"Failure is the ability to begin again, only this time more wisely." ~unknown
Diary:
D: homemade chili, orange, strawberry shortcake (featuring strawberries, animal crackers and coolwhip)
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B: eggs and sausage link
S: protien bar
L: chicken breast and green beans, mixed greens, xs energy, vitamins
S: celery & peanut butter, orange
g: eliptical 1.88 miles, 375+ calories,walk 1 mile, sauna.
Notes:
wow, so much to write about. I will try to categorize my thougts:
End of First Trial
On Friday, the first milestone had been met. I was to lose 40lbs, and I lost 65.7lbs, and celebrated with a couple of Guinesses with my cheerleaders Mike and Phil. Mike made his goal, and so now we get to go to a Wild hockey game and a Twins Baseball game. I sort of celebrated over the weekend, as I really didn't do much workout, as I thought I was going to. It was fun to get together and enjoy ourselves. It was a good time to look at the milestone and reward ourselves for a job well done. Mike mentioned a few things that had occured during his journey that I am still waiting to have happened. He was a visual motivator for people around him, and others watching him go to the gym everyday felt empowered to do thing that they had been procrastinating about. I hope that this is the case for me someday (like, near the end of the year). Right now, there isn't anything to show for my work, it is all internal changes. I am still waiting for the external signs to start appearing, and believe me, I will be gloating and showing these changes off at any chance I get.
One thing that Mike and I agreed with was that I have started to master these habits that I am using as the core of my lifestyle: eating right and often, diary of my activities, exercising, planning and preparing for my schedule, and continuing to educate myself on things to do. Keeping this up for the next challenge is the right thing to do.
Next Challenge
So I was a little worried that I would slide and I needed to get something going right away and slide on my progress. But I was immediately surprised to hear Phil, who was celebrating with Mike and I on St. Patty's Day, lay down the gauntlet. He indicated that he is motivated to do an ironman-style triathalon this summer and was interested in having a challenge to go along with this. Aha! I also have the 5K challenge in Northfield in October 7th from my friend Kurt. So, it seems that I am all set to start training for these events!
The details for the Ironman challenge are still in the works, but I will post them here when I get them. I do know the basics to the 5K challenge:
Train for, Compete and Complete the St. Olaf Homecoming 5K (and beat my initial time, which has yet to be determined). This challenge starts May 5th and increases in intensity through July 10th, until the big show on Oct 7!
I am thinking that the new Tri-athalon challenge might be a good think to do as part of this big challenge. I believe the event is in August, and it would be a good time for me to get my first base timing for my 5K run. I need to figure out how this is going to work, but I think it is do-able.
Blog Name Change Idea
With the current challenge in formation, I am considering changing the name of the blog to "From FAT to 5K" - subtitle: "Can a 500lb man train for and compete in a 5K within one year?" OR "From Flab to Fab" (ha ha, I like that one.)
Phil indicated we should do some video filming (in a "Supersize me" like format) to show people the before, during and after stuff. that comment reminds me that I need to go to the hospital I went to for my EKG (last summer, during my biggest size) and blood tests. They did blood sugar, blood pressure, etc, and EKG. I wonder if they will let me have a copy of these tests for my own use. I will put this information on the blog.
All I know for sure is that the following have been past measurements.
- Total Cholesterol = 164
- HdL = 35
- TSH (Thyroid) = 4.62
- Blood Pressure: 150 over 100
- Pulse: 80
- Resting: 18
On Saturday, I volunteered for the Eagan Home Show. Our church had a booth where we handed out water bottles and helped people with questions (and advertised a little about our Easter services) After being there in the afternoon, I went to Applebees, had a steak and a beer.
I didn't reallize it until this morning, but I was at the Home Show for 3 hours straight, standing the entire time, and I didn't feel the need to sit down. I had no pain in my back or legs, nor did I feel tired or out of breath. This doesn't sound like such a big deal, but I can tell you that 3 months ago I could not do this. I would get tired or sore just standing and talking for 2 hours in a row, and need to sit down.
The weird thing is that this didn't even occur to me until this morning, two days later. This is one of the signs that again, is internal to me, but is a big step from where I was. I can tell things are starting to change. The best is yet to come.
Sunday crock-pot frenzy
On Sunday, I did a lot of cooking. I made some chicken-breasts in the crock pot, and froze them for individaul lunch meals. I took a couple breasts and put them in with other ingredients to create chicken noodle soup, and also stored these for meals. Finally I made a crock-pot of chili and also froze these into individual ziploc boxes. I am set for several days. It was fun, but a lot of work. I cleaned up the dishes and feel like a real Betty Crocker.
more later..
Chazz Vader
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