I've Been Busy

The cliche is that life gets in the way, I'm too busy, I don't have time to workout.  Most people would see the name of my post and think that.  Actually the opposite is true.  I have been spending a lot of time working out trying to find what is going to work the best for me. 

I have been continuing to do the carb nite solution and I feel that it is going great.  I am not dropping a lot of pounds at a very fast rate but I have been dropping and I feel like this is a great approach for me. 

A couple weeks ago I started doing Bikram Yoga.  Quick summary is, 105 degrees, 20% humidity, 90 minutes, 26 poses.  It challenges me in a different way than I'm used to.  Slow deliberate movements that works on flexibility.  I am used to training for short bursts to promote strength and explosiveness.  It's nice. 

Today (Saturday), I went to an intro class for CrossFit.  It was tough.  It was short.  Did I mention it was tough?  We warmed up and went over the basic movements that we were doing and then did our baseline test.  400 meter run, 40 squats, 30 sit-ups, 20 pushups, 10 pullups all done for time.  Goal under eight minutes.  I did mine in 7:47.  It sucked, I was tired.  Again I am used to doing my 30 seconds of hard work, and then resting.  It was a change just like the Bikram.  This was more about endurance for me than anything.  My endurance sucks. 

I plan on doing my yoga for flexibility and balance, crossfit for functional strength and endurance, and weights/plyo's for explosiveness and speed.  This should be a great approach to accomplish everything that I am looking for.

UNYR2 Scale Pic 2-25-12

211 feels good.  According to my blog I haven't been in the 190's in almost four years.  High school I was at 160, college I was at 180, adult I have been over 200.  I am hoping to get down past my high school weight more like in the 150's.  I was stuck at 217 pounds for a long time, like three weeks.  I changed things up a little bit and dropped the weight. 

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UNRY2 Challenge Update 2-13-12

This is my scale pic from February 12, 2012.  I usually upload it to the site, Weight Loss Wars, but they do not like pictures at the moment, so I will upload it here for the records. 

Went to the gym tonight, did my shoulders workout and it went pretty well.  Did my intervals.  I added one second to the work time and took off a second to the rest time.  I know that it isn't much, but it makes me feel good that I am trying to improve. 
I also sat in the sauna again tonight, no particular reason, it just makes me feel good.  I wrote an article about if sauna sweat was as good as the real thing.  I still have no idea, but like I said, it makes me feel good.

I have 82 days left in my competition and I am currently sitting in 4th place.  To reach my goal I have to lose somewhere around 5 to 6 pounds a week.  I have been averaging about 4 pounds a week since the start of the competition, dropping a lot my first week and then tapering off to the 4 pounds a week.  I know 4 pounds a week is good, but I need it to be better.  4 pounds a week will get me down to about 173 which will be a weight loss percentage of 29%.  Again I know that is a good number as well, but not sure if it is good enough.  Either way, I am happy with my weight loss so far, 27 pounds in about 5 weeks.  I hope I can hit my goal.

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Long Time No Anything

It has been a long time, too long since I have updated or done anything really to help myself out. I have joined a website called weightlosswars.com. The short and long of it is people can set up their own competitions be it private or public. I have joined a fairly large competition, 86 people and it has a substantial pot that goes along with it.

I have tried to find the motivation for a long time now to get off my butt and do something productive, but nothing seems to really get me going. I am married so I am not looking for anyone. I do not play sports any more. I am not trying to impress anyone, only myself I suppose. There are really only two things that motivate me, money, and my daughter, not necessarily in that order.

I want my daughter to grow up and be healthy. I want to be able to play any and all things/sports with her for as long as she wants to play them. I don't want to be the dad on the sideline who is out of breath simply by cheering for her when she plays. I want to be the example for her by showing her that she needs to be fit and healthy, not just by telling her.

I am also motivated by money. I mean who isn't? People like money and I am a person, so therefore, I like money. I want to do this to be healthy, and I want to do this for my daughter, but a little money doesn't hurt.

With that being said I am going to try my best to post as often as I can.

I have been doing the Daniel fast for the last 16 days. I have lost around 15 pounds so far. Today was my first sort of workout. I am following the program found at iwantsixpackabs.com. This program will take me through my competition and I plan on sticking with it, unless I need to change it up for something better. I was tired, and I was weak during it. I finished most of the workout, but was lacking big time. I also know myself and I know that when I first start working out after a time being gone, I have to walk that fine line of pacing myself and overdoing it. I tend to error on the side of over doing it and I feel miserable for a while. Tonight I just did what I could so that I wouldn't feel horrible, and so that I would feel like I accomplished something. Give it a week, and I'll be able to push myself once again.