I won the weigh in!

We weighed in this morning. I lost 2.4 lbs since last monday. I'm now down to 206.2. I'm excited to meet 200 lbs face to face and then pass it on by. What I have done so far is do cardio around 4 times a week. Either in the form of jogging, or jump rope and jumping jacks. I'm also doing pushups and crunches almost every day.

I have also cut out soda from my diet. And I'm not eating fast food or eating late at night.
Its been really rewarding to see the weight drop off. Also we have added 2 more folks to our weight loss competition at work. Its great to see other people wanting to strive towards health and fitness.

This wednesday I'm planning on ordering my P90X dvd set! I have said before that I wanted to be around 205 before i started p90x which is working itself out.

I think I want to start increasing my cardio soon. but not sure I will have that much energy once I start p90.

Chuck

Push ups are fun

Yesterday I didn't get a cardio workout in. By the time I got home from work I was pretty exhausted. But right before bed I did 100 push ups and 75 crunches. I had a light sweat going on after, it felt good. The weekend is going to be pretty busy. I'm hoping I can go on some runs. On Monday morning I is my weigh in with my competition at work.

I'm in first place. I have so far lost 4.89% of my weight. I'm hoping it was all fat. My body fat % is at 29.1. When we started the competition it was 31.5.

My rival in the competition is holding on to the fact that he has the highest percentage of loss in one week. Even though I'm currently in first place. I'm hoping to win this Monday. The person who loses the most % wins, and the other contestants need to pay $2.oo. Monday I will post my current weight... wish me luck!

I'm going to change my gym membership soon. I'm looking forward to doing swim workouts. I'm a very weak swimmer.

Chuck

Yesterday July 10th 2009

Yesterday morning I set my alarm for 5:30am to get up and go for run. I didn't roll out of bed for a while. I left the house at 6:15am. I went for about a 2 mile jog. I need to get one of those fancy distance/calorie tracker devices. The jog was good. I did stop about 3 times during the jog. I'm hoping to make the 2 miles without stopping.

There were a couple times were I came across people jogging with their dogs. Without Leashes! I always wonder If I get attacked while on a run will I have enough energy to out run the animal. Probably not.

The trail that I took there is a bridge over lake. And its all surrounded by trees. Its cool to be out there when there is nothing around to make a noise. Anyways...

Today I'm hoping to get a run in or something at my local gym tonight. Looking forward to getting my P90X next week..

Chuck

July 8th - 208.6 lbs

Today I did 100 push ups and some crunches. At lunch I played basketball with a group of guys that go Mon Wed Friday. I'm in a competition at work with 2 other guys who are trying to lose weight. I weighed in on monday and I was 208.6 lbs. This is our 5th week. I have won 3 out of the 5 weeks. Although I lost 3.2 lbs from last week, i still didn't win. We are going by weight loss %. One of the other guys is talking a lot of trash, saying that I'm going to lose again next week. I really have to step up my game. My plan is to wake up early and go for a run in the morning.

I have been working out with cardio since april 27, 2009. April 1st I weighed 228 lbs. My goal weight is 185.

Also I'm planning to get the P90x in a week from today. My goal of this blog is to write updates on my fitness and efforts to get to my goal weight. I also want to inspire other people. I believe that if I keep my posts updated, I'm also creating an additional level of accountability.

I have been reading a blog by Jeff and Boomer for a while. These guys have inspired me!

thanks for reading,
Charles