I'm 21 years old, just shy of 6 ft, and about 195. In the past year I've dropped almost 40 pounds. I look back on those pictures and wonder what the hell I let myself get into. To drop weight I did a ton of research on foods, when and what to eat, and drastically changed my diet. I was eating Taco Bell 6-7 times a week, on top of other fast food. I also drank a lot of soda. I cut out fast food entirely (except for when it's a trip to another city with friends and that's all we have when down there), soda is gone, except for about once a month, and my food is a lot fresher.
As for working out, I actually just got back from the gym! Monday, Wednesday and Friday(minimum) are my martial arts days. I practice Kajukenbo and Muay Thai. Both are full contact styles and require me to be very active in class. Muay Thai is great for lean muscle with the repetitive strikes and the fast movements that raise heart rate. Kajukenbo is another style that when we throw in some grappling or sparring it can get my heart rate going. On Tuesday and Thursday I TRY to either go to Muay Thai or to the gym and lift. If it's the gym I'll do a minimum of 15 minutes running or on an eliptical, and then five or so exercises in an area, either upper body or lower body. The end of all my workouts include stretches and ab work.
With the start of training hard core last August, I've seen about a 10-15 lb drop (depending on the day). Recently, I've plateaued on my weight loss, but I'm starting to see a lot more definition, especially on my arms and chest. I want to drop down to 185 normal weight, and begin doing Muay Thai fighting at about 170 lbs.
My goals: Hit 185 by May 1st, and maintain all year. Increase range of motion with flexibility. Improve definition overall, and raise endurance. Have a fight by the end of the year.
Two years ago, my heaviest, and my start of mental changing. From December 2007. Over the next year, I dropped 15 lbs or so. I weighed 250 ish if I remember right.
From July 2009. You can see my Endura 4 Waved in my back pocket, and I think that's my BM 710 in my front pocket.
This one is taken as of a few minutes ago before showering. Self timer, learning how to use it, kinda out of focus, but it gives you an idea.
My idea is to post in this thread two or three times a week, or maybe even every day if I'm feeling up to it! I want to chronicle what I eat, how I feel, stresses, thoughts, achievements, weight, goals, and what I did throughout the day. So, lets start with today.
Weight: 198.2 pounds.
Ate: Really bad.
-Breakfast: two eggs, over easy. Hashbrowns, a lot. Chicken fried steak. Biscuit and gravy. Two glasses water
-During the day: About 1 liter of water with two Emer-gen-C's in them because I'm trying to fend off a cold. No snacks, I was running around with a good friend all day.
-Dinner: Two eggs, scrambled, two slices pepper jack cheese, two slices bacon. All between two slices of dense whole grain bread with some ranch on it. Drank a Mikes Hard Cranberry.
-Water throughout the day: Pretty good, about 2 liters. Need to increase to three liters.
What I did Today: Gym, upper body.
-Ran for five minutes. Then elliptical for ten, with the final three minutes -pushing hard for 20 seconds, and going light for ten.
-Three sets of twenty alternating curls (10 each arm) at 35 pounds.
-Shoulder press, three sets of 10 at 70 pounds.
-Tricep press, three sets of 10 at 50 pounds
-Rowing machine, 2 minute, 500 meters.
-Two pull ups.
-Ten push ups.
-Ab work, 25 crunches, 25 scissors, 25 sideways scissors, 25 crunches, 20 sit ups with alternating punches (left right, right left, left right, right left...) each up. All with no breaks.
-Stretch for 15 min.
How I'm feeling.
Tired, slightly stressed with classes and being unemployed and receiving one call back with over 35 applications turned in. I'm annoyed with myself at how poorly I've eaten over the past weekend. I ate poorly because things sounded really good, and I went to a friends birthday party. Today was a special trip to a local (world renowned) truck stop, Johnson's Corner for breakfast. This week, I want to be back to 195 by Friday.
I'm hoping that by having a group that I'm accountable to, even if I don't personally know almost all of you, I'll stay on track and get my butt into gear and reach my goals this year.
Thank you for reading this,
Greg
