Motivational Monday #1

Motivatioal Monday 300 pounds and Runing

Happy Motivational Monday! Today’s quote is

A goal without a plan is just a wish – Larry Elder

We all have things we want to do in life… Whether it’s losing weight, running a marathon, buying a house, or even starting a business. I come to you today to ask if these things are goals or wishes. Do you have a plan on how you are going to crush goals? If not, you are just wished upon a star. The chances that things you want to accomplish are just as bleak as hitting the Mega Millions or even getting lighting to strike while it’s snowing 7 times… It’s just very unlikely these things will come into fruition unless you are will to put in the effort to make a plan and then to execute it. Because a plan is no good without execution. I leave you with three words… Set. Plan. Crush![divider]

I want to congratulate and give a big shout to my FitBloggin peeps who ran during the Disney Princess Half Marathon…

_Christine, Nathan, Katrina, Dani

From Left to Right

  • Christine “DubyWife” ran the Princess Half Marathon
  • Nathan “The Fotographing Fat Kid” ran the Enchanted 10K
  • Dani “Weigtht Off My Shoulders” ran the Glass Slipper Challenge… Enchanted 10K & Half Marathon. (Read Dani’s blogger spotlight)
  • Katrina “Katrina Elle“… I’m not sure what race she ran but what’s up with her facial expression. It seems like she seen a mouse or something… LOL (Read Katrina’s blogger spotlight)

These are good people so check out their blogs and tell them I told you to stop by… On another note seeing this picture makes me miss running, I can’t wait to get back out on the road again.

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If you have a accomplishment, I would like to feature you in an upcoming Motivational Monday post:

  • Email a photo to represent your accomplishment to: [email protected].
  • Please include a brief (3-7 sentence) description of your accomplishment.
  • If you have a blog please include the link in the email.

Until next time…

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Just Checking In..

What’s up Goal Crushers!

I hope you that you had a happy and safe New Years. For most of us, the New Year signifies a fresh start. I personal believe that you don’t have to wait to the new year to start over. In my eyes, every day is a chance to do right, to go after your goals, to change your life, or to be great. Don’t let the Monday/New Year mentality hold you back from being the greatest you that you can be…

I have not been around for a while so thought I would check in and let you know what is going on with me.

This past week I had to make a very tough decision and that was to withdraw from the 2015 Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston Marathon Team.  It was a hard decision and I’m kicking myself for it because It’s one my dreams to run the Boston but I don’t think 2015 was the year for me to run it, so it’s now a dream deferred.

I had my reasons though… 2 car accidents; one in January another in October and now this mystery stomach pain that haven’t been resolved.  It’s safe to say that I had a rough 2014. Even though I felt like I made the right decision by withdrawing, a part of me feels guilty. As if I should have had more faith in the situation and myself that things are going to work out.  Have you ever felt like that?

Besides being stagnant with my fitness and running injured, my 2014 wasn’t all that bad.  I received a master’s degree, I bought a house, and I officially started my public speaking business.  Those are great milestones so I really can’t complain… That much 😉

As far as this blog is concerned, I’m struggling with posting on a consistent basis… It was something that I was good at doing but now it’s like pulling teeth.  I feel like I don’t have much to say if I’m not actually running. Many of my family and friends told me to write about how much it sucks being injured but I’m not the complaining type. So I just go through the motions… I know I said that I was going to do better but my actions haven’t proved it yet. So I joined a writing group and hopefully it will spark my interest for writing again… I think it’s what I need to get the ball rolling…

I know I’m a work in progress and I want to thank all you for your support. Whether it’s a comment, a message on Facebook or a tweet I appreciate all your love and patience as I try to work through some of this stuff. I’m taking it a day at a time that’s all I can do right about now.

I’ll talk to you guys soon

Chase Values. Crush Goals …300 Pounds and Running

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

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!