Spirituality and FItness

Healthy is the new Thin.

My Profile

  • Name: Spirit of Fitnes
  • City: Chicago
  • Region: Illinois
  • Country: United States

My Weight Loss

Height: 177.8cm
Start weight: 274.00lb
Current weight: 234.00lb
Goal weight: 170.00lb
Lost to date: 40.00lb
Remaining: 64.00lb

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The Struggle to keep it safe

I am working on keeping this as up to date.  Today exercise was a warm up and cooking, I spent over 2 hours cooking for the co-workers, and no one ate it.  It probably doesn't help that I arrived an hour late. 

Food today:
1 can of Starbucks Coffee
1 large protein milk drink
1 super wrap consisting of turkey, turkey bacon, easy miracle whip, Romaine, and low fat cheese. 
1 cup of coffee with egg nog, it is the holidays.
Air, and lots of it. 

Oh well, tomorrow is Yoga, martial arts, and probably mowing the lawn.  I cannot beat that. 

A new fuel found

I am enjoying a great night, and I am trying to be more like the role model of Nothin' Hangin" and post everyday or nearly there abouts.  So on with the posting...

Today, I enjoyed a morning warm-up before work, (I felt like I was on speed all day at work), Sat with the dog for a while (there will be numerous mentions of the 11lb. wonder), Went to an hour of yoga, then to an hour and a half of martial arts.  It would have been better, though my work schedule has changed, and I am not used to being awake by an alarm yet.  All in All a good fitness day. 

Food log I would type it in, though I cook and prepare most of my food.  Food from a package has always seemed so "uninvolved".  Here is the food list.
Morning snack 1: protein milk concoction
Morning snack 2: second verse same as the first. 
Real food 1:  I enjoyed Naan  bread  with turkey bacon  (11lb. wonder did as well).
Real food 2: A turkey wrap with romaine lettuce, low fat munster cheese, turkey bacon, and a wrap that may as well be eating a scouring pad (tasty though). 

Before you ask me what diet I am on, I am not on a diet, I am eating the way that I lost the most weight the last time I was seriously injured.  I do that to my self; injure weight gain, and lose repeat. 

Off to dream, tomorrow anew and all that.

edit: I missed a cup of coffee in the food list.  It had 1% milk in it.  I am trying to be a purest here. 

Up from the Ashes

I guess it was a good thing that I did not always post on here.  I also guess that I should tell a little about me instead of being nothin' hangin' s lurker.  I figure some one has seen the name and there are a surprising number of no posts available. 

The name sake comes from the Jerry Lynch series of books (working out, working within, the Tao of Fitness et al).  I am a spiritual person (I am not a christain however, no offense it is just not my path in life).  I spend time taking care of family, studying and currently avoiding halloween candy. 

As for activities, I have tried every magic bullet available.  The best is hard work.  I have been thinner in the past, and I need to return to that mind set to do so.

I am on here to lose a staggering 100 lbs or drop to a size 32 waist.  I have an endomorphic body type, (I can gain lots of muscle, though scaling down in nigh impossible).  If I can do this, my mother has vowed to lose a hundred as well.  He is to hope.  If anyone feels that they can support me in this attempt, they are more than welcome. 

I thank you for reading, and good luck to you. 
SoF

First Weigh In

Ok, so I have had a modicum of success, (I actually held 7 lbs above my head in triumph), and the first thing that I have been asked is how I have done this.  It is not as easy as writing in the blog, in fact I have had lots accomplished away from the computer entirely.  I have been rearranging furniture all last week, according to the workout sheet it is like 1K cal/hour.  I have had sweat dripping on most days last week.  I threw away around 8 bags of garbage from the move and donated about 3 loads to good will, with more on the way.  I was also at the gym 4 days, and took 2 yoga classes, one with a friend. 

This is the hard week, after a week of going almost non-stop, how do you continue the pace?  I threw my self out of my rhythm last night, and today is getting myself back on track. 

I am away for this weeks weigh in, though I will be around for a post or two to let anyone reading know how things are going.

Steve

Introduction and using a new tool

I have always been a bigger, It has never been a real issue as all the people around me have been bigger.  I have just lost the second Family member to heart related issues.  My priorities are to lose around a 100 lbs.  I will be using this to keep track, as it does better than I do. 

Thanks for reading

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