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My journey from fat to fit! |
| Iāve been trying to lose fat and get fit for a long time. This will be my blog about my fitness journey! |
| Iāve lost 5 pounds over the past two weeks, so Iām doing better. I discovered a new way to make eggs, I cook diced cabbage and onions with a tablespoon of avocado oil and a quarter cup of water in a skillet with the lid on, then add three scrambled eggs. I use Italian seasoning, black pepper, and garlic powder. I heat up two carb balance tortillas and use a 2.5 ounce container of guacamole, half in each burrito. Iāve been maintaining my walking schedule, I walked for 960 minutes during the month of May. Yesterday I bumped it up from 40 minutes to 50 minutes. I walk before breakfast, so Iāve been striving to go to bed earlier because I canāt walk when the weather is too hot, so I leave no later than 7:30 a.m. I listen to the radio with headphones using my cellular phone while I walk. |
| The main reason I want to get fit is to defend myself. I canāt count how many times when I was younger people have beat me up for frivolous reasons, and I was too small and weak to fight back. I want to get lean and muscular to the point where people decide not to tangle with me if they can avoid it. On Saturday I trained arms thoroughly. I got a great pump. Later that night, I got to thinking. Every time I took time off from lifting, it started on a day I was supposed to train and I took the day off instead. Then I skipped another day, and a third day, until I had gone a week without training. Being able to look back and see that helps me to avoid making that same mistake in the future. My weight has remained stable for the past week at 297, so Iām cutting out the powdered peanut butter, to see if that helps. I was told a long time ago by a guy who lost a lot of weight that paying attention to different variables like this, then making adjustments, is crucial for successful weight loss. Getting a pump then stopping a workout is a waste, thatās like chewing gum that had a flavor burst after chewing it for 30,seconds, then spitting it out. Once you get a pump, you should try to maintain that for as long as you can! On Tuesday I woke up late but had a good weigh-in, so I thought Iād skip my walk this morning. I didnāt want to lose progress, so I changed my mind and went for my usual 40 minute walk. If there are two alternate realities, one where I didnāt train and one where I did, training will always be the better choice. If Iām thinking about skipping a workout, that first set primes me and makes me want to do more. Many hours after my workout I just feel better. Itās a natural high. I feel pity for people who live out their entire lives without knowing the ecstasy of weight training, and that lifestyle. I bought a blood pressure monitor and my blood pressure was high, so that changed my thinking about things. Iām eating less food, and over the past two days Iāve been losing weight. Iām eating a lot more fruits and vegetables, because thatās whatās recommended to lower blood pressure. |
| I ordered some powdered peanut butter from Amazon, it tastes great in smoothies. I think the combination of whey protein and plant protein works well. On Saturday morning, I was going to take the day off from walking, so I would have Saturday and Sunday off. I changed my mind and went for my 40 minute walk, because I have had good results recently and didnāt want to inhibit my progress. Sunday is the only day off from walking before breakfast, unless it is raining. Fitness is like a game, sometimes you win and sometimes you come in second or third place. If you can do everything right that day, you won. If you can win and maintain that for 20 days, then youāll see real results. |
| On Sunday, my brother in law took me to Walmart, and I mitigated some of the damage by buying less junk food than I bought the last time I went there. I bought a quart of chocolate milk, a chicken pot pie, bananas, and some Daveās killer bread bagels. I spent around $13. The last time I went there I spent around $40 on junk food when I was at my lowest weight of 2025. I went from 286 back up to around 300 pounds. I need to figure out how to avoid temptation when he comes around and not buy junk food. I did get some Daveās Killer Bread bagels that I had been meaning to try, and they were great and didnāt make me gain fat. When it comes to managing your weight, youāre doing one of three things. Losing weight, gaining weight, or maintaining. When I look ahead to the summer or even further to after the new year, my goal is to be making progress in some way or another. I donāt want to regress again after making huge progress like I did when I got down to 259 pounds in April 2024, then got up to 300 pounds a year later. |
| You can either choose to exercise or not to exercise. If you choose to exercise, you need to progress to the point where youāre training twice a day. If you reach that point then stop training for a while, your stamina goes down and you have to start all over from a lower level. Once you reach a high point in your training, you must maintain it and practice periodization. This is the best way to build more muscle and keep it. Iāve been maintaining my walking schedule. I walk for 40 minutes before breakfast, every day except Sunday. I train arms one day, and shoulders the next, then take day three off. Iāve seen a lot of progress with my biceps and shoulders. Iāve been cutting up apples and grapes and eating them for a snack. This is better than having sweets in my opinion, I think this is a breakthrough. Getting in shape is 90% diet. The reason I started eating grapes is because I read a recent study in mice proving that grapes helped increase muscle mass. Hereās a metaphor: if you had to grab onto something painful to grasp, and after 20 seconds, for every second you held on, the amount of cash you get doubles, starting with one dollar. If you held on for a minute, youād have at least one million dollars. The same can be said for getting your diet dialed in. If you figured out how to eat in a way that maximized losing body fat, you should hold onto that technique for as long as you could. Eating fruit instead of candy or other junk foods is the solution Iāve been looking for! |
| Last week I went shopping with Eagle, he is the older brother of my brother in law. After going to two stores and getting groceries, we went to a restaurant where he bought me a sandwich. We ate in the car, and I inadvertently dropped half of my sandwich on the floor board. Eagle commented on how I struggled to reach down and grab it because of my immense belly. Looking back, I can see that I need to lose a lot of weight, at least a hundred pounds. I weighed in the high 280s in early March of this year, and I went up to 300 in mid April. This morning, I was 294.8 pounds, so Iām making progress in the right direction. Iāve been lifting weights, mainly training biceps one day and shoulders the next. I forgot to mention that I ordered six 2.5 pound plates for my dumbbells, so I can train shoulders with 23.6 pounds on each side. Iāve also made personal records with biceps, curling 35 and 40 pounds on each dumbbell. |
| Over the past few years Iāve dieted from January to March or April, then turned into a bloat lord during the summer months and gained it all back. In addition to dieting this year, Iām upping the ante with my workouts. Iām doing more repetitions during each set, and Iām lifting heavier weights. My goal is to lift frequently and consistently during this summer and try to get stronger on some of my lifts. Iāve got nothing better to do with my time, and Iāve got plenty of time. Before, I had to go to gyms to train, but it took a long time to get there and get home. Now, Iāve got a lot of equipment to train with at home, so thereās no reason to skip workouts or to just lift the same weight each workout. |
Itās been over a month since I last wrote in my fitness blog. I weighed 299 pounds yesterday and 297 pounds this morning. My downfall was going to Walmart with my brother in law Mikela and buying $40 worth of junk food. I stayed on a junk food kick until this past weekend. I decided that in an emergency if I needed to catch the bus Iām too out of shape now, so my goal is to lose weight and build muscle until Iām at a healthy body fat percentage and a healthy blood pressure. The bus stop is a mile and a half away, so at close to 300 pounds thatās too far for me right now. Iāve been walking each morning for 20 minutes over the past two days, and Iāve started lifting weights again. I got a really good pump in my biceps today, they felt great! I did two sets with 35 pounds and four sets with 40 pounds. Iāve stayed away from junk food for the past two days, and Iāve been watching Generation Iron videos I bought from iTunes for inspiration. Pursuing extrinsic aspirations such as financial success isnāt as important as having a healthy body. |
| Yesterday and today I was 286.8 pounds, the lowest Iāve been since prior to January 1st. |
| Iāve been staying around 288 pounds, sometimes less than that. I canāt stay in enough of a deficit to lose more weight. I started walking and listening to FM radio with my cell phone and Skull candy headphones, I walk greater amounts of time that way. Today and for the next few days it is raining, so I can only lift weights. Iām looking forward to walking again when the rain lets up. |
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has oddly set off a motivating dopamine reaction that gets me going. Weights I can do at the house when I wake up or before bed. I'd like to be able to walk more, but my schedule is not that wide open where I can walk consistently. Right now I'm fighting a touch of a cold that's settled in my throat/sinus area so weights are good for me now. I'm also tracking on Weight Watchers since I started last DEC. While, I'm happy with my tracking habits, I do need to focus on more zero or 1 point foods. I agree - getting in shape is 90% diet. Sending you good vibes for meeting your goals. 
