Whoops.... but .. I'm back. 90 Day Challenge

Been awhile since I posted here on my fitness blog.  Was going strong until the New Year.   Story of my life...  LMAO.  Life, sometimes gets in the way?

Well, after several back to back vaca's, screw off weeks ....  MS, then Mexico, back to MS, then Phoenix, El Paso, back to Mexico ... not only am I 'beat' .. .but watched my weight creep up and up.  This past week, Michael Hansen and many of us were in Mexico and I'd commented on his great weight loss, etc.  Well, he'd crept up a couple of pounds and bought up something along the lines that we should lose some weight together for motivational purposes.  Somewhere along the the line this blossomed into a 90 day challenge for most of us on the that vaca' in Cozumel.  So, on the 18th of July, we'll have a 'winner'.  We'll all be winners of course, but one of us will have $100 from each of the other's when the smoke clears.  The person that loses the highest overall percentage of weight loss from their initial weigh in .. "wins."

For me, that scale tipped upwards of 327.4 (!!).  I thought it'd be closer to 320, but I knew i'd ballooned up.  Funny part is, I don't 'feel' obese.'.  Except for the girth of my waistline, don't feel too bad.  Of course when I see a 'side shot' picture I cringe, but frontal or rear ...  I'm okay with it. Still, can't run from the size of that waist band size of my jeans.  Hell, slacks are worse ...  One to two sizes larger than my jeans.  So, the facts are in ... I NEED to drop weight.  

Will I win?  I don't think so.  I'm headed to the gym today as part of the process. I do NOT want to lose muscle mass; hell may put some on.  Though I've dropped about 3% of my weight in the last week, it's mostly water.  After this week, as I move downward to the 300 number slowly ... it'll be actual 'fat loss.'.  I know how this is going to work.  Several weeks from now I'll be below 300..... teetering on it.  Then, the slooooow process of trying to get to 290 and below.  I honestly don't care how much I weigh, just want to be back in 38" jeans comfortably.  But to win this .. that means I'll be South of 280.00.  That alone is almost 50 pounds.  Almost 20% of my bodyweight.  Will others lose 20%?  I'm not sure.  I think most will lose 10% to 15%.  I'll be more than 10%.. but .. 20%?   Though possible, I don't want to lose muscle.  Don't want to do a crazy diet process that I can't sustain once I get to my 'goal' in 90 days.  But I do want to win.... so .. .. I'm in.  I've got a plan that I'll discuss AFTER the 90 days on how I did it.  I don't want to give away my secrets!  I've been into the science of nutrition, weight loss, muscle gains, etc. my whole adult life unlike most.  I just rarely follow my own advice because I choose to Live Life to the max! But for now, it's time to get shit back in order. I'm sure my overall health (i.e.. heart) will appreciate it!

So ...  85 days from now give or take one....   things will be back on track.  Hopefully I'll be in a place mentally where I want to continue down this path.  Hopefully I'll be injury free.  Hopefully I'll have learned some NEW things along the way about myself and how to maintain the new weight?  We shall see!    And... hopefully ... $600 bux in my pocket!







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