December 7th a bump in the road

my trip to Baltimore was flawless - however - my return home was a very slow turn to the dark side.

It is very cold here - I seem to be in some hibernatorial state where I am trying to eat more carbs and pack it on. This is totally unconscious - even against my will. Such a strange sensation - out of control.

What I remember is that I can start right now and do it. I can have a masterpiece tomorrow - I promise that I am going to work out and follow directions. I know what I want for the holidays. Thanks Brain - Go Team Go!

November 30 - Day 38

Today I asked Brian to be my team mate again for four weeks.

I weighed 152 on May 30 - I weighed 166 on November 30. I am not consumed with the weight - but with every business trip I see it creep up and then I work it back down - rinse repeat. I am pretty happy around 155 and look great. I think I can crack back to 15? pretty quickly - fun to work with Brian. I also missed writing.

I went out and did the day 36 work out - Not too much problem as I have done an OK job working out. I did experience the great feeling of asking for help and being willing. Awesome - just ask and a community emerges.

I am going to Baltimore tomorrow and working there until Saturday. I am going to do the best I can. Good kismit that the day 36 e-mail is about travel and odd days. I think I can get teh cardio, core, and pushups in and stay pretty close to the diet.

Go Team Go

Watson

August 20

fun pushup sets and running
I have been doing fun push up sets - all you need is the curb on the street
I do a set of incline 25 this week - I would like to see if I could get to 50
Then I go for my run
When I get back as I am cooling down I get parrallel to the street - one hand on the curb and one hand on the street and do what seem like lopsided pushups 0 I then go to the other side of the street and repeat -
The final set in a decline set
Then I do 8MA and am done

Good stuff

Go Team GO!

Aug 17th

Back in the saddle
WHEW - after a summer of traveling I got back....and was heavier and more tired

I decided to jump back into pcp mode.

I started on week 30 something and put the clear sheet on the fridge - bang! Away I go.

Working out is a little less maniacal than before. I am happy to say that my body is responding beautifully.

go team go!

an afirmation

After close to four weeks on the road I am a little softer and a little heavier.

Today is a great day to work out and eat well.

I had a wonderful meeting with Brian in Princeton.

Affirmation - I want to be a better person

Awesome

Go Team Go!

Day 91 or Day next

new pics are up - I am Complete.

Day 90 A * Running To -or- Running From

This is the tree that I stared at while jumping for the last 90 days. You may be able to see a single leaf. That is what I stare at while jumping - trying to get an empty mind. That tree was the closest I came to a training partner. I am surprised that my stare did not bore a hole in to the tree...I would really lock into that leaf.

Today has been great. I woke up early...I was fixated on the weigh in. After some plumbing challenges and doing the Day 5 workout I hit the scale. 152 and 83 percent muscle. I was giddy as I updated my graph. WOW - I was consistent.

Jan 3 - 191 - 69% (I started training then)

March 1 - 176 -72% PCP Starts

April 1 - 166 - 74%

May 1 - 157 - 77%

May 28 - 152 -83% PCP complete

I have lost 39 pounds and gained 14% muscle in 5 months. A Wonderful thing...powerful...miraculous...the outcome? I got out what I put in!

After I ate breakfast - I kind of stuck with my pattern I put on my running stuff and went out to rerun a 10 K I had run on Jan 23rd. I wanted to see how I would do. I am in much better shape and 30 pounds lighter. However - I was no faster. HMMMM...why? Well we know that we get out what we put in. I did no training to get faster. It was just easier on my body. I was certainly surprised.

During the run I though about what the past 90 days mean. I kept asking myself I am I running toward my future -or- away from my past? It is really a combination of both. They are powerful motivators.

However, I think as I go to day 91 more of the answer needs to be that i am running toward something. I am putting more of the things that I want and that make my life better into each day. Today I feel strong about the critical mass of confidence and fitness...how they work together.

After the run I did stop and have a cookie and real coffee. Then back to a more PCPish lunch and snack. There is more fruit and almonds in the future. And fewer egg whites.

Alex - thanks for reminding me about youth and promise
Abby - thanks for reminding me how to roll with life's changes and how we can learn to love something (jumping)...Go to France! Quick while you can.
Ren - Thanks for the powerful blogging and working out. And WOW - really... thanks for helping my graph to happen. It made a difference for me.
Brian - Thanks for being such a good writer. What an inspiration you are.

Patrick - Thanks for thinking of others when you discovered this. Powerful stuff.

I should put up my last pictures soon.

Go Team Go!