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28 June 2022

Dad died in February.
Had vertigo end of March. Maybe stress related?
Weather got hot, got lazy.
Got Covid, even though fully vaxed.
Gotta get the body moving & stretching again again. Waking up at 5:15am to workout in a hot garage is not working for the summer. Zero motivation to wake up early and it's way too hot. Changing it up and doing workout in living room after kiddo goes to bed at 8:30pm. Going with Focus T25 as no equipment needed and more cardio & less impact, then mixing in some 10 Minute Trainer stretching. Let's see if this sticks for the summer until the garage gets cooler. Was never fully motivated to get up early to workout, but it seemed to work for a while last year.

Weigh-in: 205.5 lb

lost so far: 24.5 lb

still to go: 20.5 lb

Diet followed poorly

add comment gaining 0.1 lb a week

24 March 2022

Worked out 5 days last week. Missed Mon & Tue this week so far. I'm trying not to slack off, but I need to get minimum 3 days a week. Workouts going ok. Hardest part is getting to bed on time to wake up ontime. If I get to bed later than 10:30pm, it's very hard to get up in the morning.

Weigh-in: 204.5 lb

lost so far: 25.5 lb

still to go: 19.5 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(1 comment) losing 1.8 lb a week

14 March 2022

I am starting to work out again after 5 months off. Here is my last entry Oct 14, 2021:
"Three weeks ago I took a week off. Last week I only worked out 3 days, and so far this week I am at 2 workouts, and hope to make some of that up. Tony Horton says bare minimum is 3 workouts a week, so aside from that one week I guess it can be worse. Was up a bit, but at 200 and hope to drop. Now starts the hardest time of year. Colder weather, you body wants to stay in bed, and all the treats & eats of the holidays."

I want to document how I feel, good and bad, so I can learn from the past and have encouragement to work out. Probably the biggest motivation for starting to work out again is I'm not getting any younger and I can feel the negative effects of not working out. I went to the snow last week to play, and while I could climb up the hill, my knees felt it. I totally missed out on snowboarding this year, again. I had wanted 5 months ago to do P90X3 and have finished an entire round before my birthday, but that didn't happen.

I'm up 10 pounds from my best 197 last year, and even at 197lbs I was feeling much better (still off from my 185 1st goal, and 175lbs ultimate goal). But now at 207lbs my clothes are tighter, I look bigger, I have a belly, there is less spring in my step, instead of jumping over a small ledge I go around, I'm less flexible, tighter all around resulting in hunching over, tight back, tight neck, and knees cracking. I can carry my 3 year old daughter, but it's more of a chore. I can fly her around the house, but she wants more and I'm tired.

Why did I stop working out? Well, initially after the Julianne Cabin incident where we had to leave at 3am because my daughter got super sick very quick (she's fine, but it was a scare), I was just tired. In fact the camping equipment is still in the garage and not put away in the attic. Then there were all the holidays, my dad's rapidly declining health (now with the Lord since last month), the holiday treats, the cold weather wanting to stay in bed, etc, I couldn't pin point it to any one thing, just a combination of all things I just wanted to 'relax'. Sadly rust never sleeps, and neither does aging.

While Tony Horton's 22 Minute Hard Corps is higher impact, it shaves 3 minutes off T25, and Tony's workouts are much more motivating and easy to get into. As I've lost a lot of flexibility, I'm going to throw in a 10 Minute Trainer Yoga as much as I can for a while. This way I wake up at 5:15am (or shortly thereafter), and be in the shower by 6:15 am. And make sure I'm in bed by 10:15pm and trying to sleep.

I was reading Tony Horton's: The Big Picture last year, almost finished with it, but in the section "My Purpose In Life" was to list the pros & cons of working out. While I have other goals I will not list here, here are the pros & cons I listed for working out. The pros certainly outweigh the cons, and I need to be more consistent. As Tony said, do your best and forget the rest:

• Be healthy & active
○ Plan: Wakeup 5:15 Mon-Sat, workout 30-45 min. Yoga on Sat.
○ Pro:
○ Hike, camp, bike & snowboard more often & in more places
○ Feel better
○ Have more energy
○ Keep up with my kids
○ Live longer & mentally acute
○ There are no fat old men
○ Knees & back not crack
○ Be able to physically defend myself and my family
○ Hopefully encourage my wife for us to eat healthier and exercise
○ Not repeat what my dad & mom did to their bodies
○ Heart trouble runs in my family and I want to avoid it, not add to it
○ Self control is freedom (those unhealthy are now a slave to their poor health and cannot do what the healthy do).
○ (notice how look better is not on this list. While I'd like to look better, these other pro-reasons are better, and this will come as a byproduct)
○ Con:
○ Processed food tastes good.
○ It's cheaper
○ It's easier
○ I'm tired
○ No time
○ I like to spend an extra 45+ minutes on Youtube at night.
○ I like that extra 45 minutes of sleep

Now I ease back into working out and eating healthier. I may miss a few days or a few meals, but consistancy needs to be key and it be a sustainable lifestyle.

Weigh-in: 207.0 lb

lost so far: 23.0 lb

still to go: 22.0 lb

Diet followed poorly

add comment gaining 0.3 lb a week

14 October 2021

Three weeks ago I took a week off. Last week I only worked out 3 days, and so far this week I am at 2 workouts, and hope to make some of that up. Tony Horton says bare minimum is 3 workouts a week, so aside from that one week I guess it can be worse. Was up a bit, but at 200 and hope to drop. Now starts the hardest time of year. Colder weather, you body wants to stay in bed, and all the treats & eats of the holidays.

Weigh-in: 200.0 lb

lost so far: 30.0 lb

still to go: 15.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

add comment losing 1.0 lb a week

04 October 2021

I took a week off. Went camping last weekend but had to cut the trip short when 2am Sunday my daughter wakes up hot, sick and throws up on the floor. As we were far away from any places to get meds, didn't know what she might have, we decided best to packup and were driving home by 3:30am and home before 6am. That threw my body for a loop. My daughter was fine by Tuesday, but then my wife eventually got whatever my daughter had (not covid), and then my wife was out sick the rest of the week. I never got what they had, but was just more generally tired so I didn't wake up early to work out all of last week. Maybe my body was secretly fighting what they had which is why I was tired. Who knows. Was also tending to two sick girls. Back at it this morning, cardio, eased into it but amazing what not working out for a week and eating a bit more poorly will do. Hopefully this weight is water weight (did have more salty foods) and I can knock it down quickly.

Weigh-in: 201.5 lb

lost so far: 28.5 lb

still to go: 16.5 lb

Diet followed poorly

(1 comment) gaining 1.6 lb a week

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