Lost motivation

So apparently health is boring. I have lost most motivation. I didn't get fat. But I really need to revisit my quest to move from fat to fit. I got less fat. Didn't quite get to fit

I will work on it

Real gym

Went to Blackburn training center last Thursday. It was great. James was attentive. A little pushy, but the way he supposed to be. 5 circuits of exercises I could follow. I was extremely sore 2 days and then a little sore 2. He soreness deterred me from working out. I need to increase my drive. If I want it. I really need to want it. 

He was pricey and I think he tried to sneak on personal training as part of his rate. I have heard a ton of positive stuff about him and some not great things. I will say he knows his stuff. I do feel if I signed up and went 5 days a week I would get incredible results. 

My hang up sounds like an excuse but I don't think I can commit for 5 a week and his rate is way to high if I only go 3. 

The next stop is wow for cheap discount stuff. And then just have the wolf wrote me little daily routines. That will probably happen thuraday. I will keep you posted 

Still trying to get my stride. 

Gleny

Forgot how hard insanity was

After way too long off. I did some pure cardio today.  20mins. Then 20mins of run. 1.5 miles. Then did a baby pyramid of push ups and sit ups in the attic. 3.5.7. Now on the way to the pool for some tan and laps

Back at it for this fat guy. 

After the 5k

Been on a little slack. Slide. Only exercise twice a week

It is shameful. Need to get back on the fit train. 

Race tomorrow

So I went last nite to the avon first aid building and picked up my race packet. It is my first race packet and I really felt good. Ya know. There is no turning back now. And I will run this race. I am setting my goal at 35 minutes. I feel I can beat that and I feel that is a respectful time. 

I am starting to feel healthy now. I am not sure if I mentioned before that I have had really high blood pressure for like 4 years. Tried meds a bit. Then I went off them. I tried diet too. And really the only that works is exercise and smart eating. I cut as much salt as possible and since I have been exercising 20-30 mins a day for 3 weeks. I have had zero signs. 

I finally feel chubby and not fat. It is very exciting. Thank you to all of those that have been supportive. And I can't wait to out run the wolf tomorow!

Homework came in.

So while texting with my motivational life coach. I mentioned a few of my plans for training up until the 5k race on the 31st. I got in reply this... 

Apparently I had a schecule already worked out. Kind of classic. So this is my next 2 weeks. If you need me. I will be out there moving

Gleny

5k

May 31st is going to be my first 5k race. Avon. Come run with me. Come cheer me on. The thought of running the race was a little scary. I know it shouldn't be. But it was. The wolf says I can do it, if I really want to. 

I ran 6 days in a row, taking today off just to be stretch day. My legs and parts all feel great. So next week I will do it again. Pushing the speed some. I am changing my mindset by changing my body. It is early in my journey. But I like it

See ya out there

Soon to be ex-fat guy

Gleny

Hump day

So starting 3 days ago, the weather got warm enough and I have taken to the boardwalk. I am trying to run. I have been doing 2 miles in a little over 30minutes. 

It had been going well. I am not sure if a 5k is in my future yet. Although there is one in 2 weeks that I am interested in. 

In fat to fit news, I got a new pair of running shoes and some shorts that fit

I wore them today and got my first honk from a person in their car! Go me

Move. 

Smile

And I will see you out there 

Jog?

The wolf took me for a jog. Like 2 miles. Walk and jog. Walk and jog. It was good. Learned I need to land softer. And keep the arms loose. I will go again

Keep doing some thing. 

Gleny

Little inspiration video

http://youtu.be/MNL_DAI19_I

Yesterday's tiny victory

We have like 9 foot ceilings at work. A helium balloon was up there and the Mexicans couldn't reach it. The kitchen manager I can't start asked if I could get it. Like half snide. I said I doubt it. Cuz it is higher than my jump range. But I squatted down a little and did a jump. I got to it with ease. It was kind of funny. And also a tiny victory

This journey from fat to fit is really interesting to me personally. From emotions to pain. Hang on kids. We are atill just getting started

Week 4 of insanity started today. I had some personal business and working all day. So I skipped it. But I will be back tomorrow. 

After the 60 days. I think I am going to join a cheap gym to get the fellowship and take some classes.  I will probably keep doing home stuff. Just cuz it is easy to do the warm up and 20 mins of cardio or core jumping shit right at home some days. 

See ya out there

2 week fit test results

I made it 2 weeks folks.. my knee isn't as sore as I thought it was going to be.. my bp hasn't spiked once.. so far so good. Here are my fit test results;

switch kicks - up 24%

power jacks - up 67%

power knees- up 75%

power jumps - up 33%

globe jumps- up 166%

suicide jumps - up 150%

push-up jacks - up 45%

low plank obliques - up 48%

so the week 2 fitness test went amazing.. it was on of those no shit moments.. I missed 2 days in the 2 weeks, and had 2 rest days, i probably had 3 bad days of eating.. just to be honest; eating healthy isn't easier or less work, but I feel a lot better.

I am going for 2 more.. I told myself if I did it for 2 weeks and got results, I would do it for 2 more.. hell, if they go up again, I will do it for the whole 60 days

anyways..
2 weeks further away from out of shape, and closer to health.

Meal prep

I have no idea why half-assed gym complain about meal prep. It is just math folks. If you were to cook healthy everyday. Like grill meat on a Forman grill for instance. It would take you 7 mins a meal. Not to mention unloading and sorting side dishes. Even Rachel ray is looking at a 10min prep per meal. You make 10 meals at one time. Takes an hour to bake chicken, while that is going on, you make salads and put in containers. You are easily done that in 90. And then the test of the week you can just eat.

Watch a tv show while you do it. Or the news. And you are just saving time. 

If you are one of those prep mini meal types. The same shit is true. Probably more so. Cooking baked sweet potatoes one at a time is just dumb. You kind of have to meal prep that shit. And you wanna cook brown rice each meal. 

Anyways. I don't really post meal prep photos or post about them. I figured I would just get it out of the way

Ps. 

I had a mega shitty nite last nite so I moved my rest day to today. But will work out Sunday. And Monday is my 2 week insanity fit test. I think there will be some results

today was a puke day

so today's cardio was tough.. like really tough.. i get til about 3 minutes left in the 40 minute work out and had to go to the bathroom and puke.. tears all down my face.. anyways.. it really made me dizzy.. i am debating on buying a heart monitor... next Monday i buy that and a jump rope..

but I am still going..
i think the pain is supposed to be part of this fucking process..

Mondays

Ok. I woke up today an hour before my alarm. Sunday was kind of a no good Sunday. So I just wanted to sleep some. 

So I reset my alarm. It goes off again and I do the math to make sure I have time to work out, shower and get to work on. After the math I reset alarm again. I really did not want to work out. 

But it went off. I wiped the croutons out of my arms and i did the damn working. Power cardio. Afterwords I had to rush thru my shower all panting. I am now at work. Waiting to reap the benefits if forcing myself thru today's unwanted work out. 

I then realize there is no benefit to one day. That all the days suck. But I am going to get in shape dispite it. 

Rest day

My 7th day. So me and god are resting

Plus metric?

Oh, you mean plyometrics. Today was day 6 of my insanity. I am not going to lie, when I do these exercises it looks more like mild crazy then insanity. And Belive you, me. I know what that looks like. Anyways. 

If you are asking yourself what hell that means, you are not alone. So here is an excerpt from wiki ;

Plyometrics, also known as "jump training" or "plyos", are exercises based around havingmuscles exert maximum force in as short a time as possible, with the goal of increasing both speed and power. This training focuses on learning to move from a muscle extensionto a contraction in a rapid or "explosive" way, for example with specialized repeated jumping.^[1] Plyometrics are primarily used byathletes, especially martial artists and high jumpers,^[2] to improve performance,^[3] and are used in the fitness field to a much lesser degree. 

A little clip art lady doing something plyometric. Basically it is hard. Up and down. Lots of jumping. LAND SOFT. that is all I know so far. The issue is 200lb geeks do not land soft. And if anyone knows where my core is, please email it to me, cuz my balance is embarassing. 

Does cardio always end this way

I am new to all exercise. I am extra new to cardio. As a recovering fat guy when my body would get close to a target heart rate, I would just stop. This 30 minutes of cardio bullshit is extreme.

It is day 5 of exercise and I promised to not hold back on the truth. Today ended with me face down on the hardwood floor. Sweaty and panting like a fish out of a fishbowl. I had to rewind back the 7 mins I lost trying to find my lungs and redo the cool down stretches

Well until tomorrow,

Your fish outta water

Gleny 

Day 4

Today was day 4

Day 3. Of Gleny's insanity

So last year I pushed myself with diet for 1 month. I lost about 30lbs. That was in nov 2012. Then I kind of coasted thru 2013. Now that it is 2014. For the last 3 months. I have been eating right and 3 days ago I started "insanity". Those work out DVDs. This one is interval training. And I have decided to use my blog. Which was once about only tits and ass to be about my personal journey trying to be healthy. Now there will occasionally still be tits and ass. But you should just download the Gleny.com app for that. Haha

So "insanity" is a 60 day program. But I am just totally committing for the first 14. I have never worked out before. But I am making myself do 14 days. Today my legs hurt. But the first 3 days didn't break me. 

I will take some before photos. So that we can see the transformation. And I might even post a video here and there of my struggle for health. I am hoping that most of you will be supportive and I hope a few try being healthy with me. I want to show you that you can still have fun, be crazy and live healthy. Well that is my goal

My Fit Test

I am not going to post my fit test numbers here now, but I will be taking it again in 2 weeks and 2 weeks after that.. so if my progress isn't that embarrassing, I will share the results with you.

A little big about this blog, I am not a writer , nor am I at all fit.. I am really quite out of shape.. for the last 3 months and the turn of this year, I have really been battling a year of bad judgment and eating. I tried running on the treadmill. I ran about 1.25 miles a day for 4 days one week, and like 3 times the next 2 weeks in February.  I was awful. I would kid myself and I think I was doing well. I really wasn't. But April came and I got a little more inspiration and had another moment of clarity. I don't want to be out of shape any longer and I will try different things until I figure out something that works for me.

Welcome to Snarky Fitness

Just a little spot online I can talk about my journey from fat to fit.