of this short lived thing that was very unhealthy... but I'm not going into that. After high school I moved to New York City thinking that this was the opportunity to change. I didn't. I lost some weight but I gained it back and a whopping 40 more. My top weight was Three Hundred Forty pounds! It was a night a year ago that I decided to change my life. I was depressed and spinning out of control to the point where I was killing myself everyday. I couldn't reach the top of my breath and I thought "this is it... Somethings gotta change because I am going to die." I was scared. I wasn't being see for who I was. I couldn't do simple pleasures like ride a roller coaster or fit comfortably into a restaurant booth. I was embarrassed with myself.
My grandmother had also told me about the show "The Biggest Loser" and I saw that these people were just like me. I wanted to audition for TBL but I didn't want to wait to be cast. So I thought I can't sit around and wait to be cast in a fat camp show so I took it into my own hands.
I started going to the gym 5 days a week. Just 20 minutes of cardio on the elliptical at a level that made me work and I pushed as hard as I could. I would go into the gym in a full hoody and sweats cause I didn't want to be seen. As I got more and more used to it the time stretched to 30 minutes. Then I started reaching out to different machines such as the stair machine, the treadmill, and the bike. At my best cardio game I was doing 80 minutes and 11 miles. killing it!
I lost 110 lbs in 6 months. an accomplishment I always knew I could do but never did till then.
Now I attend the gym everyday. I go to the YMCA in Shrewsbury, MA where I am currently living.
It's amazing when you discover the limits your body is capable of.
Keep striving for more. Longer, faster, heavier.
This isn't a one shot deal. It's not for the summer. It's not for the wedding dress or prom dress. It's not for that cute guy you've liked since high school or the hot cocktail waitress. Though these are great inspirations to fuel your fire this is for you. It's a life style. It is a choice. You choose not to eat that cookie. You deserve not to eat that cookie. You choose to go for a run when you're dead tired. You choose to hit the gym everyday even if you have 30 minutes to do anything. It's a forever mind state.
Through this blog I want to reach out to you. I want to bring you with me on My "Weigh" Through Life. I'm going to be telling you how I feel from when I wake up to pre work-out, work-out, post work-out. I am going to be giving you the run down of what I ate. My work out I did and anything else just to give you and idea of what I am about. You can even email me for information on workouts.
This is a journey I decided to embark a year ago and I am still going and will be forever.
I'll end this blog with a brief on my day:
8:30 a.m.
I was dead tired because I had been waking up because I didn't want to be late to class and I was up till 3:30 a.m. doing a paper.
breakfast-
3 eggs and 3 egg whites with hot sauce and 2 whole grain pieces of toast. great protein!
headed to school and it was freezing. If you are on the east coast I suggest you bundle up cause winter is coming hard. Don't want to get sick! Working out also builds up you immune system so keep that in mind.
I headed to the gym for 11:30 a.m. and ended at 1:30 p.m.
I bought a energy drink (which I don't recommend unless it is the brand I buy called Spike) it has 0 cals 0 sugar and 0 caffeine. and tastes awesome. I also bought a protein bar 30 grams.
I headed to the gym... took a poop and was ready for my work out.
today was biceps and triceps:
warm up curl bar
triceps warm up pull downs
seated curls
over head extensions
pyramid bicep curls with bar
over head extensions pulley
pulley curls
fore arm curls/ weight wabble
reverse pull downs
kick backs
cardio
10 mins stair intervals 162 steps per minute for 40 seconds and 60 steps per minute 40 second
10 minute minute intervals on elliptical sprints
10 minute jog at 6 speed
I was feeling pumped to work out though towards the end of my work out I felt fat and disgusted.I go through that. one minute I look great in the mirror and then the next I look fat. But for the most part i enjoyed my work out today. Was really focused.
I took a nice shower and prepared for work. Wasn't happy about going to work.
post work out I had a protein shake.
lunch:
Tuna sandwich with half tsp of mayo and a tsp of mustard. 1 can of tuna. 2 slices of whole wheat bread.
I also had a caprisun!
Heading to work I brought for dinner:
rice pilaf with mushrooms, carrots, and peas.
granola bar
vitamin water
water
the protein bar
I wasn't hungry. I'll say that
I got home and had two non fat puddings about 80 cals each... could afford not to eat those. I also had a bowl of tortilla chips and salsa and a small bag of none buttered popcorn.
The night time snacking could use some work. but over all today was not bad.
I was pretty excited about working out today.
Now I am exhausted and ready for bed.
I have finals this week... Hitting the gym this week is gonna be key to relieve stress for me. It will take my mind off of the work and get me focused and ready.
That was the quick run down of the day. I will be going more into my thoughts in future blogs to help get your mind right.
I want to leave a Quote a buddy of mine blessed me with that I have been living by through this journey of mine.
"Determination without Discipline is just Dreaming..."
What are you gonna do about it?
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