Another day down

Today was another basketball Sunday. We played a good game but came up short in the end. I wish I could say I accounted for something other than fouls during this game. My weight has really slowed my game play down. The weight is also keeping me from rebounding like my old school NBA hero, Dennis Rodman. I am not at all happy that I am this heavy. I am finally trying to do something about it.

I have tried to hit the gym every other day. I will have to look and see how well I did with that goal later tonight. I hope to get my workout numbers up to 4 to 5 days a week. I will not reach my target goal weight if I do not hit the gym enough.

Looking forward to meeting my goal.

SHEP

still working toward my goal

I DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE GYM TODAY. I was watching tv and not caring about going to the gym at all. I started thinking about my goal and wanting to teach my children to not be lazy. SO I got my lazy butt up and went to the gym.

I put in 30 minutes on the bike, did some dumbell curls, pull downs, bench press, and jumped rope.

This post is going to be short because my arms are shaking as I type this post on my phone.

I have increased my water intake over the past couple of days. I hope I see some results come weigh in day....

SHEP

A little motivated today

I have to admit, my water intake has really been terrible here lately. I have been drinking diet sodas. Not the best thing to be doing, but by far not the worst. The 6-8 coke a day habit I had in 2009 was really bad. It is almost March and I still have not had a real Coke in 2010.

I have been doing OK with my eating habits. I am staying away from large portions and I have not been eating after 7:30 or so. When I decide I want to eat something sweet, I make sure I get a small serving and only have one. Getting greedy is what got me to this big body I have now.

I made it to the gym tonight. I started out with doing some weight stuff. Not too much, but just enough to get the blood flowing. I got on some kind of elliptical machine for 30 minutes. Hit the treadmill for 15 minutes. Finished up with 15 minutes on the stationary bike. If my math is correct, that was an hours worth of cardio. My addition seems correct and my shirt tells me I put forth a lot of effort because it was SOAKED.

Right now I am struggling to get to the gym every other day. I really want to see some progress. I know I will not see any weight loss if I don't make it to the gym enough during the week. I have to get motivated. Any advice on how to get motivated to hit the gym more often?

Still trying to get to 2 10 in 20 10.

SHEP

another monday.....

I sorta worked out on Sunday. I play, or attempt to, church league basketball. The team I play on was missing 4 players, so I played alot more minutes than normal. Which is fine with me because I love basketball. Back when I was under 220 I was actually a pretty good player. By time the game was over, I was smoked. One good thing about my size, I can hold my own in the low post and anyone driving in on me may want to pull up because I am not moving. You will meet the floor. Ask Paul.

Monday produced another long day. I did start taking a multivitamin recently and have noticed I am less tired during the day. I started off my workout by doing leg presses. I hope to increase my vertical. I did some other weight stuff that I have no idea what its called. Ran on the treadmill some. Then, I hit the dumbells before hitting the stationary bike.

I feel like I am making progress in my journey to improved health and a lower weight. My family has been so supportive. I cannot thank everyone enough for their support.

Who knew one man could sweat so much

I made it to the gym today. I changed up my routine today. I did some lat pull downs and some leg presses. I normally do not mess with any of the weight machines. After reading an article in Men's Health about weight training before a cardio workout burning more calories and making the cardio workout more beneficial. I am not sure why, but after I did several sets of the leg presses I hit the treadmill. Normally my legs will start hurting after being on the treadmill for a few minutes. Today, I ran for a full mile with very little pain.

I was very glad to be able to finish a mile. I even did it in a halfway decent time compared to the last time I ran a mile. Last time, if my memory serves me correctly, I ran a mile in 17 minutes. Today my mile time was 10:30. Not too shabby I guess.

Getting the workouts done isn't the hard part, actually making it to the gym is the hardest part. Life, especially here in my world, is very busy. Today's workout went very well. I need to be dropping as much weight as possible. Hopefully I will be seeing some more results soon.

This has not been an easy journey. I am so busy with life. Being a dad, a husband, and a student teacher has made it very difficult to make it to the gym on a consistent basis. I want to make it to 210 lbs in 2010 so bad I cannot stand it.

I am looking forward to playing basketball tomorrow afternoon.

Trying to get back healthy.

SHEP

too long of a lay off

Today I finally made it back to the gym. I am sure most of you thought I have fallen off the wagon and was sitting back eating ice cream and drinking coke. Nope, I have been eating pretty well and have managed to go all year with out a real coke. So far, so good. I have been tempted many times, but I have fought it off.

The time off wasnt just spent laying around either. I have been mucho busy at school. The 30 minutes of cardio today was great. I need to make it a point to get in the gym at least every other day until I can make myself go daily. I did manage to convince myself it would be ok to go after school instead of before.

Still hanging on.....

SHEP

Swimming is supposed to be easy

This has been a long weekend thanks to an inservice and a day off from school. My wife and I decided today that we should do something fun as a family. We went to the Clemson Central Rec. Center today for a swim. If you have the ability to visit this Rec. Center I recommend it.

I haven't made the time to hit the gym this weekend. This crazy busy life syndrome has been kicking my butt. I have kept to my guns about eating healthy and staying away from the real Coke. I am still eating MUCH smaller portions than before and I am able to stay away from the sweets.

While we were swimming I decided to swim a lap. On the way down I did well. On the way back I was very very winded. I made it almost half way before I had to flip over swim on my back. We played in the shallow end for a while. After a few more minutes I swam to the end of the pool and back. By time we finished up at the pool, I had completed 5 laps. On the way home my wife and I were talking and she informed me down and back was really ONE lap.

SO I only did two and a half laps. 35 laps (down and back or 70 total) would equal one mile. I was able to "sprint" half a lap in 19 seconds. IF I were able to keep up that pace I would be able to swim a mile in 20 minutes. NO WAY would I be able to keep up that pace though.

I am already sore. My shoulders and arms are aching. If I am to get a teaching job after graduation I hope to be able to move my family closer to civilization and join a gym with a pool. That was one of the hardest work outs I have had in a while. I can deal with sore muscles, but the beating I take when I run about kills me.

Still moving toward my goal of 210 in 2010.

SHEP