August 05, 2008
2800 yards baby!
That's right!!!!!! My second day back in the pool and I did 2800 yards today. I may be dead tomorrow but we will see. It felt good!
Have I mentioned that even though there are no hotties in the team itself, the coach is totally woofie, like OMG woof! Seriously...
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August 04, 2008
Back in the pool again!
Today was my first day back in the pool swimming. It felt great to be back in the water and swimming with the team again! I had to stop last year cause I was dirt poor and could not afford it anymore, but things are a bit better now and I wanted to be back. Doing cardio at the gym is boring, but swimming, now that is fun!
I did 2000 yards today. Not bad for my first day back in a year. I am kinda worried about the gym this afternoon though, my arms are sorta jello and today is chest and arms day! Let's just hope Phillip doesn't kill me today......
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May 09, 2008
Biggest Loser
I got all motivated and stuff and organized a "Biggest Loser" weight loss competition at work. It starts Monday and is a 3 month long competition. And to make it more fair we are not actually measuring weight loss we are measuring percentage of body fat percentage lost. Because it is the most accurate specially for those hitting the gym and gaining muscle, weight is not accurate.
We have 11 people in the competition. Each person has a $20 buy in, which means we have a pot of $220 for the winner! Yay!!!!!
This will be a fun way to help me towards my goal!!!! I will be a muscle bear yet!
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February 26, 2008
So sleepy!
I went to fix Roque's laptop last night but in the process I REALLY messed it up. Anyway being the smart person I am I was able to totally fix it, but it took a long time so I went to bed way later then I wanted too. And I had to go to the gym super early today because I had an 8am meeting I could not be late for.
By the way this week I am starting to go to the gym 4 times a week. And my "No Excuses" plan is working, which is why I am sleepy because I went to the gym even though I stayed up late.
I will be ripped in no time :)
Posted by Scott at 08:48 AM | Comments (0)
December 03, 2007
Weight Loss Update
OK the weight loss competition is in full swing!
Over Thanksgiving week I managed to keep my weight flat, which is good considering I had two Thanksgiving dinners! The next week (which is last week) I lost a couple pounds! So the diet is starting to totally work! And this morning I added Yoga to my plan. Yoga is HARD! I had never done it before. I am gonna like it.
yay for weight loss!!!!!
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November 19, 2007
The competition has begun
I just entered into a weight loss competition with about 4 other people. I think this will be a good way to get motivated and actually start to lose some weight.
Tomorrow morning will be my first official weigh in, I will post my results and progress here on my blog....
yee haw!
Posted by Scott at 01:38 PM | Comments (2)
September 24, 2007
The Weigh In
OK it starts today....
Starting weight: 244
Yes,... I am a fat cow, but I am gonna work on that!
Time to shed the pounds.....
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June 20, 2007
Swim practice ROCKED today!
3300 yards! Although this is not the most distance I have done today felt like the first day were I was kicking ass. First of all it was a fun set, and second of all I was able to actually sprint. I am getting my endurance back. When I first started back up I only had one speed, slow. But now I can kick it up a notch when I need to.
So ya I totally left the pool with a big smile on my face, even though I was panting for breath...
Posted by Scott at 10:18 AM | Comments (0)
June 12, 2007
w00t!
W00t! 3200 meters baby!!!! That is farther then my last post about 3200 yards! I feel great!!!!!!!!!! So why is one post in yards and one in meters? It's cause that workout was in short course (25 yard laps) and today's was in long course (50 meter laps)! See you just learned something.
I stepped on the scale this morning before I went to practice, I cried, the end. I know part of the weight gain is muscle, but still!!!!!!
Posted by Scott at 07:35 AM | Comments (1)
June 08, 2007
3200 yards baby!!!!!
Today's swim practice totally rocked. I did 3200 yards which I think is the most I have done since I started back up. And our main set was crazy. Not in a hard sense (though it was kinda hard) but in a confusing sense!
We did a BS21
It's 21 100's.
Every hundred divisible by 3 or containing a 3 was IM
Every hundred divisible by 7 or containing a 7 was non free
the 21st was 200 IM
So basically it was:
- 100 free
- 100 free
- 100 IM
- 100 free
- 100 free
- 100 IM
- 100 non free
- 100 free
- 100 IM
- 100 free
- 100 free
- 100 IM
- 100 IM
- 100 non free
- 100 IM
- 100 free
- 100 non free
- 100 IM
- 100 free
- 100 free
- 200 IM
W00t 3200 yards today!!!!!!!!
Posted by Scott at 07:24 AM | Comments (1)
June 07, 2007
Back in the pool
I was a good boy today and I actually swam this morning. It's not easy waking up at 4:30 but I am determined to get back in shape and to lose weight. I will make practice ever day, I must!
Posted by Scott at 09:25 AM | Comments (0)
March 27, 2007
swimming pain
Swimming is kicking my ass!!!! I feel great and all but EVERY muscle in my body hurts. My legs right now are nothing more then bags of lactic acid.
God I love it!
Posted by Scott at 08:04 AM | Comments (2)
March 19, 2007
O M G
So today was my first day back in the pool. WOW was that painful. It's always the first day back when you have not exercised in a while but DAMN! I thought I was gonna die just after 5 laps! I only swam for half an hour so I would not kill myself. I need to work my way up to the full hour and a half.
Even though I can barely move now, it felt REALLY good to be back in the pool! I am glad I started up again.
Posted by Scott at 07:12 AM | Comments (2)
January 30, 2006
Fatwatch 2006
226.8/38.3
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January 24, 2006
Gym Inspiration
So ya, I am on the fourth week now of my workout plan. I am up to going to gym twice a week starting this week. No I a not a total wimp, this plan is geared towards cycling so I have been hitting the bike on the trainer and stuff. I am slowly brining weight lifting into the program.
I will be ripped by the time the AIDS Life Cycle rolls around!
Posted by Scott at 09:13 AM | Comments (2)
January 19, 2006
I rock
I was a good little boy the past two days. Yesterday after class I workout out. I climbed 75 stories on the stair master, OMG! Then this morning I did a leg workout where I kinda hurt myself doing lunges. I hate lunges. Did I spell lunges right?
K back to paying attention to teacher guy.
Posted by Scott at 12:46 PM | Comments (1)
January 18, 2006
Gym?
I started my new workout routine a few weeks ago. And I have been really good about it. I created a schedule that I wrote down and posted on the wall and everything. However this week I am not home. I was supposed to workout yesterday but I got home late and I was tired so I was a total slacker. But I was going to workout this morning. I was all ready, dressed and stuff, but when I looked into the hotel gym, every machine was full! Damn! I will hit the gym tonight. It's still ok. I am a day off schedule right now this week, but it's OK. My schedule is currently such that I am not going every day anyway.
I will be thin and beautiful! Ok atually I am alreayd beautiful. I just want to carry around less weight on the AIDS Life Cycle...cause thats far!!!!
Posted by Scott at 12:57 PM | Comments (2)
January 16, 2006
Fatwatch 2006
225/35.2
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January 09, 2006
Fatwatch - 2006
226/39
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January 12, 2005
Deep Thoughts
Answer me this. Why do only ugly men shower at the gym, not the hotties? I am serious here. There are SO many hot menz at my gym, but they never shower. Only the ones you don't want to see in the shower, shower. I find this trend disturbing.
Do any of you have the same problem at your gyms?
Posted by Scott at 10:17 AM | Comments (0)
November 10, 2004
Back at the gym
I have to admit though, my hubby having a heart attack was a wake up call. I wanna be fit. I don't want to be having now heart attack, specially not at a young age like he did. So we are both on the fitness train. It does make it easier trying to stay fit when your loved one is doing it with you. So I may be kinda fat now, but you just wait and see. By the time the AIDS Ride roles around I will be in SUPER shape!
Posted by Scott at 09:10 AM | Comments (0)
October 12, 2004
Pride For Life� V6.0
OK, the time has come....again. I am starting South Beach again, starting today. My Dr said I need to be on a low carb diet because of my cholesterol and Roque's Dr said he should do South Beach because of his cholesterol and also cause he needs to be on a healthy diet after his heart attack. So Roque started yesterday and I am starting today.
It's easier to stick to a diet when the one you live with is on it too. Although I have my friends at work that make fun of me every time I am on a diet, they are not very motivational, rather they are the exact opposite. But screw them I am not going to listen to them. I need to start being healthy, and I am sick of being fat.
So starting today it's ON! Yee Haw!!!!
Posted by Scott at 09:02 AM | Comments (0)
September 22, 2004
It has begun
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June 14, 2004
On the diet again
Well after gaining all my weight back, and then some, I have decided to go back on the South Beach diet. My starting weight this time around was 191. I have no idea how I let myself get that fat after losing all that weight the first time, but clearly its time for some serious will power again.
I honestly have been eating out EVERY meal ever day for a while now. I never eat at home anymore, and that is sad cause its not like its hard to eat at home. And although Roque's restaurant will make me healthy food if I ask, its too easy just to get stuff that is super bad for me. I need to stay away.
Anyway, this is day 2 of being on phase 1 for south beach. I am in serious carb withdrawls right now. I have a headache and feel all icky. But from past experience I know tomorrow I will probably feel totally awesome.
I am determined to be ripped and non fat for Folsom this year. Maybe even by Lazy Bear but I am not gonna try unhealthy amounts of weight loss for that. My primary goal is Folsom, if I am looking hot for anything else that is just bonus.
Posted by Scott at 12:57 PM | Comments (0)
March 15, 2004
The pain, make the pain stop!
This weekend I and my buddy Jerry went for a bike ride. I have not been on my bike for about a year. So clearly I am out of shape. When your out of shape you should start small and not go for super long rides. Well Jerry on the other hand is in super shape. He is like cycling god and shit.. We ended up doing a 55 mile bike ride. I was fine till around mile 30, then it was just pure nightmarish hell after that.
Actually it’s not like I was in pain or anything, but you know when your out of shape and you way over do it, you hit that point where you muscles just stop working. They don’t really hurt in a pain sense, they just don’t work anymore. I hit that point. It was fabulous.
But it’s all good, I am getting back in shape. Jerry and I are gonna start riding every Sunday from now on. I am contemplating maybe riding my bike to work twice a week, but getting to work from my home is kinda annoying. Riding on commute traffic filled roads is asking for death. I could take the bike trail, but not sure how crowded it will be with runners and stuff. I guess I will just have to try it once and see. (for those that don’t know I live about 25 miles from work).
Posted by Scott at 01:07 PM | Comments (0)
February 10, 2004
This is just funny
I went to google news and this headline popped out at me:
Dr Atkins died a fat man
This is just kinda funny. Mind you I m on a low carbohydrate died (South Beach) but it is WAY healthier then Atkins. Atkins lets you eat massive amounts of fat which is not a good thing. South Beach lets you still have the “good” carbs.
People really should read the history on the diets they are doing. Atkins was started for morbidly obese diabetic patients that were going to die anyway. It was a last ditch effort to make them lose weight. It was never really intended to be “healthy” it was indented to have these people lose weight cause nothing was working for them. They didn’t care about secondary health risks because they were going to die anyway. So they figured high cholesterol was better then death.
Anyway, I think people jump on diet kicks without research. I have done research on South Beach and it seems to me to be a sensible diet.
Posted by Scott at 05:35 PM | Comments (0)
January 16, 2004
I�m thin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well ok I am not exactly thin, but I am now officially the lightest I have been in a really really long time. I finally broke the 180 barrier. I used to be between 170 and 175 for a long time, but then I allowed myself to get all fat and all they way up to 192!
Anyway this morning I weighed 179.6 pounds so I was in a super good mode. I am on my way to no longer being fat! Now I just need to start lifting more weights and get all bulked up so I can properly fill in my harness for Folsom this year!
I am a true believer in the South Beach Diet.
Posted by Scott at 12:57 PM | Comments (0)
January 05, 2004
Crystal Meth and Vodka
I am back on my diet, phase 1 of the South Beach Diet again. I was kinda bad inbetween Thanksgiving and Christmas. Amazingly enough I only gained 2.6 pounds so it’s really not all that bad. Soon I will be thin. Well ok not thin, I don’t wanna be scrawny I just wanna be not fat, I plan on replacing all that fat with muscle so I will be ripped. After all I have not forget my goal of being ripped so I can go to Folsom next year in my harness.
Posted by Scott at 11:51 AM | Comments (0)
November 10, 2003
Yet another South Beach update
So Ben and I have been on this wonder full little diet seven days now. Thus far I have lost 7 pounds and I am not dead yet. And let me tell you last week was NOT easy for me. Not only was I just plain craving carbs in general, but there has been many temptations. Last week I had several meetings that went through lunch and were catered, so I had to try and eat smart, they keeps passing cookies in front of me. I even had a meeting where they brought Krispy Kreme donuts! I thought I was going to die there but I still made it. I never cracked, for I am strong!
One more week on Phase 1 then I can start to reintroduce carbs. That will be nice because I can bring sandwiches to lunch (made from whole grain bread) and that is SOOO much easier to prepare in the morning then real food.
I will be ripped and have my six-pack back in no time! YEE HAW!
I am SO glad Ben is doing this with me. And also my boyfriend Roque is doing Atkins right now so it makes it so much easier not to get tempted when we are all trying to achieve similar goals.
Posted by Scott at 11:04 AM | Comments (0)
November 05, 2003
South Beach Update
This complete lack of carbs is kind of killing me right now. I got home yesterday with a wicked headache and on top of that I totally felt like I was on a massive sugar low. But its all good I am not giving up. I am currently having a minor glitch though, I got to work to day and realized I had forgotten my lunch, which means I need to somehow find acceptable food here in the cafeteria which is not going to be too super easy, but I think I can pull it off. I can get a salad with grilled chicken here and that is all good.
I still feel a little sugar lowish this morning but not like last night, I am hoping my body is starting to get used to this and will stop complaining.
I have already lost 2 pounds and I just started Monday.
Posted by Scott at 07:15 AM | Comments (0)
November 03, 2003
To be thin!
Today is the first day of me being on the South Beach Diet. Which means I am currently in Phase 1 of the diet which is two weeks of no carbs or starchy foods and sugar. I am actually doing OK, I have not fallen over in hunger, nor am I ready to kill someone over a Krispy Kreme donut.
I started this diet because I am currently the heaviest I have ever been. I know I say to people how I am so fat and all, and I realize I am not actually that fat, but lets face facts I am a bit over weight. I want my six pack back! Not sure if that will actually ever happen but dare to dream right?
So bare with me cause I will be doing updates on this wonderful new diet plan. Hopefully it works.
Starting weight: 192
Posted by Scott at 01:58 PM | Comments (0)
October 27, 2003
Sigh
It official people, I weighed myself this morning (something I have not done in a really long time) and I am officially the heaviest I have ever been. I would like to say I have gained a whole whack of muscle but that is not the case, I am straight up fat. So my buddy Ben and I have decided to do something and we are both going on the South Beach Diet starting next Monday.
I will be tracking my profess here for all you guys to read, cause I know you are all SOO painfully interested in this. I will have a six pack again damn it!!!!!!!!!!
I believe this will officially be Pride For Life™ v6.0
Posted by Scott at 09:24 AM | Comments (0)
July 23, 2003
Pedal pedal pedal!
Yesterday afternoon I went to a spinning class at my gym. I had never been to one before but everyone keeps telling me how good a workout they are and all. I figured I would give it a go since I needed to find me some good cardio action.
Someone please tell my why no one every forced me to take these classes when I was training for the AIDS ride? That was the best class I have ever taken. I got my ass kicked SO hard core. By the time I was done I was completely drenched in sweat and my legs were on fire!
Needless to say I found me my new class to attend to take care of my cardio requirements.
Posted by Scott at 08:39 AM | Comments (0)
July 21, 2003
A plan modified
I have made an executive decision to stop swimming. I know I was only swimming for like a couple weeks, but I just can’t do the morning thing. I have to wake up at 4:30am in order to make it to swim practice and I just can’t do that. So instead what I have decided to do is just focus on weight training and doing my cardio at the gym.
I am feeling positive about this approach. I think this will workout good for me.
Posted by Scott at 10:27 AM | Comments (0)
July 10, 2003
Basic right
D dragged me to a step class yesterday at the gym. I have never been to a step class in my life nor have I ever seen a step class. As it turns out this particular class was not a normal step class it was the advanced stop class. I was kindly warned (buy the instructor) that I might get super lost cause they go fast and to try and not get too frustrated.
Wow I was not prepared for the workout that step actually is. First of all I didn’t know any of the moves (even the basic ones) before class started. But I was able to pick up on most things, although I did get lost several times.
But the end of this class I was completely drenched in sweat, just drenched! But it felt so good! It really was a darn good workout and I had lots O fun. I think I will have to go again. But this class was in a different gym then I normally go to. And frankly this other gym is kind of ghetto compared to mine. But it’s all good I think I can find a class at my gym.
Posted by Scott at 08:47 AM | Comments (0)
June 18, 2003
Shame on me
So today is a swimming day, but I did not go. I was tired, I was really really tired. Waking up at 4:30am was just not going to happen today. I will try and go tomorrow morning to make up for it.
Posted by Scott at 08:31 AM | Comments (0)
June 16, 2003
Good little swimmer boy
I almost did not get out of bed this morning for swim practice. My stupid alarm clock went of at 4:20am (like it does) and I was just so comfy in my bed. I just laid there, listening to the radio go off thinking no, NO, NO I will NOT get up. I’m so comfy, don’t make me get up stupid alarm clock! In the end I started to feel guilty cause I know that as soon as I allow myself to start skipping workouts it will spiral downward from there.
I got up, I went to practice. I even stayed in for the entire workout this time. Normally I get out early cause I am so out of shape I am dead about an hour into the workout. Today I stayed for the full hour and a half. I was so proud of myself.
I am well on my way to not being fat.
Posted by Scott at 08:20 AM | Comments (0)
June 11, 2003
Pride For Life? v5.1
Ben and I just got back from out first workout together at the Gym. This marks the beginning of Pride For Life? v5.1. Wow, I am in SO much pain right now. I can't lift my arms, and I can barely move enough to actually type.
Today was a good workout, Ben makes a good workout partner, and he is a darn cool guy too. We have been slowly expanding out goals.
- Get rid of the gut
- Look damn good in a tank top
- Fit back into my leather pants without my gut hanging over the waist line
- Have a kick ass body to wear harness to the Folsom Street Fair
I think these are good goals :)
Posted by Scott at 10:17 PM | Comments (0)
June 10, 2003
Cravings
There is a bag of Cheetos sitting on my desk. It has been sitting on my desk for days. But right here, right now, it is calling my name. It says Scott, eat me Scott But I can’t eat bag of Cheetos, that is so totally not Pride For Life™ food.
Must resist the urge to eat yummy Cheetos!!!!!!!!
Posted by Scott at 02:36 PM | Comments (0)
June 09, 2003
Pride For Life� v5.0 update
So I am sure you are all just super curious as to how PFL has been going this time around. I started up hard core last week. In general I was a good little boy. I did swim on MWF and I went to the gym on Tuesday, but I took a day off on Thursday. It’s ok though, this is not the start of me flaking, this is my first week back after not working out in forever, I can’t just kill myself. So I took a day off.
I have no idea if I lost any weight yet, I am actually kind of scared of my scale right now. I don’t want it to say I gained weight, I could not handle it.
It does feel good to be swimming again. I am so painfully out of shape. I can only swim at one speed right now (drift). But it’s cool, we have a really nice coach, and every one I swim with is cool. They just let me go last, and they pass me when I totally bite the dust. So far I have been leaving practice early, I have not done the full 1.5 hour practice yet. I am working my way up to that.
This week is when Ben and I are going to start working out together. This should be way cool. I always go to the gym alone, and that is just not as fun or as motivating. Hopefully I will be ripped in no time.
My goal for PFL is to get rid of my gut, and look damn good in a tank top.
Posted by Scott at 10:53 AM | Comments (0)
June 03, 2003
Feel the burn
I am in such pain right now and it feels SO good. As we all know Pride For Life v5.0™ started this week, and today was my first morning back at the gym. It felt good, when I was unemployed I obviously stopped waking up at 4:30am to hit the gym, I would go in the middle of the day. It’s good to see the same crowd still there.
I had a very nice workout, I was listening to music on my brand new ipod, and I was totally in the zone. By the time I got home I could barely lift my arms to soap myself in the shower, it rocked.
I am feeling good about this new workout routine I am starting, I think v5.0 is the one, oh yeah…hehe :-)
Posted by Scott at 08:20 AM | Comments (0)
June 02, 2003
Pride For Life v5.0�
Well this weekend PFL v5.0™ kicked into high gear. I went to gym Saturday night at about 9:30 (lets not get into why I did that). Sunday morning I went on a nice little bike ride (I rode about 23 miles, just a small little ride for my first ride of the season). This morning I started swimming with the masters team here. I haven’t swam in about half a year and it really felt good to start up again. Mind you it was the most painful thing I have experienced in a long time, but it was good.
OMG, there is a USS team that swims the same time as us and the coach is SO yummy. I can just tell he is all furry and yummy under that T-shirt. I want him.
Anyway, it feels good to be working out again, but it just shows how painfully out of shape I let myself get. I tried on one of my cycling jerseys Sunday before the ride just to find out it’s now too tight on me. But it’s all good, I will be in shape and start losing weight.
Posted by Scott at 07:31 AM | Comments (0)
May 01, 2003
Pride For Life
So Pride For Life has been a bit of a failure (as per usual). It's school. It never fails that I gain weight towards the end of the semester. I have so much work, my schedule gets SO out of wack and I eat comfort food cause I am stressed. I gain weight, what can I say.
But now I need to start working out again. Today while super bored in class I started talking to Ben online. I had never talked to him before but he is a fellow blogger who also happens to live here in Sacramento. In fact he happens to live like 10 blocks from me. Anyway he suggested that we be workout partners cause neither of us have one and we both want one. But one catch, he is not a morning person and because of my schedule I workout before work at 5 am. He was not to down with that. I need to convince him. I'm sure everyone here thinks he should workout with me, right?
Posted by Scott at 08:58 PM | Comments (0)
February 23, 2003
First ride of the season
Today I went for my first bike ride of the season. I am painfully out of shape (in cycling terms) so I wanted to just do a small little ride. But once I was out on my bike I was having so much fun, and it was such a nice day that I decided to keep going. I ended up doing 33.3 miles. To me this seems painfully short, but damn my legs hurt by the time I was done. There were a few times I was afraid I might not make it home. It was a good start, I will be doing my century rides this summer, I am determined to be doing century rides this summer.
Posted by Scott at 11:58 PM | Comments (0)
January 22, 2003
Pride For Life v4.0�: Update
Diets suck monkey! I am hungry, and I really really want a Krispy Kreme donut.
I am still going strong on PFL™. I have lost about 6 pounds thus far. I am still determined to be ripped. There is this one guy (I don’t know his name so I refer to him as Perfect Body Boy). Well Perfect Body Boy sometimes swims the same time I do. He has the body I want. Not too perfect, just perfect enough. Cut, lean, and ripped but still enough fat on him to make him look like an actual person. Yes, I will look like that before summer. That is my motivation.
Ugh I am hungry, it’s only 3:30!!!! It’s all good, I am doing this for the greater good.
Provided I don’t die from hunger between now and next time I post, I will write more later.
Posted by Scott at 03:33 PM | Comments (0)
January 14, 2003
Feel the burn
Don’t you just love those workouts where when your done, your muscles are SO tired you can hardly move? I love those kinds of workouts. That is the way this morning’s workout was. When I took a shower afterwards I could hardly shampoo my hair cause my arms were so dead. I am going to be so ripped soon.
Posted by Scott at 11:06 AM | Comments (0)
January 13, 2003
Pride For Life v4.0�: update
It’s working! I was almost not going to go to the gym this morning because after hitting my snooze button 4 times I figured I would just stay in bed. But then I started to feel guilty cause if I don’t put forth effort I will never be in the shape I want. So I got my lazy ass out of bed and got ready to swim (today is a swim day). I got on the scale just to see, and I had lost 2 pounds!!!!! That right there was encouraging, I like encouraging.
I finally am doing what I should have been doing in PFL™ v1-3 and that is cut my caloric intake. That has always been my problem, sucking down way too many calories in a day and totally not watching what I eat.
Anyway, yee haw! I am happy, I am finally on my way to being in shape again. San Diego beaches here I come!
Posted by Scott at 08:42 AM | Comments (0)
January 08, 2003
Pride For Life v4.0�
It’s been a long time since I last spoke of the Pride For Life Plan™. I admit it’s totally my fault too. School kicked my ass, hence making Pride For Life v3.0™ a complete failure. It’s just that its really hard to wake up at 4:30am to hit the gym when you have been doing homework till 3am. Also its really hard to eat right when you have such a jacked up all time consuming schedule.
But as luck would have it, I am losing my job in a couple weeks (I’ll bitch about this later) so the whole time thing should not be a problem.
So why Pride For Life v.4.0™? Well the reason is simple, I have turned into a fat cow. Yup its true, I have completely let myself go. My once glorious six pack has turned into a keg. It’s really very tragic. So my goal is to be in killer shape by summer when I hit the beach in San Diego.
I started my diet and exercise program yesterday. The diet, is still a work in progress, but is mainly a high protein, low carb diet. This may change later (I reserve the right to modify Pride For Life™ as I see fit). The exercise part is a combination of weight lifting, and swimming. I was going to rejoin the swim team that I was one earlier in the year, but being I just found out my job is going bye bye, I have opted not to spend the money. But never fear, where there is a will there is a way. Even though I prefer swimming with a team and with a coach cause it’s easier to stay motivated, I am going to just swim at the gym, since I have the membership and all.
I am determined for Pride For Life v4.0™ to work, so I will keep y’all posted on my progress.
Posted by Scott at 07:21 AM | Comments (0)
January 06, 2003
Ski time!
It’s been about two years since last time I hit the slopes. I used to live really far away from the mountains so it was a pain to get to, then I was unemployed, and even though time was clearly my friend, paying for lift tickets was just not going to happen. This year the problem is school, since I work full time the only time I have to do my homework is the weekends. But right now I am on break, so I am free and clear.
I was actually not intending on going skiing over the weekend, I have spent way too much money over the holidays, but I could not stand it anymore, I needed to ski. And not only that, but I ended up buying brand new ski boots before I went (so much for complaining about money huh).
I got killer boots this time. My last pair were crap, got them out of the bargain bin cause they were cheap, but they were crappy rental type boots, and they were actually to big for me so my feet moved around inside. Everyone knows that boots that are too big are NOT good to ski in cause you lose control. Anyway I found this ski shop near where I live, and the guy who helped me (he was the owner) rocked. We tried on boots for about an hour, trying on different brands, putting different insoles into them, everything to get the prefect boot. And in the end, I got the perfect boot for me. And the icing on the cake is that it was last years model, so I got a kick ass $525 boot, for only $269. Can I spot a deal of what?
Anyway, we went to Northstar yesterday, and it rocked. We recently had several storms move in, and there was plenty of snow and good conditions. But one thing I did learn is that I am painfully out of shape. I didn’t do that many runs and my quads were burning so bad I could hardly hold up my own body weight anymore. This just shows that I need to actually use my gym membership and start working my legs. And I need to hit the slops more. Cause I bought this boots and now I have to recoup my investment, right? Yes, clearly I need to ski every single weekend now, clearly.
So I also posted pictures from my little ski trip, check them out.
Posted by Scott at 09:40 AM | Comments (0)
October 03, 2002
A bad Pride For Life� day�
Yesterday was not a good day for the Pride For Life™ plan. When I got to work, there was an email that said there were Krispy Kreme donuts for us. So clearly I had to have a couple of them, I am only human after all.
After eating the Krispy Kreme donuts, I get told by my boss that I need to go to this person’s cube. So me and my co-workers go there. She has brownies that she is giving out. She is retiring, today is her last day so this was a little sendoff treat she baked. So clearly I had to have a brownie.
I don’t really remember what I had for lunch but it was in the cafeteria so I am sure it was not healthy….
Then for dinner, I actually had a date last night!!!! And we went out to Outback Steakhouse. We started with one of them onion blossom things, which we all know have like 1000 calories and a million grams of fat. My meal was actually relatively healthy (I guess…).
In all, that one day has set me back a bit. Things like this happen, so we can’t get upset about it.
No you are not getting details on my date other then I had a really good time :-)
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September 25, 2002
The things I do to get in shape
So yesterday morning I had a really good workout at the gym. Read that last sentence as: I shredded every muscle in my upper body yesterday at the gym.
Now fast forward to this morning at swim practice. To those people out there that have swam competitively in their lives, you all know that swimming is an upper body intensive sport. So when your shoulders and triceps are all dead, swimming can be a bit painful. But have any of you swimmers out there every appreciated just how much you use your abs in swimming? Specifically I am talking about when you do a flip turn. I had never thought about it before until this morning when I did my first flip turn. I did far more abs workout than I normally do yesterday so my abs are kind of shredded right now. When I did that first flip turn this morning it was like death. Now keep in mind that this is just one flip turn of MANY. I knew right then this was going to be a fun morning.
But look at me now! I am still alive. I can hardly stay upright cause my abs don’t work anymore, but that is why we have nice cushy chairs at work, right? Just lean back and all is happiness.
But seriously I actually do love being in this kind of pain. What can I say I am a workout masochist. I love the constant feeling of knowing that I am getting in shape, the pain is the physical manifestation of this.
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Pride For Life� v3.0
Well you know it had to happen, the next incarnation of Pride For Life™. I would like to start out that I don’t think PFL v2.0 was a failure. After all PFL is a total work in progress. I don’t expect to have a perfect system till somewhere around v5.0.
So what was the issue with v2.0? The wait loss factor just wasn’t there. I had the exercise routine going on, I was lifting weights and swimming, but I was doing nothing about my diet. The net result of this was that I was gaining weight. Now keep in mind that I truly don’t believe I was getting fatter. I am sure I was gaining lean muscle mass (which is good) but since I was not losing any of the existing fat, all I was doing was growing the muscle under my layer of fat, hence making me look fatter. I have a problem with this.
What is the solution? Pride For Life™ v3.0 silly! We are going to keep the same level of exercise cause clearly that is a good thing, but now we are going to add diet to the mix. Cause I need to stop eating big huge greasy things for lunch and whatnot. This is going to be hell for me, not cause I am opposed to healthy food mind you, but I am just so busy, cooking just doesn’t really seem to fit into the plan very easily. But It’s OK I have backup, my buddy Tania is on the PFL v3.0 plan with me. Together we should iron out all the details.
And in case you were concerned I don’t plan on marketing Pride For Life™ until I have a stable version (like I said probably v5.0). So stay tuned, soon enough I will have my own freaky British guy wearing an ugly red bowtie doing my infomercial!
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September 11, 2002
Would you like some water with that chlorine?
As many of my readers know I am on a swim team. The people that run the pool that I swim at decided it would be fun to drain the pool last week. Hence there was no practice last week. I bailed on Monday cause I figured there is no way in hell they could drain, refill, then re-heat an Olympic size pool by then. I did however go this morning. And let me tell you, after swimming competitively since I was 8, I can no longer smell chlorine, and when I jumped in today I was like WOW. Swimming in a pool with that much chlorine can NOT be good for you health. Right now my skin is dry and itchy and crackling. My eyes are burning me (and I was wearing googles!). My mouth is all dry and chemicalized, its just plain nasty! ICK!!!!!
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August 25, 2002
Bike riding fun
I went for a bike ride with my buddy Jen today. It was really cool, cause I don’t ride my bike enough, but now that I have a cycling partner, I hope to be riding way more. I need to stay in good biking shape. Cause I plan on doing another AIDS Ride in 2005!
Anyway, we took the American River bike trail, and there were some seriously yummy boys on the trail today. I need to ride my bike more often on this trail if this is going to be the eye candy I get to see!
While we were riding we saw a biking event in the park. It was the Leukemia society. It made me whish I had done more bike rides this year. It’s all good though cause next year I will do more bike rides. Yes, more bike rides!
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August 14, 2002
Point Reyes: Part II - PHOTOS!!!!
OK everyone, I promised earlier that I would be posting pictures from my wonderfull backpacking trip to Point Reyes. Here they are!
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August 13, 2002
Pride For Life: Version 2.0
Pride For Life version 1.0 turned out to be a spectacular failure, and let me tell you why.
My original eating plan for PFL was to have some serious breakfast (since I workout in the morning), a good lunch, and skip dinner. Yes OK stop laughing. But it made sense at the time. Since the main expenditure of calories was in the morning, I eat my calories in the morning. As why eat dinner if all I do in the evening is sit on my couch and watch TV, or go to sleep for that matter,
There is a very good reason TO eat dinner and I found it out hard core. I would like to note I think this plan would have worked if I were not exercising as much as I do. But once you step up to working out every morning, and remember I swim 1.5 hours in the morning so that is an incredible amount of calories being used. My body got pissed off at me due to the lack of dinner. The net result was my metabolism basically shutting down in the evening, and then just plain refusing to start up again in the morning. My body sent me a message and I heard it load and clear. I didn’t workout once all last week. I could not, it was just more than my body would output last week. It simply shutdown cause I was not providing it what it needed.
So now we start again, this time version 2.0. What this means is that I am going to eat dinner!!!!! Cause not only do you need to raise up that metabolism, but once that metabolism is raised, you need to keep it raised all day long. If you don’t eat a meal, your body knows it will be lacking food, so it shuts down at those times, and if you do it long enough and exercise too much, it will shut down and not turn back on till it is sure that you our going to take care of it.
Lesson learned here? EAT!!!! Screw this skipping meal crap! Spread your calories throughout the day. And most importantly eat enough! You body gets unhappy when it’s in severe energy debt.
Posted by Scott at 09:57 AM | Comments (0)
August 01, 2002
Pride For Life: plan modification
As I told you earlier, the PFL plan is a dynamic living organism, subject to change. I previously was going to swim every morning. But on further inspection I realized that plan is just not possible. Cause I work full time, I go to Grad school and I want to lift weights to so I can’t swim every morning cause going to the gym in the afternoon is not really an option.
A new plan was formulated yesterday, and I started it this morning. I am going to swim Monday, Wednesday, Friday and I am going to go to they gym Tuesday, Thursday plus body pump class (at the gym) on Sunday. This is a good plan cause it equally divides up cardio and resistance training. I will be lean and ripped by next Pride, oh yes!
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July 31, 2002
Pride For Life starts today!
You may be asking yourself "what is Pride For Life?" Quite simply it is my new diet/exercise plan. Now don’t be all excited waiting for details on exactly what the means, cause I currently lack the details. The whole plan is more of a work in progress.
As most of you know I have started swimming again. That was the beginning of Pride For Life, which originally all started cause I wanted to be in shape for San Diego Pride. But really why stop just cause pride is over. I still need to get in shape for next years Pride, right?
My goal is to be totally ripped and absolute perfection for next years Pride. This is where the Pride For Life plan comes into play. Starting today, I am stepping up the workouts. Instead of swimming 3 times a week, I am going to swim every weekday morning, that is 5 days a week! I am also going to start cycling again. And clearly I need to be weight lifting cause I need the muscle action for pride!
So expect to hear more from me on this, cause Pride For Life is in the house!
Posted by Scott at 07:35 AM | Comments (0)
July 19, 2002
I think I am getting in shape again
When I first starting swimming again, it was like death. I was on the verge of dieing at the end of every workout. But now it’s just the average pain. I still have yet to work up to doing the whole workout (I usually get out after about an hour now, workouts are 1.5 hours). But soon enough I will be back up to the full workout.
And I am sure you will all be happy to know that my Pride For Life diet is going fabulously. Of course I still have yet to lose any weight. But that is ok its expected to be like that when you first start working out.
I think I will be hitting the gym tomorrow morning (at least that is the goal). Since it doesn't look like I can make my usual Body Pump class cause I need to go to SF Sunday to buy some leather pants (yes leather pants are more important that working out).
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July 15, 2002
Lactic acid is NOT a good thing.....
I went to swim practice this morning (for those that don't know I am a member of a swim team). Since I have basically not swam in about a year, I am totally out of shape. If you read my weblog you know that yesterday I did Body Pump for the first time in like 2 months. Clearly these two events, in a row can only cause pain to occur.
When I first got into the water today my muscles were a bit unhappy with the situation, after all I did totally stress them out yesterday. But it was all good.
Even after my workout I was feeling OK. A bit wasted but it was a good kind of tired. So I swung by Jamba Juice on my way to work to get my all time favorite drink, the Orange Dream Machine, and I was set.
Around lunchtime I got up to talk to someone and this is when I realized.....sitting down for so many hours straight after working out like that is NOT good for you muscles. I was in SO much pain I could hardly walk. My legs were destroyed!!!!
Well I guess that is what happens when you let lactic acid just sit in your inactive muscles for so long.
Oh well, such is the price you pay on your way to getting ripped ;-)
Posted by Scott at 07:10 PM | Comments (0)
July 14, 2002
Body Pump!
Now I know what if feels like to start working out again after about 2 months of being a fat, lazy, donut eating pig!
I went to my favorite class of all time at my super fab gym, 24 Hour Fitness. What is the class you ask? It's Body Pump. It's a full hour of weight lifting. Not hard core bench press twice your body weight, weight lifing, but low weight super high rep lifting. And let me tell you once you are done, you feel it!
On my drive home I could barely hold down the clutch in my car. I was at a stop light and my leg was quivering! It hurt SO good.
But it's all part of my plan to be fit and healthy. Keep in mind I am not exactly unhealthy now, but I need to be super healthy! I must be ripped! I must have zero percent body fat!!!!! OK that is a bit extreme. But I still wanna be ripped.
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