17.2 got me like

Did 17.2 Monday and I am still wrecked. I skipped the gym yesterday but went in today. I feel wrecked, tomorrow do some mobility and hopefully Friday I will have kicked this damn cold and feel up to doing 17.3 after I do childcare at the gym. Not much really else to say, need to focus on diet more. Been fucking that off a little and still sliming down slightly... I can and will do better.

I really hate titles

Each time I make a post I think, why the fuck do I have to title this shit, I just want to ramble about my week. I have been really tired all week, took a cheat or two, but I am ok with that. I am leaning out, still fat, but that's ok too. I know this will take awhile to do right. I have been on the road for about 6 years now as it is, up and down, back up, down and then I quit smoking so I gained again. 1.5 years later I am shedding the 60lbs I put on when I quit. BTW I really hate that the blog wont separate my paragraphs, ANYHOW. I have no idea what I weigh right now, and I don't care, I know its lower and I know my clothes are fitting better. Those size 34 jeans in my dresser are calling, I am close. This week was hard, I wont lie, I am tired and sore as fuck. 3 weeks of 5 days a week. Next week more of the same. I am loving the consistency.

Nutrition challenge info and Instagram

So here is a link to my Instagram where I post my workouts. https://www.instagram.com/dadsgetfitjourney/ We are on the 3rd week of the nutrition challenge at the gym. I am feeling pretty decent, a little more tired than normal, but I know I have lost inches. How do I know? Well my 2XL shirts are getting really baggy and my XLs fit a little better but still remind me that I have work left to do. You know cause the belly jiggling around after my workout didn't give that away! I took my scale into the gym for safe keeping until the challenge is over. I found myself weighing myself too often and we all know that those #s fuck with ones head. I am not going to weigh myself until I step back into the bodyfattest.com truck in 6.5 more weeks. We all did the test 10/4/2016, I weighed 263.6, lean Lb 176.75, fat lb 86.85 and 32.9% fat. I am 72.25 inches tall, 39 years old.

Brat Trot with the family.

The weight loss journey still continues

So, its been a really long time since I made my last post, seems I lost track of my blog till today when Facebook showed me my memories. Man life has really flown by, 2 kids now, 10 and 6 year old boys. We have moved to a new house, changed schools for the boys. I am still a stay at home Dad, which I am really good at. I quit smoking and gained everything and an extra 20 lbs I never had before in my life. At my heaviest after quitting smoking I hit 290, in the last year I dropped that down to 270 and in the last 2 weeks I have dropped that even further to under 260. I have been doing crossfit for about 3 years now, battled a few injuries, one because of the gym and 2 others cause I am who I am lol. Lately I feel like I have hit a new gear on my training, diet and life habits. Previous to this last year I spent the better part of 2 years removing the negative people who I had allowed to infest my life. Removing the poison from your life is a very difficult task, losing friends you've had for years is really hard, but I knew in my heart and mind that allowing myself to be around those behaviors and types of people were only dragging me down. I have since surrounded myself with quality people who seem to genuinely like, care and are invested in me. I find that to be really weird and comforting at the same time. I truly enjoy my life so much more now that I don't feel like I need to be someone I am no. Being who I am around the people in my life, them accepting that and me accepting that its ok for me to be who I am. No one expects anything else. My resolve is strong I will conquer.

new workouts

So I bought a kettlebell and a dvd, going to start that probably tomorrow. I also bought this
http://theburnmachine.com/categories/Speed-Bag/ cant wait to give it a go and see how it works on my core....

32 lbs later 8lb to go