The First Day of the Rest of My Life

So things are still going pretty well. The only hiccup was that I went out on the weekend and consumed a couple of alcoholic beverages. By yesterday, I gained five pounds, today I really got back to re-hydration and such and lost three pounds. Doesn't quite make sense, but I'm not complaining.

Yesterday I had a quick chest workout and the good thing is that I'm not as in much pain as I was last week. I also jumped on the treadmill real quick and ran for 10-15 minutes. My initial plan was to go for an hour, but I could feel my stamina waning and decided to just go for a mile. I did it in just under 11.5 minutes, but I am sure it would be around 10 if I really tried. I don't think it's too bad for just starting out.

Today I hit up the gym and unfortunately all the treadmills and elipticals were occupied so I hit the stationary bike. Now, it's been a while since I've been on one and I totally forgot how good of a workout it is for my legs. I managed to go 10 miles in 30 minutes with some decent resistance and felt really good afterward. I think I may shift my focus from attempting to do an hour of cardio three days a week to doing half an hour of cardio six days a week until I can build my stamina with both weight training and with my aerobic exercise. Then I'll spend more time lifting weights three days a week, while also having the strength to pull through an hour of cardio.

All in all though, things are still going really well!
 
Things are still going well and I have officially started week three of my weight training/cardio regimen. Today, for the first time since I was probably about 18-19 years old, I ran for an entire half hour without stopping/walking. It wasn't a super fast pace on the treadmill, but there was a certain sense of accomplishment in doing so.

Otherwise, I'm slowly starting to see how healthy eating and being active/going to the gym, etc. is becoming more of a lifestyle rather than a coming fad. I feel as if there is something missing when I don't go to the gym and manage to get much more done after going to the gym as opposed to before I go. Things are really starting to look up and I'm really seeing how my clothes are fitting much better than they were a month ago.
 
Just an update. Things are going really well still. I'm up to nearly 3 miles in half an hour on the treadmill which I am not sure is a huge accomplishment in itself, but is definitely a start methinks!

Still been going to the gym 6 days a week with 6 days of cardio and 6 days of lifting of different muscle groups. I've also been keeping a log of the weights I've been lifting to help myself keep track and tangibly see my progress.

I (re)started my journey on September 30th, which was a night weigh where I was at 207.4 lbs. Today, just over a month later I am down to 190.4. I know this loss isn't sustainable, but I can definitely feel how eating more often but healthier allows me to not be hungry as much as I used to. I've also been drinking a ridiculous amount of water, like many success stories on here have stated.

I've changed a few of my goals and trimmed my goal weight to 150 rather than 165 lbs. I feel that will give me the lean look I am looking for, while still allowing me to maintain that level. 150 lbs is almost in the middle of the healthy BMI area and I'm hoping to attain that goal by the time I graduate in April. With that being said, I hope I can keep pushing myself both mentally and physically and reach that goal sooner.

Until next time!
 
I had an interesting epiphany today in relation to my confidence. I find that when I'm out in the general public, I feel much better about myself and how I look. When I transition into the gym, where the odds of having extremely fit people are much higher, my confidence definitely decreases to what it once was earlier in the day when I was interacting with the general public and that.

Not a very big deal, I just thought it was interesting.
 
Ha, I know that NO ONE reads this, but I had another interesting thought when I was finishing up in the gym today.

I think I've finally converted going to the gym into a lifestyle. Before when I would get upset or depressed or what have you, I'd slowly gravitate to sugars and fast food. Now, I find myself after a bad day, taking it out while in the gym and leaving with a completely new perspective. Before, I would eat and eat to the point where I felt bloated to the point of getting sick, now I go to the gym, do my lifting, run my 2.5-3 miles and I feel like a completely better person.

It's interesting taking an outsider perspective and understanding the personal development I'm going through right now.
 
It's been a while since I updated this posting here. Things are still going really well, I had a bit of a bout with H1N1 that I'm just getting over, but I'm still managing to lose weight even if I'm not in the gym everyday.

I'm planning on going to the Coachella Music Festival in Palm Springs in April of this year, and I'm really hoping to be down (or near) my goal weight of 155 by the time April rolls around. Last time I went to Coachella a couple of years ago, I was at my highest weight, my father had just passed away, I was dealing with just being diagnosed with Bell's Palsy. I really wasn't in a happy place. Fast forward to today, I'm feeling better than I ever have (sans getting over H1N1) and for the first time I can remember I am feeling confident in how I look. Another 19 pounds and I should be at my goal weight. Once I reach down to 155 I'll be posting pictures of my before and after here on this website to hopefully motivate others to make some of the positive changes I have made in my own life.
 
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