Still Chugging Along

WI: 204.4

Still higher than I would like to see but it is what it is. I knew I
had gained some poundage on the cruise and my P90x workouts have left me really sore (assuming my muscles are holding onto extra water). Last week I hit 5 out of 6 workouts and my diet was mediocre. As predicted my diet will be the hardest to re-regulate, it always is. We had some really good BBQ off my smoker this last weekend and I ate leftovers (pork ribs). Pretty bad for you but taste oooohhhh so good. I need to get back to planning my meals then the stars should realign and my weight should start coming back down faster. I would like to be sub 200 again by the end of October. I am signing up for the Turkey Trot 5k again this year in Bend, OR and want to post a sub 30 minute time.... I guess I should say "I Will post a sub 30 min time". Tonight is either a run or PlyoX depending on the weather. Keep the blogs rolling people, I
love reading them.

Post Cruise..... Auto Pilot Off

WI: ???? gonna give myself a week to re-acclimate

I am back from the big Cruise of 2009 trip that I had been looking forward to for so long. I had a wonderful time and really enjoyed my time in the Caribbean. We were able to take this cruise less the kids given my in laws were in town and wanting to watch them for us. It really allowed my wife and I to reconnect and recharge our parenting batteries. By the end of the week I missed my little guys (sons) a ton though. We had 3 full days at sea and 3 ports (San Juan, St Marteen, and Labadee in Haiti. All three ports had tons to offer and I wish I had more time at each of them. To me that is the main downside to a cruise (you never stay anywhere for long). I did make 3 trips to the on board gym which was awesome by the way. With that said I pretty much ate and drank whatever I wanted to for 8-9 days strait too without much thought of trying to control damage or weight gain. I knew that was going to happen and I was willing to deal with it when I got home. Anyway the time flew by really fast but I have a week full of wonderful memories and tons of great pictures.

Enough talk about the cruise, back to normal scheduled programming. So starting yesterday I began my hybrid P90x/Insanity workout that I put together. It pretty much takes the majority of the weight lifting days of P90x and inserts Insanity workouts in the cardio days. It will allow me to tweak it a little as I go and offer much more variety. I did Chest and Back yesterday and I am really sore. I have lost a fair amount of strength in the push up and pull up area over the last few months. The thing I really noticed is my stamina for pull ups and push ups is way down too. Diet is definitely getting better with even more room for improvement. I want to get back on low carb for cardio days and slightly higher for weight lifting days. I can tell my weight is up as I feel more bloated and my clothes are slightly tighter. If I had to guess I would say I weight like 205ish. There were a few pictures taken of me with my shirt off which I really tried to avoid. Let me tell you I am no where near where I want to be body wise. I still wonder if my genetics will ever let me achieve the body image I would like to obtain. Even though I am somewhat strong my muscles do not show it. I am still very soft with a dough boy appearance. Pretty much like a bunch of fat hanging on a skeleton. But my mind continues to say "Theres no other option, keep trying".

Tonight brings Plyometrics which is a brutal P90x workout but something in me is still looking forward to jumping around with my old buddy Tony Horton.

Hope this finds you all well.... write a update on your blog, many of you are slacking in the blogging department. Lets change that, ok?

Missed Goals & A New Year

Well I missed my goal for being in the 180s for my 35th b-day and the cruise I am about to go on. Looking back I don't really know why. I had plenty of time to turn things around several times and make things happen. I am sitting here today right at 201 pounds feeling like I settled but knowing I still want to realize my goals one day and get into the 180s or lower. For me it is mostly to see my bodies potential or to maintain a healthy lifestyle that promotes a usable physic and long life. Some where around the house hunting and moving I lost some focus. It was not like I totally lost sight of my goals as I was still working out pretty regularly. Just not as much nor was the diet as tight as I would have liked it to be. Like I have always said I am not going to try to live in or examine the past because its all about today or the future in my book. I am going to enjoy my cruise but try to watch my portions and get in a few workouts while still trying to get some R&R from every day life. My goal is to come back refreshed with a new plan that puts more structure back into my workouts and eating. Last year wasn't a loosing season for me I made big changes for the positive. This year, my 35th year, I want to go all the way. I want to get to where I have always wanted to go and see what it will bring me. This is going to be the year of Ripx.... Be looking for a more outlined approach of what I am going to be doing in early October. I will leave you with a picture of a still goofy, trying to stay young, 35 year old man (at dinner for my b-day at the local fish house). For those of you still reading take care and keep blogging. Its your entries that help keep me going day to day in my weight loss quest.

Never Ending Battle

WI: 201

The weight is coming down slowly but I am still pretty sad to see that stupid 2 in front of it. So far this week I have been hitting all my workouts and diet has been descent (not 100% but better). I need to dig deep and find the weekend warrior of fitness. This weekend has no agenda and we are scheduled to be at home so I need to take the next 3-4 days and make them healthy. I need to watch my weight continue to go down on a weekend, which hasn't happened in a long time. The inlaws are due to arrive on Monday and I should be down about 25-30 lbs since last time I saw them. Our cruise is in 22 days so I have plenty of things to focus on. Hopefully I can report a weight with a 1 in front of it before end of day Monday. Hope everyone else is doing well, its been awfully quite in the blog-sphere the last few months (less a few of the troopers).

Trying!!!!

WI: 203 uhhhhhhhh

Free Pizza today and passing it up. 4 mile run on tap for this evening and solid food choices coming up. I will leave it at that...

Just a Quick Blurp

WI: 199.8

Well last week was both good and bad. I had some good eating decisions and some bad ones. Only hit 3 workouts and am hoping to make this week much better. We went camping again last weekend and I did have some alcohol and bad eats. I did make a few good decisions along the way also though. This week I am aiming for a full 6 workouts and allot of clean eating. So far so good. Hope everyone else is doing well also.

Dissapointed & Depressed

Well I don't have much to say good so I will keep this short...

wi: 202

I spent a good weekend camping with just me and my older son Ryan with some friends from Seattle. It was our first father son camping trip and it was great (lots of good memories). The bad is it included allot of bad food and drink. Even though I think the 202 number is inflated by sodium and bad choices I was sad/glad to see it. I needed a slap in the face and I am hoping this will be the needed wake up call that I so badly want. I cant say I have been really 100% bad. I am still working out probably 4 days a week. The part that is dragging me down in my diet. Its pretty much been trashed since Vegas and has never fully recovered. I have gotten used to eating junk again and now I have to retrain my brain to eat healthy and be ok with feeling hungry again. Every time I get close to my goal of the 180s I go and sabotage myself. Now I am up 5-6 pounds and I need to turn things around before it turns into 20-30 lbs.

Anyway enough said its time to do something.