As you may have known my last blog was about signs of a bad trainer. I let myself allow another trainer to take control of my strength and conditioning while preparing for a figure competition. It was one of the hardest things for me to do but I thought it would be fun and motivating for me. It turned out to be a nightmare because my trainer lacked the knowledge of what I needed to be doing and I knew it. I should have stopped training with him as soon as he couldn’t remember if it was a leg day or arm day for me.  I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt but I was wrong. I did bad in my contest and was embarrassed.

I recently started training with another trainer who is the complete opposite of my last one. He has traits that I try to promote for my clients. Such as:
*He knows how to spell my name…weird but…really this is important
*He actually spots me and doesn’t take his eyes off me when I’m lifting
*He doesn’t make fun of anybody at the gym while training with me
*There is no small talk with other people
*He knows exactly what I’m doing for the day and knows when I’m getting too tired and need to stop before I hurt myself
*He is ON TIME!!! Yesssssss
*He makes me feel out of shape…oh yes…this one is hard for me to write!! But I’m admitting it and it’s a good thing!!!!
*He is super picky on my form which I think is the BEST one!!!!
Thank you Jason!
If these don’t make sense read my last blog.

I have another contest coming up March 20th. I’ve been training with Jason for a few months now and I’m totally hooked. It’s not because I don’t know what to do because I know what to do. It’s the support he gives me during our sessions and the motivation. He pushes my threshold every time we workout and it’s an amazing feeling!! With him I have realized I can do more than what I thought was possible. If you never have workout with a trainer my first reaction would be DO IT!!! But I advise everyone to watch the trainers in your gym first with their existing clients. If they have these qualities that I have written about then your off to a great start. Next week is a big week for me because I will start working harder and drinking more of my Designer Whey protein. Which helps me with my energy/recovery/cravings/muscle building! I believe in this product so much I can’t imagine my life without now!!!

But before that I will be racing in the Carlsbad Half Marathon this Sunday and will be drinking my Orange Mango along the whey…lol I mean way! I did this race last year with my Orange Mango and love the way it helps me through. It’s easily digested and gets into my system fast without any stomach issues!!! Wish me luck!

Trainer Becs

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Well, today is a great day.  Even though it rained mostly all day, and has been raining for several days now, it’s a great day because my roommates and I are finally getting settled in to our new apartment.  Yeah, we spent all last weekend moving.  Which is quite the workout, let me tell you.  6am-10pm on Friday, followed by a couple of hours on Saturday and Sunday and about 10 hours on Monday left me feeling completely exhausted.  To be completely honest, the only thing that kept me going in those long hours of heavy lifting and continuous movement was Protein Water. With everything up in the air between the 3 apartments (my roommate’s girlfriend moved in with us into the new apartment) I never really knew where to get a great thirst-quencher.  So I would grab the one thing I knew would both cool me down and make me feel like a million bucks: Protein Water.  You know, moving can be a great excuse to not follow your diet.  It’s so much easier to just stop at some fast food joint and grab a couple of $1 double-cheeseburgers then to worry about something decent to eat.  But just because you’re really busy with something is no excuse to throw your diet and all your hard work away.  If your pots and pans are packed away, at least hit up Subway and grab a healthy 6″ sandwich.  That’s what I did, and they kept me energized until I could finally go to sleep.

So think about that the next time you’re moving, or your friend asks for help moving.  Moving is a LOT of exercise and is great for your whole body, utilizing a lot of different muscles as well as a very decent cardio routine.  So don’t waste the money on expensive movers, call up a couple of friends, make sure you have a case of Protein Water to keep you hydrated and energized the whole day, and do it yourself! In the end you’ll feel so much better because you accomplished everything all by yourself, you didn’t pay someone else to do your work for you, and you got a really great workout out of it too.  Just keep at it, even when it’s physically and mentally draining.  You CAN finish that project, you just have to keep pushing yourself.  That really goes for everything in life.  That extra mile you want to walk or run? YOU CAN DO IT! Just push yourself a little harder, and when you succeed (yes, WHEN you succeed) you’ll be so proud of yourself, even through the pain.  Thanks for joining me again, and until next time, keep at it!

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Hey Friends,

Back from vacation and back to reality. We had a great time. It was cold in Florida; we wore our winter coats to the beach! We took a boat out to watch for dolphins. We were able to spot few dolphins and it was one of the warmest days we had. Kids swam with the dolphins on another adventure but it was only 58 degrees so they were just a bit little cold. My older two kids did indoor sky diving, lots of fun! One thing I noticed on vacation is I do not over eat; nor am I stressed. I feel like having my kids live out of a suit case and only a few toys. I don’t know why but my kids do not trash grandma’s trailer. My conclusion is a few things and that is at home they do not respect our home; they have too many clothes and way too many toys, too much TV and not enough fun. Now to bring the vacation behavior back in our home!

I finally got to watch the Biggest Loser show. I missed the first one because we were in Florida and did not have access to TV. But I did get to watch the 2nd show and am very excited for the new contestants. Their success is my hope. The difference between the contestants and me is they have a support system, they have the education, they have the equipment and the trainers. So I have to figure out how to have such a system.

I did join our local Fitness 19 and I can tell, physically, I am improving every time I go. It feels good to accomplish exercising. Sometimes I wish my family would step aside and make sure I get the time to go more often. It would be even better if I could have a treadmill at home but at this point we can’t afford it so at the gym it has to be. Fitness 19 is only $12.00 a month per person so it’s affordable. I am proud to say I was able to walk on the treadmill for 5 miles at an incline 4.0-4.5 and the rate of 3.0-3.5 and I burned over 1000 calories!

Today, Fox Reality had a Biggest Loser Marathon from Season 4 when Bill Germanakos won. I wonder what ever happened to Kim the trainer.

Some cool tips I wrote down…

If it had a mother it is protein.
All meals and snacks should have a combination of Carbs, Protein and Fat.
If your body is burning sugar it is not burning fat.
Anything is possible if you put in the work.

Remember to eat, move, then rest. I used to move, eat, then rest. I had it wrong. It’s all about moving forward and working toward our mark. For years I ate next to nothing and now have learned that is not the right way. You have to eat!

Oh! oh! oH! OH! I figured out a cookie recipe using Designer Whey Vanilla Protein Powder.

Designer Whey Chocolate Chip Cookies
Kid tested!
Makes about 3 dozen

½ cup butter (room temperature)
½ cup Sun Crystals (new stevia/cane mix) or splenda
2 tablespoon regular brown sugar or 1 tablespoon brown sugar splenda
2 large egg whites
1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
1 ½ cups of Designer Whey Vanilla Protein Powder
½ teaspoon baking soda (you can add an extra ¼ teaspoon if you like puffy cookies)
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon milk (2 tablespoons if you like thinner cookies)
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate mini-chips

Preheat oven to 375. In a medium mixing bowl, beat butter and sun crystals or slenda until well blended. Add the egg whites and vanilla; beat well. In a separate bowl mix the Designer Whey Powder, baking soda, salt, slowly add to the butter mix along with the milk until well blended. Stir in the mini chocolate chips. Drop by using a teaspoon onto an ungreased non-stick cookie sheet. Bake 7-8 minutes. Remove from pan right away onto a cooling rack, Cool completely. Enjoy!

Peanut Butter Version

Add ½ cup peanut butter
Increase baking soda by ¼ teaspoon
Increase milk to 2 tablespoons
Omit the chocolate chips if you want
Smash down with a fork making criss-cross design

When you first take the cookies out of oven they have the consistency similar to cake but let sit over night out and they will be crispy. It is true you can replace flour with Designer Whey Vanilla Protein Powder in baking! Yey Whey!

Have a great week friends. Watch Biggest Loser Tuesdays!

Camille

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This next segment is a four part segment on a subject that I have brought up in previous blogs. It is a subject that can be completely devastating positive gym morale and overall fitness drive. It is a subject that I feel needs to be discussed in a little more depth. This subject is referred to by people I associate myself with as the “long-day-itis.” It is a disease that many of us face on a daily basis and although you might have a different name for it, no matter what you call it, it still becomes a detrimental factor in accomplishing personal fitness goals. “Long-day-itis” is a term a use to refer to that feeling of absolute exhaustion that comes over you after a long 8-12 hour day of grinding at the office, out in the fields, at the job site or at home with the kids. This little bug that is commonly caught by the average person on daily/weekly basis can be an extremely derailing factor when making that trip to the gym or running those five miles when you get home.

I personally hit the wall after a 9-10 hour day at the office and the last thing I want to do is go to the gym, but I try and force myself to make that journey because my physical fitness is something that I value very much. But if I have anything else that I need to do when I get home from work, the gym is the first thing that goes because I know I will be an absolute wreck if I don’t get some rest at some point. This “itis” is a creeper, and it can gain on you in rapid time and without any warning. For instance, about a month ago (before I initiated a comprehensive game plan to battle this) I had 30 minutes left at work and was really excited about going to the gym, which is literally about 2 blocks from work, the second that I got off. But when that clock struck 5 PM I got into my car and saw that the left turn lane that leads to the gym was just a little too long for my liking at that particular moment (which in reality meant that I would have to wait about 1min- 1.5 min – normally not a big deal). So I thought to myself “screw it” I will just drive home and work out at the gym at home. I got into the house and my roommate was eating a fantastic dinner and I thought to myself again, you know what, I need some dinner: I will just go after I eat. Well, turns out that if you eat a whole meal and a half from “Wings and Things” and work a 9 hour day and then plop down on the couch, you are pretty much guaranteeing that you are going to be stuck for the night – and I mean embedded into that couch like Wiley Coyote at the bottom of a canyon after trying an Acme flying device.

If you can’t tell by my blogs I am a very motivated person, especially when it comes to fitness. But scenarios like this one and others that tend to poke their heads about from time to time seem to take root within my fitness routines on a weekly/monthly basis. And if you are anything like I am one day of getting hit with this “itis” can throw your whole weeks routine off and in many cases you are not able to meet your weekly goals. So about a month ago, specifically right after I realized how much the disease affects me “on the reg” (i.e. the instance described above), I started to develop several different methods to help me curb this mini plague and it’s horrendous effects.  So for the next for the next four blogs I will be offering up some suggestions about how I go about battling this illness. With these quips of advice I will also be offering some pros and cons that come with each. And as usual I will have my relentless and unfiltered opinions about it all as I go down the line.  Once again these are simply the opinions of a guy has opinions about anything and everything, take it or leave it as you will.

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I wanted to say a couple quick things while it was on my mind, so I figured I’d send you a quick blog.

So today I had my best workout to date.  I wanted to share this with everyone because if even my workouts are getting better and easier, then yours can too.  First of all, let me share the workout routine I do (now for all you hardcore athletes/gym fanatics, this workout isn’t for you, it’s for me!).

I start every workout with a quick stretch, mostly of the legs since my primary exercise is running.  I run 1 mile at 6 miles per hour with a 0% incline, which is a 10-minute mile.  Not terribly fast, but fast enough that if your 260+ lbs and haven’t ran in a year you’ll be out of breath in the first 1/10 of a mile. I power through that mile and slow it down typically to 3 mph, where I briskly walk to catch my breath while still burning some calories.  Now lately I’ve been adding an incline to this, at 3%.  It’s not much, but it works your calves more and it hurts just a little bit more, burning a few more calories.  I usually walk for about 5-6 minutes.  If you have the time, feel free to walk longer, because you’re still exercising.  After my walk I’ll take a breather and drink some Protein Water, then I’ll get on the Swiss Ball and do some crunches, right now I’m at 50 straight through.  After that I’ll pump out 20 push-ups.

Today was my best workout because I didn’t have to grab at the handrails to help catch my breath during my run, my run was a little easier than it has been, I walked at 3.2 mph with an incline of 3.5%, and my crunches and push-ups were easier, even with a chest workout yesterday with my personal trainer/roommate Sergio Sobrino.  And with all the work I’ve been putting in and the help of Designer Whey Protein Water and The Biggest Loser Protein Powder Chocolate Deluxe I’ve managed to shed 4 pounds, bringing me down to 259! Yeah for me! So for everyone out that that’s getting discouraged because the workouts hurt, just keep at it, because it’s GOING to get better!

Also, I’d love to plug Protein Water just one more time.  I drink one of these during/after every workout.  They’re absolutely delicious (today I had Cranapple, which tastes like a juicy, delicious Fuji Apple), and with only 60 calories to a bottle (YES, the entire 16-oz bottle has only 60 calories) and 12 grams of protein, 5 grams of fiber and only 1 gram of sugar, they blow Gatorade and Vitamin Water out of the competition for your daily thirst quencher!  My favorite is Pomegranate Fruit.  I could drink these all day.  Literally, they’re good for you!  So pick some up, take it with you on your next workout, and enjoy the fruity goodness while you get healthy.  Take care, until next time!

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Hey everyone, thanks for joining me again.  Today I would love to talk about motivation and the pitfalls we face.  If there is one thing I’ve learned about losing weight, it is that it’s really hard to keep going, especially in the long run.  Sure, you finally buy the running shoes and the workout clothes and you hit the gym with the vigor of a young buck, but after a few days and exhausting workouts, you look in the mirror and realize that it’s going to take a lot more than 2 workouts to get that six-pack and it starts to weigh down the soul.  You might go one or two more times, telling yourself “I bought all this stuff, and I’m going to use it” but after that it’s just easier to sit in front of the TV and watch your favorite episode of whatever than it is to hit the gym and embarrass yourself to the really pretty girl that lives down the hall from you.  This is that moment, when you look back 6 months from now, that you realize you should have kept going because you would look awesome if you hadn’t quit way back when.  Trust me, I was there.  I went from 250 down to 209 in 6 months while forward deployed, only to start eating fast food again and not working out, whereas had I kept at it I would have been at that svelte 175 I’m dying for.  But such is life.  I was always told “Hindsight is 20/20, but your screwed now”.

You know what I say? I say that in the end the best you can do is push yourself.  You HAVE to think, everyday, about WHY you want to lose weight.  Is it to look attractive to the fairer sex in order to find a girlfriend? Is it just because you feel that you’re not healthy enough and you want to lead a better life? Did you look into your future and realize you want to live to 110 years old, and that triple whopper with cheese isn’t helping?  THAT’S your motivation, right there.  The very reason you decided to lose weight in the first place still exists.  Think about that reason every single day, even if you don’t work out that day.  When you go to get a bite to eat, or are about to make dinner, think about that reason before you hit up Burger King instead of Subway.  And speaking of Subway, thank you for you.  Those sandwiches are delicious, and much lower fat than the burgers I typically would eat.  Not a cheap plug (I’m not paid by them!), but it is the truth.  They have me eating a little better, which is great for me.

Next, when it comes to motivation, you have to have something to pump you up.  For me, I have several playlists on my iPod to exercise to.  I have my “Running Mix” which consists of songs that help me push myself while I’m running my one mile a day (or my 11 miles a day, like I did during that famed deployment).  I have my “Workout Mix” which is geared more for lifting weights, consisting of a ton of great adrenaline-rushing songs that force me to put that bar up just one more time.  And, most important of all, is my “Motivational Mix.” Nine songs that truly speak to my core, that make me want to be the better person I know I can be.  I listen to this playlist and it’s almost a guilt trip to be better at everything I do.  If I haven’t been a good boy that day, I’ll know it when I listen to this playlist.  But beyond that, it makes me strive to be better.  A little to lazy to hit the gym? By the end of the first song I’ve got my running shoes out of the closet, headband on my head, and I’m out the door.

So, the next time you feel just a little too tired, or “you’ll hit the gym in a few hours, right now I just want to play some video games”, think about that reason you wanted to better yourself, think hard on it, then put down the controller, grab a Protein Water, and go hit the gym.  Then do what I do and play video games AFTER THE GYM!

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Too Much Too Soon
Trying to lose weight rapidly can result in disappointment. Implementing a “reduced calorie” diet that gradually allows you to lose weight is a step in the right direction. Reducing your food intake by just 300 calories a day can lead to a weekly weight loss of 1lb.  Consider this: 1lb of fat is equal to 3500 calories.

Skipping Meals
Skipping a meal in an effort to save calories, and only eating one, two or even the traditional three meals a day slows the metabolic rate of the body.  Speeding up your metabolism is as simple as eating smaller portions more frequently.  Eating six or more times a day, every 3 to 4 hours, is ideal.

Restricting Too Much
The “all or nothing” approach to avoiding favorite, high calorie foods can quickly go from “nothing” to “all.”  It’s better to find a happy medium that is realistic and attainable.  Calculate a high calorie treat into your weekly meal plan to help curb the cravings.

Portion Control
LIMIT YOUR PORTION SIZE.  A good measure of an appropriate portion size is a closed fist.  THIS ISN’T A MISTAKE.  Eat this proper portion six times a day, or every three hours, and you will find yourself satisfied.  You won’t find yourself in a food comma the hour after you eat either.

Failing to Plan
It’s easy to fall off of a diet with simple temptations.  Take healthy snacks with you in the car, keep them in the drawer at work, and have them on hand throughout the day.  When cravings strike you’re able to strike back with The Biggest Loser Protein•2GO, Red Raspberry flavor with only 40 calories.

Recipes for THE BIGGEST LOSER PROTEIN BY Designer Whey
Low Carb Raspberry Smoothie

• 1/2 cup water
• 1 scoop Red Raspberry
• 2 tbs psyllium fiber
• 2 packets splenda
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbs fat free Cool-Whip
• 10 frozen raspberries

Combine all ingredients in blender. Blend on high speed for 30 seconds.
Calories 74, Fat 1g, Carbs 20g, Sugar 5g, Fiber 14g, Protein 5g

Designer Whey Healthy Minute – James Ellis instructs a Squat with a Single Arm Curl
James Ellis and Mindi Smith teach you how to properly perform a Squat with a Single Arm curl. This is a great total body exercise that is sure to get your heart rate up and burn calories.

Stay Healthy!
-The Designer Whey Team

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January 10, 2010

Protein Water

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I need a refreshing little protein pick-me-up that isn’t a shake, a bar or a bag of chips. Sometimes, I just want to crack open a bottle ‘o something that isn’t Crystal Lite, Propel or IsoPure (not that there’s anything WRONG with those). Sometimes, I just want to feel like I’m cheating, when I’m not!

That’s where a product like Protein Water (from Designer Whey) rocks my world.

Taste:

• Not overly sweet (like those Citosport drinks are – yuck!)
• Non-carbonated
• Crisp and refreshing
• No overwhelming protein smell (like sour milk or dirty socks), so you don’t have to “sneak up on it” just to get the stuff down.
• Can’t decide which flavor is my favorite — Sometimes, I think “Blue Raspberry”, but then I say, “No, It’s GOTTA be that Cranapple!”…other days, it’s “Orange-Mango” — I guess I like them ALL!
• Satisfying and filling (two, very important factors!)
• Perfect size (especially if you’re Goldilocks!) — Not too big; not too small; Jusssst right.

Protein Water has an exceptional taste. It is crisp and refreshing, not too sweet, doesn’t smell bad, and is perfect for people on-the-go. The packaging and labeling are top notch (gorgeous graphics and design), which means the bottles don’t look like typical “healthy” products (that are trying too hard!) The product quality is excellent, but I’ve gotta admit that the price is prohibitive. If they were under $2.00/bottle, I’d have given it a solid “A” — but still, two yums way up from Barbie!

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Phase Twenty two of “appropriate behavior at the gym: the do’s and don’ts, according to a guy with an opinion about anything and everything.”

This my friends is the final chapter of this ongoing marathon of weekly do’s and don’ts at the local or personal gym. I wanted to just to wrap things up with one last concluding strand of thoughts.

There are many things that I brought up throughout this lengthy survey/rant that I must confess that I am guilty of from time to time. Half the reason I started writing this ongoing gym critique is because I wanted to try and catch myself on some of these things and try and curtail my own bad habits and let me tell you, it has really helped. Especially in those situations where I am super tired and might not wipe down that last piece of equipment or might find myself dancing around or breathing way too hard, well not anymore. Now, this blog sits over my head and makes me think to myself “what a hypocritical sasquatch,” I would be if I didn’t practice what I preached and it makes me follow the words that I spill on these pages (or in this case electronically transfer).

In the process of doing this I have also learned that I am by no means alone in the category of some of the things that constantly irk me. I have also learned from speaking with, interviewing and surveying people at the gym that my own selfish actions (not following what I write about) at the gym truly do affect others’ work outs.  The funny thing is that before this blog I simply just saw the gym as a personal space that I owned because I paid for it. And when someone would commit one of these so called faux pas or infractions that I was so diligent to point out I would simply take upon the attitude of well obviously they don’t care so I shouldn’t care.  But I quickly found out that these people that have this ‘I don’t care attitude’ about how they treat the gym, are in fact the minority, so to speak. The majority of the people that go to any gym are 90-100% aware that the gym is a shared space and that everyone is there because in one way or another they too pay for this shared time in this communal space. This really came to fruition within me about three weeks ago when I asked to work in with group of people at the gym and they made a comment to me. He said “of course man. Hey, my name is Manny… hey man you can use any of these. I don’t own ‘em, you don’t own ‘em and technically, the gym doesn’t own them either because we pay for them.” For people like this coming to the gym is truly an experience. They go to the gym because they truly get something out of it every time they go. They make new friends, find new ways to work out, find new ways to make the gym a better place for everyone else and above all they are beyond happy. I know that making friends and socially interacting with people when they go to the gym isn’t for everybody – hey, its not really for me if you want to know the god honest truth – but it was the attitude that came with this that captured me. I realized that I have been infinitely happier when I go to the gym now that I make sure that I am more aware of everyone else around me. Maybe it stems from me laughing at people on the inside that make these faux pas (now that I am not making them myself) or maybe it really does come from the collective interface that I have received so much of when I survey people at the gym. But whatever the case may be I have been happier when I have gone to the gym and I have to ultimately chalk that up to my new found consciousness and reverence for the local gym setting. Being happy has, in turn, made me look at working out, not so much as a personal choir but as an all around micro adventure that I get to experience five to six times a week. Because it truly does become an adventure when you develop a full awareness of your surroundings and open up to the collective nature of the gym. Things tend to just pop out to you that normally wouldn’t and you then begin to take a real interest in the culture that surrounds you at the gym.

I hope that you all enjoyed this little series and I will be back with a new set of blogs in no time. As always, this series has simply been based my opinion, take it or leave it.

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Hello, my name is Nathanael Mulder and I’m here to lose weight.  It really shouldn’t take the new year to give me a reason to decide to lead a healthier lifestyle, but I guess any motivation is better than none at all.  But that’s not my only motivation.  Really it all stems down to just wanting to get back to the shape I used to be in, all those years ago in high school.  Back then I was 5′9″ and around 150lbs, running cross country and 1 & 2 mile races for my high school.  Over the years I’ve managed to gain over 110 pounds, weighing in on New Year’s Day at 262 pounds.  What’s worse is that I’ve tried and succeeded in losing weight in the past, and it felt great.  But my huge appetite took over in the end and all that weight came back, with some friends it turns out.  But now it’s a new decade and a new start on the weight loss, and I’m determined to lose it and keep it off.  With my roommate, who’s a personal trainer and Designer Whey user himself, pushing me and helping me with my workouts, diets, and determination I am truly confident that I’m going to succeed.

So here’s my plan, and here are my goals:
1) I want to reduce my weight down to 175 pounds.  That’s a reduction of 87 pounds.  I know it’s possible, I just have to keep at it, no matter what happens.  This is really all I’m going for.  With the weight reduction will come more energy and a better lifestyle, being able to breathe easier, and fitting into the clothes I own and into newer styles of clothes (with the new trends towards skinny this and skinny that, it’s getting harder and harder to find decent clothes these days).
2) Get into well-enough shape to run a marathon.  I don’t want to run a marathon because I want to run a marathon, I just want to be in shape enough to BE ABLE to run a marathon.  That’s almost 3 hours (or much, much longer if I don’t run very fast) of constant running, and that would hurt.  But to be able to do it, that’s what I want.

–And this is what I’m looking at to help me:
1) Working out several times a week.  At least 3-4 times a week.  A mixture of running and other cardio workouts, weight-lifting, and basic core workouts like sit-ups and push-ups.  Nothing too fancy or over-the-top.  Just basic and focused.  It’s worked for me before, and it’s going to work again.
2) Watching what (and more importantly how much) I eat.  For the last several years I’ve been eating almost exclusively fast food.  And although it’s not too terrible to have a burger once in a while, it’s probably not a great idea to have 3 Ultimate Breakfast Sandwiches for breakfast, 2 Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburgers (with large fries and large soda) for lunch, and likewise for dinner everyday.  If I eat healthier, and smaller portions, and use Designer Whey proteins after a workout and in between meals to curb my appetite, then I’m destined to lose weight and then definitely keep it off.  On top of that, I do love to drink water, so by drinking a lot more water and Designer Whey Protein Water, I think that will help also.

So, this is where I’m sitting in my life.  I’m overweight and out of shape, and its difficult to tie my shoes.  Here’s to a new decade and a new me.  Hope to see you along the Whey.

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