A beautiful reunion.

Nov 272011

Before I started to do the whole running thing, the ARC trainer from Cybex was my cardio of choice.

Sadly, we hadn’t seen each other for some time, but that made for a beautiful reunion today.

45 minutes, 1 second…and 1050 calories (per the machine, anyway) burned.  WooHoo!

It was really nice to get an actual workout in, they have been sorely missed.  I have been trying to walk a lot lately, but those walks haven’t really given me the little “pep in my step” feeling that a harder workout can do.

In other news, I met Marianas Trench!

For those of you who don’t know them (and honestly, that’s probably most of you), they are a Canadian pop punk band that I was introduced to a few years ago, and they’re kinda awesome.  They were playing near DC last night as part of the Simple Plan (also Canadian, and also awesome) tour.  I am a little shocked that I was able to get pictures (and autographs!) with everyone, especially the last pic, as I saw him later on in the show and asked for another picture because my first one turned out really bad.  Nice guys all around, and hopefully next time I see them I’ll be able to get pictures with them with me being thinner. :)

Oh, and I am crushing HARDCORE on the guy in the mohawk (second picture from the top). ;)

Have a great day, y’all!

9/12

Sep 122011

I said last week that I went back to Point (excuse me, PointsPlus) tracking on Weight Watchers.

And I know it’s not recommended to weigh yourself every day, but tough shit, I do it anyway, and it looks like this is going to be a very good week. :)

I’ve been doing very well with my tracking, which is pretty awesome considering I ate out Thursday, Friday, Saturday and had dinner over my moms house on Sunday.  Eating out basically consisted of studying the menu before hand and trying to figure out what I could fit in and if it was worth it, and eating out over Moms is basically not pigging out in general. :)

I am housesitting for my Mom on Wednesday through Sunday, so that’ll be a hell of a test right there, because she keeps more food in her home than most small grocery stores stock, but I can do it.

I’ve been itching to get back out and run, but I haven’t actually done it yet.  Running sucked bad enough when I was 265lbs, at this weight there is even flab to fly around everywhere.  Part of me wants to wait until I’m a bit lighter (and walk in the meantime) and part of me wants to grow a pair and just try it.  I’ll keep you updated.

In other news, I didn’t really do much of a 9/11 post yesterday, but I do have a 9/11 related story that I thought I’d share.

I was ALMOST a United States Marine.

About three weeks after 9/11 I went to the recruitment office and signed up for the Marine Corps Reserve.  It had been something I had been thinking about for awhile, but after that day I decided to go through with it.  I was in the Delayed Entry Program, and set to ship out for Boot Camp in August 2002.  I was really gung ho about it too, but unfortunately, I kind of chickened out in the end (not to mention my continued dealings with Recruiter were kind of turning me off from it) and had my Dad get me out of it (since he had to sign off because I wasn’t 18 when I signed up).

I think sometimes about how my life would be different if I had gone through with it.  While the thought that I could very possibly have died in combat is there, I think it would have been an amazing opportunity and would have done me a world of good.  With that said, there has always been a pang of regret there, and at varying times since then I’ve thought about signing back up.  Not for the Marine Corps Reserve per se, but the Army or Air National Guard, most likely.  It’s an idea that still floats around in the back of my head, but for my height I have to be 190lbs before it’s even an option.  At this point too, I think I want to wait until I finish college so that I can go in as an Officer.

We’ll see what happens though.  I already have some changes coming my way, and who knows what is going to happen to me from there.

Status Report: 9/1/11

Sep 012011

When I said earlier this week that I was going to have a weigh in post on Thursday, I didn’t realize it was the beginning on the new month.  But I guess it come of works out, eh?

Anywho, this morning I weighed in at 295.2 lbs, which means I have a BMI of 43.  That definitely sucks, but I’m not 300, so I’ll take it.

And I’m going to make it work this month.  I’ve been approved to work 125 hours of overtime, and I intend to work every last minute of it, but I plan to squeeze in as many workouts as I can (at least shooting for 3-4 a week).

The diet is something that I can manage regardless of how many hours I work, I just have to work on my willpower.  I’ve been doing A LOT better about not eating out as much or ordering takeout, which was a huge issue for a long time.  But now I need to work on making the stuff I buy from the grocery store last.

We’ll see how it goes, and hopefully I’ll be able to report some success for this month.

WooT!

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