Post Day 1 (Start Day 2)

Ok, so after much consideration the meal plan on this routine is a bit much. I've always heard that it's heather to eat less, but more meals per day (i.e., less portions maybe 5 times a day), but this plan initially included 6-7 meals a day and portions that are about what I usually eat, so I was having a hard time eating, I was having to force food down, and as a matter of fact the "pre-workout" meal I skipped, as not to puke at the gym.

If you know me, you know I hate large groups of people, and going to the gym (in this case it was the YMCA) is a place crawling with people, and I'm out of shape, so it's a bit embarrassing the limits to my workouts (when I was younger, I could push almost twice my body weight, now I am lucky if I could do 3/4 of my current weight.

Speaking of weight, I started on Day 0 at 203, (35% BMI), and last night, I weighed in at 200.2 (33% BMI), and this morning 198.4 (32% BMI). I don't know if it a coincidence or what, but I think it's not - I think that will change even more radically since I'm not gorging myself as the plan originally intended (In looking bad it was for someone with a little more pre-existing mass and muscle, so it makes since right now to cut back. Chest and Triceps are tonight, luckily it looks like I have all the needed equipment at home, I may just go run and get a few heavier weights, but that would be it. Tomorrow is a day of rest. Yea!

Not in Order?

OK, so I spent some time yesterday contemplating how I got so out of shape. It was depressing, I'm overweight, and have no energy most of the time, whether that is a result of medical conditions or just physical condition I don't know. I know this though, I won't let it continue.

After talking with Lyndsay, I am going on kind of an extreme program that will be a process to get used to, but hopefully in 3 months the difference will be obvious. I've been doing a lot of cardio (walking\jogging\stationary bicycle), but I'll be continuing that on tho program, which won't be difficult, it's the going to the gym part that I'm worried about - as most of you know my anxiety is a little high, and changing a daily routine for 3 months is going to be rough. Lyndsay goes through a schedule change every year for three months, but that's a bit different - summer break isn't quite like this program.

I will be taking pictures everyday (Front\side\Back) to track my progress, if after one month there is no noticeable change (physical or mental), I may not continue.

I don't know about sharing the photos, fyi - that's opening myself up to some cruel possibilities a bit. :)

 

-J

It's been a while...

A lot has happened to me lately.  I had a seizure, was diagnosed with Epilepsy so that has cut down on some of my gaming time (well all of it). The doctor told me to try and fill me time with thins I enjoy… So I'm began a project that make two or three months and I'm being fairly secretive about it (except to my wife of course.

Luckily my bosses know that with new medication comes extreme tiredness so luckily the understand if I can stay awake for many hours at a time until i get used to the plethora of new meds. I'm hoping to spend some more time on my project, but who knows, it's a strange, strange world and I'm caught in the middle of it. Trust me more to come.

Hint on the Project: