Well, its day 34 into my rebirth/fight for my life. I just want to capture some of my thoughts and share them with you.
My weigh in is on Wednesday, I have lost 34 pounds as of day 29 and am excited and hopeful that I’ve made more progress this week as I ate perfect and hit the pool 6 days this week.
I was very motivated/encouraged by my last weigh in. I still can’t see any difference and haven’t received any commentary from people I haven’t seen in awhile, so I assume its not noticeable to anyone else yet either. I suppose that’s the downfall of getting so huge.
I seem to be fully recovered from my latest hospital stint, which I’m relieved about.
I’m proud of myself for the discipline I’ve shown thus far. I’ve never, and I mean never, have gone this far without cheating on any health plan I have started in my entire life. I actually believe it is because for the first time I have a big enough reason why. I am fighting to live, I’m fighting for my son and I’m fighting to not let my friends down.
My first target was to get to 21 days as they say that’s how long it takes to develop a habit. I eat 5 x a day. I eat a lean protein, green vegetable almost every meal, I add a complex carbohydrate to two of the meals. I also use a secret liquid meal replacements once or twice a day that is one of the keys to my success. Contact me for more info on this product if you would like to lose some weight and cleanse your system.
I have felt like my cells are energized, I believe that I have eliminated toxins from my system. I have increased my lung capacity. When I started, I could inhale for four seconds, now it is eight. I attribute this to two things, one is my pool cardiovascular activity which is generally an hour plus each day. Second is two different breathing routines I do that produce the elimination of toxins, separate red blood cells, increase brain activity and give you a natural energy boost. These techniques are from Stanford and M.I.T. First one is to take a deep breath in through your nose, count how long that is(ex 4 seconds), hold it for 4x that (ex 16 seconds) then blow it out through your mouth for 2x that(ex 8 seconds) You then do that for a set of ten 3x a day. The second technique is to be done while walking or jogging. You take 4 quick breaths through nose then exhale 4 quick breaths through your mouth. Continue to do this while walking. I know that you will feel differently if you do this, guaranteed.
I can walk a little longer than I could a month ago, but not much. I can walk quicker though so, some progress but not a bunch.
I have not begun real weight training yet, just dumbbells and resistance bands so far. I’m trying to build myself up piece by piece without hurting myself.
I have been filling my head with good stuff too. I have restarted Tony Robbins Ultimate Edge program which has really helped me with strategies to improve every area of my life. I took more action in 30 days than I have in a year. I was extra juiced when several people close to me wanted the program as well. I know that 99% of the people I know, could benefit in many ways from some of the strategies taught. I get great satisfaction in providing something of worth to help others. Several of the keys for my initial success on my quest here have been from principles I learned years ago and have now reengaged from Tony Robbins. First, I created enough leverage on myself to eat right and exercise(death/son/friends) I am grateful every day for my blessings instead of lamenting about what I don’t have. I visualize my goals everyday. I also have stopped procrastinating and have taken action everyday. Just to name a few. So many folks think a program like this is positive thinking, it’s not, it is information and real strategies on how to improve every area of your life.
We had put in an application to the A+E show Heavy, and got to phase 2 until the network put on hold production of season 2. While disappointed that we are not doing show, I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to afford a personal trainer at some point, because I believe that is where I would’ve received the greatest benefit of being on the show…intense physical training with a trained eye pushing you. At least I learned some new stuff like creating a video and how to use you tube.
My only real negative that I haven’t made significant progress on is that I am still having real trouble with my son’s evil mother who has not let me speak to him in 5 weeks now and only let me see him once in last 3 months. She won’t answer my calls or return my texts. I pray for her every day to soften her heart because not only is she hurting me, but she is damaging my son. It hurts that I’ve put myself in a position in my life to allow this to happen. Money solves a lot of things in this world, especially when that’s all that some people care about. My only positive on this is that I am not letting these setbacks consume me like they have in the recent past which led to destructive behavior like depression, eating poorly and not exercising. Instead I am using it as fuel in my fight to quickly get healthy so I can be productive to earn enough money for lawyers and to buy this evil person out.
Poker wise, I’m pretty bummed as I’m out of the game right now. Sadly, when I’m on top of my game. The WSOP is here as well as a ton of other tournaments that I could be making a bunch of loot at. I can’t believe another year is here and I’m potentially going to miss my dream again. I’m doing my best to stay upbeat, but definitely feel a sense of loss here as well as let down by being excluded from some stuff.. I’m great at what I do, but can’t do what I’m great at. I’m hopeful some of the folks who have spoken to me about staking me will come to fruition as I don’t want this money making month to come and go without me getting my piece. Feel free to contact this Champion privately if interested in investing in some of my action this month.
I only added the last paragraphs to keep things real, as I believe that is how I want to blog. Life isn’t always rainbows and sunshine.
I am grateful to my friends who have shown such great support and belief in me. I wish my ex and my family could see me in the light you guys do. I feel strong, powerful and driven. I will succeed, it shall be done. My next goal is 50 total pounds lost by June 29th or sooner.
Be a Champion, be grateful, take action!
MDG
note...I weighed myself this morning on Day 36 and I lost 5 more pounds so we are at 39 pounds lost in 36 days.
