Day 16

Weight- 322lbs

Wow I am sore from yesterdays work out I feel it in my triceps, biceps, chest, not really in my back though. I usually only get sore the first week I start lifting after not lifting for awhile, which means my work out yesterday was really good.

This morning I hit the stair mill pretty hard I didn't really have the mental struggle I usually have with myself wanting to quit. It was still hard but today I was more determined then whiny about it I guess. Tomorrow will be my lone leg workout for the week so I have to make it count.

Day 15

Weight-327lbs

Today was one of my better upper body workouts I upped my weights on some of my lifts because Jon was there to spot me. It was nice I like really pushing it. My weight jumped up 9 pounds from Saturday which is fine I am sure most of it is water weight, and what's not water weight I am sure is muscle... wink wink. Tomorrow morning I have a date with a stair mill.

Day 14

Ok, great day of self indulgence. I had a really free day today, most of my free days will not be like this but I needed to celebrate being ahead of schedule for my first two weeks. I will be hard at it tomorrow with an upper body workout.

Day 13

Weight- 318lbs

You would normally think that 13 would be an unlucky number, however today I passed the biggest challenge for me as of yet. I was not in places during the day that I had access to good food but I made it through the day getting in all of my meals and workout. I met my parents at my aunts house today and my Dad and headed down to the Omaha Boat, Sports, and Travel show at the Qwest Center. Then back to my aunts house to visit for a while then back downtown for the Creighton game at 4:00 I didn't even schedule my meals last night I just knew I would have to get them in when I could get them in and I did which is good.

Ok, back tracking a little to my workout this morning. I really had to mentally struggle through my work out from minute 6 on. When I do the Stair mill I choose the speed minute to minute so I can get the intervals that work for me. I am in control and no one is pushing me but me. In high school I had coaches that pushed me to that 9 or ten now I am my own coach and it is a lot tougher to push yourself than it is to be pushed by someone else. By minute 9 I tried to convince my self to start the next interval at a 5 and peak at an 8. By minute 16 I was telling myself just three tough minutes left you can do it. Half way through minute 18 I was thinking about quiting there and going back down to a 5 to finish up. You can imagine how long minute 19 was for me it was probably the longest minute I have ever experienced, but it made minute 20 and the rest of the day so much sweeter!

Last week I felt pretty guilty about the free day but as of right now I am looking forward to it. This week was full of little battles and I won every single one and now tomorrow I am going to reward myself. I have lost 12 pounds and even better I can tell a noticeable difference when I look in the mirror. I am over half way to my first months goal!

Day 12

Weight 320lbs

Alright day 12 went by pretty fast as I said yesterday I was going to be pretty busy today. My work out went pretty good I am consistently hitting 10's on my quads which is good, however I am having a tough time hitting it on my hamstrings. Because of my knees I am limited as to what exercises I can do. I am working on getting the form down for straight leg dead lifts because I think that might be the answer for me.

This evening I went to Espana in Benson to celebrate my friend Maggie's birthday. I got by with just a half glass of champagne for the toast. The food there looked really good if you've never been I would recommend it. (On a free day of course) Well tomorrow ends week 2 can't wait.

Day 11

Weight 321lbs

Well today will be a short post I am tired and have a pretty big day tomorrow. This morning's work out on the stair master was really good if I didn't end on a 10 then I don't know what a 10 is. I was huffin' and puffin' and my legs were really burning, it sucks when your doing it but once you get off you feel like you have really accomplished something! Well off to bed I will post more tomorrow.

Day 10

Weight-322

Today was a pretty good day. I set my alarm for 5:15pm intead of 5:15am but managed to wake up at 6 am then it took me about 20 mins to convince myself to go work out in the morning like planned. It was quite an argument between myself. One side of me kept saying nice warm bed, the other side said less people at the gym better time to workout. The workout went pretty good, I am definately feeling it in my shoulders and biceps. I am working out a little slow but that will pick up with time. It's nice that I am starting to feel excited about my workouts. Even though I am tired I'm already looking forward to my workout tomorrow. Well, off to bed...