Before and After 3-31

Friday will be 90 days since I started my weight loss journey.  I have come a long way and lost quite a bit of weight.  I still have a long way to go.  It's funny how even though I have lost over 50 pounds, I still feel just as fat.  This will be something that I know I will struggle with for a long time.

Friday is another weigh-in day.  I am excited to see how I have done.  I wanted to post some before and after pictures.  I will keep going and cannot wait to reach my goal.

Boot Camp = FAT BURN

I really wanted to say "Boot Camp = DEATH" in my title, but everyone already knows that.  Today was a killer but great workout.  Lots of push ups, abs, sprints, and upper body lifting.  I love being able to do more sets and seeing my growth. 

Tonight, I will be posting some before and after pictures.  I am excited to see the difference side by side.  Friday is weigh-in day!  I am excited to see how I have done this month. 

My wife made a really good blog post yesterday and shared some pictures of our kids and cats.  Check it out.

Great Things Coming Up

I was not able to post on my blog yesterday, because I didn't have access to a computer after my workout.  I did workout, and it was a good one.  The reason I wasn't by a computer yesterday is because I had a job interview!  The position is for a great company in Ozark, Mo. It will be more money, closer to home, and I will get to use my degree!  We are very excited.  That was my second interview, and they have already called me back for a third one on Friday.  Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

Today was going to be the first day running with a group, but I slept a little late and missed them by a couple of minutes. I felt really bad, and I am determined not to do it again.  I did get my run in, and I ran non-stop for 3 miles and did it in 37:30.  That is a big improvement for me.  I have my weigh-in on Friday, and on Thursday, I will post some before and after pictures!  We are also getting ready for our next 5K on April 9th!  Lots of great stuff going on.

What are you excited about?

Running Releases More Than Just Sweat

One thing I have learned from living a healthy lifestyle and working out is how therapeutic it is. Just work out and leave all the stress and frustration in the gym or on the road.  It is also a great time for me to just think, think about goals, my family and life.  Check out this commercial I have seen a few times, and I cannot agree more with what it is saying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5j0i41Nn58 

Good run today!  

Feel the Rhythm, Feel The Rhyme

GET ON UP, IT'S RUNNING TIME!!!  COOL RUNNING!

Okay, I got that out of my system.  Love that movie, a movie about people with a dream to be great at something everyone assumes they will be bad at.  It kind of reminds you of a 333 pound person running.  Everyone assumes you will not be good at or enjoy running.  Guess what? Just like my Jamaican brothers, I am living my dream.  I am getting up and working out 6 days a week.  I have lost over 50 pounds!  I am going to walk out on a track someday weighing 200 pounds all smiles!

I see pride! I see power! I see a bad-ass mother who don't take no crap off of nobody!

Cox Medical Mile

My son has been really excited about working out, because Jenn and I have been talking about it a lot.  He loves to watch The Biggest Loser with me, and when we go to the gym, he says we are going to the Biggest Loser.  It is really fun.

We really want to encourage this excitement and have looked into things that he can do.  We found a free 6-week class for Micah.  It is to help prepare them to run a mile at the Cox Medical Mile.  Jenn and I will run that with him June 4th.  He will get a shirt and race bib, and he is very excited.

We are also running the 5K later that day!  Come run it with us!

Run Hills To Become Better At Hills

I want to be better at running, and I have a real hard time with hills.  Guess what makes you better at running hills. That is right, you have to run hills.  So I am trying to find routes that have a few more hills than Steven and I are used to.  We tried a new one today, and it was killer.  One of the hills was right at the end and I wanted to stop, but I didn't give up. I finished my run without walking today. 

I love the feeling of getting in shape, but even more, I love the feeling of setting a goal and reaching it.  I remember when I finished the Couch to 5K program.  I couldn't believe I did it!  It was amazing.  Now I am consistently running three days a week, and I am getting ready to increase my miles and my speed.  I have always been the kind of person who gave up when it was hard, but I am not going to do that anymore.

I also wanted to share with you all that I am considering going back to school to be a chef!  How cool would that be!  I think it would be something I would love to do.  We just need to call the school and see how we could work it out.