Fitness Blog

Friday, 7/25/25

On Wednesday I went to go do laundry and there are two restaurants I’ve been to near there. One of them is a place where I can get a really good cheeseburger and fries, but I decided not to because the high sodium would be bad for my blood pressure.

The other place is a burrito wagon, and I bought two bean and cheese burritos. One for lunch, the other for dinner. I also chose not to get a cup of horchata. Making healthier choices like these may seem insignificant, but over time they add up.

For instance, on Tuesday, July 22, the day Ozzy Osbourne passed away, I walked for an hour in the morning and half an hour at night. I was going to skip my night time walk because I walked so much in the morning. This is the first time since I started doing my walks that I walked an hour and a half total during the same day. If I had been lazy, I wouldn’t have accomplished that.

I reached my lowest weight so far of this year at 280.8 pounds on Friday, July 25th, 2025.

I was reading an e-book written by bodybuilder Dave Draper, he said he got into lifting weights as a kid. It makes me wonder what would’ve happened to me if I had gone that route, instead of getting into drugs and alcohol.

Figuring out how to get in shape has been like solving a Rubik’s cube. Just when I thought I had it almost solved, it gets more scrambled. I’ve slowly figured out how to set things right during the past five years. Going to bed early and waking up early every day during the summer so I can walk has been part of that solution.