A quick intro to who I am. I am 24, live in Green Bay, and I love to play lacrosse. Lacrosse is one of the motivating factors to why I am looking to make this big change in my life. I feel as though I have hit a plateau in my abilities due to my weight. Part of it is also the fact that I do not get as many opportunities to play as I used to, but if I was in better shape I could make up for the lack of practice. I am in no way shy about my body, so I will be posting pictures as time goes on. I am very comfortable with how I look, but it doesn't mean I am proud of it.
Here is where I am starting:
Goals: My main goal is to eventually weigh as much as I did when I graduated high school (220 pounds). Currently I am at 290, so that is 70 pounds that need to be evicted. Obviously, I don't expect this to happen over night or even in the course of a single year. I do expect to change the way I live and what I eat in the coming months to make this goal eventually become a reality.
Methods: On Wednesday 2/13 I began a 2 month weight loss program from Complete Nutrition called CTS 360. My hopes is that the monetary investment into this product will keep me engaged and true to make sure I get the most bang for my buck. As I go through the next 2 months I will evaluate the individual products (5 in all) to see if I will continue using any of them after the 2 months is up. I will not be reuping the entire program however. The program in my mind is a kick start to making healthy changes in my life that will then carry over after the program is over. After 2 months the "training wheels" will come off, and I will then rely on my new habits to keep the weight loss going. I have also decided that going to the gym or working out in some aspect 5 times a week is a doable goal. I also plan on committing to one active event each month to make sure I always have an event to focus training on. This month is going to be an event called Hustle Up the Hancock in Chicago. If you are unfamiliar with the event basically the goal is to climb all of the stairs in the Hancock building as fast as you can. That is 96 floors and over 1600 stairs. My goal is to finish in under 30mins, and to beat my step father who is also doing this event. My mother is also joining us, however she is in much better shape than the both of us. Eventually, I will aim to finish before her in events just not yet. Hustle is next Sunday 2/24
Expectations: I think I will see a large weight loss in the first 2 weeks. Not because of the system, but because of how quickly my body can gain and lose "junk weight". I have been weighting around 280 the last few months, but I am coming off of a junk food heavy couple of weeks which ballooned me to 290. I have had it in the past where I have lost 10 pounds in a week just by not being a pig and going to the gym without any supplement aid. I think it will be a free fall to 270, but that is where the real work will start. If at the end of 2 months I weigh 260 or less I will be very surprised.
First Impressions: I meant to post all of the above earlier in the week in order to do weekly updates, but since I am on my 4th day on the program I figured I would give a look into the first few days. There are 2 things I have noticed so far. My energy levels have risen, and my appetite has disappeared.
With the energy, it is not a jittery caffeine feeling, but more of a higher level of alertness. I notice this the most at the end of the day when usually my eyes feel heavy, and I am not motivated to do much let alone go to the gym. From almost the first day I noticed that at the end of the day, no matter how stressful, I still have the energy to make it to the gym. Once I am at the gym I continue to feel the energy boost. Where I would sometimes make up a reason to cut my workout short I have been enjoying my workout to the very end to the point where I run out of things I want to do. It is also easier for my to stay focused at work.
I have also noticed that I simply do not feel hungry. Again this began at almost day one. Because of the work I do I really do not have a set lunch time. So it normally ranges from 12 to 2 when I eat. What I've noticed is that I will tell myself that it is time to eat, but if I get distracted by work I will completely forget. I actually left work yesterday without eating a thing since 730 that morning without feeling hungry. I realize this isn't something I should rely on as part of my weight loss (not healthy), but I do think it will help control how much I eat. Since I won't feel like I'm starving I won't eat half the food in my fridge every meal.
So, so far so good I think. I have not noticed any negative changes to my body, and don't worry I will share, in maybe too much detail, if I do feel something negative happening. So for now that is all I have. I think I will continue to post updates every weekend on the progress that week. You will also notice that I use this blog for college lacrosse related postings. I will be doing those during the week.
