June 19th, 2009
After a 5 minute warm up on the tread mill – I met with my new personal trainer Dan Go – We went into an office were I was weighed and provided my BMI.
Current Weight : 203
Current BMI: 34.8
Dan entered my height, weight, age and measurements into a computer program. A figure appeared on his screen of what my body looked like under my clothes – not pleasant. He also showed me an image of what my body would look like at a healthy weight. He printed this out for me along with a sample meal plan and a few cardboard cards that I would use to track my progress.
203LBS!!
I underestimated how much weight I needed to lose - to be honest I didn’t think I weighed that much – it was a bit of a shock. Dan gave me the low down on what is ideal for my age and height.
Target Weight: 135lbs-145lbs.
Target BMI: 18.5-24.9
203-135 = 68lbs.
Losing 68lbs was daunting – an impossible feat?.
Discussed this with my gf and she gave me some solid advice. Instead of having one big goal like “lose 68lbs” why not break it down into mini goals.
Goal 1: 185
Goal 2: 165
Goal 3: 145
Goal 4: 135
As trivial as it sounds – you would be surprised what it can do for your self confidence. Mini goals allowed me to feel a sense of accomplishment a lot sooner and four mini 20lb goals were not nearly as scary as one huge 68lb goal. – The best part though – each time I reached a mini goal I felt even more motivated to get to the next one. Losing weight is just as much mental as it is physical. Sometimes we need small tricks to help break down the roadblocks.
How many times have you heard “Getting in the gym is the hard part“. What tricks would you use to get over this hurdle? – I will tell you all about the steps I took to get over this hurdle……. eventually.
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June 14th, 2009
Monday Morning Break
Maybe it was the beat down look on his face, the bags under his eyes or the smell of ash emanating from his clothing – whatever it was – it was enough to make me think we might be on the same page. – You ever feel like your body is falling apart and if you don’t change something soon…….
ALL THE TIME MAN
ALL
THE TIME!
Throughout the rest of day we continued our conversation mostly a back and forth of self doubt and horribly misquoted motivational cliches.
WHERE DO WE START?
AT THE BEGINNING.
HOW DO WE CHANGE SO MANY THINGS AT ONCE?
ONE AT A TIME.
IT’S TOO HARD!
THAT’S WHAT YOUR GF SAID LAST NIGHT!
After much deliberation we decided that the most appropriate entrance point to our new lives would be to join a gym and start repairing some of the damage we had done to our bodies over the years. Nando suggested The GoodLife Fitness down the street.
Feeling the wheels of change starting to spin.
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June 10th, 2009
Summer 2007
Must’ve been a nice day out.. I thought to myself as I watched the sunset from my balcony. I’d been out partying since Friday afternoon and finally gotten to bed that morning around 5AM. I sat on this old wooden table my roommate had brought from his old place and lit my cigarette. I took one haul and started hacking uncontrollably, inadvertently waking up the rest of my body and boy was it ever upset!.
I turned to my roommate who had just walked out on to the balcony and asked him if he wanted the rest of my smoke because I wasn’t feeling so hot. Truth is I felt like death and not that mid 20’s hangover “death” either – it was like I was falling apart from the inside out and my body was ready to give out at any second. I was genuinely worried that I would not make it through my second smoke let alone the night.
I went back to bed with the realization that something was not right in the world in my world and at 25 I should not be feeling like this.
Something has got to change, I have got to change.
Stay tuned…..
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