Day 48

Weight 268lbs

Today was my free day, but with my competition over half way over I have decided to make my free days a little more clean. Not only do I plan to eat a little cleaner but I plan to go to the gym and do something a little more fun then the stair mill.

Today I went to the gym with Jon and got a lesson in climbing. It wasn't pretty but it was fun. First he belayed me on a pretty easy wall. I went up the wall pretty fast, at least I thought it was fast. Once I got to the top I was a little nervous about leaning back and repelling down. It wasn't that I didn't trust Jon its just that Jon weighs about 180lbs and I weight 268. Once I leaned back it was no problem hopping down. Next he wanted to show me the auto belayers which are hydraulic lines that can allow climbers from 100lbs to 350lbs to climb with out a spotter. The first one I went up was pretty tough I made it up about 1/4 of the way relaying on my upper body way too much. I tried to make jump to reach a hold and couldn't hold on and dropped back down to the floor. It is was a pretty weird feeling. I tried another wall that was a little bit easier this time I made it up a little over half way with the same result but I can tell that this will type of workout will definitely help me. I was going to go up again and got in line for a different route on an auto belayer there was one kid on the wall and 3 in line in front of me. The kid on the wall made it to the top and came down i looked the other way for one second and another kid jumped in front of me in line. I wasn't going to say anything because its not the kids fault, his parent should have told him to get in the back of the line. I turned around again for a second and there was another kid in front of me so I just gave up.
So Jon and I decided to swim a couple of laps. We raced a 4 times Jon beat me once. It's good to know that I am faster then him at something.
After we went to whole foods to find a grain that is similar to rice. The cool thing about this grain is that is supposedly better for you then brown rice, apparently vegetarians eat alot of it because it is high in protein 24gm per cup. I also picked up a vegetarian chili mix they sold in bulk that had about 32gm of protein per cup about 400 calories. I had the chili for dinner tonight. It was pretty good I could taste vegetables in it, but there was also something in it that tasted like chicken. I don't know if it was chopped up beans or what.

Photo

I saw this old photo of me and had to post it next to a picture of me the other day. Man if that doesn't make you want to eat another chicken breast I don't know what does.

Day 46

Weight 268lbs

Today was interesting to say the least. I was running behind for work today so this is what my meals consisted of Myoplex, Myoplex, Myoplex, Salmon brown rice green beans, Myoplex, EFL BBQ chicken Pizza. It might get a little expensive if I continue to eat that way. My workout went really well today I am focusing on making the most out every workout. I can see a difference in my body (no abs yet) Time to take photos it has been awhile so I will try to post those on Saturday.

Day 44

Weight-272lbs

I am struggling to get back into my normal routine after vacation. I stayed up to late last night working on homework to get up at 5:30 this morning to workout so I went after work. I had a great LBW, I always know I am doing a good job if I can work up a sweat during the middle of my first exercise. After my LBW I jumped on the Stair mill for about 10 minutes, then shot some hoops. What shot I had in the past seems to be slowly coming back.

After I got back from the gym I hit the books and finished up my homework for this week. Eating is going well and I need to turn it up a notch to finish my last 6 weeks strong.

Day 43

Weight- 272lbs

I woke up this morning with my ankle swollen from rolling last night playing basketball. Walking wasn't going so well so I decided to go back to bed and do my cardio tonight. Over the day the swelling started to go down and and it started to feel a little less stiff. So tonight I went to the gym and worked out on this weird elliptical machine. It was a good decision because there wasn't much pressure so it felt all right. Boy is my upper body sore from yesterday's workout. I went to the gym with my room mate who by the way has dropped from 254lbs to 232lbs since starting BFL. Our workout was so intense it is always great to have a spotter, I can really push myself to the limit, and I am sore all over.

Vacation was great it was 7 days of relaxation. We went fishing and golfing and just hung out. My mom stuck on the diet with me and exercised every day I was really proud of how she is sticking with it. The roads are pretty flat around that area and on one of my cardio days ran a personal best 3 miles. That is the farthest I have ever run in my entire life so that was a big accomplishment. My brother and sister in law came with Ace and he did really well. He only woke me up once the entire trip. All the kid does is sleep.