Late June 2011, the light bulb went on and I decided to arm myself with knowledge on getting healthy. I studied nutrition and started exercising.... the only way to accomplish body transformation is to master caloric deficits. ACCOUNTABILITY IS KING.
This blog will show my intense journey to losing over 85 lbs in the past 8 months, while quitting smoking. If I can inspire some more people to do the same, my journey would be even more meaningful.... this has become my higher purpose.
Thank you to Alan Hirsch and Joe Stierwalt for their guidance in getting this blog rolling.
8 week cutting phase
Day 1 weigh in 186.8#
Day 2 184.4#
Day 3 182.8#
Day 3 182.8#
Day4 182.6#
Day 5 181.8#
Day 6 182.4#
Day 7 181.0#
Day 8 181.6# Day 7 181.0#
Day 9 181.8#
Day 10 -- April 21st -- no weigh in or intake tracking
Day 11 -- April 22nd -- no weigh in or intake tracking
Day 12 -- April 23rd -- no intake tracking
Day 13 189.8#
Day 14 188.8#
Day 15 189.4#
Day 15 189.4#
Day 16 187.8#
Today 189.0 #
Lots of work left to do, but I am in the best shape of my life, by far -- calling Joe Stierwalt out on that -- he believed in me and taught me what it would take to reach the next level. The brief period in which Joe was my personal trainer added years to my life (the man helped me become an ex smoker) and helped me see that I have an inner fire that, regardless of how bad I may be at some other things in life, I can be proud of.
As my body was being transformed, I was guilty of listening to some of the wrong voices. I'm going to assume that the intent was positive, but the message was negative :
I was being led to believe that the fact that I am very emotional is a weakness
I was being led to believe that there is something wrong with having an obsessive personality
The underlying theme behind what I was being told is that those things somehow made me "less manly" or "not tough enough".
What a load of crap.
#1 -- Positive emotions are a strength. Emotional = passionate = thowing myself completely into the things that I love. HUGE plus in the gym.
#2 -- If you want to transform your body, you'd better be obsessive about eating clean and working out hard. If not, all you will accomplish is wishing you looked and felt better. The old me hated the way I looked and felt, but was unwilling to commit to attacking the problem. I spent years and years wrecking my health with cigarettes and fast food. I was over 305# in spring 2009. No one who sees me today could even imagine me at that weight.
I am walking, talking proof that ANYONE, even a fat smoker who is very emotional and has an obsessive personality, can become physically fit. That is a WIN, folks. No one can take what I have achieved away from me. With plenty of help from my Genesis family and answered prayer (none of this happens had God not blessed me), I can now say that I love my journey through life.
I strive to reach this level consistently, but there are moments in G-cycle in which my energy seems unlimited and I feel so young, so strong -- as if mountains can be moved by the power of my will. I can't put a price on those moments and I can't stress often enough that I achieve those moments as a result of working out in a group setting. Positive energy and teamwork can have a tremendous physical effect. I'll do all I can to repay my students for their hard work and the energy they share with me.
I will never be perfect, but I am sincere in what I share with my class. Thinking positive + having fun + working out in a group setting can help us all push through a tough workout. Each workout I design will be tough. Physical reconstruction requires hard work and eating right. There is no other way.
I also want to throw a shout out to 2 friends and students who helped me get through the sheer terror of being at the front of the class the 1st few times I taught G-cycle :
Nicole Heneha
Eric Reichert
Thank you and God bless you! I miss you both.
4-2009 305# -- refused to have a picture taken unless my son was standing in front of me to "hide" my fat
February 2012 -- Lean and mean
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Day 29
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Day 35
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Day 37
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Day 43
Day 44 -- May 25th -- no intake tracking
Day 45
Day 46
Day 47
Day 48
The scale : Though I'm not thrilled with the numbers lately, I'm fine anywhere in the 180-190# range. I'll be back closer to 180 soon enough. Big thing for me is that
I FEEL GREAT!!
Lots of work left to do, but I am in the best shape of my life, by far -- calling Joe Stierwalt out on that -- he believed in me and taught me what it would take to reach the next level. The brief period in which Joe was my personal trainer added years to my life (the man helped me become an ex smoker) and helped me see that I have an inner fire that, regardless of how bad I may be at some other things in life, I can be proud of.
As my body was being transformed, I was guilty of listening to some of the wrong voices. I'm going to assume that the intent was positive, but the message was negative :
I was being led to believe that the fact that I am very emotional is a weakness
I was being led to believe that there is something wrong with having an obsessive personality
The underlying theme behind what I was being told is that those things somehow made me "less manly" or "not tough enough".
What a load of crap.
#1 -- Positive emotions are a strength. Emotional = passionate = thowing myself completely into the things that I love. HUGE plus in the gym.
#2 -- If you want to transform your body, you'd better be obsessive about eating clean and working out hard. If not, all you will accomplish is wishing you looked and felt better. The old me hated the way I looked and felt, but was unwilling to commit to attacking the problem. I spent years and years wrecking my health with cigarettes and fast food. I was over 305# in spring 2009. No one who sees me today could even imagine me at that weight.
I am walking, talking proof that ANYONE, even a fat smoker who is very emotional and has an obsessive personality, can become physically fit. That is a WIN, folks. No one can take what I have achieved away from me. With plenty of help from my Genesis family and answered prayer (none of this happens had God not blessed me), I can now say that I love my journey through life.
I strive to reach this level consistently, but there are moments in G-cycle in which my energy seems unlimited and I feel so young, so strong -- as if mountains can be moved by the power of my will. I can't put a price on those moments and I can't stress often enough that I achieve those moments as a result of working out in a group setting. Positive energy and teamwork can have a tremendous physical effect. I'll do all I can to repay my students for their hard work and the energy they share with me.
I will never be perfect, but I am sincere in what I share with my class. Thinking positive + having fun + working out in a group setting can help us all push through a tough workout. Each workout I design will be tough. Physical reconstruction requires hard work and eating right. There is no other way.
I also want to throw a shout out to 2 friends and students who helped me get through the sheer terror of being at the front of the class the 1st few times I taught G-cycle :
Nicole Heneha
Eric Reichert
Thank you and God bless you! I miss you both.
Today's intake
1851 calories
40 grams fiber
189 grams protein
% of calories from fat 23.95
Fruits/veggies : apple, watermelon, baby carrots, snap peas, celery, banana
Didn't count calories from :
1 scoop chia seed (in morning protein shake)
40 grams fiber
189 grams protein
% of calories from fat 23.95
Fruits/veggies : apple, watermelon, baby carrots, snap peas, celery, banana
Didn't count calories from :
1 scoop chia seed (in morning protein shake)
1 tbsp flaxseed (in morning protein shake)
1 tbsp maca powder (in morning protein shake)
1 tbsp wheat germ (in morning protein shake)
1 tbsp wheat germ (in morning protein shake)
1 tbsp bee pollen granules (in morning protein shake)
4-2009 305# -- refused to have a picture taken unless my son was standing in front of me to "hide" my fat February 2012 -- Lean and mean 
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