GOAL: I will lose 55lbs in this 6 week challenge
Here it is in a nut shell! At the beginning of January I decided that I needed to get serious about working out and getting in shape again. Back in 2003-2004 I was working out hard and dropping lbs left and right. I have always been a bigger guy, but I had gotten up to 400lbs in college. Over the span of a few years, I eventually dropped down to around 300lbs and kept it off for a while. I was in a relationship for a long time, and I think that I got too comfortable with the one I was with. Over the 6 years we were together, I gradually put the weight back on and wasn’t really motivated by much to drop it. This past year the relationship ended and I still wasn’t very motivated to lose the weight. For some reason, this December, I decided that I did want to be a better person regarding work, play, life, everything. I decided that I was going to dedicate myself completely to get my life back in order.
My weight was a major factor in that decision to be better. A few weeks ago, I decided to fully commit myself to becoming a better me and needed a jump start. I decided that I was going to eat right, cut out alcohol and sodas and get in a good routine until SXSW (March 9th). I know that it’s not a long time, but I wanted to just shock my system to get started. I had worked out a lot during the summer but had slacked off after a trip to Europe and I just wanted to feel healthier and commit to a goal. I don’t plan on going back to lazy and eating poorly, but I am going to try to enjoy a good balance in life.
As fortune might have it, I was helping some good friends move back to Austin on the 14th of January and I heard about a weight loss challenge for the Bobby Bones Show and Healthé Trim. I signed up thinking that if I got the opportunity to compete, that would be great…if I didn’t, I was still going to step up my workouts and healthy eating. I was picked for the competition as an alternate and was allowed to compete.
My goal is to lose 55lbs over the next 6 weeks, and I will update my blog with photos and videos as much as I can. If I can help someone make the decision to get healthy or to start working out, even better. Tune in to 96.7 KISS FM in Austin every Monday morning to hear my progress.
37 Days Left – Mt Bonnell
This morning I will be taking on Mt. Bonnell again. I’ve done this before and it is exhausting! The other day I mentioned to a friend that I was going to go up and down the steps 7-10 times on Saturday morning. He looked at me and said “10, NOT 7-10, do it 10 times”. So, I’ll do it 10 times. I also asked what people wanted to know about me in order to give me more material to write about and hopefully make this blog more enjoyable to read. A friend of mine, offered the following in response to my question and I...
read more38 Days Left – Food is Fuel
Food is Fuel. That’s how I’ve had to start thinking about this process. Yesterday I had lunch with a group of people, and although the “trailer food” that they had looked and smelled great, I sat there and enjoyed my chicken and salad. My body only needs certain things to get me to where I want to be, and I’ve made my mind up to simply think of food as fuel for my body. Typically, we find ourselves making events out of eating; a happy hour with half priced appetizers and alcohol, a dinner date with friends or a...
read more39 Days Left – Where does the time go?
I must say that I feel bad that I didn’t get my blog updated this morning like I had hoped. I’m going to try to update it twice a day so that if you want to see what I did at night, you can just come back that evening! Last night I went to Beso Contina for their four year anniversary party! I want everyone to know that I was in a bar for five hours and didn’t touch anything other than ice water…a LOT of water! I explained to my friends that I needed to lose a bunch of weight and that I could only have water....
read more40 Days Left, 40 Days/40 Nights
Forty Days left in this challenge for me. Significance? Well, 40 has significance in most major religion, sports, handguns, popular expressions like, “the back 40,” “life begins at 40,” “40 winks,” and so on. To me, it marks the 3rd day of this competition to lose 55lbs in 42 days. I hope everyone slept well during the thunderstorms last night. I woke up one time from a big crash, but promptly went back to sleep. Usually I go to bed between 10:30 and midnight and get up between 6 and 7. Most of...
read more41 Days Left
Yesterday was my first day of the Bobby Bones Show / Healthé Trim Weight Loss Challenge. I have received a lot of support from friends, Thank You! Yesterday, I started the ball rolling with my workouts and diet. I took all of the supplements that Healthé Trim offered us and felt great! The main product, The Thermo Energy Booster gave me energy throughout the day. I usually get tired around 1-3 in the afternoon, but I had no issues yesterday at all. I took the Healthé plex along with the Healthé cleanse and Healthé shield. NOTE: The one...
read more42 Days To Go
Today was my first day for the Bobby Bones weight loss challenge. Although I weighed in at 375lbs last week, the show has me at 364lbs because the scale requires age/height information and they didn’t want to change it for any reason so that everyone would be consistent. Click here for the Audio of the Show. Last night, I decided to splurge before this competition with a $5 shake from Alamo Draft House. I got sick to my stomach because I’m already not used to that type of high caloric intake! (though it was delicious) I woke up...
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