so i feel like i’m in a rut. right now i’m at 173
haven’t really changed for the good or the bad.
i feel like my working out is coming along but slightly hitting a halt. 
I wanna pick things back up, my ideal weight would be 160 and i’m really close from the 190+ I started from.  
 I think I need to have a better gameplan for what i eat, and be more prepared, cuz right now I don’t have planned meals I just kinda go with the flow, I think if I was to plan out the meals for the week ahead of time it would be a lot easier to maintain a healthy diet.
right now i’m still feeling really good about myself, my weight is under control, I just wanna get that last little push to get to my ideal weight.
here’s my newest picture, I don’t think it’s really changed much.

-Brian 

My gym workouts lately have been really intense.
I’m making progress everyday, pushing harder and harder everyday.  I am still doing about 20 to 30 minutes of abs everyday and then doing another muscle group workout including chest, biceps and triceps, shoulders, and back.
I haven’t ran much lately but hope to pick back up on that soon.
today is a Saturday and i am going to try to cut back empty calories for the week and try to eat two meals a day at home in order to both cheapen how much money i spend and also in order to eat healthier.  On top of that I am going to not drink any beverages with empty calories for the week including soda’s, alcoholic beverages, and energy drinks…..man is it going to be a hard week without caffeine or alcohol haha.
Also I am going to try to wake up early before work in order to eat a big healthy meal before work to keep myself going.  
I am still doing at least 5 workouts a week at the gym and hopefully will keep it up.
right now i have kept my weight right at what it was last week at 172-174.
 
well until next week when i’ll have quite the update on weather or not i succeeded in my personal challenge for the week.
peace, and much love to ya.
-Brian 

honestly i haven’t done insanity in……wow, like 3 months.
i enjoyed insanity, it was a good thing to get you to work out consistently but it wasn’t giving me the results i wanted.
i did the program for 7 weeks and quit two weeks before it was over
i still struggled with losing weight when i was doing the program, i think while i did insanity i only lost like 5 pounds. but i decided i was going to get back in the weight room, reboot my diet, and start running again. and i think the thing was that i didn’t really enjoy insanity, i kind of dreaded it, i felt accomplished but i didn’t really enjoy it.
so when i wanted to slack off i would.  With what I’m doing now, it’s what i enjoy.  I have a membership to a gym down here in florida i’m training for a half marathon and i just enjoy doing what i’m doing.
so i think insanity is a great tool to get you into a rhythm, but it’s not necessarily the holy grail of working out.
how far are you into the program now??
it’s incredibly tough, you know you’re getting a workout when you do it that’s for sure.
-brian 

still about 172 but i can see results everyday and i feel great!
my abs are starting to come in and i’m at the gym everyday i run further than i have in forever. 
I actually watched a show about stress the other day on one of the netflix watch instantly and it said that when you are stressed you’re more likely to gain weight and ever since I’ve been down in Florida I have had no stress.  Being here is so relaxing for me and you can tell my body and my soul.  I’m always smiling and always having a good time.
this experience has been great for me.  Even if I don’t have a 6 pack in my head I feel like my attitude presents me as someone with a 6 pack.
i’m taking things day by day, and everyday is another spectacular experience.
 
-Brian 

apparently Florida turns me into a weight losing machine.
currently i weigh 172.6 pounds. since i’ve been in Florida the weight basically falls off.
i’ve been at the gym a lot and trying to run some too.
i have a goal to run the half marathon in january but haven’t started serious training for it.
but things have been going really well down here.
not only is it easy to lose weight its so easy to meet people and have fun.
so at the moment i am loving life and apparently losing a lot of weight while doing it.
-brian 

my eating habits have changed, i eat healthier and less.
my weight is 178 and dropping.
progress one step at a time, but i think i’m coming along pretty well.
-brian 

Well i’ve been doing insanity everyday, i have a calendar. It has done wonders.  The weight hasn’t been magically falling off yet, but i look in the mirror and feel like i’m looking a lot better and everyday i feel exhausted, but when i get to put the X on the calendar i feel accomplished.  Today was my first break for a week so i decided to go on the 5 mile run i used to do, and wow….it was the most amazing run i have been on in years.  I felt like i was almost sprinting the entire time, the run was just this fantastic feeling.  I sprinted straight up the very hills that always used to slow me down.  The insanity workouts are going great, I just have to make sure I keep up with it.  
ooo ya.
my weight:
185 
:)
-brian 

I kind of gave up hope on the whole losing weight plan but I had a friend that asked me to do insanity with her and now I really wanna do the whole program.  It’s a 60 day program and i’m 3 days done.  I am really enjoying it even though my whole body aches.  It kind of feels like an accomplished feel though regardless of how much it hurts everywhere.  I’m really excited and reenergized to losing weight.  My goal is to keep up with everything through exam time which will probably be difficult.
but here we go again!
-brian 

So i have cut out i feel at least 1000 callories a day and added a lot of exercise and a lot of cardio and i’ve barely lost anything.

this stuff is really frustrating….
my dad told me once that the mayers can never be thin. but i’ve always wanted to prove him wrong. but after stuff like this i wonder if he was right. I don’t know how i can dramatically change my diet like that and add exercise and have such a minimal effect on my weight. I will post a pic later today. i’m about to head to class right now.

but i know you’ve been waiting to hear the number.
187.2
i’ve lost 2 pounds in a week and i’ve been cutting calories endlessly and working out nonstop….ugh. frustration.

-brian 

Gah it’s been so hard to stay with this diet. i just keep telling myself that it will be worth it. the weight will come off. i’ve been eating chicken, fruits, vegetables, and protein bars. I’m beginning to get kinda used to it. Instead of focusing on food and meals it’s kind of just being put as a back burner. I’m not putting food as something to look forward to but rather other things that don’t involve food like running and bowling.

I went on a nice 5 mile run today. and i’m doing the cooper river bridge run in less than 2 weeks! eeek :/  I am very out of shape and not ready for it but i hope it will help me focus and start working on getting back in shape.

today the run went really well just because it’s an awesome trail that i haven’t ran in forever.

but hopefully i’ll keep up with everything. Saturday i ate perfect and didn’t drink at all. and same as friday. along with a night run on friday.

well weigh in is in 2 days. hopefully it’ll pay off!

heres me after my 5 mile run!
RAWR! 
 
hopefully i’ll do ab ripper x tonight as well.
until next time.
cheers!

-brian