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New Workout Regimen

This fatty is still working. My next goal is to be under 200 lbs by the end of the year. 

It's getting colder outside. I hate the cold, so that means my workout needs to change.

I've started doing something I also don't like. Swimming.
I gotta tell you, swimming is an insane workout.  

I've plateaued a little in my weight loss, and I actually think it is because of the swimming.

The new workout looks like this:

Monday - Wednesday - Friday - Swimming

Tuesday - Thursday - Saturday - Running

I started out swimming and could only do about 32 laps - 1/2 a mile. After a few weeks now, today I swam 69 laps. That's over a mile. It took a little under an hour but it is a body-destroying workout.

I love running. Once I get past about a mile or so, everything gets smooth and I enjoy it. But it isn't a full-body workout. It works my legs and my core, but that's about it. It burns calories well, though.

Swimming, on the other hand, is different. I hate it. I can't get my breathing right and it exhausts every muscle in my body. It also burns calories well, but it also builds muscle a lot better than running.

I'm still above 210, but I think the plateau is due to the fact that I've never really worked out my upper body before. Even in the Army, I only worked upper body enough to pass the push-ups portion of the PT test.

Anyway, that's the new workout. Still moving, new goal. One-derland by New Years.

 

Fatty going for another Half Marathon!

Tucson Half Marathon - December 8, 2013

That's right, you heard it. The Fatty on the Move is doing another Half Marathon. This one takes place in Sunny Tucson! - Trust me, I wouldn't be doing a Half Marathon hardly anywhere else on December 8th. Nope, too cold. But Tucson should be just right.

To get started with my training for this one, I ran 3 miles yesterday and 3 miles today. I have 8 weeks until the race, so my train-up will be very similar to last time.

Week 1 - 3 miles per day and 6 miles on Saturday
Week 2 - 3 miles per day and 7 miles on Saturday
Week 3 - 4 miles per day and 8 miles on Saturday
Week 4 - 4 miles per day and 9 miles on Saturday
Week 5 - 3 to 5 miles per day and 10 miles on Saturday
Week 6 - 3 to 5 miles per day and 11 miles on Saturday
Week 7 - 3 miles per day - rest on Saturday
December 8th is the Big Day!

If you are in Southern Arizona, you should join me! Click on the image above to get to the registration site.

The Fatty is BACK!

Hi Everyone! I know you've missed me. Don't worry, I've missed you too.

Ever since our 4th of July vacation and my sprained-ankle shenanigans, I have been wallowing in an abyss of laziness and self-pity. I just realized, however, that self-pity isn't going to make my ankle feel better. No sir, if I learned anything at all from my time in the Army it's that self-pity doesn't heal. Motrin and Pepto Bismol heal. 99% of the world's maladies can be fixed with enough Motrin and Pepto Bismol (including world hunger, for sure, because after enough Pepto Bismol, one meal feels like three!).

Anyway, I'm back on the move. With 5 weeks left until the half marathon, I gotta get back on the horse.

This morning I ran 3.8 miles. Yes, my ankle hurt a little, but not too much. I actually feel really good and I was glad to find that I was able to run 3.8 miles pretty easily still. 

Today was weigh-in day. Week 5 of my weight loss extravaganza. At home this morning I weighed 204 lbs!
At work is was 211.5, but that's pretty typical. Either way, according to the work scale, I have lost 14 lbs in the last 5 weeks. That equates to about 3 lbs per week, which is exactly what most nutritionists recommend for sustainable weight loss.

I started this journey with a top weight of 239. Now I'm down to 211.5. 27.5 lbs gone and 26 lbs more to go! I got this.

Vacation Bust - Back on the Move

Hello everyone! It's good to be back.

The 4th of July holiday is the one time of year that we always head back to Utah to visit our sweet girl on her birthday.

Anna would be 3 years old this year. Happy Birthday, Anna!

We also get the chance to hang out with our families. Thanks for the fun times guys!

Kelly Clarkson was AMAZING. I was very impressed.

Don't worry guys. Over the last week of vacation time I made sure to work out. I ran (and at over 5k feet that was no easy task). I swam. I played Pickle Ball. I played Ultimate Frisbee. I played Basketball. 

Oh yeah, and I sprained my ankle.

That part wasn't very fun. It still hurts pretty bad to even walk on it. But I'm back in business. I'll be updating my profile on MyFitnessPal.com and keep posting my diet and workouts.

I won't be able to run (or walk) for a while so it looks like upper body and ab workouts while my foot heals. 

Stay motivated guys, and give me some of your ideas for good cardio and fat burning workouts that don't require my ankle!

Day 14 - 1 July 2013

Two Weeks Down! Welcome to July.

This month we celebrate Independence Day.

Huzzah! Independence from our oppressors!

Independence Day means something else for me this year as well. Independence from fatness, the evil oppressor of my spirit and soul!

I almost feel like Jared today. Breakfast was the western breakfast sandwich -

Lunch was a salad -

Dinner was delicious roasted veggies - broccoli, cauliflower, and sweet potatoe.

Celebrate! Tomorrow we are heading out for the Holiday. Hopefully I'll be able to post each day, I'll definitely still be working out.

Of course, don't forget the true reason we are traveling on the 4th of July - it is the birthday of the sweetest little angel I have ever known.

 

Happy Birthday Anna - We love you!

Day 12 - 29 June 2013

Today was the second Saturday of my training,  which means it was six miles today.

I thought I was going to get an extra workout in by helping a friend move today too,  but that didn't work out.

That's okay,  I still got my 6 miles in and I did it in just under an hour. I also walked for just under a mile to warm up and cool down.

Danica suggested I post some before photos,  so don't read on unless you want to see pictures of my corpulent self. This is me at 215 lbs. 

The last picture is a delicious black bean burger with a spinach salad.

Day 11 - 28 June 2013 - Cheat Day!

You know what I hate?
Looking at fitness blogs on their cheat day and seeing that they ate like one peanut butter cup and that was it.
That's not cheating. That's bragging.
Well today was my cheat day.

I started off cheat day with my good friend Shaun T and some plyometric cardio.

Breakfast went pretty well, just some muscle milk powder in water and an apple. No cheating there.
Well for lunch I went to Firehouse Subs. Yeah Baby! I had me an Engineer sandwich. So delicious. I also had a bag of baked lays BBQ chips.

For dinner I had 2 slices of Greek Pizza, a Garlic Knot, and a Hot Wing.

I also had air popped pop-corn with butter for dessert. 

Okay, okay - hate if you want. I did over my recommended caloric intake for the day, but I've done a lot of research and I've found that the worst thing you can do is cause your body to go full starvation mode. You'll lose weight, but it will be all that muscle you've been trying to put on. 

Anyway, I was under my calories for the whole week, so I don't feel too bad. Plus, it was delicious.

June 28, 2013

FOODS	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Breakfast
Cytosport - Muscle Milk Chocolate Powder, 2 scoop	300	18g	12g	32g	20mg	160mg	4g	4g
Generic - Fuji Apple, Small, Organic, Juiced, 1 small apple	55	15g	0g	0g	0mg	0mg	11g	0g
Lunch
Firehouse Sub - Engineer Fully Loaded, 1 Med. sub	680	62g	35g	39g	65mg	2,000mg	13g	6g
Lay's - Baked Bbq Potato Chips, 1 package	140	24g	4g	2g	0mg	220mg	4g	2g
Coca-Cola - Coke Zero 710ml (24 oz), 24 FL OZ	0	0g	0g	0g	0mg	80mg	0g	0g
Dinner
Z Pizza - Greek Pizza, 2 slice	300	34g	12g	16g	20mg	820mg	0g	2g
Generic - Garlic Knot, 1 knots	61	10g	1g	2g	13mg	149mg	0g	0g
Wings - Chicken Wings, 1 wings	48	2g	3g	4g	16mg	143mg	0g	0g
Dressing - Ranch Dressing - Hidden Valley Ranch the Original (24 Fl oz), 6 Tbsp	420	6g	42g	3g	30mg	780mg	3g	0g
Snacks
Snacks - Popcorn, air-popped, white popcorn, 5 cup	153	31g	2g	5g	0mg	2mg	0g	6g
Butter - Salted, 3 tbsp	305	0g	35g	0g	92mg	245mg	0g	0g
TOTAL:	2,462	202g	146g	103g	256mg	4,599mg	35g	20g

EXERCISES	Calories	Minutes	Sets	Reps	Weight
Cardiovascular
Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort	599	45
TOTALS:	599	45	0	0	0