Happy Friday

Thursday Totals
Calories: 1433
Cardio: 45 Min Ellitpical @3.61 miles
Water: 64oz
Sleep: 7 hours
Weight: 299

Happy Friday! 

I figured my weight would be about the same this morning after I saw the amount of sodium I had yesterday. I also didn't have my usual water intake for whatever reason and my calories where way low. I'm ok with it as I felt great all day and at no point did I feel hungry. Today I will make sure to get those corrected and I may see a more accurate scale number in the morning. I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend filled with good workouts and clean eating. The Super Bowl will not deter my nutrition, period.

Go Broncos!

"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back." Babe Ruth

Hump DAY!

Wednesday Totals
Calories: 1671
Cardio: Rest Day
Sleep: 6.5 hours
Water: 64oz
Weight: 299

Another day in the books and feeling ok about it. For me my calories are fine especially with no cardio last night. I got into another good game with my daughter and had a good time. Tonight however I will be back at the cardio. My diet still needs to be cleaned up some and I'm thinking the start of a new month right around the corner is a good time for that. My scale weight was up a half pound from yesterday and perfectly normal for me. 

Well, back to work, have a great day.

"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."

Believe...

Tuesday Totals
Calories: 1918
Cardio: Rest Day
Sleep: 5.5
Water: 96oz
Weight: 298.5

Last night I decided instead of doing cardio, I hung out with my daughter playing Mario on the WiiU we got her for Christmas, we had a good time. My weight is down another pound and that's a total of 12 pounds for January so far. My sleep is still not consistent so it might be time to start taking a Benadryl before bed to knock me out. All in all things are moving along and I'm feeling good. Time to get back to work.

Have a great day.

"Believe you can and you're halfway there." Theodore Roosevelt

Experience...

Monday Totals
Calories: 1817
Cardio: 45 Min Ellitpical, 3.42 miles
Sleep: 6.5 hours
Water: 80oz
Weight: 299.5

Well the 200s are here for my weight even if it's just a half a pound.  I'm feeling good but I know the next ten pounds coming off is going to feel even better. I really pushed myself last night on the on the Elliptical and it felt great, I know it's just the Elliptical machine but raising the intensity was the goal. 

I've been debating a lot over the last few days whether or not I want to even start running again. My goal was a full marathon that I never reached and it's always been in the back of my mind. Hmm....still need to figure out if that's the direction I want to go or not. Time will tell. Have a great day.

"Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced." John Keats

Sunday Totals
Calories: 1695
Cardio: Rest Day
Sleep: 8 hours
Water: 96oz
Weight: 300

Well back to the grind happy Monday!

It's a nice quiet morning for once here at work and I'm enjoying it. Today will be filled with clean eating and a good cardio session. I finally feel great to really be dialed in....finally. My wife made brownies and muffins this weekend and I didn't touch a single one of either. My diet can still be tightened up some as I'm still eating too much sodium and I also need more veggies but that will come as I continue to adjust.

Have a great day.

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Thomas Edison

Happy Saturday

Friday Totals
Calories: 1627
Cardio: Rest Day
Sleep: 7 hours
Water: 96oz
Weight: 301.5

Saturday Totals
Calories: 2250 is the goal
Cardio: 61 Min Elliptical @ 4.12 miles
Sleep: 9.5 hours
Water: 128oz is the goal today
Weight: 300.5

Finally I got some solid rest last night. I was feeling good this morning so it was off to the gym and 61 minutes on the Elliptical @ 4.12 miles. Well off to enjoy the Saturday as I have a cord of wood coming so some good functional exercise will be done as well. 

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." Thomas Jefferson

Feeling good...

Thursday Totals
Calories: 2143
Cardio: 45 Min @ 3.25 Miles
Water: 128oz
Sleep: 6.5 hours
Weight: 301.5

Going to be a busy day at work so gotta keep this short. Workout went well and my nutrition was on point for me yesterday. Today will be a rest day from cardio and lighter on the calories. Have a great day.

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." Abraham Lincoln

Rolling Along...

Wednesday Totals
Calories: 1828
Cardio: REST Day
Water: 96oz
Sleep: 7 hours - Yeah much better!
Weight: 301.5
Grip: Worked in multiple sets with the #1, #1.5 and a half close of the #2 and #2.5

Wednesday is my rest day from cardio and I enjoyed that time with my family. Got on the scale this morning and I'm down another pound and getting close to busting into the 2's so that's keeping me motivated. Also I'm starting to really clean up my diet and today will be a lot less sodium and a lot less sugar. I'm eating 6 meals a day and here is today's breakdown...


MEALS CALORIES
Breakfast Meal 1: 400 
Breakfast Meal 2: 158
Lunch Meal 3: 310
Afternoon Meal 4: 200
Dinner Meal 5: 570
Evening Meal 6: 240

I will probably work on spreading those out better as I move along but for now I'm not going to worry about that. Right now I'm working to just clean up what I'm eating. Tonight will also be more cardio. 

Have a great day...

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself." Henry Ward Beecher

Loud Neighbors....

Tuesday Totals
Calories: 1786
Cardio: 45 Min Elliptical, 3.18 Miles
Water: 128oz
Sleep: 5.5 hours
Weight: 302.5

My calories were a little light yesterday but I'm really not that concerned about it. I felt great all day and I had plenty of energy and felt great during my cardio. Sleeping on the other hand is not going well thanks to my upstairs neighbors, it may get ugly soon. 

I was able to increase my water intake and decrease my sodium yesterday and the scale weight showed that. Now, time to buy a good set of noise cancellation headphones and I'll fix my sleep issues. 

Have a great day.

"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." Abraham Lincoln

Long Weekend...

Good Morning

It was a long weekend for me as I had off for MLK day, so this feels like a Monday for me. Here goes the numbers from the weekend.

Friday
Calories: 1850
No workouts
Water: 64oz
Sleep: 8 hours
Weight: 304

Saturday
Calories: 1727
No workouts
Water: 32oz
Sleep: 5.5 hours
Weight: 303.5

Sunday
Calories: 1910
No workouts
Water: 32oz
Sleep: 6 hours
Weight: 303

Monday
Calories: 2145
Cardio: 45 Min Elliptical, 2.98 Miles
Grip: #1R 2x8, L 1x3, #2R 2x4 L Half rep. #2.5 R Quarter rep
Water: 64oz
Sleep: 5 hours
Weight: 304

My weight is fluctuating a bit and for me that's pretty normal. I'm down 6 pounds total and I'm betting by February 1, I will be 10 or more down. It would be great, small goal, to see under 300 by Feb. first. I'm still not getting enough sleep and I also didn't get any cardio over the weekend which I had planned but failed to go, is what it is. It's time to clean up the nutrition a little more and hit it hard for the next two weeks. Have a great day.

"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." - Bill Cosby

Thursday Totals
Calories: 1889 

Cardio: 45 Min Elliptical, 3.14 Miles

Grip Training: 
CoC Trainer-R/L 2x8 
CoC #1- R 2x5 L 2x3
CoC #2- R 1X2 L Half rep
CoC #2.5 R Half rep

Sleep: 6 Hours

Water: 96oz

Weight: 303.5

It was another late workout just after 9PM last night but it felt great especially since I wasn't feeling that great and now this morning I'm feeling horrible. I feel like I'm fixing to catch some kinda of bug. I hope it just passes as I can't afford to be down at all. No change on the scale this morning but that's fine I will have those days. 

Time to get back to work, have a great Friday!

Change is starting to happen...

Good Morning!

Wednesday Totals
Calories: 1732 

Workouts
Cardio: Rest Day
Strength:  3x10 Pushups, 3x10 Situps
Grip Training: Rest Day

Sleep Wed-Thur: 7 hours

Water Consumption: 96oz

Weight:  303.5
Tonight it's back to the cardio and I'm shooting for just over 2300 calories today.  Meals are ready just need to EAT!  I'm also starting to get the itch to start slinging some iron around so I may start adding some full body strength workouts soon.

Have a great day!

If you're going through hell, keep going! - Winston Churchill 

Journey Back to Healthy Living - Backwards from 40

That's right I'm back in the game, well, not running yet but I'm back to fitness!  Took me long enough but no matter I'm three days in and the weight is coming off.

That's right, weight is coming off because I bloated up like a whale AGAIN!  So this is basically starting over for me....

Sunday Weight: 310

Monday Weight: 308.5

Tuesday Weight: 306

Wednesday Weight 304.5

Workouts consist only of cardio, for now...

45 Min Elliptical roughly 3 miles.

I look like this now....

...and I used to look like this just 6 years ago....

So the journey back has already begun and I will keep track here.