I Ate What?!?

so . . . i have to start working on my nutrition . . . all this time i thought if i ate the right foods in whatever quantity that i was doing good . . . i cook damn near everything i can find on skinnytaste.com and eat it until i can't stuff another bite down my throat  . . . well little did i know how many calories i was consuming even if they were so-called "skinny" calories . . . the skinny recipes only work if they are eaten in the right portions . . . and boy were my portions OFF!! . . . i tracked the majority of my food consumption yesterday on my fitness pal and was shocked to see the number of calories i had consumed . . well over 700 more than my calorie goal . . . that was an eye opener . . . needless to say i broke out my measuring utensils when i packed my lunch last night to be sure that i was consuming the correct portions today and going forward . . . that $0.82 i spent at Wal-Mart on a set of measuring spoons/cups is about to be put to work . . . i entered my breakfast, snacks and lunch into the tracker for today and i have 439 calories left for dinner . . . not bad . . . a far cry from yesterdays consumption . . . i just have to stick to my meals and usually that's not a problem . . . hope there's no office birthdays today . . . . so i'm gonna give my fitness pal i fair try for about a month and see if having that tool makes a difference on my waistline . . . . i'm hoping so . . . so here's to "knowing" instead of guessing and assuming . . .  and like my good friend G.I. Joe once said . . . knowing is half the battle . . . if you are on my fitness pal . . . please add me . . . let's motivate each other :)

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Don't Call It A Comeback

It's been just about a year and i am here to say that the year i was absent has been productive . . .

July 2010 - August 2012

Exercise for me now is a necessity . . . i wake up 5-6 mornings a week at o'dark thirty and i go to the gym . . . i've completed three bodybuilding.com twelve week programs and i'm currently working on a 21 day program . . i've entered and completed my first 5K (the zombie run in october), i also completed a 10 mile run in october in just over 2 hours and i am constantly looking for more runs/obstacle courses i can get involved in.



Zombie Run October 2012

 my fear of exercise is almost non-existent . . . i still struggle with challenging myself with weightlifting but i am getting better  . . . now this year my focus is on my intake . . . nutrition is the biggest part of weightloss/healthy living and if i ever want to meet my goal of a slamming physique then i know i have to do better in that department . . . i mean the abs aren't just gonna magically appear . . . i've wished upon a star for that too many times so now i know i have to work for it.



Goal Physique - Current Body

 I'm also gonna try this blogging again . . . if i blog about my eating habits maybe it will help keep me accountable . . . i know i'm not good at doing some things everyday like taking pills and checking voicemails but if i can make exercise a part of my daily life then i can do anything.

1996 - 2012

I've been on this journey a looooooong time and i think after all this time i'm finally on the path to getting it right . . . about two years ago a lady read my palm and told me that i would live to be 90 - 95 years old . . . when she said it i looked at her like she was crazy but the more i get involved with this healthy lifestyle thing, the more i begin to believe it might actually happen. hell i never thought i would run ten miles in one cardio session and i did that . . . . living to be 95 just might be a piece of cake :)