Day 118, 247 to go

On day 110, I weighed-in at 358.

I had gained 5 lbs that week.

Worst week ever.


Weigh-ed in today.

I'm 350 lbs.

I lost those 5 I'd gained and 3 more.

I've lost a total of 70 lbs now.


I went shopping for new clothes last weekend.

My jeans have gone down 3 sizes.

My shirts have dropped one size.

I love this!!


So I have 30 more lbs to lose to get to 100 lbs lost.

I'm thinking I can do 15 lbs per month fairly easily.

That will put me at 320 lbs at the end of February.

Then hopefully I'll be at around 275 when we go to Mexico in June for Juan's birthday!!

Day 108, 257 to go

100 lbs by mid-January might be a tougher than I thought.

Only lost 1 pound last week.

Total of 67 lost.

I weight 353 now.

33 lbs away from 100 lost.


I hope to get to 70 lbs lost by New Years.

Maybe 75 lbs.


Over the weekend, I hung out with some friends I hadn't seen since my birthday.

I've lost about 50 lbs since I'd seen them.

My friend's girlfriend kept calling me "skinny bitch" cause I looked so different to them.

Its cool to see that reaction from people I haven't seen in a while.

Day 100, 265 to go

100 days.

I didn't think I could last this long.


Weighed in on Friday.

Lost another 3 lbs for a total of 66 lbs lost.

I weigh 354 now.


I went to a high school alumni football game on Saturday.

Saw some friends and acquaintances that I haven't seen in a long time.

To them, I haven't lost any weight.

I actually gained about 100 lbs after high school.

To these old friends, I'm still about 40 lbs heavier than I was at graduation.

It was a nice mini-reunion.


My 10 year high school reunion is still 3 years away.

I hope to be around 200 lbs by then.

I haven't weighed 200 lbs since junior high.


Gotta start small though.

Need to be at 320 or less by August 31, 2010.

I'm 34 lbs away from that.

Think I can make it?

Can I get to 300 by then?



Still can't believe its been 100 days already.

I wanna say thanks to Joe Breezy and Just Matt for their help.

I had no idea what I was doing when I set out to do this and these guys have shown me the way.

Also wanna thank my best friend Julie for her support.

She lives a couple hours away so we dont see each other that often.

But when we do, the look on her face when she sees me is one of the reasons I'm doing this.

I'm bettering (is that a word?) myself and I know it.

Day 92, 273 to go

It felt REALLY good to get back in the gym today.

I haven't gone in 2 weeks because I was sick.


Since I didn't weigh in on Friday, I got on the scale today.

Lost another 8 lbs for a total of 63 lbs lost.

I weigh 357 now.


I'm 37 lbs away from losing 100 lbs.

Today makes exactly 3 months that I've been doing this.

I'd love to lose that 37 by New Years but thats only 1 month.

Realistically, I could do it by mid January.

That would be 100 lbs lost in 5 months.


Then 100 more to go after that...

Day 87, 278 to go

I've been sick for like 2 weeks now.

I've heard you can lose a lot of weight when you're sick.

And I did.

I lost 9 lbs last week.

That put me at 55 lbs lost.

I'm at 365 lbs now.


I can't believe I got halfway to my goal so fast.

I did in less than 3 months, what I'd planned to do in 6 months.


The downside to being sick is not going to the gym.

I went on Friday and weighed in then tried to workout.

After two excercises, I almost passed out.

I started feeling better today so I hope I can get back into it next week.


So I have 45 lbs to go to get to my first goal.

Think I can do it by the end of February?

That would be 6 months from when I started, 3 months from now...

Day 79, 286 to go

I only lost HALF a pound last week.

So lame.


I haven't been eating cheat meals.

I've been eating very clean.

Breezy said I HAD to eat a cheat meal over the weekend.

So I had pizza on Sunday.


I've got a pretty bad flu that's got me all messed up.

I haven't been able to make it to the gym.

I went to the doctor's today.

When they weighed me, I was 372.5 lbs.

That's 1.5 lbs lost since Friday.

Hopefully I can add more to that by this Friday.

Day 72, 293 to go

I lost another 4.5 lbs last week!

I've lost 45.5 lbs in less than 3 months.

I expected to reach 50 lbs in 6th months.

I've done it in half the time.

I'll hit 50 lbs before Thanksgiving.

If I keep up at this pace, I'll lose 100 lbs by March... 6 months early.


I'm keeping up with my sobriety.

Haven't had a drink since Halloween night.

Won't drink again until New Years Eve.

This is gonna help me lose weight so much faster!


I've realized I need new clothes.

My belt needs ANOTHER hole.

My jeans fall straight down.

My shirts feel huge.

I'm gonna try to salvage some stuff from the back of my closet but I'll probably end up buying all new stuff.

Its a great problem to have.


I just thought of something.

If I can lose 50 lbs in 3 months, I could get 150-200 lbs lost by my next birthday.

Holy crap! That would be awesome.

One goal at a time though.

Get rid of this first 100 lbs... then we'll go from there.

Day 65, 300 to go

I only lost 1 pound last week.

But I know what did it.

I drank WAY too much alcohol and missed my workout Monday morning.


I started my sobriety on Sunday.

No alcohol until New Years Eve.


I'm probably gonna workout twice a day this week.

Maybe next week too.


So its 41 lbs lost. I'm at 379 lbs now.

Day 58, 307 to go

I've lost 40 lbs!

I had another weigh-in last week and lost 6 more lbs.

I've got less than 3 days til my next weigh-in.


I'm 10 lbs away from being halfway to my first goal.

I didn't think I'd hit 50 lbs until New Years.

At this pace, I could lose 50 lbs by Thanksgiving!


My jeans are too big.

I've had to make 2 holes in my belt to pull it tighter.

I'm fitting into shirts I haven't worn in a year because they were too tight.

GREAT PROBLEMS TO HAVE!


When I get to 50 lbs lost, I'll take a progress pic and compare them.

Hopefully that'll be in the next 2-3 weeks.

Day 52, 313 to go

I've decided to make another big change.


Last night on The Biggest Loser, I heard a trainer tell a contestant "...and NO alcohol!"

I wonder if I should give that a shot.


Think about it...

I went sober for 40 days a while back.

My first 2 weeks of working out were in those 40 days.

I lost more weight per week than after I started drinking again.

That might help me get to my goal faster if I hold off on the booze.


So I'm going for it.

I'll be sober November 1st to December 31st.

2 months.


I need to lose another 16 lbs to get to 50 lbs lost by NYE.

Thats a little under 2 lbs per week that I need to lose.

Im already doing 2 lbs a week now.

If I stop drinking, maybe I can get to 3 or 4 lbs per week.


50 lbs lost by New Years Eve...

No alcohol til New Years Eve.


Bring it.

Day 47, 318 to go

I made a big mistake on Sunday.

I went over to a friend's house and had hella pizza and beer.

That totally screwed me up for today's weigh in.


I lost 1.5 lbs this week.

A pound and a half.

LAME.


I've lost 34 lbs so far, putting me at 386 lbs.

I've gotta step it up this week.

NO MORE PIZZA!!!

Day 41, 324 to go

I had another weigh-in on Friday.

I didn't think I'd lose even 2 lbs like had the 2 weeks prior.

On Wednesday, we had a pizza lunch for a new artist at work.

Pizza is my favorite food EVER.

And its not that great for you.

I couldn't resist. I had at least 4 slices of pizza.

I was so pissed at myself afterwards.

I knew that I was gonna blow my chance at losing weight this week.


Our workouts hadn't been that great this week either.

We're doing supersets on MWF and I'm doing cardio on my own on Tuesday and Thursday.

Matt and Breezy had both been absent for a couple days and I could feel myself getting lazy.


Apparently I did something right.

I lost 5 lbs this week.

Lost 5 lbs after having lame workouts and eating hella pizza...

WTF?

Breezy says its because I've been eating so clean that it was actually GOOD for my body to be like "OMG PIZZA!" and start working to break it down.


So now I've lost 32.5 lbs total and I'm 387.5 lbs now.

Day 36, 329 days to go

I weighed-in on Friday.

Lost another 2.5 lbs for a total of 27.5 lbs.

I now weigh 392.5 lbs.


I set one of the cable machines at 27.5 lbs and pulled it.

I can't believe I've LOST that much weight.

I can't believe I used to carry that around with me.

But I still have a lot more to go.


I wanted to go do some cardio on Saturday at the 24 Hour by my house.

Didn't work out that way.


I partied pretty hard this weekend.

I drank a lot but didn't eat too bad.

I had fries with a turkey sandwich saturday morning.

Also had a small bag of chips with a sandwich saturday night.

Not too bad, but I still shouldn't have ate them... especially the chips.


My pants are getting really loose.

I've made one new notch on my belt to make it tighter.

I'll have to make another one by the end of this week.

Day 31, 334 to go

Watched the Biggest Loser last night.

That show makes me wanna work so much harder.

But I hate when they have challenges where its like "eat this crap and you'll get a reward".

Then some dumb contestant eats like 4 cupcakes for a reward thats not even worth it.


Matt is going out of town for a few days so it'll be just me and Breezy at the gym.

Breezy wanted to take today off so I was by myself this morning.

I did an hour on the treadmill non-stop.

My feet hurt sooooooooooooo bad afterwards.

They still kinda hurt now.

I feel like I really pushed myself to do it though.

I felt great afterwards, besides my feet.


Tomorrow we're gonna do super-sets of shoulders and legs then chest on Friday.

Gotta keep haulin' ass til the weigh-in!

I'm hoping for a 5 pound loss this week.

Day 26, 339 to go

Had another weigh-in today.

I was hoping for another 7 lbs.

That would make me 390 lbs and 30 lbs lost.

Not even close...

I lost 2 lbs this week.

I'm 395 lbs and 25 lost.


I'm bummed out but I know I shouldn't be.

I knew this was gonna happen but not so soon.


Maybe its not the plateau.

Maybe it was just a bad week.

I dunno.

But I'm gonna bust my ass next week for sure.

This 2 lbs a week shit has gotta go.


I picked up a 25 pound weight at the gym to see what it felt like.

I've lost that much weight.

That's not light.


25 pounds are gone.

My clothes are bigger.

I feel better.


25 more pounds to drop by New Years then 50 more after that by August 31, 2010.


I am soooooo there.

Day 24, 341 to go

I watched the Biggest Loser last night.

They were trying to beat the "Week 2" curse.

Generally in their 2nd week, they start to slow down.

That means they lose a lot less than they did before.

Some even gain weight.

Last night, no one gained and they all surpassed their Week 2 goals.

That gave me so much encouragement to get to my goals.


Today at the gym, we hauled ass.

We did "supersets".

Its where you work on two seperate body parts at the same time.

We did legs and shoulders.

I got really out of breath and sweat a lot...

...and I LOVED IT!

I felt like I did more today than on any day since I started.

It was quick and continuous.

I felt like I was actually accomplishing something.

My right shoulder is acting up again but it always does on our shoulder days.


One thing that was kind of a downer was this really bitchy chick next to us.

While we were on a leg machine, she kept asking to get on ours.

We had told her twice that we were gonna be done soon and out of her way.

I was last in our rotation and as I was about to do my last set, she asked again very rudely.

I told her I had one more set and we'd be done with it.

And she got pissy and stomped away.


When I'm at the gym, I'm there for one reason: to better myself.

I would hope everyone else is there for the same reason.

If someone else is on a machine that I want to use, I'm not gonna bitch and moan when I can't get on it.

I would encourage them to continue with their workout and I can do something else until its available.

I'm not going to bitch at someone to rush thru their routine or get out of my way.

Thats SO fucking rude. ARGH!

It pisses me off thinking about it now.

Whatever.


I'm not there for anyone but me.

And "me" feels pretty awesome.

Day 22, 343 to go

I had a cheat meal yesterday.

I totally regretted it all day.


A bunch of us went out Saturday night and crashed at Gabe's house.

Sunday morning, Andi and I went to this little tacqueria around the corner.

I got a chicken burrito full of beans and rice and cheese and blah blah blah.

It was good for about 10 mins.


Not only did I physically feel like shit all day, but I knew mentally I shouldn't have eaten it.


I'm over it now, but I need to make sure I stick to apples and other fruit for my cheat meals.

Day 19, 346 to go

Wow.

Weighed in this morning.

I've lost 7 pounds since last Friday.

Lost 23 pounds in 19 days.

I weigh 397 now.

I am soooooooooo stoked about this!


Breezy and I did arms today.

We tried some exercises I haven't done yet.

It was a good day.

My arms are still tired as I type this.


I've been telling everyone at work about my weigh-in today.

I'm still amazed at what I've accomplished so far.

I wanna get to 50 lbs lost by New Years.

I have another 27 to go.

Thats 9 lbs a month for the next three months.

9 pounds a month!!


At the rate I'm going now...

... I'll drop those 27 pounds by Halloween.

Day 17, 348 to go

I'm really gonna need to cut down on the booze for this to work.

After not drinking for 40 days, I totally let loose over the weekend.

Friday night was crazy.

I wont go into details but I had a LOT of alcohol that night.

But I think being able to say no and resist it for that long will help me.

And I didn't eat any nasty fast food afterward!


I watched the season premiere of the Biggest Loser last night.

This one girl was like 470 pounds and quitting...

...in the first episode!!!!!

That really pissed me off.

So many people would love to have a workout program like the Biggest Loser to help them lose weight.

How dare she give up on the first episode!

How dare she give up at all!


Jillian explained it was a mental thing.

Your body may be tired, but your mind can push it.

I've noticed it in myself a few times at the gym.

On the treadmill, my legs will start to cramp.

My first thought is "Ok, I'll stop for a second."

But before I can, my better judgement screams "FUCK NO YOU WON'T!"

And I keep going and forget all about the pain.


I've noticed my clothes are getting bigger... does that mean I'm getting smaller?

I need to make my belt tighter cause my pants are falling off.

Looking in the mirror, I haven't noticed anything different.

Some friends told me Saturday night that they could see a difference in my face.

My next weigh in is Friday morning.

If I've lost 4 pounds, that'll put me at 400 lbs and an even 20 lost.

If I've lost more, I'll be UNDER 400 lbs.

That would kick ass.

Day 12, 353 to go

So today was my second weigh-in day.

Breezy says I should always weigh before I workout because I might add water weight.

So I did.

I was hoping to have lost another 5 pounds since last week, putting me at 406 pounds.

Today I am 404 pounds. That's 7 pounds lighter than last Friday. 16 pounds lighter than when we started.

Today is also my 25th birthday.

This is a great feeling to lose this much weight so quickly and have a party tonight.

Breezy is scared that I'm gonna plateau sooner than we thought.

I don't think I'm gonna plateau until after the first 50 pounds... hopefully.


The guys keep talking about their "cheat meals".

A cheat meal is one meal over the weekend that is not healthy.

It doesn't mean you can pig out, but you can eat something you want and not worry about how it affects your diet.

I don't like that idea at all.

I don't wanna cheat.

I'm not going thru all this to keep eating the crap I was eating before.


But I did kinda have a cheat meal on Saturday night.

Matt says I can't have fruit.

So I ate an apple.

Great cheat meal, huh?

Day 5, 360 to go

Today we did legs.

My legs are a lot stronger than I thought.

I guess its just from holding up all this weight for 25 years.

Since today was Friday, it was Weigh Day.

I'm now 411 pounds.

I've lost 9 pounds.

91 more to go!

Gonna take the weekend off.

Still eating healthy just no workouts over the weekend.

Back at it Monday morning!

Day 4, 361 to go

Today we did shoulders.

My right one is definitely still jacked up.

It was hurting pretty bad this morning but it calmed down.

I kinda like doing cardio.

I haul ass on the treadmill and crank my ipod up.

I generally get about 15 to 20 minutes in before Matt and Breezy show up.


Today at the office, Chris K was wearing his old 107.9 The End football jersey.

I have an identical one at home in a closet somewhere.

It barely fit when he gave it to me 8 years ago.

Maybe when I lose all this weight, I'll be able to fit into it again.

Barely...

Day 2, 363 to go

Just got to work.

We did arms today at the gym. Mine are sore now.

Breezy took some "before" pics of me yesterday afternoon.

I can't wait to see the "after" pics.

I got to the gym early today and hopped on the treadmill.

I put it on a speed a little faster than I normally walk.

I got out of breath pretty quick like I thought I would.

But I didn't stop. I kept going and I got a 2nd wind.

I sweat a lot but didn't get out of breath anymore.

It was awesome! I speed walked for about 25 mins.

After our workout, I weighed myself in the locker room.

On August 10th, I weighed 420 pounds.

After changing what I eat and only 2 days of working out...

I weighed 414 today. I've lost 6 pounds.

I'm hoping to drop another 4 and be at 410 by Friday.

Breezy says we'll weigh me every Friday.


So far, so good.

Day 1, 364 to go

So there were a few minor mishaps today.

Last night I made a sandwich for today's lunch and put it in the fridge.

I forgot it when I left the house this morning.

We got right into the workout and forgot to weigh me.

I'm just gonna go with the 420 from the doctor's visit on August 10th.

We also forgot to take a "before" picture.

I told Matt that my whole life up to now has been a "before" picture.

The guys do their cardio before they get to the gym so I'm gonna start going a little earlier to get that done before they get there.

We did back muscles today.

I felt it more in my arms and thought I was doing something wrong.

The guys said I was doing it right because the back is hard to isolate so you have to use your arms.

I feel good about this.

I'm really doing this...

Went grocery shopping with Matt today.

Spent $114 bucks on food... HEALTHY food.

I was surprised at how much stuff I already liked that I could eat.

And I was pissed about some stuff that I like and can't eat.

Fruit, for example, has hella sugar in it, so I can't eat any.

FRUIT?!?! I thought fruit was healthy!

Generally yes, but not for someone trying to lose over 100 pounds.


We also went to 24 Hour Fitness in Gold River and got my membership.

As soon as we walked in the door, the chick at the counter said hi to Matt and new his name.

That REALLY impressed me.

So many people come in and out of that place, how the hell do you remember one guy's name? Especially a dork like Matt!

They had a guy named Scott walk us around and show me everything.

He asked questions about previous fitness and why I was starting now.

I told him about being fat my whole life and the doctor's visit at 420 pounds.

He seemed pretty impressed that I was so ready to make this change.

I paid my first and last months and that was it.

I am now a member of 24 Hour Fitness.


My first workout with Breezy and Matt is tomorrow morning at 8:15 am.

I'll post a "before" pic here tomorrow with some thoughts about the first day.

Losing weight without losing money

I'm trying to do this whole thing on a budget.

One reason I've never tried to eat healthy and workout is cause its so damn expensive.

Fortunately, Joe Breezy and Just Matt have offered to train me at no charge.

That's saving me a few thousand bucks.

They go to 24 Hour Fitness and the membership is like $30 a month which isn't too bad.

I've started eating healthier but thats pretty much just eating out at healthier places and making the right menu choices.

Matt is taking me grocery shopping on Sunday for stuff to eat at home.

We're going to the new "Super" WalMart on Florin Road.

Now I know WalMart isn't exactly the first place you think of when you think of fresh healthy grocery stores.

But their prices are awesome!

I wanna check out Trader Joe's but I've heard that place is CRAZY expensive.

On another note, today was my last day of physical therapy on my shoulder.

It was injured in that car accident on August 4th.

I can move it now with no pain, but the muscles are still tight and hurt when I put pressure on certain spots.

It shouldn't effect my workout... I hope.

8 days away

Breezy and Matt have been helping me to start eating better before the workout begins.

I've cut out a lot of crap like fast food. If it has a drive thru, DONT EAT IT!

I can still go to sandwich shops but get wheat bread, no mayo, no cheese, etc.

Its already making me feel better. I'm not lethargic like I used to be.

I feel more awake and aware.

I could really get used to this!

Matt and I are going next Sunday to get my gym membership and go grocery shopping.

In the beginning, there was Tommy.

I've dealt with being the fat kid my whole life.

I can remember a moment during my freshman year of high school when I was talking with a friend, a football player, about my size and how he thought I should play football.

He asked how much I weighed. I said 275. He thought I only weighed about 225.

That made me think I could hide it well.





10 years later, I was in a bad car accident. When I visited a doctor a few days later, they made me get on a scale.

I hadn't been weighed in a few years and I thought I was around 370.

I had fooled myself. The scale said I was 420 pounds.

On that day, The New Tommy G was born.

I used to make fun of people on TV that weighed this much.

I didn't think that I looked as fat as they were.

I thought "How do they get so fat? I'll never get that big. It won't happen to me."

It did happen to me. 420 pounds.


I have to make a change.

The New Tommy G is making a change.

Joe Breezy and Just Matt will be my trainers.

Our first goal is for me to drop 100 pounds in 1 year.

The workout begins August 31st...

Starting on a NEW adventure