Big Changes

The bad news: I’m planning on updating this regularly again.  Which means there are going to be more horrible pictures of me up.  Yay!

The good news: I’ve been working out steady for more than 10 weeks now.  I’m lifting more weight than I’ve ever lifted in my life.  That’s fun.

Quick update on everything that’s happened (to my workout life): I went on that trip in March.  It was fun.  I climbed 300 feet up the side of a rock, which was freaky, but awesome.  After that trip, I gained 20 lbs back because I stopped doing everything, getting up to 270.  That sucked.  I’m now back down to about 260, working my way down slowly.  I workout 4 or 5 times a week, doing weights, then usually climbing at the rock wall and playing racquetball for an hour.  My muscles have never been bigger.

Pictures (and yes, I do go out of my way to look happy in these):

I am at 251 and around 28% body fat.  I missed my goal of 245 by the end of February, but I’m just happy that I’m finally making progress again.  New goal: 235 by the end of March.  I’ll be spending a week on the camping trip, which should be good on the whole.  I’ll still be pretty active, so I won’t gain any weight due to being sedentary, and it’s about time for a break from lifting anyway (you’re supposed to take breaks to “deload” every 8-12 weeks).

My overall goals are this: I’d like to weigh around 220 with 8-10% body fat.  Once I’m down to 220, I’ll worry less about losing weight and more about dropping body fat.

Now, for the pictures.

Me, Relaxed

Me, Relaxed

Me, Flexing

Me, Flexing

Keep your eyes on the links to the right of the screen.  Pretty soon (later today?) there will be a link to a page showing the most recent comparison.

Taken this morning. I weighed 255.8.

Me, Relaxed

Me, Relaxed

Me, Flexing

Me, Flexing

These were taken this morning, shortly after I woke up.  I want to thank my sister for being the photographer.  I weighed 268.2.  I’m not sure what I did to put on the extra pound, but I’m sure it had something to do with drinking massive amounts of water last night.

Me, Relaxed

Me, Relaxing

Me, Flexing

Me, Flexing

This site is being created for two reasons:

1. To chronicle my progress as I lose weight due to a healthier lifestyle and more working out.
2. To motivate myself so that there is actual progress to be chronicled.

The chronicle will include some of my current statistics as well as monthly (maybe biweekly) photos.  It will also include little stories about my successes and failures in my quest to look super-hott.  

The first several posts, at least the ones with pictures, will be scary.  That’s my warning before I post these:

Me, relaxed

Me, relaxed

Me, flexing

My back, flexing

I currently weigh 275 lbs.  I’m wearing size 40 jeans and XL shirts.  This will improve.