I'm Back, Bitches!!!

Yes, I'm back, with a NEW program to whip my fat ass into a less fat ass. If you haven't heard of the awesomeness of TurboFire, go HERE. Go ahead; I'll wait. Done? Good.

So you probably noticed two things. One, it's from my favorite fitness guru, Chalene Johnson. Secondly, it's an amped up version of Turbo Jam...and you know how I love me some TJ! I'd made my way about halfway through the prep schedule before I started slacking (yeah, yeah, I know. It's a theme), but tomorrow I start doing TurboFire proper. I got the TF Warriors to keep me on track, homework done early to keep me from being up late and missing workouts, my mom alongside me to make sure I get up at 5:00 AM to workout and Results and Recovery Formula to get me through the soreness. Also, I WILL do yoga (also known as Stretch 40). I know I hate it, but flexibility training IS important and will allow me to do things that I couldn't do before. In addition, I now bowl in a league Wednesday nights, am going to start going to Zumba classes and (possibly) get up early on Wednesday mornings to go run before class (haven't completely made up my mind on that, yet).

So let's get on to my monthly measurements:

Weight: 198 lbs
Chest: 47 5/8 in
Left Arm: 14 3/4 in
Right Arm: 14 3/4 in
Waist: 46 3/8 in
Hips: 45 1/2 in
Left Thigh: 25 5/8 in
Right Thigh: 28 7/8 in

No body fat measurements or pictures this go around because you've seen the other pics. You know I'm fat. I'll take pics at the end, though, before I go to the TF/CLX Hybrid.

Oops...

Forgot about those measurements (and the rest of this phase's workouts, but I'll add those after I finish week 2 tomorrow).

Neck: 15 1/2 in
Chest: 47 in
Left Arm: 15 1/2 in
Right Arm: 14 1/2 in
Waist: 44 in
Hips: 47 in
Left Thigh: 26 1/2 in
Right Thigh: 28 in
Weight: 206.6 lbs

Power 90 Day 30!!!

So today is Day 30, which means it is Measurement Day AND Picture Day!!! So my physical stats were:

Weight - 215 lbs
Waist - 44.5 in
Hips -  47.5 in
Chest - 47.5 in
Right Arm - 14.5 in
Left Arm - 15 in
Right Thigh - 28 in
Left Thigh - 28 in
Body Fat - 52.37%

Stats on 6/13

So I start my first round of Power 90 tomorrow, and I'm feeling a little dejected. My measurements weren't as good as I'd hoped. I did lose weight, but I know better than to trust an arbitrary number on the scale. Here's hoping Tony can straighten me out.

Weight - 220 lbs
Waist - 45.5 in
Hips - 47 in
Chest - 49 in
Right Arm - 14.5 in
Left Arm - 15 in
Right Thigh - 29 in
Left Thigh - 29 in
Body Fat - 51.36%

I don't know how in the heck my boobs and arms got bigger, but it's gotta quit happening. Especially the chest area. Yeah, we Laughinghouse's have some big ta-tas, but I'd like to be under a 40 again sometime this century.

Also, I just got off work and my feet are killing me. But, at least, I'm moving A LOT in this job instead of mostly staying in one place like I did for my last job. Because, clearly, I need the extra cardio.

Next update will be a picture post and will be up sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Introduction

This is a short entry because most of the personal things you need to know about me, you can read on my profile. Basically, I started this blog because I wanted to get serious about losing weight and figured that if I tracked my progress publicly (and by "publicly," I mean "for my Team Beachbody Coach and my workout buddies"), then it would force me to stay on track. After all, Internet humiliation sticks with you for all time.

So my physical stats on May 16th, 2010 were:

Weight - 227 lbs
Waist - 46 in
Hips - 49 in
Chest - 48.5 in
Right Arm - 14.3 in
Left Arm - 14. 5 in
Right Thigh - 30 in
Left Thigh - 30 in
Body Fat - 42%

I'm going take pictures every two weeks and measurements every 30 days. Next post will current picture which will be followed on June 13th, 2010 with updated picture and measurements. I will be finishing a FULL rotation of Hip Hop Abs (that means both Hip Hop Abs and Hip Hop Abs Ultimate Results) on June 12th and starting my very first rotation of Power 90 on June 14th. I hope you enjoy the ride and are hopefully inspired to start your own transformation.