P90X JOURNEY # 1

Star Wars and Kids...

This commercial is so awesome! Kids are so cute, what imagination they have. I actually remember as a kid trying to use the force. haha

Week One Part 2: Food

Jeremy here again:

Along with quitting drinking another goal of mine for week one was to start eating healthier. My wife had to go to the doctor for a stomach problem and the doc said, “no meat.” She apparently ate some bad chicken from a restaurant that caused her to get some sort of bacteria in her stomach. So, as a result of this, we started eating vegetarian. Well, ok, she did, but I cut out a lot of meat in my diet. I went three days without it, but we also took in a huge amount of vegetables and fruits.

We shop at Whole Foods. This started about a year ago. Yes, it is more expensive, but the meat I do eat is certified organic. No steroids or antibiotics. Now, of course, I am taking Whole Foods at their word and no, I have not had any 3rd party testing done on their meat.

You walk into this store and it just smells fresh.

Switching to a more vegetarian diet has been somewhat difficult because it is causing us to learn new recipes. Week one included, vegetarian spagetthi, portabella teriyaki, and burgers made out of beans. We have also made sure to go light on the carbs. Side dishes include: zucchini and squash, salads, brussel sprouts, green beans, leeks, carrots, and sweet potatoes. For snacks: apples, oranges, bananas.

Sounds yummy, doesn’t it? Not really. It does taste good, but I miss potato chips, hamburgers, French fries, and donuts. But hey, it’s worth it, right?

God I hope so.

Week One: Booze

Jeremy (Hoss) here: I weighed in last week at 206 or 207. This week I’m at 204. Two to three pounds is nothing. You can lose that in one day. Before I get to my real success for the week let me give you a little bit of background.

Troy called me up one night and said, “Man, we gotta lose weight by the time we go on our vacation to Disney in June. Are you with me?”

“Um… I don’t know man.” Thinking in the back of my brain that I really liked booze and burgers and sitting on my ass.

Troy, “Come on man. You’re fat, you drink too much and you’re lazy. At Christmas I was shocked by how big your gut is. You need to lose some weight.”

I thought for a few moments, looked down at my belly, thought about my fat gut rolling around as I jumped in the swimming pool and said, “Fine. I’m in.”

My first order of business, even before getting active with exercise, was to quit drinking. I knew that the booze was contributing to my stomach size and I had to quit this before anything else could start to take place. It was probably mental but that’s how I sized up my situation.

So, week one of no booze. "How’s it going?" you ask. Well, as far as drinking booze, it’s going great. I haven’t had a sip since last Tuesday evening when I killed off my bottle of Captain. Mentally, every evening around 5:30pm I crave it. I supplement the booze with hot tea. It works ok, but the tea has to be really strong, no sugar or cream. Strong, black tea.

I suppose this week I should have some great and lofty goal like, I don’t know, exercise? I went out and shoveled a bunch of snow today. Does that count? Troy wants me to start P90X so I guess that will be my goal this week. Either start P90X or hop on the treadmill (after I dust if off of course).