Tuesday, August 24, 2010

A New Beginning

Nine months after starting my new, healthier lifestyle, and losing about 100 lbs., I hit a plateau. I have been maintaining a weight between 311 and 315 lbs. I have still been watching what I eat. I just drifted away from working out 4-6 days a week. Doing the same routines day in and day out finally became too redundant for me. So I quit working out. It has been about two months since my last series of serious workouts.

On June 15, 2010, my weight was 322 lbs. Today my weight is 313.5 lbs. That is pretty damn good for just maintaining a healthy diet and very little to no exercise. There were times when my weight fluctuated from 317 to 311 then back up to 314 all within a few days of each other. I worked out for a couple of days then blew it all on a big, unhealthy but ever so delicious dinner, and gained it back. I have not been doing that too often, unless once a week is TOO often. My eating habits have been very off considerably compared to a few months ago. I have not been eating my three meals a day. I have not been keeping up with my healthy snacks at work. I have had a soda from time to time but no more than once or twice a week, if that. I just don't crave it as much as I used to. I still drink plenty of water, especially at work. You see, everything is still in place except the motivation to keep up with the workouts.

I know in my last post I said that I was going to start working out. Well, I didn't start then. I'm starting now. I needed to change up my routines. So I borrowed the P90X DVDs from my best friend Roland. He bought them a while back and gave it a shot. He wanted to gain muscle and get in shape. He became a bit discouraged when he started losing weight and not building any muscle. So after working with them for a couple of months, he was ready to hand them over to me. Now it's my turn. I just did the first disc today for the chest and back. I did my best to keep up with him. The one thing I needed that I don't have right now is a chin up bar. I modified the push ups and kept up as best as I could. Let me tell you, my arms feel like jelly! Then I tried to do the Ab-ripper X workout. F U TONY HORTON! Good God, those were intense. There is no way I am ready for that kind of workout right now. Give me some time and I'll see what I can do.

So here's where I stand today, Day 1 of P90X:
Weight: 313.5 lbs.
Body Fat: 122 lbs.
Body Fat %: 39.0%
Body Water: 44.4%
Bone Mass: 9.3 %