tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30156024425721782242012-01-11T20:50:24.404-05:00A fat man's journey to cross the abyss to thinSteve 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/09227107049044498044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015602442572178224.post-41890679034298763342012-01-07T20:00:00.000-05:002012-01-07T20:00:24.543-05:00

Vitamins for the Mindby Jim Rohn Journals Be a collector of good ideas, but don't trust your memory. The best collecting place for all of the ideas and information that comes your way is your journal. The reason why I spend so much money for my journals is to press me to find something valuable to put in them. There are three things to leave behind: your photographs, your library and your

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You can make the best plans and put the most thought into them, but without the execution of the plan you go nowhere.  Execution followed by consistency is more important than the plan itself.  You can plan to go on a vacation, but if you depart in your car and get so far and stop, you'll never get there.  It takes constant hours of driving to get you to your destination.   This has been the

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When I started this blog I was out of work and decided that I needed to make a change.  I planned on making posts everyday to chronicle my change.  The n I got back to work, in retail.  The hours always changed and it was not as easy to make my daily posts.   This year my company lost its contract and did a permanent layoff of all its employees associated with its Verizon account.  This caused me

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Today is the first weigh in of the competition.  I have been feeling really good the entire week.  The results show a positive improvement.

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I have decided to join another competition to assist me in my weight loss goal.  This was my initial weigh in for the competition. WoW!! 264.5   This is the biggest that I have ever been.  I told myself that I would never be over 260.  Well here I am. I'm working more on the food side of things this time.  Controlling my portions and eating smaller meals more frequently.  We will see

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I just wanted to keep the update going. There have been a few things going on over the last couple of weeks and it has taken time to sort them out.  I still don't have them sorted, but I need to make some progress somewhere.  The job has been a little more intensive than I thought.  I continue to have this ongoing  battle with consistency that I seem to be losing.  The personal issues are very

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Baby Steps That is what change is all about. Just taking baby steps towards the attainment of your goals.  It is a series of small consistent events, and not one gigantic leap that makes change permanent.      I used to jump into things and try to do things the cold turkey way.  I have found that only leads to reverting back to the old patterns because it was easy and comfortable.  It was real

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Status Report Well my status unfortunately is right where I started, except for the few extra pounds I have put on in the last month or two.  Like the title says, I have been studying D_U_M_B for the last few months.  I was looking at my banking account for the last cycle.  I spent a total of 427.84 on eating out, either with family or for lunch.  Most of that was fast food of some kind.  When

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It has been a long time since I posted. I have let myself go, in a big way. As of my last weigh in, I'm weighing 260#.  It's not enough that I have not worked out, but I have met or exceded my maximum allowable weight. I am embarrassed that it has gotten this bad. It is time to do something, and do it now.  I need to take it one meal, one day at a time.  It it's time to get aggressive.  It all

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This is the first progress report for 2011.  My plan is to lose 1.7 pounds per week to get to my goal weight.  I started out at 254 on January 1st. My projected weight for three weeks would be a 5.1 pound loss and be at 249.4 pounds.  I weighed in today at 249.0.  I am ahead of schedule by 0.4#.  I will take that considering I have been to the gym twice this month, and my diet has not been the

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This year has not started out the way I had planned.  First thing is I made it to the gym on the 4th.  I felt so crappy that I only did 20 minutes of cardio and then went home.  The killer is that I still felt like crap afterwards.  Sluggish and weak....  This was a precursor to the stomach virus that I had on the first day of my new job.  It lasted three days, with puking and diarrhea.  I think

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I am back in the game!  The holidays and the parties are all over for a while.  It's time to focus and commit to physical portion now.  There are a lot of things thrown into motion in the last couple of days.  The physical side is only the tip of the iceberg.  I am talking about a full intervention, which will lead to a re-invention of me.   Tomorrow the gym gets back to regular hours and I am

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Wake Up:   4:30 am Total minutes of exercise: 40 Total Calories burned (Approx):   620 Daily caloric intake Actual/ Planned total: 1333/1800 Exercise: Cardio:  Elliptical 20 ---treadmill 20min lv. 5.5  1.64 miles Strength: Progress:  I had a great workout this morning.  I was able to go the entire mile and a half without stopping or slowing.  I was very proud of this accomplishment.  This

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  Well  this week has been a long week.  There was Thanksgiving, and a birthday.  There was the busiest shopping day of the retail season, which I had to work through.  There also was one last important event.   This is the two year anniversary for "Tales from the Fat Side".  I don't believe that it has been two years already.  I started this blog because I was sick of being overweight and

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Wake Up: 5:10am Total minutes of exercise: 50 minutesTotal Calories burned (Approx): 600Exercise:Cardio: Elliptical 4.9 milesStrength: N/AProgress: Today took me a little bit to wake up this morning. I made it to the gym by 5:10 AM. Today was a cardio days I can get away with being a little bit late. I was able to get in 50 minutes on the elliptical machine. It equated out to about 5

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Wake Up: Total minutes of exercise: 60Wake Up: Total minutes of exercise: 60Total Calories burned (Approx): 500Exercise:Cardio: elliptical 5 min warm upStrength: Upper body weight trainProgress: This weekend has been very tough for me. Normally, I have been very religious in making it to the gym. Week ends are a problem with conflicting work schedules. I missed this weekend totally. I did fairly

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HERE WE GO!!!We have a good size field for this challenge. What will be more impressive is how many will be here at the end. There is always a good size attrition rate to these challenges.This is especially true for ones that start around this time because they cover all the major food eating holidays. This will show what you are made of. I look forward to the challenges ahead.The official

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Gentleman,We are going to be doing one thing and one thing only. KILLING FAT!We are in the fat killing business.... And brother business is a BOOMING!!Question:Why does it take a weight loss competition to get people excited about doing something good for themselves? Is it the actual competition, or the money associated to it. I suppose it would depend on the individual. I am a little bit of

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OPERATION FAT BLASTER is in effect.Well it feels like I have come full circle. It was a challenge that started last year on Oct 2nd that got me dedicated to losing weight and re-lit the fire in me to do something about it. I had progressed very well until I had started a new job and I had to go out of town for training. I missed two weigh ins and was removed from the competition. It sucked, but I

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Wake Up: 4:30Total minutes of exercise: 60 Total Calories burned (Approx): 795Exercise:Cardio: Elliptical 40 min / 4.1 miles / level 10 Treadmill 20 min / 1.56 miles / 2.5 - 7.0 intervals Strength: Progress: Today was a regular cardio day. I wanted to get back into the running thing again, so I decided to do the last 20 minutes on the treadmill get a baseline for my

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Wake Up: 4:30 amTotal minutes of exercise: 90Total Calories burned (Approx): 500Exercise:Cardio: 5 min warm up elliptical / level 10Strength: Upper Body workout db flat bench 3/10/70 (warm up 55# x 1)machine flye 2/10/110d/b Mil press 4/10/40Lat Raise 1/10/15Lat Pulldown 3/10/170Seat Cable row 3/10/ 110 x1 130 x2Rope pressdn 3/10/40-50-40Tri kickback 1/10/10d/b curls

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I have finally gotten back to make a post. It has been almost a month since the last one. There have been some changes, most of them bad. I was on a good roll with the exercise and trying to get by with my nutrition. I have been going to the gym on a routine basis. I am really happy that I have been able to make it on a regular basis. I have seen some size and strength gains over the last

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Well today makes it official. I am now a third of the way through my challenge. I weighed in today and my weight has managed to stay the same. I am still at 240. I am gaining strength and size. I can't totally complain. I look back at the last 6 weeks and say that I could have done better. My diet has been a complete disaster. My job makes it very hard to stay on track during the day.

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Wow!!! It is weird to be 6 weeks into this. That's one third of the challenge down. The trial period is over and it's time to get down to the last 12 weeks of the challenge.I have been doing very well with making it to the gym. This has been automatic. I have been making it between 5 to 7 days a week (schedule permitting on weekends). I am seeing some good changes in my upper body. I have

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I can't believe it, it is the end of week #4 already. This is roughly the end of the first quarter of this 18 week challenge.I feel different in just the few short weeks I have been doing this too. I will admit that I am not following my plan to the letter, but I am following the outline at least. There are things that have been going well and things that need some work. I will start off with

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I apologize for the pause between posts. I have been putting in OT at my job to catch up on some lingering bills. I have been doing 12 hour days.The good news is that I was still able to fit in exercise every morning before work. I am celebrating another milestone this week.34 days with no sodaI have been tempted bot h at work and at home, but I remained strong. I really don't even miss it

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It has been kind of tough this week to stay on top of the blog, and put in the OT at the job. I also put some time restrictions on myself for when to go to be too. I am glad that I did because I feel much better in the mornings now, and I have not missed an alarm or a workout since.Well the numbers are in for this week. I have managed to maintain even with the deficit and the extra cardio. So,

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Wake Up: 4:30Total minutes of exercise: 60Total Calories burned (Approx): 780Daily caloric intake Actual/ Planned total: 1425/1800Exercise:Cardio: Elliptical 60 min @level 10 780 caloriesStrength:Progress: This has been an excellent Thursday. Everything has been going well. I have a good plan, and a lot of dedication. I did my 6.3 miles on the elliptical. I am planning my upper

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Wake Up: 4:30Total minutes of exercise: 60Total Calories burned (Approx): 780Exercise:Cardio: 60 min elliptical @ level 10Strength:Progress: I followed up a great workout with a great day of nutrition. I followed then plan give or take a half hour. What I planned I ate today. I felt great. I was unable to get the shake in later in the night because we were so busy up until close.I am

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Wake Up: 4:30Total minutes of exercise: 60Total Calories burned (Approx): 420Exercise:Cardio: 10 min elliptical warm upStrength: upper body w/ ab workProgress: I think today was a good day overall. I got off to the start I was expecting this morning. I had the day off, so i took my son to the park for a little bit. The monkey bars are still tough though. Soon enough I will conquer

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Starting weight: 249.5 End of week #1: 243.5 Diff +/-: -6I take a look back at this week and can say good things. I started a new challenge. I feel awesome and can't wait for tomorrow. There are some things that have come up that I need to work on for this up coming week:get more sleep ( in bed between 10 - 11) Integrate an ab routine in on strength daysFill out daily goals and power mindset

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Wake Up: 6:00Total minutes of exercise: 60Total Calories burned (Approx): 764 Daily caloric intake Actual/ Planned total: FREEDAYExercise:Cardio: Elliptical 60 min 6.5 miles 764 calsStrength: N/AProgress: Today was a great finish to a great first week. I hit the machines for cardio this morning. I got in my hour. I also completed 6.5 miles. I have been a monster this week. My

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Wake Up: 6:15 ( too late)Total minutes of exercise: 0Total Calories burned (Approx): NoneDaily caloric intake Actual/ Planned total: 1869/2000Nutrition Accountability:What_I_ate_todayExercise: NoneProgress: I either missed the alarm or was so tired when I went to bed at midnight that I forgot to throw the on switch. I think it was the second because if it went off my wife would have shoved me

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Today is the first day of the challenge on Transformation.com. It is an exciting day to be on the site. Whole changing as I write this. The book is finally come out. It is a great time to be a member of the site.I went to the gym this morning. I started with a five-minute warm-up, then started my P90X chest and back routine. I started with push-ups, and then I got a pain in my left shoulder. I

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I have 6.5 hours before the bell rings and my 18 week Transformation journey begins. I look at this as I am a beta version of Steve. Beta versions have bugs in them that need to be worked out. After the bugs get worked out I will transform into Steve 2.0. This is the first step I need to take in order to get me out of the situation I am currently in. I need to change me from the inside out.

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Excerpt from Darren Hardy's BlogEditor in Chief of Success MagazineMy mentor Jim Rohn emphasized that one of the first things everyone should work on is their physical health. He said, “How terrible would it be if the mind said, ‘let’s go conquer the world’ and the body said, ‘I can’t even get out of bed’?” It takes your healthy body to carry around your head full of ideas and your heart’s

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Over the past week, I have been realizing that my life is not where I want it to be. I mean really not where I want it to be.I have been looking at some old material ( books, tapes, and podcasts) to see if there is something that I can use to jump start a turn around. One thing that has caught my eye was the beginning of the "Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko." The first thing he asks in chapter

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I am back after a week of off time recovering. I was feeling kind of tender. I am pretty much 100%. I am trying to change up the diet, to not only combat the stones but to get me back on track with my goals. There will be more to follow in the next couple of days. I am bummed that my gym closed for the week, so they can do some remodeling and replace some equipment. It is about time for

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Well just when I thought they were all gone, there was one more. I passed three smaller stones yesterday. I figured that it was over, but I was sadly mistaken. I woke up around midnight with another severe pain in my side. I started to get worried this time. This is what it felt like the last two times. The nauseous feelings were coming on along with the sweats. At 2am I realized that this one

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Today did not start off as well as I planned. I made it to bed on time, but woke up at midnight with another pain in my left side. That's right another stone. This one was going to be stubborn though. I tried to drink more water, but that did not work. I was starting to get the sweats and feeling nauseous. I am far to familiar with those symptoms, so I made the command decision to go to the

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You know I can deal with any workout muscle soreness, but when a kidney stone attack comes on. That is enough to put you down. I have had the unlucky fortune of having two in the past three years. Well guess what the rolling stones are back. I don't think I will have to go to the hospital this time though. I had some meds at home and started drinking a bunch of water to try to flush it out. I

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I am down another 2 lbs. It is definitly a step in the right direction. Lets see what next week brings.

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Planning is the key to proper execution of steps to achieve goals. I made a point to get to bed earlier last night because I have been finding that I am really tired when I wake up. This usually leads me to go back to sleep, and as you all know the morning is my do or die time to get in gear and go to the gym. I woke up at 4:30 an jumped right out of bed today. I must admit it has been a

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Well, this first week went pretty well. It really hasn't been a week, but more like five days. I have felt really solid with my workout execution. I have been getting in the amount of cardio burn. The diet has been hit or miss. I have reduced portion sizes, and now i need to start eating a little better stuff. Well as you can see from the picture I have lost 2 lbs. That is on track with the

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This morning was a tough one. The alarm went off at 4:30, I got up and fought myself not to jump back in. I put my stuff together and headed out anyway. I look at this as a TRIUMPH!!!! It was a great workout too. Today was a cardio only day. I got in the following: Elliptical 60 minutes 864 (approx. cals burned) 1.90 miles Level 12 I still have a few more cals to go for the 1000, but this was a

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Wake Up: 4:30Total minutes of exercise: 105 minutesTotal Calories burned (Approx): 745Daily caloric intake Actual/ Planned total: /1800Exercise:Cardio: 35 min elliptical @ lv 12 10 min treadmill @ 5.5 (non stop)Strength: upper body workoutProgress: Today is the beginning of the Second Chances challenge. I woke up on time this morning at 4:30 and went to the gym. I

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I have been away for quite awhile. It was a combo of the new job and getting adjusted to the rotating schedule, and trying to adjust with the eating schedule. I have not done well with either for the last 5 months. Then the fall turned into the winter and all the wind was blown out of my sails. I thought that with the new year coming I would catch another wind, but it just did not happen. I know.

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It is time to dust off the gym bag and charge up that MP3 player because it's time to get back in the saddle. I have been away for almost three months. I have been more off than on to the gym. I have been maintaining right around the 240 mark that I left back in December. I am ready for the next portion of my journey to enlightenment and the the loss of fat. I have been trying to figure things

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Wake Up: 4:30 AMTotal minutes of exercise: 90 minTotal Calories burned (Approx): 510 cardio + ? strengthExercise:Cardio: elliptical 20 min----level 7-----200 cals (warm up for leg workout)elliptical 20 min----level 12----310 cals (finish)Strength:Lower Body WorkoutProgress: I got my butt in gear this morning and did what I needed to do. I feel better for it, both physically and mentally. This

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I don't know what is going on with me. Well that's a lie, I looked back at this time last year and realize that the same thing has been going on. I was missing workouts, not getting out of bed in the morning, and not following a sound diet plan. This got me absolutely nowhere. i seem to be doing some more self sabotaging during the winter months. I don't get it. I was doing so good up until

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1/8/2010Hello people,I am sorry that it seemed that I fell off the earth this new year. I, for reasons unknown to me, was locked out of my blogger account. I was just able to reset it this morning. I have been keeping entries still and I will post them soon. I am just glad that I did not have to start over again with a new blog. That would have sucked. I'm going to post these in order, so this

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Daily UpdateWake Up: 4:30Total minutes of exercise: 90Total Calories burned (Approx): 900Exercise:Cardio: Mini Cardio CircuitElliptical 20 minutes --Lv-7 -- 200 calstreadmill 10 minutes --Lv5.5-- 189 calsElliptical 20 minutes --Lv 12-- 298 caltreadmill 10 minutes --Lv6.5 for 5min 5.5 for 4min -- 192 calsStrength:Progress: This was one of my cardio sessions like I was doing back in

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A link to a great blog on emotional eating by DawnPosted using ShareThis

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Daily UpdateWake Up: 4:45Total minutes of exercise: 82Total Calories burned (Approx): 500Exercise:Cardio: elliptical 20 min (warm up)Strength: upper body workoutProgress: Today was a good day. I got up with relatively no problem this morning. It was very cold on the way to the gym. I was upset this morning that my MP3 player crapped out on me ans I did not have my music to do my cardio

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I just read something on CNN.com about a Pakistani woman who was attacked by five men and had her nose and ears cut off. This is thee most weirdest thing I have ever seen. The good news is that the police caught three of the five people. Two already stood trial and were convicted. Guess what there punishment was............ Anyone?Both of the men were sentenced to having their noses and ears

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Hello everyone. Well the holiday's are upon us along with the beginning of a new decade looming ahead. I have not been as consistant with my exercise as I would like during the last few weeks. I have been able to manage the portions and keep the overeating under control. I think that is a great help in itself. Now if it all comes together, I can move full speed into the new year. I refuse to wait

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Well it has been quite a while since my last post. I am still in the game, just a little misguided. I took a week or two off, and then I contracted some kind of sickness. I think it is just a cold, but it has been with me for at least a week now. I am planning to go to the gym in the morning for the first time in a while. I hope the respiratory system can handle the cardio. It seems that I

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Daily UpdateWake Up: 6:30Total minutes of exercise: 60Total Calories burned (Approx): 500Exercise:Cardio: Elliptical 20 min @ Lvl 7Strength: Upper Body WorkoutProgress: Today I was able to get in my workout because I am not going in until 11:30am. The gym opens up at 7am on the weekends. I warmed up with the cardio and then did my first strength training routine in a

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Final post in Weight Loss Wars journal-----Well I have been bounced from the Happy New you competition because I missed three Friday weigh ins. I missed two when I was away for my training for my new job and the one this past Friday. This was the competition that spurred my enthusiasm and got me over the exercise hump. It is also kind of weird that the person who started the whole thing for me

Steve 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/09227107049044498044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015602442572178224.post-13126969875171164462009-11-26T14:13:00.005-05:002009-11-26T14:26:30.090-05:00

Daily UpdateWake Up: 6:30 workout @8:30Total minutes of exercise: 40Total Calories burned (Approx): 525Exercise:Cardio: elliptical Level 7 for 20 minTreadmill 20 min lvl. 5.5 and 6.5Strength:Progress: Magic MomentThis was another great day for workouing out. i made it to the gym this morning after getting in late from the casino. Success #1. Then during my run portion I was able to make it the

Steve 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/09227107049044498044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015602442572178224.post-80878154876714190222009-11-25T15:08:00.003-05:002009-11-25T15:20:43.831-05:00

Make your own Glitter GraphicsI am going to the casino tonigh, so wish me luck.

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Starting weight: 260Weight to date: 242Loss to date: 18 lbs------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things are going well so far, but I think that they could go better. People will look at the 18 pound loss and say that's awesome. It is and don't get me wrong I am totally excited with my progress. I just don't want to get to

Steve 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/09227107049044498044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015602442572178224.post-56004944848460765452009-11-23T22:25:00.000-05:002009-11-24T10:28:31.450-05:00

Daily UpdateWake Up: 6:00 ( to late for the gym )Total minutes of exercise: 40Total Calories burned (Approx):Exercise:Strength: Upper body workout (with lighter weight and higher reps)Progress: Today I missed my appointment with myself at the gym. My alarm went off and the room was cold so I did not get right up. Well I closed my eyes for another hour and fifteen minutes.

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Daily UpdateWake Up: 6:00Total minutes of exercise: 40Total Calories burned (Approx): 575Exercise:Cardio: 20 min Elliptical --- 20 min Treadmill-1.5 miles --- 15:53 ( Personal Best )20 minute distance: 1.81 milesProgress: Today started out really well. I made it to the gym 10 minutes before it opened so i could get my workout in before work today. I started off with a warm up on

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I have been asking myself for the last month and a half one question over and over. Why is this time different then all the other times that I have decided to get back to working out and following a challenge? I still cannot answer that question fully, but for some reason it has just clicked with me. I did my homework and formed a game plan. I wanted to put a plan together that was easy and

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This week has been a low exercise week. I missed several workouts due to various reasons. My diet has been pretty good, but can always be better. I think the diet saved me this week though. I finally got it together yesterday. I made it to the gym and did a good cardio workout and then ran for 20 minutes. This morning I felt like it was part two of my last chance workout. I completed an hour of

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I am still getting used to not having a lot of free time to keep this blog updated. I am working on setting some time each day to get it done. I apologize for the inconsistency. I am still fighting the good fight. I have not lost the fire or the resolve to get to my goal. I just lost all my free time. That's all. I am going to include my weigh in picture from last week and then make my entry for

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I am still alive!!! It has been a tough couple of weeks getting back in to the swing of working again. It has been a year and a half of being a stay at home dad. I now have to plan my days the night before and pack enough for the day. I am so used to just going to the fridge at the allotted time and making what I planed. Not anymore... I kind of feel lost. I just spent the last week in an

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Daily UpdateWork out time: 1:30pmTotal minutes of exercise: 60Total Calories burned (Approx): 600-700ExerciseCardio: 20 min Elliptical20 min Treadmill 1.5 miles 18:56Strength: Bi's, Tri's, and shouldersProgress: I started my running program last Tuesday while I was away. This is the first time running since. I was actually able to complete the entire 1.5 miles in under twenty minutes. I am not

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Wrap-up from trip.....I have returned from my trip without a scratch. Everything went well and I am now back home. The thoughts and worries that I had prior to leaving pretty much came true. I tried to eat the best that I could. Ahhhhh.... The best laid plans.... Well I did the best with what I had. It was really hard to do it right all the time every time when you eat out every meal. I

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Well my second day went as well as the first. I adjusted my alarm ahead an hour realizing that I needed to be there for 9:00am. I work at 5:30 and hit the elliptical for a good 40 minutes. OH OH OH Good news!!!! The blister went down to nothing. I think it broke somehow. Don’t know, don’t care. I’ll clean it and wrap it up just in case anyway. I was a good boy for lunch at Boston Market.

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My first day on the new job and I lost the paperwork telling me when the start time was for class. I think it’s 9:00 but it will be just me luck it’s 8:00. I have to prepare for the worst-case scenario 8:00am. I woke up at 4:30 for my workout. I got in 40 minutes on the elliptical. A took a quick shower and then off to the free full breakfast. I was good and got a veggie omelet ½ serving of

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This was a crazy day. I spent the entire day packing and returning things (long story). I did not go to workout until late. I feel lost. I don’t want to go back to work. I have to go back though because of financial concerns. My wife asked me today, does it feel weird to go back to work? Yes, yes it does! I have been the stay at home dad for so long now. Now it’s time to get back into

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It is two days until my two week test begins. It's like the Biggest Loserwhen they send people home for a week. I have had such a controlledenvironment for a long time. I have been home with the right stuff in thefridge. I would eat at pretty much the right times, but it was controlled. I have come off of three awesome weeks, and this is the most amount of weight I've lost at one time

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Today was a total surprise. I think deep down I needed this. It leads me to the next question. Can I keep it going next week or will I hit the wall? Tune in next Friday for an all new episode of "As the Fat Burns."

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This is exercise #1 of 18 in the book Transformation by Bill Phillips. The exercise is to take before pictures of yourself and surround it with words and phrases that come to mind when you see it. Then the 2nd part of the assignment is to have a blank page and write all the things you envision upon your completion in 18 weeks. What you will See, Feel, and Act like. Being the creative person that

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I was listening to a program today while I was doing my cardio exercise. The program revolved around setting time aside for you. Do you have an hour at the most? This is advisable to do first thing in the morning. I was called your Hour of Power. You take this time to reflect on your goals and what you are thankful for. You can do this during your exercise. The benefit of doing this in the

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Daily UpdateWake Up: 4:30Total minutes of exercise: 70Total Calories burned (Approx): 550-600Daily caloric intake Actual/ Planned total: 1968/1800Exercise:Cardio: elliptical (40 min)Strength: lower body workout (30min)Progress: I still am dealing with the foot problem. That's why only 40 minutes this morning. I decided to not pop it. I was told with a little constant pressure it will

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Daily UpdateWake Up: 4:30Total minutes of exercise: 60Total Calories burned (Approx): 500Daily caloric intake Actual/ Planned total: 1855 /1800Exercise:Cardio: Elliptical 60 minutesStrength:Progress: Today was an on target day. I felt strong the entire time. The blister has gotten bigger. It must like healthier food too. LOL It is holding water and keeping me down. If its not

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Something I posted to another site I am on back in the beginning of the year. I saw it and thought I would share. Enjoy...........

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Daily Update Wake Up: 6:00am Worked out @8pmTotal minutes of exercise: 120Total Calories burned (Approx): 1300-1500Daily caloric intake Actual/ Planned total: 1750/1800Exercise:Cardio: Elliptical (100 minutesStrength: Upper body 3x10 chest, back, shoulders, bi's, and tri'sProgress:Today I missed the morning call to action, so I waited patiently until the evening. I stayed on point all

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Daily UpdateWake Up: 7:00amTotal minutes of exercise: 60Total Calories burned (Approx): 600Exercise:Cardio: EllipticalStrength: Leg workout (leg press, stiff dead lifts, leg extensions, leg curls, squatsProgress: Today was a pretty good day being a cold rainy Sunday. In fact it snowed in Foxboro for the Patriot game. Foxboro is about 2 hours to the east of me. No snow here just cold

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This second week of the challenge has went better than expected. I have surpass the 10 pound mark, and continued to follow a nutritional lifestyle change. This is an ever changing work in progress, both in body and in life. I am trying to be more consistent at tracking my daily intake, and exactly how I feel each day. I have been looking into tracking it all on FitDay.com and linking it to my

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I was so excited this morning when I looked at the scale to find one more pound has left me. I really did not think that I would go below 250 until the middle of next week. I woke up and when I was getting dressed I found a blister on instep of my left foot above the heel. I need to be extra cautious not to pop it. The day started out with a trip to the gym and an hour and 20 minutes of

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Daily UpdateWake Up: 4:30Total minutes of exercise: 80Total Calories burned (Approx): 800It is a great day today everyone. You know why? I choose to wake up at 4:30am and go workout. I have the opportunity to change not just my body, but my mind as well. I realize that the opportunities are endless, and you just have to grab hold of them and not let go until you get where you want to go.OK,

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What It Takes to Lose a PoundDiet and Weight Loss TutorialUnit of WeightApproximate Calories Pound 3,500Kilogram7,716A pound of body fat equates to approximately 3500 calories. So if you have a calorie deficit of 500 calories (meaning that you burn 500 calories more than you eat each day) you would lose approximately one pound per week:500 x 7 = 3,500It's easy to see that a calorie deficit of

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Perfection is the lowest standard in the world. You’re trying to be perfect and you know you can’t be, so what you really have is a standard that you can’t achieve. In reality you have no standards. Instead of being perfect, why not be OUTSTANDING!!! That is based on heart, emotion, and commitment. If you have those things on a consistent basis you'll figure out the how in what it is that you

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Daily UpdateWake Up: 4:30amTotal minutes of exercise: 105 minutesTotal Calories burned (Approx): 1268Daily caloric intake Actual/ Planned total: 1791 /1800Nutrition Accountability:M#1: 6 Egg whites and Oatmeal------(263)M#2: N/AM#3: (2) Turkey Burgers on whole wheat w/ O’s and lettuce---(680)M#4: 4oz lean steak, 4 oz potato, 6oz baby carrot---(508)M#5: 8oz cottage cheese + 8oz L/F Yogurt---(340)M

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I CAN!!! and so can the elliptical machine when you look at the calories burned!!!! That's right followers Steve-o played the biggest loser "THE HOME GAME". I did not make it to the gym this morning. The alarm went off, but it was freezing in the room and I turned over and covered up. (Poor excuse won't happen tomorrow) I went the whole day sticking to my calories with the right food choices.

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Today was another good one. I was going to start the day off with the P90X Chest and Back workout this morning, but I was still sore in the arms from the upper body workout I did on Friday. That program was push ups and pull ups, so i did not feel I could give my best. I opted to go with the back up plan. I did a leg workout instead. It was a good one. Nothing too heavy though, I don't want to be

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Today was a huge breakthrough day. I went to the gym because I had a date with my nemesis, "The StairMaster". I started out in the elliptical for 20 minutes and felt great. I knew that this is the time to tackle the beast. I got on the machine with the tools of the trade, my water bottle, towel, and MP3 player.I set the machine for 10 minutes and at a level 8. Well let me tell you, I made it five

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Today went really well. I was so proud of myself today. This morning the family does the weekend ritual of going out to breakfast. I normally get the Philly Omelet with side of corned beef hash and chase it with a glass or two of soda. Today I was very conscious of what I was ordering. I had a Broccoli, Tomato, and cheese omelet made with egg beaters, no side orders, and I drank only water.

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Today was a great day. I fell asleep last night at 9:30pm. I did not get up in time for my planed morning workout. I did not worry though, I made it up tonight. I had the BEST workout to date so far. I started with 20 minutes of cardio on the elliptical. Then I moved to my upper body workout. Then I followed it up with 40 more minutes on, YEP you guessed it, the elliptical machine. This was a

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Here we go the official weigh-in for the challenge.

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Things went really well today. I got in 40 minutes of cardio on my new best friend the elliptical machine. I still give evil stares to the bad man (stair master 7000). I will conquer it in due time. I was looking to make it to the gym tonight, but I am yawning now and feel like a cold is coming on. I think I'll go to bed early and get back to it on Friday. Tomorrow is the week #1 weigh-in, so

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Well I had a slight miss-step today. I went to bed late last night and i missed my alarm this morning. I used to let it bother me, but I knew that I would get it in tonight. My diet went well today. I stayed within my calorie range all day. I am still putting the finishing touches on my two week meal plan. I should have it completed for next week. Today was a milestone day for me. I had to

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Today was another win, I woke up 1 minute before my alarm went off. I knew it would be a good day. Made it to the gym for a 40 minute cardio session on the elliptical. I finished off with a small arm workout to get back into it. Nothing too intense. The nutrition went well, not perfect but not a disaster.

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Things I noticed at the gym that bothered me. They are nothing I can fix but I can complain about them anyway.1. My gym Planet Fitness on the first Monday of each month has pizza night. Yes, that's right PIZZA NITE. I don't normally workout at night, but when I got there there was a table with four party size pizzas on it. Now I'm no genius but is a pizza the worst for you and your workout? This

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