What's that saying...When the going gets tough, the tough get...

...GOING BABY!!!!

As you all know I'm on the endeavor of losing weight...man is it getting tough!

I'm eating better, feeling better, lookin' better (couldn't resist)....but gosh darnit if the weight loss has slowed down some.

Alright Mr. Fat, you want dance...LET'S DANCE!

Weigh in is on Wednesday and I've officially slowed down my weight loss each week: 13, 6, 2.5 and then .5 a pound...this week Ty's getting to 230lbs! That's equal to losing 3.5lbs from last week...to do this I'll be taking pain killers for the knee, greasing up the old elliptical and hopefully riding it till my feet just can't go anymore!

I just keep picturing how happy I'll be with myself if I ever reach the goal I had of 10% weight loss....and who knows maybe I'll just keep on going beyond that!

Getting Old Sucks!

So I'm 25...not even middle aged yet. So why oh why does my whole entire body hurt today?

Now I'm not talking that ache we all feel after working out...no this is soreness from the core of my legs all the way up the back and even into my head. What did I do to cause this you ask? Well, I seemed to think for a time last night that I was once again 16 years old again...

Basketball with a bunch of high schoolers...not a good idea. Big reality check, stupidity and knee 'ruining' event all rolled into one!

I mean I love helping with the youth at my church, but darnit if they don't just get my body into more trouble than I need. My left knee already "should" be scoped out aka FiXed OncE and For aLL. My back seems for some reason to not like doing what I once did 40+ lbs ago...maybe that is the biggest of my problems (but I'm working on it ya'll!).

So needless to say this morning I sounded about 80 trying to get out of bed, my body feels like it's 90...and my left knee feels about 100. It's okay though it could be worse, I mean I could have done this right in the middle of a weight  loss challenge where exercise is key and the knee is a pivotal part of being able to do that...oh wait... haha!

Here's to hoping tonight the knee holds up on the elliptical and Ty can lose atleast a pound or two come the weigh in on Wednesday!

URINAL POSTING: Little bit of awesome I did at work!

So there has been some correct that ALOT of issues with the urinal at my place of work.

Lack of aiming ability. (I mean really?!)

Lack of flushing their bodily fluids down the drain after extraditing them from their bodies.

So...now when you enter our Men's bathroom on the 2nd floor and use the urinal you are greated with this:

The sheer fact this sign was needed just goes to show the race of men is just deteriorating at a rate faster than we all thought. HAHA! (but also sadly not funny...)

21.5lbs down....more to come!!!

That's right I officially have lost 21.5 pounds during the last 3 weeks of my work place's Biggest Loser competition! I only lost 2.5 pounds this week and was kinda dissaponted, I mean I had lost 13 then 6 but then I rememeber this is just one pound of fat:



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Wow....I've lost over 21 of those blobs....kinda puts it back into perspective!

So now I'm only 3.5 pounds away from allowing myself to celebrate 25lbs with a Trappist brewed beer I purchased! I'm hoping to just allow 1, but who knows I may not be able to stop due to my love of true beer! Watch, I'll lose 25lbs, celebrate and then need to lose 2.5 more just to get back to 25 total lbs lost!! HAHA!

Anyways, if you are wondering just what is he doing to get these results?! Well here is the short of what I'm am doing:

-I rarely eat any breads outside of the one piece of Ezekiel (all sprouted greens) with my morning egg (sometimes with peppers). *I do occasional allow a no sugar added tortilla at dinner if having healthy tacos!

-95% of what I buy at grocery store comes from the produce section...only things that don't are meat, plain greek yogurt and true natural peanut butter (occasional spices too, but only ones without sugar or corn syrup added!)

-I try to exercise 20-30 mins minimum a day, and always take the stairs at work (actually always try to hit 10 a day, even if over lunch) *Some days I've been known to put elliptical infront of the TV and go for 30-50 mins on a lower setting...very easy way to burn 300-500 calories!

That's it! The eating healthy I feel has made the biggest part! Reading labels has changed my life! Just by removing all added sugars (corn syrup, malodextrin and all other forms) I feel is the biggest factor in my weight loss!

So that Channing Tatum picture yesterday...probably out of the picture but you know what I could end up looking like a fatter more normal version of him here very shortly haha!



Yeah that's how I look....well not yet...

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Yeah okay you caught me I'm lying...not quite what I look like, I have stubble....okay fine I look nothing like that, but a boy's gotta have a goal.

Alright I don't really hope to look like that, I mean until someone is writing me checks based upon my appearance I don't care to look like that. I like beer too much!

Speaking of beer, it's been 3 weeks now I haven't allowed myself any beer! Now I'm no alcholic but I'd like to consider myself a micro-brewery specialist....ugh and a new one just opened up in my area. GET HERE 25lbs LOST! <---Going to celebrate by putting on a pound or two in beer haha!

So how close am I?! We'll see tomorrow morning, currently I'm setting officially at 19lbs down in 2 weeks...hoping to break 20 for sure but 22 is my realistic goal. That puts me within reach of 25 in 4 weeks!

How is he doing this?

A WHOLE LOT OF THIS:

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Also no added sugar in any form if I can help it!

Your boy is also burning up the eliptical, off-brand total gym (you know the Chuck Norris machine!) and believe it or not a shake-a-weight <-----thing is ridiculous!!!

So with tomorrow's weigh in you can bet tonight is going to be a hard night in the exercise department!! So if any of you are going out tonight, please have a cold one for me!

So you've lost weight...big deal!

So I'm two and a half weeks into a weight loss challenge at my place of employment...I hate those things. I think they're stupid, waste of time and only a temporary fix. That said this one's for money so obviously I'm in it to win it!!! After two weeks I've lost 19lbs and a little over 7% of my original weight, which is a good 2% more than the second place person.

Feeling good about myself I constantly strive to not eat junk food, have steamed veggies and no carbs after breakfast and continue to force myself to working out downstairs in the man cave/workout room.

So this entire time I've been striving to lose weight my wife has been sick for most of it. She has ran fevers in the high 102 range and even touched 103. She's barely ate anything but jello and ice cream (occasional Mac & Cheese on the good days) and has lost over 12lbs trying and doing nothing....maybe I'm going about this all wrong. Is it smart bad of me to want to attempt at contracting this unknown illness from her just to lose some more weight?!

I guess my decision will come this Wednesday, the dreaded weigh-in day....of which it's looking like if I stay the same as last week I'll be happy.

Perhaps if this whole healthy eating thing and exercise doesn't keep me ahead of the pack I'll just simply contract an illness or look into that aneroxic thing (seriously kidding...I think) haha!

Resurrection post...The Nail Polish Addiction

Alright, so I'm gonna make another go at this blog. Can't believe I couldn't seem to find the time to just sit and type for 5 to 10 minutes a day. I missed it though, just the dialogue of my days and getting the chance to share with others the exciting...or should I say boring and some times embarrassing things that occur in my day to day life.

The nail polish addiction is her newest thing...I'm still waiting for the never ending switching of hobbies to finally land on "Buying hunting or fishing stuff for my husband"; something tells me that cog is broken on the grand wheel of hobbies she seems to spin from time to time.

Any ways....wife wants to run to Target after work to get some things. "What things?" I ask. NAIL POLISH!!! Now you need to understand that my wife has spent recent nights after her planning (she's a teacher) on a blog dedicated to nails and nail polish. So of course one would assume she'd need more nail polish....the 5-gallon bucket of barely used ones isn't enough DUH! I kid it's really maybe just 2 gallons worth.

Any-hoooo...so one can imagine how shocked I was to discover those tiny little capsules of glorified paint costs a freaking arm and a leg; for the ones "this heavenly blog" has recommended. I mean seriously $10+ for one bottle of the clear over-coat!!! Geesh...and she says I'm dumb for buying a $50 shotgun-THAT WILL LAST FOREVER!!!!

Oh well, it's the little things that are worth it I guess, and I'll admit she did get extremely jovial (nice word!) when she finished painting her nails...ah that little smile just melts my heart!

It's all good though...I got a brand new computer game in exchange for her spending spree on nail polish....which I'll play for a week, beat it, and then never play it again <-- CRAP....NOT REALLY HELPING MY ARGUEMENT FOR SMART SPENDING!

Keep On Keepin On!