Fitness Challenge!

[fireemsdrew]

Well, if it helps anyone I will share my story. I've never been small, genetics really do play a role, my father is a beast before his battle with cancer began he stood 6'5 and weighted in around 320lbs of pure Good'ol boy muscle (with 18 inch bicepts). I stand 5'11 and currently am at 220, down from 305 in december of 2010. For those of you who want a realistic life stlye change that is fairly easy and WORKS me being living proof here it is...

Up water intake: I bought a $10 Wal-Mart brand "Nalgene" knock off water bottle and drank 4 per day (64ml times 4). It also saved me a LOT of money, you don't think about the two dollars here and there grabbing a soda while your running paying bills and such.

Eat more!!! Yes eat more, due to the work I do and keep hours that would make a vampire give up, I was in a bad habbit of only eatting one meal a day, and grabbing junk food at every service station i came to. 6 smaller portion meal per day of REAL food, please do not try to eat like a rabbit, that will back fire in a heart beat!
My normal daily meals Morning 2 eggs, toast (I LOVE potato bread) with Nutella and some meat product with coffee and juice, in about 2-3 hours i would have a smaller meal or snack of fruit, trail mix (with M&M's) 2-3 hours later another meal, sandwictch or a salad, I try my best to get 3 salads a week 2-3 hours later maybe carrots or celory w peanut budder, 2 hours after that my "dinner" usually left overs from the night before, Lord help me i can only cook for an Army. Eatting yor largest meal in the morning and supper being a little smaller is best b.c breakfast you are doing just that, BREAKing the FAST from sleeping.

Take the stairs, or park further away from the door at the store: I am as lazy as anyone, elevators are amazing, and getting the sport beside the handiecap van is great, but just those few exra steps can make a big differance.

Ok, I have rambled enough, but these little things work! I was in a size 46-48 now im in a 36 waist down from a XXL shirt to L or XL depending on the cut, and it also saved me $46,000 from not having to have another knee surgry! I still have some weight to drop, but I feel better, and am told I look better (even if you can't fix ugly)! I'll be reading everyone's progress and keeping you up to date one mine!

[biblemonkey]

Finishing up P-90X month 2 this week. Looking better and feeling better. I can now fit back into my Graham tank and that feels great! I was even on the tightest notch!

Starting the "Shakeology Cleanse" this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes.

[Delaney]

That is awesome Hugh!!!

[Heath]

I TOTALLY need to get in on this action! I could stand to drop 25 or 30 pounds.

[biblemonkey]

I TOTALLY need to get in on this action! I could stand to drop 25 or 30 pounds.

Cool! Got a plan in mind or do you need help finding one?

[cruiser348]

Well, it looks like I am about to enter my first 5-k run in over a decade. A by product of having a good friend whom is a social worker which has led to me being convinced to take part in a race that is one of their major spring fund raisers. Current plan is to use this as a primer to the Ohio warrior dash in June. Had a small back slide when my old gym membership expired and didn't renew right away because by waiting a couple of weeks I was eligible for a discount through my wife's work. Good new though is that this gym includes a pool and I've been swimming laps for 30-45 minutes 3 days a week since joining. I'm currently down from a 38 waist to a 34, and my weight is down from just over 240 to around 210-215. Goal is 32" waist without really caring about the weight so hopefully by "swimsuit season" I'll be there. ;)

[biblemonkey]

Tomorrow begins my Shakeology Clease! AAAHHHH! A little exciting and a little scary to be doing something so new. I will definitely post my experiences and a review for you guys. I hope that this will begin a little bit of an acceleration of the results I have seen already and allow me to finally get my digestion into peak effeciency so I can loose that little bit of belly button pouch I have left.

Here's the link to what I will be doing.

http://teamripped.com/supplements/sh...eology-cleanse

I also drink a little too much these days and this also begins a long break from any alchohol. Why cleanse if you're just going to pollute all over again, right?

Review of the cleanse to come next week.

[biblemonkey]

Today begins the cleanse!

Current stats: 172.6 lbs and a little bit of extra body fat.

Pretty good considering two months ago I started with 185.4 lbs and WAY too much body fat.

After the cleanse I hope to be down a little more fat and have my body working more efficiently. Today is going to be a little rough as caffeine is verboten and I am physically dependant on it for my morning.

A full review to come on Monday!

[biblemonkey]

Review:

I hated the cleanse. Felt like I was starving all the time, my attitude was in the toilet, and all I could think about was fast food and beer. On the up side, I don't feel as bloated inside and my abs are poppinn' out a little more. Didn't loose much weight but that wasn't the point of the Shakeology cleanse anyway. It was to clean me out and prepare my system to be even more efficient as I move into month 3.

Here are my update photos.

Day one = icky poo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7654413...57629517874377
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7654413...7629517874377/


Day 60 = This is me?!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7654413...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7654413...in/photostream

Only 30 more days to go and then we begin again!

P.S. I can wear my tank again and it's on the tightest notch!

[cryerelizabeth]

Review:

I hated the cleanse. Felt like I was starving all the time, my attitude was in the toilet, and all I could think about was fast food and beer. On the up side, I don't feel as bloated inside and my abs are poppinn' out a little more. Didn't loose much weight but that wasn't the point of the Shakeology cleanse anyway. It was to clean me out and prepare my system to be even more efficient as I move into month 3.

Here are my update photos.

Day one = icky poo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7654413...57629517874377
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7654413...7629517874377/


Day 60 = This is me?!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7654413...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7654413...in/photostream

Only 30 more days to go and then we begin again!

P.S. I can wear my tank again and it's on the tightest notch!

Thats a great transformation!! good job