10 day before/after pictures, 40 days left in Missouri 60

July 6th

July 6th

July 16th

July 16th



Well, there you have it. I personally liked the results of my pictures this week. I weighed myself around the normal time today... 198 lbs. I can't even begin to describe how great that makes me feel, but I'm sure most of you can guess. Looking at these pictures, it is hard to tell exactly how much body fat I have left, which also makes it difficult to judge just how much it is I want to lose. For right now I'm going to stick with 185 and see what happens over these next few weeks.

Didn't lift tonight, but I'm about to go run. Mike is sick or something, and since we use his house, well, that's the downside to not having a gym membership. On the bright side, my food was perfect today, and once again I got to kick my ass at work. Yay. It is getting late, I have to get out there and get this run in before I talk myself out of it. TOMORROW IS FRIDAY YES THANK YOU YESYESYES!!!

Not my best, and no excuse for it.

I consider today a failure, because I ate a cookie. Work was incredibly brutal, lifted with Mike, and ate this huge, delicious cookie with sprinkles. And icing. I don't know what happened, we were sitting in the kitchen halfway through the workout, munching on almonds, and we see this big bag of cookies from Blue Chip, and it was all over. I lost control for about five minutes and well, yeah. I wouldn't be so upset if tomorrow wasn't a picture day, but oh well. I know I'm not perfect even though I hate to admit it. And I didn't run yesterday, nor today. Work has just been kicking my ass, and that is not an excuse. Oh, and I also had a coffee energy drink this morning, because I desperately needed it... it was about 200 calories but I burned that in probably an hour. Breakfast and lunch were normal, and I'm gonna skip the dinner on account of cookie madness. And a couple handfuls of almonds, and a handful of craisins. I'm disappointed in myself, but it is what it is. Impossible is nothing, right? I WILL be perfect tomorrow, and have some amazing pictures to display, hopefully. Hope the rest of you can keep the fat person locked away when it counts. I learned my lesson, don't let it break you.

Week 5: Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names

This week has started off so much better. The weekend was obviously depressing, but it was a very nice service and many people showed up, it was nice to reminisce with old friends. I also got to see some (other) old friends over the weekend, and it was so relaxing and chill. Really got me ready for the week. I was not perfect over the weekend... but I tried to fast for two days and since it was my first time, slips were more than I would have liked. Had a beer, ate a steak sandwich... but refrained from all fast food and liquor... and I got a run in last night. Today also went well, I'm entering my 5th week now of basically eating the same thing, every day, all the time, at the same time. The reward is nothing short of spectacular. My energy level is through the roof... I'm outworking everyone I work with, and Mike even said tonight that I look so much better than when we first started. And I feel great too, despite all the shit that has been going down in my personal life... but it comes in waves so I'm ready for this next chapter.

I don't really like to make excuses, but I didn't run tonight. Mike didn't get home until 9 so we didn't get done lifting till 12, and I had to get food after, and I pulled 875 feet of cable underground by hand today at work. And dig holes. It was a pretty intense 24 hours to say the very least. However, those new running shoes of mine, make everything ridiculously easier to do. My old shoes have holes in them, and any other time, I'm wearing steel toed boots... so my feet are much more agreeable as of late. I will run tomorrow, and this week will be even better than last (which on the diet/exercise part of my life, was great). I'm fully expecting to be below 200 this week when I check up on Thursday, but if not I won't beat myself up about it... the results are in the mirror. And congrats to Steve on his first year living a healthier life, it is a wonderful success story, and everyone should check it out.

So here is to a better week of getting stronger and every day making myself a better person. Good luck to all of you.