My wrist is throbbing some this morning. I regret not applying my dit da jow medicine enough yesterday. :( So I applied a bunch this morning and did some qigong, which always makes me feel an energy flow in my body especially in my arms, so hopefully that can help get kinks out of my wrist tendons. :/
Beyond this I just need to continue to take it easy before starting Chalean Extreme on Sunday.
I am trying to get an online buddy on Team Beachbody to do it with me, but he doesn't seemed psyched, so I might go it alone. No problem as I am never alone in my fitness journey. I have the entirety of Team Beachbody with me, which is a truly awesome feeling. Not to mention my other dear friends on Bootcamp Buddies and Facebook! Thanks everyone!
Showing posts with label bootcamp buddies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bootcamp buddies. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Memorial Day Challenge!
Hi there,
I signed up for a Memorial Day Challenge on Bootcamp Buddies today. That is to say, I will shoot to lose 16 lbs over the next two months. Without any mistakes or bumps in the road, this should be a cakewalk (forgive the food porn).
With my combination of the Power 90 DVD program (on Day 14), Weightwatchers (on my own), and Bootcamp Buddies support (I love you guys!), I am very sure I can make it.
Why 16 lbs? Because healthy weight loss is supposedly 1-2 lbs a week... I think attempting any more is to tempt fate (burnout!), plateaus (overtraining!) and other bad things. Also in Chinese, 16 is a lucky number!
I signed up for a Memorial Day Challenge on Bootcamp Buddies today. That is to say, I will shoot to lose 16 lbs over the next two months. Without any mistakes or bumps in the road, this should be a cakewalk (forgive the food porn).
With my combination of the Power 90 DVD program (on Day 14), Weightwatchers (on my own), and Bootcamp Buddies support (I love you guys!), I am very sure I can make it.
Why 16 lbs? Because healthy weight loss is supposedly 1-2 lbs a week... I think attempting any more is to tempt fate (burnout!), plateaus (overtraining!) and other bad things. Also in Chinese, 16 is a lucky number!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Power 90 / Bootcamp Buddies / Weightwatchers
Greetings,
Welcome to my blog, Moving Mountains. My name is Michael. I am 33 years old, and I currently weigh 300 lbs. Facing depression and wanting to get back to my childhood passion of learning Kung Fu, I joined Weightwatchers a year ago in January 2009.
Unemployed at the time, I made losing weight my job. I walked and walked. I stuck to the WW plan.
I joined a weightwatchers-oriented BBS forum called Bootcamp Buddies, which has helped a lot. I highly recommend Bootcamp Buddies (AKA BCB), especially if you need to lose a lot of weight and need a long-term community of acceptance and support.
Most importantly, I lost more than 70 lbs, dropping from an all-time high of 332 lbs to 257 or so in 7-8 months!! It was very cool!
Then life happened. I needed to get a job. A lack of income was killing my relationships with my wife and my family (parents).
The good thing is that I found one, but in the process, I relapsed back into smoking cigarettes. Along with the office bagels and donuts, I regained at least 50 lbs. I became deeply depressed. I thought about dying so, so many times. When I finally woke up (after quitting cigarettes), I was more than 310 lbs again!
In February of 2009, I re-commited to Weightwatchers (but quit meetings!) and started searching for new exercise choices. My passion of learning and practicing Chinese traditional kung fu was slipping awy from me AGAIN!
I found P90X on TV, but in doing research I realized it would be too hard for me as pushups and pullups and cardio are ALL weak areas for me. So I purchased Power 90 In-home Boot Camp and now it's Day 9.
It's HARD for me, but it has already worked with my WW plan to help me slim down some.
Well, that's all for now. I hope to share more with you in the near future. Some topics I plan to discuss are: my current method for avoiding midnight snacking, my understanding of the nature of thoughts, feelings and self, Buddhism, and my Team Beachbody journey in general.
Lastly, I'd like to introduce a Chinese proverb to you: You can move mountains stone by stone.
(Loosely translated from YuGongYiShan, if you know Chinese).
Peace and compassion,
Michael
Welcome to my blog, Moving Mountains. My name is Michael. I am 33 years old, and I currently weigh 300 lbs. Facing depression and wanting to get back to my childhood passion of learning Kung Fu, I joined Weightwatchers a year ago in January 2009.
Unemployed at the time, I made losing weight my job. I walked and walked. I stuck to the WW plan.
I joined a weightwatchers-oriented BBS forum called Bootcamp Buddies, which has helped a lot. I highly recommend Bootcamp Buddies (AKA BCB), especially if you need to lose a lot of weight and need a long-term community of acceptance and support.
Most importantly, I lost more than 70 lbs, dropping from an all-time high of 332 lbs to 257 or so in 7-8 months!! It was very cool!
Then life happened. I needed to get a job. A lack of income was killing my relationships with my wife and my family (parents).
The good thing is that I found one, but in the process, I relapsed back into smoking cigarettes. Along with the office bagels and donuts, I regained at least 50 lbs. I became deeply depressed. I thought about dying so, so many times. When I finally woke up (after quitting cigarettes), I was more than 310 lbs again!
In February of 2009, I re-commited to Weightwatchers (but quit meetings!) and started searching for new exercise choices. My passion of learning and practicing Chinese traditional kung fu was slipping awy from me AGAIN!
I found P90X on TV, but in doing research I realized it would be too hard for me as pushups and pullups and cardio are ALL weak areas for me. So I purchased Power 90 In-home Boot Camp and now it's Day 9.
It's HARD for me, but it has already worked with my WW plan to help me slim down some.
Well, that's all for now. I hope to share more with you in the near future. Some topics I plan to discuss are: my current method for avoiding midnight snacking, my understanding of the nature of thoughts, feelings and self, Buddhism, and my Team Beachbody journey in general.
Lastly, I'd like to introduce a Chinese proverb to you: You can move mountains stone by stone.
(Loosely translated from YuGongYiShan, if you know Chinese).
Peace and compassion,
Michael
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