Mix it up!

Ok so you know i'm after that 6 pack right?..hahaha! Yesterday i thought about what i would do today to change up my work out a bit. I have to admit there are times when i get a little bored with the same routine. So last night i said i would do some ab work and try to tighten up that tire in the middle! Can i just say it's a good feeling when you can rub your stomach and feel your rib cage? LOL! I mean i love seeing progress,but i have to stay engaged if i'm going to keep going. This morning was good though. I worked out on 3 different ab machines and then i hopped on the bike for a few. Nice workout! Good sweat and i feel accomplished. Not only that but im trying to remember to give my knees a break. I'm still a big guy so i have to do that to keep running for a long time. I get kind of in a zone in my mind sometimes and think that if i don't always run im not "working out." Listen...anything you do which is more than what you were doing is a good thing. If nobody tells you today? You are awesome just because!! Mix it up crew and incorporate some other things that can keep you motivated to reach your goal. Its all good!
Sodas down! Water up! Peace and Love!!

Outside Run

Wassup everybody? I had a nice run this morning outside. It's a nice break from the gym and i really prefer to be outdoors anyway. The only bad thing is running across skunks,possums and whatever critters might be out there!..lol! Make today a great day and move as much as possible. My mind is full of thoughts and ideas about the next quarter of the year. Big races  etc.. etc.!!! Today was brought to us by God. Embrace it and do something nice for somebody else..ohhh and try not to go off!!
Peace and Love!

Got Heart?

Every so often a story just moves me soo much that im in tears. This morning as i worked out was one of those moments. I always look at ESPN when im on the treadmill running and i heard the story of a kid who's heart literally stopped beating on the football field. The kid was dead! Had it not been for a nurse in the stands that knew cpr and other precautions to take this boy would have been gone. Anyway they showed how this kid had 2 options. Either have a bypass and never play again or have a riskier surgery that if successful would allow him to play ball. He opted for the latter. To see him cry when he met his team on the field in street clothes knowing it would be a while before he could suit up, moved me!!!! I cried! He battled back though and began training and made it back to the game he loved with a winning touchdown for his team. Heyward Demison was the kids name and he really did have HEART!! Now every story doesn't always have a happy ending in life. We all know that. But let me ask you. Do you know that nothing can beat you until you stop battling? I mean i think im starting to understand my responsibility is to keep fighting no matter the outcome. If i stay the same weight and never reach my goal i want to be known as a guy who had heart! If i never run a marathon or get a six pack. I wanna be known as a guy who had heart! Because in the end TODAY is all any of us really has. If life ended today what would people or rather what could YOU honestly say about your level of fight???? I'd like for part of my legacy to be that, "Man he came a long way and fought til the end!" Ask yourself. Got Heart? Sodas down! Waters Up! Peace and Love!

Full steam ahead!

Aright! Now that Ray Lewis has had his last ride and i ate plenty of pizza and wings, it's time to get back to what WE DO! It was fun and i had a great time. The food was great! I hadn't had Pappa Johns in a minute and Buffalo Wild Wings Carribean Jerk was off the chain! But alas i must keep the goal in mind. Ohh yeah did i mention i dropped 2 more pounds on Sunday. I was soo happy about that. Now i am at 235. Although i may have gained the 2 i lost after Sunday afternoon!..LOL! Oh well...Look! You know im gonna live my life! I aint no quitter! So bright and early i was back in the gym working like crazy today. See! This is one more reason why i call this a LIFE STYLE. Just over a year ago i would have been like whatever! Ima eat and i don't care about the fricken scale or anything else afterwards. But.....i do. Party time is party time. But the grind and the mission remains the same. Eat less and move more! Oh and the strawberry lemonade my wife made was excellent!!!! hahaha! The water is flowing freshly this a.m. though!! My point here is simple. It may be unorthodox to some but it's my approach none the less. Have fun and enjoy life,but excercise some moderation and don't hop off the wagon. Keep your hands around the handle and push FULL STEAM AHEAD gang! You got this!!!! Don't call it a come back. We never left!! Sodas down! Water up!!! Peace and Love!!

Ok! I had 2 cookies! What??!!

Alright alright!....i had 2 cookies yesterday i can't lie! But i did not have any soda. I don't think it will be the death of me, but i didnt want to do it and i did. I guess i still need to grow in that department, but hey im trying. My run yesterday wasn't bad until i got frustrated with my new running watch. Men don't typically read the instructions on things and i guess im no different. I ran for about 5 or 6 miles before i noticed the stupid thing was in some other mode!! DANG!! Soo angry!! But i ran anyway and it was freezing cold!! It had to be still in the upper teens at 7:30am. I pushed to the gym to get 4 more miles of treadmill work in to try and capture 10 miles of training. I really want to be ready for this 10miler in March. Ohh yeah and i did get all my water in and then some. My eating yesterday wasn't bad at all. I went to Applebees and had chicken fingers and fries and water and later that evening i had some yogurt and popcorn...oh and the 2 cookies!..lol. It's all good. I am learning moderation day by day! How did you eat yesterday?? Let's stay focused and fight to get and stay in shape! Go Ravens!! hahaha!! You are amazing no matter what anybody says!! Peace and Love!!!

Ssshh...wait a second! Your hear that?

Do you hear what i hear??? Hahaha! Ahhh the sound of nothingness! That's the sound of your critics that said you won't stick with it a year from now. You'll quit just like the last 100 times! You talk a good game but YOU, you're not really down with all this! See when i run, that satisfaction kinda plays in my head. You silence people, not by what you say but by what you DO! I remember when i started walking at the track i told myself i'd start running a lap then walking a lap and just alternate for a while. Then one day i decided im going to run until i throw up!!! LMBO! And that's exactly what i did! See nobody really knows your level of "being sick and tired of being sick and tired!!"
You have to come to the end of yourself and let the folks that love you the most know upfront that you HAVEto do this! Pencil it in,put on your phone,mark a calendar or send up a smoke signal that this is what you do NOW! Tell'em i can go to the game "after the gym". I can go hang out with yall
"after the gym." I can hit the mall "after the gym!!!" Let's all make a vow to see this thing through even at the expense of missing some time with friends and family for a few minutes while we get it in. Hopefully they'll join you, but if they don't. We gotta go!! Why?? Because that silence my friend,
Is GOLDEN!!!!! Sodas down! Pump your water! Peace and Love!!

Weekend Challenge!

Well thank God we made it through another week! Some of you may be off this weekend and others may not be. My goal for what i call the "Weekend Challenge" is to not have any soda or cookies!! This may seem like a small thing to some but it's huge for me! I don't know what your THING is but we all have something. Face that thing head on and challenge it! Yeah yeah yeah...its Super Bowl Sunday! I know!!!!!!!!!! But ima try to get it done! Hang in there,pump your water and move for the 30 minutes Saturday and Sunday gang! Today my thoughts are on where to run new this weekend. I get bored with the same route so im on a search! Have fun with your work out and feel like a BOSS when you're done!!! Peace and Love!