Weekly Weigh-In, WOD, Run Recap #2

Welcome to the Weekly Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap (W3R2). This is where I give insight of what exercises I’m doing throughout the week, from last Friday to this Friday. So let’s get into it!

Weigh-In

On 1/11/13 I weighed 299. watch to video below to see my current weight!

Workout, Run Recap

1/11/13: Nice easy run… It’s gets dark here around 4:30PM

Easy Run on 1/11/13

1/13/13: First long run of the year.. 6.16 mile and 1546 calories burnt.

Long Run

 

1/15/13: Brutal WOD! Warm Up:  “Ab-O-matic” 4 Rounds (30 seconds each) Barbell Roll Out, Supine Air Bicycle, Russian Twist, V-Ups. WOD: 50 DB Thrusters, 40 Walking Lunges, 30 Ring Ring Rows, 20 Air Squats, 10 Grasshopper Push Ups, 20 Air Squats, 30 Ring Dips, 40 Burpees, 50 DB Snatch. Time Finished: 22:59

Wod 1.15.13

1/16/13: 300 Pounds and Running in the snow! Easy 3 mile run.

running in the snow

1/17/13: This WOD was pretty crazy! Warm up:  Broad Jump 5×3 WOD: 4 rounds (30sec each exercise): Jump Rope, Push Press (barbell), Mtn. Climber, Push Ups. Rest 1 min! 3 Rounds (30sec each exercise): Pull Ups, Toes to Bar, Air Squat. Rest 1 min! 2 Rounds (30sec each exercise): Sit Ups, Superman Back Extensions. Rest 1 min!1 Round: 30 OH Squat, 30 Bar Facing Burpees, 30 MB Slams (Finished 8:48)

WOD 1.17.13

Well there you have it folks that was this week’s Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap. If you like what I’m doing please subscribe. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter:@300lbsandrunnin, Like the 300 Pounds and Running Facebook Page, if you are on: Instagram I’m @300PoundsAndRunning, Dailymile: @300lbsandrunnin, and Nike Plus:@300PoundsAndRunning. Lastly I’ve create a group on Facebook called Crushing Goal Together… This is a new support group to help anyone plan, track, and crush goals, be sure to check it out.

Until next time I’m 300 Pounds And Running

The 4 Types of People You Need to be Successful with Weight loss

Motivation Monday

What’s up goal crushers? It’s the third week of the year; how are your goals coming along? Did you accomplish your goals for last week? I must say losing weighty is not a walk in the park.  You are going to have trials and tribulations that are going to test how bad do you want it?  It’s going to prove whether you kind of want it or if you want it as bad as breathing (Shout out to ET the Hip Hop Preacher). Anyways today I’m going to talk about the 4 type of people you need in your life to be success in your weight loss journey and in life.  This is something that I learned a long time ago, and whenever I’m about to embarkon a new journey. I think about the people who are in my life and what role best fit their traits and personality. The 4 type of I’m talking about are the cheerleader, challenger, mentor, and mentee. Let me break these type people down for you.

A cheerleader is a type person that will always cheer you on no matter what. You lose weight? Great job! You gain weight?  Aww that’s Ok, look at how far you’ve came. This person is relentless with the cheering and is great for your self-esteem because they will have you feeling like you are on cloud nine.

The next type person is the challenger. If the cheerleader have you on cloud nine. The challenger will bring you back to earth. The challenger’s job is to challenge you.  This is the person who is always lighting a fire under your ass and more importantly they are always there to challenge you thoughts and thinking. This person keeps it real with you at all time and will not hesitate to tell you that’s a crazy idea. This is also the person who is always asking you why and how; when you say you are going to do something. Though they are not doing it irritate you.  You might find that person irritating sometimes because you feel like you are always raining on your parade. Just know they want you to be best that you are.

After the challenger you need a mentor. This person has a wealth of knowledge of what you are trying to do. This person also has been around the block a few times. This person is great because they always have the right advice and it’s usually right on time.

The last type of person you need is a mentee. This person is a vessel that you will fill with all of your knowledge that you learned along the way to get where you are going.  You will make their journey go by more efficiently because now you are the person who has been around the block a few times.  You will take what you learned from your previous experiences and give them timely advice.

Cheerleader, challenger, mentor, and mentee; these are the four types of people that you will need to be successful in your weight loss journey as well as life. **Note** Sometimes one person can have more than one role. For example my girlfriend is my cheerleader and my challenger …mainly my challenger (jk!) but I also have other people that are strictly for cheering i.e. my mother and sister. I have a couple mentors and my mentee is all of you that read and follow my blog for motivation, inspiration, and information. Now it’s your turn leave a comment below stating who are your cheerleader, challenger, mentor, and mentee are.

If you like what I’m doing please subscribe. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter:@300lbsandrunnin, Like the 300 Pounds and Running Facebook Page, if you are on: Instagram I’m @300PoundsAndRunning, Dailymile: @300lbsandrunnin, and Nike Plus:@300PoundsAndRunning. Lastly I’ve create a group on Facebook called Crushing Goal Together… This is a new support group to help anyone plan, track, and crush goals, be sure to check it out.

Until next time I’m 300 Pounds and Running

Weekly Weigh-In, WOD, Run Recap #1

Welcome to the inaugural Weekly Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap (W3R2). This is where I give insight of what exercises I’m doing throughout the week, from last Friday to this Friday. So let’s get into it!

Weigh-In

On 1/2/13 I weighed 305.9 let’s see what I weigh this now.

 

Weigh In

 

 

Aww Snap! I’m back under 300 pounds… That feels good let’s see if I can stay there this time.

Workout, Run Recap

Lately my workouts and runs have been a little sporadic, so this weekend I will be working on a workout/run schedule this will help me stay organize since the semester starts in a week or so. Here are my workouts/ run for this week.

1/3/13: This was my first run of the year… I was a little rusty so I ran intervals of 3 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking 7 times. Resulting in 2.64 miles ran and 811 calories burned via my Polar FT40. I also went to CrossFit of this day and did FRAN! My thruster weight was 75 lbs. and I use a heavy-duty band for my assisted pull-ups; finishing in 8:07.

Run WOD FranWOD Fran thusterWOD Fran Pull Up

1/14/13: The WOD was a team workout consisting of 4 alternating rounds of 20 Manmakers, sit-ups, 20 Medicine ball clean/slam @ 20lbs and sit-ups. Time finish: 29:29 If you don’t know what a manmaker is check out this video.

 

Wod Eat Your Vegetables

 

1/7/13: I ran a nice little 5K to get my week started.

 

Run 1.7.13

 

1/8/13: The WOD was 10-1 overhead squat@ 105 lbs. (OHS) and hand release (HR) push-ups, five minute rest and 1-10 front squat @105 lbs. and ring dips. (*note 10-1 starts with 10 OHS and 1 HR push-up, then 9 OHS and 3 HR push-ups…so on until you do  1 OHS and 10 HR pushups.)

wod 1.8

1/10/13: I ran 4.01 miles with an average pace of 13’26” with 832 calories burned.

Run 1.10

Well there you have it folks that was this week’s Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap. If you like what I’m doing please subscribe. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter:@300lbsandrunnin, Like the 300 Pounds and Running Facebook Page, if you are on: Instagram I’m @300PoundsAndRunning, Dailymile: @300lbsandrunnin, and Nike Plus:@300PoundsAndRunning. Lastly I’ve create a group on Facebook called Crushing Goal Together… This is a new support group to help anyone plan, track, and crush goals, be sure to check it out.

Until next time I’m 300 Pounds And Running

 

Weight Loss Food Haul #1

Recently someone ask me if I was on some type of special diet, my response was know I don’t do I diets…this weight loss journey is about changing my lifestyle. When I think of diets I think of something temporary, something that will last about six months and then you are back to your regular scheduled program. What I’m doing is for life…it’s like a marriage, “until death do us apart,” for +26 years I’ve known what it’s like to be obese. It’s about time to know what it is to be at a healthy weight.. Then they ask, “Well what do I eat?What do I both from the grocery store?” Since I got my groceries deliveries a couple of days ago I thought that would be a great opportunity to show what I buy form the grocery store. So I present to you my food haul:

300 Pounds and Running Food Haul

 

Weight Loss Food Haul

 

Natural Whole Almonds, Granny Smith Apples, Broccoli Crowns, Red Cabbage , Celery, Cucumbers, Bulk Garlic, Ginger Root, Cilantro Herbs, Lemons, Cantaloupe Melon, Navel Oranges, Anjou Pears, Green Bell Peppers, Red Bell Peppers,  Golden Whole Pineapple, Salad Nature’s Promise Organics Baby Spinach & Spring Mix, Yellow Squash, Zucchini Squash , Bulk Shelled Walnuts, Beef Stew Meat Boneless Chuck Fresh, Turkey Ground 93% Fat Free Fresh, The Laughing Cow Mini Babybel Cheese Light – 6 ct, Tribe Hummus Sweet Roasted Red Pepper All Natural, All Whites 100% Liquid Egg Whites Fat Free, Dannon Oikos Greek Fruit on the Bottom Yogurt Peach Non Fat, Dannon Oikos Greek Fruit on the Bottom Yogurt Strawberry Non Fat, Lactaid 100% Lactose Free Chocolate Milk Low Fat 1%, LAND O LAKES Eggs Grade A Brown All Natural Large, Nature’s Promise Organics Vanilla Soy Milk Refrigerated, Stop & Shop Greek Fruit on the Bottom Yogurt Strawberry Non Fat, Stop & Shop String Cheese Reduced Fat All Natural – 16 ct, Stop & Shop Peas Green Petite All Natural, Kellogg’s Special K Cereal Vanilla Almond

 

Weight Loss Food Haul

 

Weight Watchers Snack Cakes Lemon Creme – 6 ct, Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta Rotini Whole Grain, Nature’s Promise Organics Broth Chicken Low Sodium Fat Free, Indian Head Yellow Corn Meal Stone Ground, King Arthur Flour 100% Whole Wheat All Natural, Filippo Berio Olive Oil Extra Virgin Cold Pressed All Natural, Jif Peanut Butter Creamy Low Sodium & Less Sugar, Kikkoman Soy Sauce Less Sodium, McCormick Oregano Leaves, Slim-Fast High Protein Creamy Chocolate Powder Shake Mix.

Something to note about this food haul

I like to do my grocery shopping online because it limits me from buying junk food randomly. You know what I’m talking about..when you walk buy the milk and you notice the end cap across from it with Oreo’s and they are on sale 10 for $10. Shopping online cuts all of that stuff out..I make my menu for the week, we (My girlfriend and I) make my list of what we need, then we order them  online sticking to the list. It’s definite take a little more time to do but it always saves us money versus going to the store. Also you might notice that there is not a lot of meats on this list and that because we stay very close to a meat and fish market , so we usually get our meats the day before we are going to cook them.

Check out the vlog of my food haul! I’ve included some of my favorite healthy snacks that I’m order every week. I think you’re going to find this very informative and entertaining.

If you like what I’m doing please subscribe. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter:@300lbsandrunnin, Like the 300 Pounds and Running Facebook Page, if you are on: Instagram I’m @300PoundsAndRunning, Dailymile: @300lbsandrunnin, and Nike Plus:@300PoundsAndRunning. Lastly I’ve create a group on Facebook called Crushing Goal Together… This is a new support group to help anyone plan, track, and crush goals, be sure to check it out.

Until Next Time I’m 300 Pounds and Running!

Motivation/ Affirmation Monday

Affirmation Monday

This weight loss journey is just as much mental as it is physical. How many times have you heard someone say or you’ve said yourself, “If I only could lose weight” or “My life would be easier if I was thinner.”  New Flash! Folks it’s only going to get harder once you lose that weight. You think people are teasing you now; wait until you have loss a considerable amount of weight. Then you will hear, “Why you losing all that weight?” “You think you better than everyone since you lost weight?” How about, “I liked you better when you were fat!” So what your point Martinus? My point is losing weight is not the end all be all. If you got plastic surgery or took a pill to make you at a healthy weight overnight and not change you thinking, I guarantee you will be back where you started.

Lately I’ve been brainstorming some ways to help change my thinking/mindset while I’m changing my body. I thought bi-weekly affirmations would do the job; they are short, sweet, and straight to the point.  If done right and on a consistent basis, affirmations really could cultivate change in your thinking/mindset. So here’s how it’s going to work; every other Monday I will post 5-7 affirmations.  These affirmations are to be said to yourself ATLEAST THREE times a day, but you could say them more than that if you want or need to and ATLEAST ONE of those times should be in the mirror and out loud.  I will be doing mine in the morning the second I wake up, during lunch time, and before I go to sleep. They key to affirmations to be bold, confident, and believe what you saying is true and your mind will do the rest.

So without further ado, here are the affirmations for the next two weeks:

  • I forgive myself for all of my past mistakes.
  • I strive to improve myself and the people around me.
  • I achieve my weight loss and fitness goals.
  • I think before I eat.
  • I am motivated by both my successes and failures.

Still not motivated? Well check out my first YouTube video and see if that helps. Don’t forget to share it with your friends and family.

Now it’s your turn…What you do think of bi-weekly affirmations? What are ways that have helped you changed your thinking/mindset?

If you like what I’m doing please subscribe. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter:@300lbsandrunnin, Like the 300 Pounds and Running Facebook Page, if you are on: Instagram I’m @300PoundsAndRunning, Dailymile: @300lbsandrunnin, and Nike Plus:@300PoundsAndRunning. Lastly I’ve create a group on Facebook called Crushing Goal Together… This is a new support group to help anyone plan, track, and crush goals, be sure to check it out.

Until Next Time I’m 300 Pounds and Running!