Full Throttle - Day 234

It was great to get back to working out this morning. I had not worked out at Full Throttle in a week, so it felt great to get out there and workout... of course the workout was tough. This morning's workout consisted of a deadlifting, building up to a 300 pound deadlift, a 10 minute warmup and then 30 seconds on/ 30 seconds off of 5 different exercise, 4 rounds of each. The 5 exercises were right handed squats with a kettlebell and raising your arm at the top of the squat (I cannot remember what this is called), kettlebell swings, left handed repeat of the first exercise, kettlebell high pulls, and bicycles. After all of this, my legs were exhausted, but I felt great!

Full Throttle - Day 233

I am feeling much better today, and I am ready to get back to normal. I am ready for my workout tomorrow morning.

Full Throttle - Days 230 - 232

These last few days started off really well, but then they were pretty rough. Saturday morning I woke up and was excited to go for a run. I ran two miles, and walked one mile, and I was feeling great. However, within the next few hours I was not feeling so well, and then started feeling even worse. I had a fever and spent the next couple days in bed, including missing work and missing a workout on Monday morning at Full Throttle Athletics. I hated missing the workout, but I did not have much choice... my body was not cooperative. I am starting to feel better, so I am sure I will be able to workout by Wednesday.

Full Throttle - Day 228 and 229

So, I made it through Thanksgiving without eating any of the delicious looking, great smelling desserts, breads, or other unhealthy foods. I "grazed" on broccoli and celery while everyone else was eating junk, and for the main meal I had turkey, ham, some green beans, and I did have a little corn casserole. I feel great in knowing that I did not compromise on the one day a year that I have always overindulged in snacks, breads, desserts, cokes, and anything else in front of me. I feel like making it through the Thanksgiving meal was a huge step for me, and I feel good knowing I did not compromise on my eating.

Full Throttle - Day 227

This morning's workout was another great one. BJ and Kori were out of town due to Thanksgiving, so Jennifer did the class. We did 10 minutes of warmup followed by a 15 minutes workout of 20 squats, 10 pushups, run to the road, as many rounds as possible in the 15 minutes. Then, once that was done, we had a 2 minute break followed by 4 rounds of bicycles and planks (20 seconds on, 10 seconds off), totaling 4 minutes. I felt great after completing the workout.
Today at work we had a holiday meal with the choice of chicken fried steak (one of my all time favorite foods) or meatloaf, and tons of sides. I was proud of myself for not eating the chicken fried steak and eating only a small amount of corn and lots of green beans. Lots of people at work compliment me on my weight loss, and I knew they were watching what I was eating. It was nice to be a good example and not eat all the delicious sides, breads, and desserts. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, and I know I will be faced with lots of delicious food that I do not need to eat. I am confident in that I will be able to avoid eating them. I plan to eat mostly turkey and green vegetables, and as much as I like desserts, I will avoid them.

Full Throttle - Day 225

I weighed myself this morning when I arrived at Full Throttle Athletics, and I was down 4 pounds from Friday, to 270 pounds. It feels good to know that with some discipline the weight will start to come off again. I am feeling so good after 4 days of being committed to losing weight again, and I am excited to see the results in a few months.
This morning's workout consisted of a 10 minutes warmup and then another really tough workout. The workout was 50 seconds on/ 10 seconds off of 5 exercises, 4 rounds. The exercises were suitcase deadlifts (half on the right side and half on the left side), pushups with a "T" at the top, deep in and outs (almost a squat position and then jumping while widening and narrowing the distance between my legs), kettlebell swings, and bicycles. My legs were dead when I was finished.
Today I ate:
7am - ProGrade Lean Meal Replacement Drink
10am = 22 almonds, whey protein drink
1pm - smoked sausage
4pm - 22 almonds
7pm - 2 eggs, 4 egg whites scrambled with spinach
I drank over 200 ounces of water today.

Full Throttle - Days 223-224

This weekend was my first weekend back to eating healthy. In the past weekends have been more difficult than weekedays when it comes to eating healthy because I am usually busy and there is no routine. This weekend was no different, but right now my will power to eat healthy is very strong. I have discovered in several different time periods that I am able to have really strong will power at times, it is just a matter of "flipping a switch" of some sort... although flipping that switch can be very difficult. I feel right now that I have the mental toughness I had a few months ago that led me to lose 75 pounds. I will carry this attitude for the next few months, as I have a goal to lose another 40 pounds in the next 3-4 months. I have done this before, so I know I will do it again. This weekend I made good eating choices, and I am feeling really good about those decisions.