OK so Day 1 went not as great as I had hoped but not bad by any means. I ate great during the day, had 2 very good workouts and even ordered Shakeology (like a combination protien/general nutrition shake mix) - but then dinner rolls around after going to the GMU/GW basketball game and I slacked a bit. I'm glad I didn't completely fall off the wagon on DAY 1 and order a cheeseburger from Brion's Grill (where we went after the game) but instead got a grilled chicken wrap with fries and a beer. Grilled chicken wrap is pretty healthy. Fries are terrible. Beers are going to be drank, so I'm not going to kill myself for that. I really should have subbed veggies for the fries. NEED TO STAY FOCUSED 100%!!!
Recap:
morning workout - pull-ups, push-ups, core, row
lunch workout - Insanity-Cardio Power & Resistance
diet - fries and beer with dinner BAD
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE
Fitness is a journey. Anyone who is into fitness knows this. It's very easy to go off track. Even if you don't think you really are. For the past 2-3 months I've been eating what I would have considered "fairly healthy" and continued to work out almost every day and sometimes twice a day. Even with all that, I weighed in tonight at 209.4 lbs. Now, I did not even try to eat at all healthy over Thanksgiving, but that's a lot of pounds to gain. I'm going to give myself 2 months to lose 20 lbs. I think I can do it. The target weight is UNDER 189.4 lbs by February 1st!
STAY FOCUSED! (me talking to myself)
Oh - and what's my plan?
I'm going to start with 2-a-day workouts again. Focus on cardio and light weights for the 1st week in the mornings and Insanity DVD's at lunch. No mistakes in the diet. Now - that doesn't mean I can't cheat. I just have to recognize that if I'm eating something that's not fuel or a productive food then it is CHEATING. It's not going to be part of my normal diet. As long as I'm focused and recognize that, then I'll be just fine :)
Diet focus - lots of fiber and healthy carbs early. heavy protien all day. lots of veggies. that's it!
STAY FOCUSED! (me talking to myself)
Oh - and what's my plan?
I'm going to start with 2-a-day workouts again. Focus on cardio and light weights for the 1st week in the mornings and Insanity DVD's at lunch. No mistakes in the diet. Now - that doesn't mean I can't cheat. I just have to recognize that if I'm eating something that's not fuel or a productive food then it is CHEATING. It's not going to be part of my normal diet. As long as I'm focused and recognize that, then I'll be just fine :)
Diet focus - lots of fiber and healthy carbs early. heavy protien all day. lots of veggies. that's it!
STARTING OVER.... AGAIN
So after a break of the Beachbody workouts, I've decided to start another round to get back (and in better) shape. I'm going to try and keep my blog updated and also track my progress/thoughts/workouts on Twitter (@dvdub).
2010 has been a very good year for me in terms of fitness, nutrition and general weight loss. Even though I've been working out for over 10 years, I never really knew that much about what working out can really do besides that curls works your biceps and bench press is for your chest. The little I knew about weight training/fitness would seem like expert-level knowledge in comparison to my knowledge of nutrition. Basically all I knew was salads were good and candy and soda were bad. I had literally no idea what was good to eat or even that food could be used as a fuel for exercise.
Towards the end of 2009 I developed some terrible habits/cravings for Chipotle and Wawa especially. I had gained probably over 15 lbs and most of it after October. It was really negatively affecting my self-esteem and I often felt depressed. It was the first time in my life that I actually felt "over weight". After graduating college in 2006 at around 180 lbs, I made my way up to the 230- range around New Years 2010. Fortunately for me, some of the folks in my office at the time decided to start a "Biggest Loser" contest beginning January 4th, 2010 and lasting 3 months - with a $25 buy-in and the winner getting about $200. Literally could not have come at a better time for me. I made what ended up being an incredibly wise decision and ordered P90X to give me a guide for the 3 months (it's a 90-day workout program). My starting weight on 01/04/2010 was officially 233 lbs, and my lofty target was to get under 200 lbs in 90 days.
It took me a few days to figure out when to fit in the 1+ hour DVD's, but I ended up bringing my laptop to the gym in the morning and doing it every day before work. I had been working out at lunch for the past 2+ years, so I continued that and just switched to only cardio at lunch. So for the majority of the 3 months, I was working out 6 days a week, and about 4 of those days I'd work out at least twice a day. I was also eating very healthy. Lots of grilled chicken and broccoli and I bought the Beachbody protein/nutrient shake Shakeology to add to the diet. I had lofty goals (I would have to average almost 3 lbs/week for 12 weeks) so it wasn't easy! Even with all that, I plateaued at around 210 lbs for a few weeks right before the end of the contest. I rallied in the last week and turned up my diet and workouts even though I was over 9 lbs away from 200. I don't know how I did it, but I lost 9.4 lbs that last week and came in at exactly 199.8 lbs after 12 weeks. I lost over 33 lbs in 3 months! Pretty exciting stuff.
After that, I took April and May off from crazy workout programs (still working out, just not twice a day). I got back up to about 205 lbs and then in June I started another Beachbody program, Insanity - which is a 60-day DVD program. Due to travel and an injury, I wasn't able to get it completed in exactly 60 days, but I still finished it in about 2.5 months and dropped down to 195 lbs by the end of August.
I started a new job further away from my house at the end of August and although I've been able to continue to exercise, it hasn't been as much and it's been difficult to find the time and energy to keep it up. Since then I've gained a few of those pounds back and I'm ready again to get focused to get more fit. So, I'm going to weigh-in tonight and see where I'm at, set a goal and starting tomorrow - December 1st, 2010 - I'm going to get it done! This time I'm going to do a combination of Insanity and P90X and see what happens.
This time I'm going to get under 190, I promise!!!!
2010 has been a very good year for me in terms of fitness, nutrition and general weight loss. Even though I've been working out for over 10 years, I never really knew that much about what working out can really do besides that curls works your biceps and bench press is for your chest. The little I knew about weight training/fitness would seem like expert-level knowledge in comparison to my knowledge of nutrition. Basically all I knew was salads were good and candy and soda were bad. I had literally no idea what was good to eat or even that food could be used as a fuel for exercise.
Towards the end of 2009 I developed some terrible habits/cravings for Chipotle and Wawa especially. I had gained probably over 15 lbs and most of it after October. It was really negatively affecting my self-esteem and I often felt depressed. It was the first time in my life that I actually felt "over weight". After graduating college in 2006 at around 180 lbs, I made my way up to the 230- range around New Years 2010. Fortunately for me, some of the folks in my office at the time decided to start a "Biggest Loser" contest beginning January 4th, 2010 and lasting 3 months - with a $25 buy-in and the winner getting about $200. Literally could not have come at a better time for me. I made what ended up being an incredibly wise decision and ordered P90X to give me a guide for the 3 months (it's a 90-day workout program). My starting weight on 01/04/2010 was officially 233 lbs, and my lofty target was to get under 200 lbs in 90 days.
It took me a few days to figure out when to fit in the 1+ hour DVD's, but I ended up bringing my laptop to the gym in the morning and doing it every day before work. I had been working out at lunch for the past 2+ years, so I continued that and just switched to only cardio at lunch. So for the majority of the 3 months, I was working out 6 days a week, and about 4 of those days I'd work out at least twice a day. I was also eating very healthy. Lots of grilled chicken and broccoli and I bought the Beachbody protein/nutrient shake Shakeology to add to the diet. I had lofty goals (I would have to average almost 3 lbs/week for 12 weeks) so it wasn't easy! Even with all that, I plateaued at around 210 lbs for a few weeks right before the end of the contest. I rallied in the last week and turned up my diet and workouts even though I was over 9 lbs away from 200. I don't know how I did it, but I lost 9.4 lbs that last week and came in at exactly 199.8 lbs after 12 weeks. I lost over 33 lbs in 3 months! Pretty exciting stuff.
After that, I took April and May off from crazy workout programs (still working out, just not twice a day). I got back up to about 205 lbs and then in June I started another Beachbody program, Insanity - which is a 60-day DVD program. Due to travel and an injury, I wasn't able to get it completed in exactly 60 days, but I still finished it in about 2.5 months and dropped down to 195 lbs by the end of August.
I started a new job further away from my house at the end of August and although I've been able to continue to exercise, it hasn't been as much and it's been difficult to find the time and energy to keep it up. Since then I've gained a few of those pounds back and I'm ready again to get focused to get more fit. So, I'm going to weigh-in tonight and see where I'm at, set a goal and starting tomorrow - December 1st, 2010 - I'm going to get it done! This time I'm going to do a combination of Insanity and P90X and see what happens.
This time I'm going to get under 190, I promise!!!!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Insanity Day 38 - Max Cardio Conditioning
Ooops. I guess life got a bit in the way of updating this blog the past 2 and a half weeks. Well a quick synopsis of what I've been up to: went down to Charlotte, NC to visit some fam for a weekend, then went up to NJ for a family wedding the following weekend. All-in-all I've been real proud of myself for keeping up with Insanity for the most part while on my travels. I did the DVDs with my little 2 and 4 year old cousins down in NC, which was freaking hilarious. I was only able to get 1 workout in when I was up in NJ which was also funny because my parents house is about 100 years old and all the jumping in the Insanity workout was shaking the whole house so my dad made me take my laptop outside and do it in the back yard. It was a nice day so I actually got the most out of it and enjoyed being out there.
Today was typical Wednesday... wake up with the best intensions of getting to the gym at 6am but still hung over from post-kickball beers so snooze the alarm a few times and pledge to do Insanity after work. I got a good weight lifting workout today at lunch with Ian and made it down after work at around 7pm for Insanity. These "Max" workouts so far have been freaking INSANE. 1st of all they are just about an hour as opposed to the 40 minute month one workouts. Not only that, but they are way harder to boot! Holy crap they are killer. Today's was actually a bit easier than yesterday's Max Plyo workout, but still harder than any of the 1st month ones. Should be interesting to see what the "Max Recovery" workout brings tomorrow.
As far as diet - it was a really good day. I started drinking the Shakeology beach body shake for lunch and I'm hoping that starts to pay dividends as I look to shed these last 10-15 lbs.
Maybe I'll have time at work tomorrow to add the workout and diet schedule. But for now it's late and I've got a date with my boy Shaun T in 6 hours.
Today was typical Wednesday... wake up with the best intensions of getting to the gym at 6am but still hung over from post-kickball beers so snooze the alarm a few times and pledge to do Insanity after work. I got a good weight lifting workout today at lunch with Ian and made it down after work at around 7pm for Insanity. These "Max" workouts so far have been freaking INSANE. 1st of all they are just about an hour as opposed to the 40 minute month one workouts. Not only that, but they are way harder to boot! Holy crap they are killer. Today's was actually a bit easier than yesterday's Max Plyo workout, but still harder than any of the 1st month ones. Should be interesting to see what the "Max Recovery" workout brings tomorrow.
As far as diet - it was a really good day. I started drinking the Shakeology beach body shake for lunch and I'm hoping that starts to pay dividends as I look to shed these last 10-15 lbs.
Maybe I'll have time at work tomorrow to add the workout and diet schedule. But for now it's late and I've got a date with my boy Shaun T in 6 hours.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Insanity Day 15 - Fit Test
Fit Test again today. I'll try to put the actual #s down at some point but they are at home and I'm at my office. Just know they were greatly improved. I will say that I was probably going at 90-95% for the 1st one just so I could have improvement and today I went 100% on pretty much all of them. It will be interesting to see if I can improve them again in 2 weeks, because I felt pretty maxed out. Also, I paused the DVD a few times just for an extra 30 seconds rest between Fit Test exercises.
For the diet today I don't remember everything I ate but I know I did have 2 beers after the VFD meeting.
For the diet today I don't remember everything I ate but I know I did have 2 beers after the VFD meeting.
Insanity Day 14 - Off
Another "Off" day. I'm very glad to have Sundays off right now. I have football on Sunday morning so I'll still be getting a decent workout in. Other than that nothing big to report here and I definitely don't remember what I ate.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Insanity Day 13 - Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs
Just finished the first double workout of this Insanity workout program, with the addition of the 16 min long Cardio Abs. Pure Cardio is a hard workout... no rest. Putting an extra 16 min workout after that is challenging. Cardio Abs is unique because there are litterally ZERO crunches or sit-ups in this Ab workout. Very unusual. I took some week 2 pics after the workout which I will post soon. Off to football practice.
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