Weekly Weigh-In: 302.4 Lbs.45 lbs LOSTso farJune 30, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 4 comments
I finally weighed myself after a few months of not weighing in and the result was a measly 302.4 lbs. Yuck. I was seriously aiming for the 290s at the very least. Not much I can do but keep on keeping on, right? I’ll be under 300 next week!!! I guarantee it!
This is what happens when you slack off for a while then kick but for 2 months. I suppose I put on weight when I was slacking off and just ended up losing that weight that I put back on. Which sucks because it has kept me at a constant yo-yo for 302 lbs to 320+ lbs.
I came up with a solution. I will be working my ass off, literally, for 4 to 6 weeks at a time and then chillax (chill and relax) for a day or two then get back on my 6 week ass kicking routine. So I should be able to drop significant weight, gain good strength/stamina and still be able to have a break every few weeks.
I think I can keep myself sane that way. Don’t get me wrong, I feel better than I have felt in a long time. I feel strong, and I think I need a new wardrobe because my clothes are starting to look Kris Kross baggy on me (cuz inside out is a miggity, miggity, miggity wack!). I’ve been getting the “you look skinnier” thing from all types of family, friends, and peeps online so what I am doing is working. Now I just need to stay consistent.
Over the last 2 months I’ve significantly increased the amount of fruit and vegetables that I eat. Almost to the point where lunch will consist of several fruits and water. Something I have noticed since actively increasing my fruit/veggie intake is that I am not as tired. I have some intense workouts and I can get through them now where before I would nearly pass out.
My eating is the least of my worries since I have that on lock. I eat fish, chicken, meats, bread, fruits, vegetables and drink a gallon or more of water a day. I’m actually sipping some green tea and munching on a plum as I write this. I also take a multivitamin and whey protein after workouts.
My workouts are varied. I make sure to lift weights, run, bike, walk (which is seriously underrated!) and perform bodyweight routines. I’ve taken a liking to bodyweight workouts. One of my fears is not being able to lift myself as I hang from a rooftop. That’s why I started working on chins ups and pull ups. Thanks to Iron Woody Fitness, I have some bands that will assist me with my chins up until I can start lifting my own weight again.
For me it’s all about real world strength and stamina. You should be able to carry a person out of a burning building, sprint to track down a mugger who stole your wife’s purse, and walk 100 miles to safety if you’re stranded in the desert.
Oh, and I’m back to my weekly weigh-ins. Every Monday homies!
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I’m Calling Out Tony Posnanski, the Anti-Jared!!!45 lbs LOSTso farJune 11, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 17 comments
That’s right. I’m starting this new thing where I call out other weight loss bloggers. The first on my list is Tony Posnanski, otherwise known as The Anti-Jared. This guys is a weight loss superstar. He has lost like 200 lbs and kept it off. He used Weight Watchers and a rigorous workout ethic to get to where he is now. He continues to bust his ass day in and day out.
He is inspires me. Period.
I first heard about him when John, or was it Muata (you’re next by the way Mu!), interviewed him on their weight loss blogs. This guy pushes me to be better. We follow each other on Twitter and Facebook and pump each other up every now and then, but the other day I told him I have a secret challenge with him. He embraced it. So this is my official calling out of Tony.
Tony Posnanski, if you are reading this. BRING IT ON brother! I dare you. I don’t know what the details should be about our challenge, but I do know that I want to challenge you. Being that you have already lost all your weight and I have yet to lose all mine, a weight loss challenge may not workout. Let’s discuss this and see what we come up with.
As a reward I was thinking that the loser has to drive out to the winners hood and workout with them.
I’m going to be calling out more weight loss bloggers in the future. I may not single out some folks in some posts, but I will be tackling the lack of consistency I see in a lot of weight loss blogs. Maybe a lot of the people behind the blogs have already lost weight, thus abandoning their blogs or maybe they just fell off their wagon and can’t find their way back on. I dunno, but either way I’m calling out the weight loss blogging world!
Who’s with me?
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Eating and Exercise, My Month in Review45 lbs LOSTso farJune 9, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 19 comments
This weight loss journey has been a pain in the ass. I started out in May of 2007 weighing in at around 348 lbs. That’s 2 lbs shy of 350 freaking pounds. Insane!! When I first started I figured I would drop the weight in a few months and be fine. Boy was I wrong. It’s been a little over 2 years now and I am no where near the weight I want to be. I have had many ups and downs through out this journey but I have learned a lot as well. I don’t regret the path I have taken thus far. I feel more empowered now than ever before.
Unleashing Without Weigh Ins
With that said, over the last few weeks I have started to ramp things up and kick butt. I have seriously been unleashing. The thing with me is that I haven’t weighed in for a while, a few months actually. And I don’t plan on weighing in for a little while longer. I want to weigh in once I start seeing some serious physical changes in the mirror. My face has lost fat, and my body too, but I want to see some of the fat around my weight and love handles go down before I step on the scale. The last time I posted my weight I was 302.3 lbs. So I know that by the time I weigh in again I’ll be below 300 lbs for the first time in a very long time.
Some may not like this approach, but it’s been working for me and I like sticking to things that work.
Working Out is Working
Speaking of things that work, my new workout routine has been killer! What have I been doing? Well, I have been focusing on major muscle groups first with multi-joint exercises. I have also incorporated body weight exercises and high intensity/strength work too. It has resulted in some visible fat loss, which makes me extremely happy. I workout 6 days a week, sometimes twice in one day. But I rarely workout for more than 30 minutes at a time, unless I am walking or on my recumbent bike watching tv (which I don’t count as a workout).
Eating and Feeling Satisfied
Eating wise, I have been a rock star! I have been staying at 2000 calories or less consistently and without hunger ensuing. I’ve been eating highly nutritious foods while still being able to eat things I like. I eat a lot of fruits, vegetables, chicken, the occasional red meat and tuna. I limit the amount of bread I eat as well. Overall my food consists of fruits, veggies, and chicken. I drink chocolate milk and eat some peanut butter when I feel a craving coming on.
Something I have noticed is that I have a ton less cravings now. I think it has to do with all of the fruits I am eating, that natural sugar and fiber is holding me down. The other day I went to Arby’s and had some chicken. Then last week I went to Chili’s and had their chicken as well. For desert I had some chocolate pie thing that was delicious, but not so much that I lost control of myself. The next day I just made sure that I watched what I ate closely and had no bread or junk.
Overall, I feel good with my workouts and in control with my eating. These two things in addition to staying accountable online and offline (I have been personal traing my wife, with some great results) are exactly what I need to reach my goals.
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Why I Hate Fat People or the Discipline Switch45 lbs LOSTso farMay 18, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 23 comments
If I see an obese person outside I look at them in disgust. I hate it when I see them eating at buffets, pigging out, and at fast food restaurants. I especially hate it when I’m at Wal-Mart and I see some fat lady riding around in one of those automatic wheeler cart thingies. JUST GET UP AND WALK! I know, I know. This seems insensitive. I’m fat so I know what it feels like to be in public and be stared at. Or not even being stared at but feeling like everyone is looking at you because deep inside you hate the fact that you are fat and can’t or haven’t been able to control yourself.
But while I have been fat, I have been disciplined as well. I know I can attain my goals if I stick to the plan. So I use that as a way to separate myself from other fat people, in my mind at least. In my head, I am not the same as them. I am different. Better. But that’s where it gets kind of crazy because I AM fat. I have used the same excuses they have. Done a lot of the same things they have. Eaten a lot like they have. Worn over sized clothes like they have. You get the point.
I’m fat, have been for most of my life. I have been known as the fat kid since child hood. There was a time when I was big, but in really good shape. I recall being 265 lbs. and able to out last smaller guys during training, running, and workouts. Then there was a time when I was slender, toned and in really good shape but I still weighed in at 225 lbs or so. That’s actually the lowest I want to get to. Then the lack of discipline would kick in and I would balloon up. Then I’d workout and lose it. My weight has fluctuated between the 230s and the 260s for many years.
That was until a few years ago when I completely stopped exercising. I started working from home and ate. I ate a lot of crap. Junk food-wise you name it and I ate it. And I loved eating, still do to this day. I love how certain foods hit my taste buds and satisfy my cravings.
A lack of discipline is the main factor for me getting to the obese incarnation of myself these days. I have always been accustomed to being disciplined, something I picked up in high school thanks to football. But for some reason the Discipline Switch (I just coined this term) was turned off for a long time and still gets flicked down every now and then. It’s one of the main things that I have had to battle with during my weight loss journey. It was so easy back in the day to workout and know that I HAD to. Whether it was for football or the military I knew that if I didn’t do my best to get into shape that there would be consequences. For some reason it has been harder to translate that into my life as an adult. Maybe it’s the added pressure of life? Having a family? Work? I dunno!
When I say I that I hate fat people I mean that in the least prejudice way possible. It’s not like I want to round up all the obese people of the world and get rid of them. I guess it’s that they are a visual representation of the lack of discipline that I have been battling. In essence I hate myself because I am a fat person. Albeit a damn good looking one! Yeah, that’s it. Folks, you are witnessing a major moment in my life, as it happens! I just realized that I can’t stand the fact that I am fat because it boils down to me not being disciplined enough to do what needs to be done.
Okay, so where do I go from here with this knew revelation? Hmmm, I dunno. Maybe I should go workout so that I can continue to instill discipline. Yeah, that sounds good. As soon as I am done writing this I will go lift, then I’ll hop on my recumbent bike for a low impact cardio session. Followed by some steak, veggies, protein, and chocolate milk. Oh, and I will try to fit a shower in there too.
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Ideal Body Weight - Fantasy vs. Reality45 lbs LOSTso farMay 17, 2009 by Mandy Rosado | 12 comments
A doctor once told me that for my height, I should weigh between 124 and 138 lbs. I laughed right in his face. That seemed to upset him, so he went on to preach about the dangers of obesity, and how the excess weight I was carrying around was destroying my body. I laughed again, much harder this time. Just so you know, at the time I was 31 years old, carrying 285 lbs. on a 5’4 frame, and sicker than I had ever been in my entire life. I was standing in an examining room of a Bariatric Surgery Center, waiting to be evaluated as a possible candidate for Gastric Bypass surgery. So yeah, Doc, since I’m here asking you to cut me open, section off my stomach and make it physically impossible for me to eat as much as I have been, I think it’s safe to assume that I already got the memo about the dangers of obesity. Tell me something I don’t know.
For weeks after that appointment, those numbers rattled around in my brain. 124 – 138 lbs.? Are you serious? Could that even be possible? Did I even want it to be? I have been overweight since I was a child. I have no memory or image of myself at what would be considered a “normal” weight for my age or height. Always chubby, and it never really bothered me. Trying to imagine my face on a 124 lb. body was impossible, and a little scary. Every time I tried, I kept seeing those bizarre looking BRATZ dolls with the huge heads and buggy eyes, and tiny little bodies. Not exactly the look I was going for.
My parents are thin, but for some reason, my sisters and I are not, and for the majority of my life, it wasn’t really an issue for me. I never struggled with body image issues. I wasn’t a morbidly obese child, just carrying a few extra pounds. By the time I got to high school, I weighed about 170 lbs. about 30 – 40 lbs. overweight, and it didn’t hinder my life at all - I was cute, got good grades, had lots of friends - Life was good. I was happy.
All that changed when I went to college. During my four years at Boston University, I managed to gain around 80 lbs. I came back to New York after graduation weighing 250 lbs., and over the next ten years my weight would continue to fluctuate as I tried, and failed to lose weight.
It’s been a year and a half since that doctor’s visit, and I’m still haunted by that number. I never did have the surgery, but I did manage to lose 60 lbs in a little over 6 months, but that was almost a year ago. Currently, I am sitting at a robust 225 lbs., and holding. Well, stuck at 225 would probably be more accurate. How I lost the weight and why I can’t seem to get passed this roadblock is a story for another day. When I think about the fact that I’m still a full hundred pounds over what I SHOULD weigh, it makes the task seem too daunting. I know, and accept, the fact that I will never get to that number. I don’t think I want to. There will never be a point where I will be considered a “skinny” girl, and that is ok with me…I think. Realistically, the goal I have set for myself would still make me about 50 lbs overweight. Am I wrong to set a goal that would still put me in the category of “obese”? Is it just fear and self-doubt that makes “124″ seem like too low of a number? Questions I have no answers to…yet. I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it. Right now I’m more concerned with getting on the scale and seeing the numbers”224″ on the readout. Then I’ll worry about 223….
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The Importance of Keeping a Weight Loss Chart45 lbs LOSTso farMarch 4, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 30 comments
Helps with motivation. Helps keep you focused. Helps keep you honest.
What else? C’mon folks, add to the list in the comments below…I want this to be like group therapy!
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As the Fat Turns…45 lbs LOSTso farMarch 2, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 9 comments
That’s a random title if I ever saw one! I just liked the way it sounded and wanted to post something real quick since it’s been a while. Things have been extremely busy, so I have neglected blogging for a while. I finally have things under control, I think, and will be able to blog again. I have a back log of posts I want to put up in the mean time, to fill the void I’ve left. I’ll be posting a few recaps of the Biggest Loser to keep things plugging along, I’m so seriously behind on things it’s not even funny…
So yes, as the fat turns, I am plugging along. I was out in Cali and almost met up with Mr. Low Body Fat, but just missed him! That would have been really cool. Maybe next time…
Oh, and I gained 5 lbs back in the last 3 weeks, so my theory of I need to blog and weigh-in weekly is proven. 5 Lbs ain’t nothing though, I’ll knock that rust off and be back on track by next week.
Peace!
P.S. Those of you who shot me emails asking for me to return…thanks for the well wishes! You continue to help me along my journey!
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Weekly Weight Lost: 7.0 Lbs.45 lbs LOSTso farFebruary 6, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 38 comments
Reflecting on the Week
I was mad surprised to be 305 lbs this morning. I had to double, triple, and quadruple check. 7 lbs in a week when I haven’t even been working out due to my injury… AWESOME! That puts me at half my goal for the month already. I don’t expect a big week like that next week, but I do expect a loss.
This has been a great week overall. Not just weight-wise, but in life. The week started off great and finished even better. I am officially going to break the 300 lbs. mark this month and lose the double chin. LOL. I shaved off the weird fuzzy thing the other day and noticed that I had lost a good amount of fat under my face. A pleasant surprise indeed.
I took my monthly weight loss picture but have yet to post them. I will sometime this weekend or early next week. They look okay, but I have some work to do if I want to lose the fat that has accumulated on my frame over the last few years. Aside from that I am 100% confident that I will continue to reach major milestones in my weight loss. Look at that chart…doesn’t it look suuuuhhhh weeettttt?
Reflecting on my Workouts
To be honest there isn’t much to say about my workouts this week. Much like last week, they were virtually non-existent due to my triceps injury. I tested it yesterday and am 98% healthy, so I will be back on track and lifting again. The only real workout I had was helping my brother move to a new place last Saturday. A great work out it was. Plus, I managed to make an awesome food-related video about it…
Mentally, it’s good knowing that I can stay on track with my weight loss even when I don’t workout as much as I would like. Before, I would have caved-in and pigged out, giving up and undoing all the great progress. No more…NO MORE!
Reflecting on my Nutrition
Nutritionally, I am a beast. I am 100% focused on making sure that I continue to eat healthy. There is nothing that will derail me. I do manage to eat, not too often, a desert. That is usually on Thursdays, but recently I haven’t even been craving anything. Speaking of which…Israel 4, Ice Cream 2. I win again! I just eat the usual veggies, chicken, meat beans, a sandwich, fruits, etc.
I am stoked about being 305 lbs. but I am not going to settle. I am focused and will continue to do my thing. Discipline is what I represent…
What about you?!
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Weekly Weight Lost: 2.8 Lbs.45 lbs LOSTso farFebruary 1, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 17 comments
Reflecting on the Week
This is a little late, as I weighed in on Thursday but I got a bit caught up with some other projects I am working on. What can I say? 2.8 lbs! That’s what. It’s a great loss considering the week I had last week. All in all it was a good week, because guess what…I made my number one goal for January. What was that goal you ask? Well, it was to consistently eat right and exercise for the entire 31 days of the month. Why? So that I can ingrain the habit into my thick skull.
I am happy to report that I have successfully done so. Now, decisions are way easier for me, more easy then they have ever been. With that said, look at the chart below…doesn’t it look good?
Reflecting on my Workouts
Workouts this week started off good, but then something bad happened. Something really bad. I pulled my triceps muscle. Earlier in the week we went to Clearwater Beach were we ran up this steep, sandy hill. I haven’t felt the burn in my lungs and throat like that in many years. It hurt, but felt good. My wife is a beast. She did it twice, by twice I mean she ran 10 hills, then I did 10, then she did 10 more. She is really taking to the circuit, high intensity training I put her through periodically. I then went for a walk the next day and came home to do some push ups.
That’s when the pull occurred. I was on push up number four when I felt a tear and my arm got warm. It was scary. I thought I tore it. My buddy tore his chest a couple years ago. Turns out I was just freaking out and it was simply a pull. That left me not able to do any push or pull work with my upper body for the entire week. Last night I tried doing some slow push ups to test it, but I’m not 100% so I need to chillax on that until next week. Hopefully I will be fine by then.
The rest of the week I did no exercise.
Reflecting on my Nutrition
No exercise besides hills on one day and a walk? Yep. Guess what? Muata is right when he says that it’s all about eating at this stage. He knows his stuff, plus he has been where I am. He lost mad weight and maintains it. Congrats on that news by the way Mu!
So, how did I eat? I ate great. I beat ice cream again (Israel 3, Ice cream 2). I made some great choices when confronted with major temptations. Salads, fruits, and veggies are my friends. I still eat bread but with control. My eating is on point! I’m no joke. The major component of my meals is protein. Chicken, tuna, meat…whatever. As long as I have protein and some veggies, I’m good. I also came up with this cool breakfast idea. Wanna hear it? Okay… here goes.
Fat Man Unleashed’s Peanut Butter, Banana Hot Dog Recipe
It’s a banana and peanut butter on wheat hot dog.
1. Take slice of wheat bread and spread some peanut butter on it.
2. Peel a small banana and place it on the bread diagonally.
3. Then roll the bread around it and enjoy.
It’s delicious! It’s a great snack packed with decent calories to fuel ya! Wash it down with a small cup of chocolate milk after a workout.
Note: Just make sure you don’t use any of the salmonella-recalled peanut butter out there.
Tonight is the Super Bowl, which is at half time right now. I predict the Cardinals will win. Cross those fingas! I took my monthly weight loss photos today as well, which will be posted soon. Real soon. I am not 100% pleased. It’s going to take some time for me to be happy with how I look naked. YIKES!
So, that’s about it for me. How was your week?
Hasta la vista! Peace.
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Weekly Weight Loss: 3.6 lbs. Lost45 lbs LOSTso farJanuary 22, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 21 comments
Reflecting on the Week
Another week and another positive weight loss experience. AWESOME! This time I lost 3.6 lbs. That’s perfectly in line with my monthly goal of 15 to 20 lbs. So far this month I have lost a little over 12 lbs. This past week was a weird one. Why? Well, because I felt as if I wasn’t working out enough or eating healthy enough. Although, I was! That’s what’s so weird about it. I was eating the right things, while still not restricting myself to the extreme. I was still working out and getting my sweat on, but it all felt like it wasn’t enough. I am glad to see that it WAS enough. I honestly wasn’t expecting any weight loss this week, so 3.6 lbs is a great number. Andp it’s a realistic one. The anticipation of hoping on my EatSmart digital bathroom scale was killing me. I am so glad it went well.
Reflecting on my Workouts
My workouts didn’t really change from the previous weeks. I managed to get two 5K runs in (first and second time I ever ran for 60 minutes continuously), some strength training sessions and some Tabata sprints (thanks to Mark’s Daily Apple for the suggestion). I had actually done Tabata sprints all my high school football career, but we didn’t call them that. We called them 220’s since we had to run half the track, walk across the 50 yard line, then do it again. We also called them 40’s (or 100’s)…sprinting 40 (or 100) yards at a time, stopping and then doing it all over again. Those hurt so bad!!!! My treadmill has taken a beating over the past two years and it’s time to either fix the walking belt or buy a new machine. I do run outside sometimes, but I just like how a treadmill makes me stay at a specific speed no matter what. If I run outside I gradually slow down. I do most of my sprinting outdoors still. I haven’t even mentioned the family walks we take. We do those each week and it contributes to the lifestyle!
I’ve also started doing more push-ups, which feel really good. I was doing one set each morning after I woke up, but now I have incorporated them into my warm-ups. Regarding my bodyweight exercises - I continue to have at least 1 workout a week that focuses just on my body weight, not external weights. My pull-up training commitment is starting to see some results, so that is really motivating. Push-ups and pull-ups along with my multi-joint exercise focused workouts are going to be a staple of my workout routine for years to come.
Reflecting on my Nutrition
This week saw me eat a variety of nutritious and delicious foods. The main bulk of my eating is from nutrient dense food. I am mentally calculating my caloric intake each day and keeping it at 2000 calorie max. And no, I won’t be writing the calories I eat down. That works for some folks, but it doesn’t for me. I ate some pizza, some tacos and some ice cream…that damned ice cream got me this time. Israel 2, ice cream 1. The great thing about that was that I didn’t let the ice cream end my great streak and momentum. I had 3 small scoops in a baby sized cup along with a sugar cookie that my wife and daughter baked. Not so bad if ya ask me! In the past where eating ice cream would have derailed me, this time it fueled my workouts. I would normally have just eaten the whole container too. Not this time. I was in control.
I am actually forcing myself to eat, since I am not feeling too hungry lately. I’ve also been feeling full a lot and using the bathroom consistently (TMI!!). Just the other day I had to force myself to eat dinner. I need to eat a specific amount of calories each day, otherwise I will be starving myself. This is something I DON’T want to do.
I am starting to feel the changes in my body from the continuous exercising and weight loss. It feels good seeing and feeling the results. I am almost at one full month of continuously healthy eating choices and exercising. It’s almost a habit!
Well, I’m off for now. It’s dinner time and there’s some pizza waiting for me with my name on it!
How are you doing on your journey?
Peace out.
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1 Hour on the Treadmill or Keep Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’45 lbs LOSTso farJanuary 17, 2009 by Israel Lagares | 27 comments
First Time Ever, Major Milestone
I managed to stay on the treadmill at a good pace for 60 minutes last night. That is a first in my lifetime. I have always wanted to say that I could jog, or run, for a full hour. Now I can. I knew I could get it if I pushed myself. Last week I was running outside and hit 40 minutes pretty easily until my Casio G-Shock watch died on me. Stupid watches, that’s why I don’t wear them…
My pace isn’t where I want it to be, but I’ll take it for now. I started off with a pace of 3.2 mph for 40 minutes. I know most folks can walk at this pace, and I can too, but at 318 lbs I think this is pretty damn good. I then did 16 minutes at 4 mph followed by the final 4 minutes at 3.2 mph. I ran a total of 3.5 miles in that time. This is no where near what I am capable of, but man do I feel awesome.
It helps that it was about 50 degrees outside and night time. If it was any warmer I would have sweat way too much (although I love sweating) and the humidity would have gotten in my way (I work in my Shack). I had my protein shake and I ate some shrimp, lettuce, carrots and broccoli for dinner. Overall , it was a great day. I then took a shower and went to bed, exhausted! And no John, the treadmill did not get ruined like your treadmill spontaneously combusted.
Keep Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’
The final 5 minutes were the hardest. I kept wanting to stop but wanted to complete the full hour. I looked at the timer and saw that I was only at 55 minutes! I was devastated because I had calculated that I would be over 60 minutes by now. That’s when Limp Bizkit’s Rollin’ started playing on my iPod!
I immediately got pumped up and fought through the last few minutes. If it wasn’t for the hook, Keep Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’, I would have stopped short of the 1 hour. I remember back to my in-shape days and how I used to time my runs on the treadmill by the song and not by the minute. I would cover up the time and listen to abotu 4 to 6 songs. After the last song I would look at the time and if it was over 20 minutes I would stop.
Why Run for an Hour?
Some may say that being 318 lbs I should not run for such a long time. That it is bad for my knees or that I could accomplish more by sprinting or doing HIIT. I know all of this. But running is something I really enjoy doing. Always have and always will. I have strong legs and knees and don’t fear anything happening (knock on wood…no, really, go knock on wood please).
Running is mental for me. Being able to do what I did last night has helped me in more ways then I can think of. It was more a mental challenge to myself than a physical one. Just imagine what I can do when I am down below 300 lbs? It’s insane to imagine. I won’t be running hour long runs on the treadmill too often, maybe once or twice a week. I have a pretty diverse set of exercises planned out and this is just one of those. So don’t worry about that.
What does this all mean? It means that mentally I have hit a point where I can sustain exercise for a consistent 2 weeks. It means that I can eat a sugar cookie and ice cream one day, and get back on track the next without feeling like all is wasted. It means that I can now successfully lose the weight and be happy. This also means that I can complete a 5K…and enter one of the local ones here in Tampa. That is a goal of mine this year.
And ultimately, it means I’m back!
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