Chapter 7

indeed.

so not much has happened in the past oh lets say month or so. hurt my leg for a bit, but found that cycling is offering  me a less impating way of working out.

I even tried running outside. But this being Red Deer it of course rained within 10 minutes of me stepping off my front porch.

I have also began to notice that my cardio is great. I cant remember the last time I was out of breath after doing a 10 mile bike ride. Its just my terrible legs that dont seem to want to work ever.

But im home in a week, and a lot of people have offered to help me workout and to run or bike with me, so a huge thank you to all those guys and gals.

so here's the facts jack

weight: 235lbs.

the funny thing about the weight thing is im bouncing all over the place lately. Some days I will weigh myself and ill be back up above 240, sometimes ill be below 235, so I think my body is at the point where it likes to screw with my mind. But hey, who cares right? As long as I can tie my skates without coming up for air 15 times I think im doing ok.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me messages asking about my blog. It means a lot that you have stayed so interested in my going's on's, and for those of you in Fort Simpson I will see you in a week.

thanks to:

Amber Erasmus
Dave Dave
Dan Slatterly
Wayne Schaub
Kai Wang
Alex Campbell


also as a side note: what kind of music do you listen to if any when you are running/walking/biking/working out.

Send me a msg in my comment box below or if you dont have an account post something on my wall.

Chapter 6

chapter 6


Well this whole thing is over, got a couple bags of chips and a flat of pop. Was fun guys.





Ok ok restart your hearts, im still running strong. Had a nice weekend off and went to Edmonton. Visited some people and now i'm back.
Its hella hard to go a long weekend of doing nothing and then jump back into it, but after 5 minutes I was feeling fine.
So fine that I did 6 miles today. that seems like a lot to a chubby wubby like myself so i'm gonna go ahead and pat myself on the back.
On the plus side my roommate seems to have caught my fever and is running right along side me. So i'm glad I can be responsible for another person running like the wind.

so here's the facts jack.

weight: 240lbs.


Thanks to Laurie Ozmun for bring kind words back from Africa, I appreciate that, and again thanks to everyone for the kind words and wishes.

I'll keep running if you keep posting.

Chapter 5.5

Hey guys wow its been a long time since we talked! Forgot one thing I wanted to add to here.

Keriann Loutit is doing something awesome that I wanted to share on here, just to spread the msg, im pretty sure any donations would be appreciated, and if you have any questions im sure she will gladly do her best to answer them over facebook. If you dont have her on facebook. send me a msg, and I will pass it along to her for you.

Hi all!

On June 4th I will be participating in Calgary's annual "Underwear Affair". This event is a run to raise awareness and funds for cancers below the waist. My goal is to raise at least $300 dollars for this event. Any donations you can make would greatly be appreciated. I have included the link to my personal pag below. There is a a green button "donate now" at the top left corner. Please share this link if you think of anyone else that I may have missed that would like to make a donation. Thank you!!

Keri-Ann

http://www.uncoverthecure.org/site/TR/Events/Calgary2011?px=1864765&pg=personal&fr_id=1200

Uncover the Cure:

www.uncoverthecure.org

Welcome to my Underwear Affair Personal Page! As you can see, I’ve joined Alberta Cancer Foundation’s Underwear Affair® - a 10K run / 5K walk to uncover cures for cancers below the waist. It’s not only fun, but it fights prostate, colon, testicular, and ovarian cancer, among others. I’ll be just one

 

 

awesome cause and they need every penny you can spare. Well Done KA you rock!

Chapter 5

what a rush!

no kinks, no problem. trying some multi-vitamins, and get on that treadmill.

50 minutes later, no problem, 3 miles 400 calories, and a damn good feeling.

I cant notice anything physically different, but what a difference a week makes, I have so much energy, I feel like I could go forever. I suggest everyone in the entire world do this.

not sure what im gonna do with myself this long weekend. Might take a run around campus since the gym is closed. Might even head up to Edmonton to visit Angus Taylor for the weekend.

Its funny that I really didn't feel like going to the gym today, really just wanted a day to rest, but forced myself to go and am I ever glad. I would have stayed for hours if I thought my body could physically handle it.

It occurs to me now that this blog has been about me, and what I'm doing.

....but what are you guys doing. I'm not along here, I'm sure some of you are achieving your own goals and I would love to hear about them. If you have a story you want to share please send me an email or a facebook msg, or just comment here and ill post it.

I love hearing how other people are doing.

so here are the facts jacks:

Weight: 242.0lbs
waist : 38"

I really don't know why I am putting down waist it seems a bit silly so I may just leave that out until it changes. I think I have a pair of 36's at home somewhere.

Once again, I would like to thank Wayne Schaub, Chris Stipdonk. and from all the way down unda..... Moister Doave Doave.

Loving the support and the tips, and would love to hear you all. and don't be too alarmed but its almost picture time, so you may be looking at mah chunky belly for another week.(sadly the 6 pack isn't forming ;))

well that is all for me for this Friday, now time to sit in my dorm and contimplate very serious matters of import.

(do I watch Harry Potter.....or Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles?) GOOD GOD THIS IS TOUGH STUFF!

Love you all and keep it real, on the down low, on the high up, and wherever else you might place it.

Chapter 4

Today....day 4, woke up sat up in my bed, went to stand up and,
OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

The kinks are starting to meet up with me and I thought today was going to be the day that I had to take a break. BUMMER!

So I hobbled around during school stretching as much as I could, praying for the pain to go away.
But do I really want to take a day off? Maybe ill just do some upper body today. Take it light.
Got to the gym, looked at that treadmill and thought....what the hell, lets see how it feels.
1 minute walking....2 minutes walking......3 minutes running.....not bad!

2.5 miles later and im still feeling "great" as I plug along. so I did my 1 hour run, did a couple curls, and went in for the weigh.

258 pounds!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!!? WTF mate, whats going on here!

Better do that one again.

251 pounds.....ok thats nice.......3rd times the charm

254 pounds OK SERIOUSLY!

enough of this scale, im going to get one for my place and just weigh myself there.

So I went to the mall, and the first door I go in......is the door to the food court!!

OH NO!

Walking through with my head down, not making eye contact with the burgers, I looked up.....into a turkey dinner?
I dont know if this was good for me or not, but I got some turkey corn and rice. Delicious.

Anyways that was a bit offtopic, back to the story.

got a nice scale at zellers, got home hooked that badboy up, cranked the peddles to allow for the big weight, closed my eyes and hoped for less than 257.

Weight 247 lbs. <----I like this reading much better (tried it 3 times)

so I guess the previous weigh ins dont really work so we will start that as the baseline.

Erin Wyatt, Chris Stipdonk, and Amy Mcdonald (among others) thank you for your encouragement and suggestions, and im glad I am seeing the other side of the hump, I have more energy, and its 95% my mind, but my pants might have been a bit looser this evening.

thanks everyone for continuing to read on, and if you have any comments or tips, you can allways reach me on my facebook.

Have a good one

Chapter 3

well sorry for the late post chaps but I have had a late start on things today.

pretty happy today actually but we will get to all that later. for now lets hit the gym.

Third day is gone, and I had my first fault today, after almost an hour, with 10 minutes to spare I thought I had had enough.
that I couldn't go on another step.

strangely it was the guy running beside me ( and I mean running ) that made me keep going. I slowed the treadmill to a crawl, and he happened to notice.
He turned to me while running and said, "keep it up, you are doing great!"

I love this gym.

People are so willing to help you if they know that you are in need of it. I did the last 10 minutes and did 5 more just to make sure that I got my just dues.

so thank you mr. terry fox of the RDC gym. you just keep on running

so here's the facts jacks:

weight: 252 <-------yes that is right, 5 pounds in 3 days. dieting and exercise do officially work.
waist: 38"


once again I would like to thank Wayne Schaub for giving me some great stretches so my calves don't feel like dying, and to Dan Slatterly for some weight lifting techniques.

a shout out also to Caitlin Jaffray and Sandra Rowe, for giving me some ideas to make milk taste less like it came from a toilet.

and lastly, thanks to all you readers, for listening in and adding your feedback Without you this wouldn't be possible.

Chapter 2.5

Chapter 2.5

A guy can work out all his life run a million miles a day....but if he comes home and eats nothing but chips and drinks nothing but pop.......he wont shed a pound.

That is today's lesson!

open are the cupboards, out are the chips, open the fridge, and out comes the coke, replace with milk and orange juice and you are well in your way to a healthy life.
I think maybe not drinking coke is going to be the hardest part of this whole ordeal for me, but hey, if someone can quit crack...I should be able to do this.
Did I also mention that I hate milk? if anyone knows of anything that I can put in milk that is benificial to me as well I would love to hear from you either in email or as a comment on the screen.

so game plan for the AM. Wake up, make a couple eggs, have a piece of toast( no butter ;) ) and a big ol glass of milk. might as well try this whole does a body good thing after all. Come home at 3:30-4, get changed and then its off to the gym.

WAYNE SCHAUB mentioned to me over an email earlier tonight that I really want to concentrate on cutting fat instead of building muscle, so keeping that in mind I am going to just keep running. I may do some cycling but that just doesn't seem disco enough for a cool cat like me.
either way im sure he is not going to lead me astray (the guys a machine!)