Satisfy Your Widest Ambition

I can’t even begin to describe what I’m feeling right now.  I stepped on the scale today at 224lbs.  That means that since I began my journey on 3/15/08 I’ve lost 70lbs!  It’s almost enough motivation for me to skip turkey day tomorrow, but that’s not going to happen.  Initially I’d planed to go all out and eat whatever I wanted on Thanksgiving, stuff myself.  Instead, I think I’ll go with a different strategy and plan to eat whatever I want, but not in any quantity I want.  I’m going to get a small portion of whatever I want.  A small sliver of pie, etc.  That way I can minimize the damage, not undo anything, and still allow myself to enjoy this special holiday.  Then I’m in the homestretch to knock out some serious clean eating between Friday and My birthday (Dec 20th) when I will allow myself to have birthday cake (my sister makes the world’s best carrot cake from scratch.  It’s to die for.)  The “holiday season” is not going to do me in this year.  I’m going to work hard to ensure that I enter the Winter 52DC leaner than the end of the classic challenge.

Just had to come put in a quick word on my blog since I haven’t updated in a while, though I did put some new progress pictures up a couple of days ago (check the Photos link on the right).

Just got done with the second hardest workout I’ve ever done in my entire life (the hardest was a killer circuit workout forced upon me by my football coach years ago).  I switched to the next set of TNT workouts, finally on the last four week set before I move on to the Advanced workouts.  I kicked up the intensity with heavy weights, and after I got done I busted out 20 minutes of hardcore HIIT on the elliptical machine to help me catch back up on CT’s.  As I was leaving the gym I could feel fire pumping through my veins I was so stoked.  I can see why exercise is so addicting.  When I got in the car, Just What I Needed by the Cars was appropriately blaring through the radio and I rocked out all the way home.  Right now I feel like I could go bowl over a house with my bare hands.  I’m sure I’ll be sore tomorrow, but it’ll be so worth it.

Gotta go eat now, and then get some last minute cramming in for my 9am exam tomorrow.  Just wanted to post this up while I was still feeling invulnerable so that I could come back and read it again next time I felt like skipping a workout.