Hope everyone had an awesome week last week and was able to enjoy their weekend with family or loved ones, or even just a relaxing time alone. Tough weekend for WSU fans, as the beloved Shockers came up just shy of playing for a national title on Monday night. Not only was it a great game, but the way the players, coaches, staff, an even the fans represented themselves and the school made me proud to be a Wiki-Wiki-Wichitan, even more so than I already am! Here's to next season, hopefully it's just as memorable if not, more than this year!
Well, let's see where we currently are, my friends. Monday will mark the 1 month marker of our weight loss challenge at work. I've been basing this mostly on that, so I may have lost just a bit more, but this is a good starting point. As of today, I have lost 16 pounds! I think that is an AWESOME number, but cannot wait for more to start coming off. I don't notice anything in my appearance at all, but I know that will come in time (I hope...). I DO, however notice that my energy level is so much better than it was before. Also, I just feel better overall. Over Easter weekend, I made some BAD food choices. Not so much the type of food, but the amount of it was ridiculous. I ended up paying for it from Monday night, thru Wednesday. I told myself that it would be ok to eat like that, and my body disagreed. Ultimately, my body won. I know now, those days should be behind me, as long as I can control my behavior. Remember, this is a lifestyle change, there will be some trial and error.
I've taken a strong liking to running/walking on the track at the Y, and even though I do still have some pain in my shins, I'm not going to let that keep me from doing the workout I really want to do. My usual routine consists of lifting weights for the first 20-30 minutes, then heading upstairs for 1-2 miles on the track. I try to do more running that walking, one lap walking followed by 2 laps running. It's tough, but it drives me, and I feel good about myself when I actually do it, and not stop. I've been getting up around 5 or so, and working out in the morning, as opposed to the evening after work. I've gone from hitting the snooze and NOT waking up, to getting up now with little to no problem, and heading to the gym. That's HUGE to me and makes me feel really good, knowing that I can get up before the sun comes up and head to the gym to get myself better! My cousin Joe still checks in o me from time to time, to make sure I went, and it's always good to see a familiar face every now and again (Brandi, co-worker and Amanda, old friend) to say good morning to. I can't believe that I'm about to say this, but I'm actually starting to look forward to go workout in the morning. I'm not 100% there yet, but it's definitely not a burden any more. Not at all.
I had a really good conversation with one of my brother in law's best friends on Friday evening. We all got together for birthday dinner and I hadn't seen him in about 6 months. Rodrigo (not his real name, but I don't know if he'd want you to know who he is, so fake Mexican name it is!) is also a large man, like myself. together, we are some big beautiful men! First thing I noticed about Rodrigo was that he had lost A LOT of weight. My first thought of course was that he had gastric bypass surgery (sorry man, it was either that, or crack....). After beating around the bush for a while, I finally asked him how much weight he had lost, and just how the heck he had lost it. He told me that he got sick, REAL sick. Sick enough that he spent some time around his last birthday in the hospital because he thought he was having a heart attack. He was having some serious health issues. Although I can't remember whether his weight was the major cause of his health problems (stress is ALWAYS #1, right?) I'm sure it didn't help the cause. Rodrigo has lost over 100 pounds over the last 6 months, because 1., he was sick, and 2., due to being sick, he was FORCED to change his lifestyle, or there could be some serious consequences. I told him about me and my decision to start living healthier. Near the end of our conversation, he told me he is feeling better now and is pretty much accustomed to his new lifestyle. He also encouraged several times to continue doing what I was doing. He said that if there was something I could do now, in order to avoid something like what happened to him, DO IT!!!!!! I'l always remember that advice from Rodrigo, and he has become another one of my inspirations to get better and be healthy! I'm glad he is getting better himself and hope nothing but continued success and great health for the future. We're going to be medium-sized beautiful men sooner than later!
NO one likes to be told what they can and can't do, ever. I can't even imagine what it would be like, being told I have no say in what I can and can't eat. Not just for the next few weeks or months, but for the rest of my life?!?!?!? Wow, what a thought. Oh, and by the way, if you do chose to have what you want, you could die..... Hopefully I have started to make the decision to get healthy in enough time to avoid any type of future health risks. I don't know what type damage I've already done to my body, hopefully getting healthy can help to repair some, and allow me to continue to have the choice. I hope you all have an AWESOME week! Feel free to share my blog with anyone, or leave a comment, whatever you'd like. Thanks for stopping by, until the next one!
Joel
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