Friday, April 29, 2011

Day 6


04/29/2011
Days until con : 126
Weight at Dragon Con 2010 : 245 - 250 ish
Goal Weight for Dragon Con 2011 200

Current Weight (recorded every morning) : 230.2
Work Out: P90x Phase 1 Day 1

Foods devoured today:

Cinnamon Crunch Breakfast Bar : 140 calories
Small bag of beef jerky : 150 Calories
Subway Footlong Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki (flatbread) : 770 Calories
Chicken Fajita Nachos : 1396 Calories 

Total: 2456 calories


Thursday, April 28, 2011

Day 5

Days until con : 127
04/28/2011
Weight at Dragon Con 2010 : 245 - 250 ish
Goal Weight for Dragon Con 2011 200

Current Weight (recorded every morning) : 230.6
Work Out: I rested. Though I did lift some heavy computer boxes.

Foods devoured today:

Banana : 100 calories
Pop Secret Popcorn : 100 Calories
Cheap tiny Salad : 280 Calories
Cheese Crackers : 190 Calories
Venti Vanilla Latte Frappuccino: 500ish Calories
HoneyBaked ham/turkey/swiss experimental sandwich : ? 700 calories maybe...
medium bag of strawberries and carrots : - ? Calories

Total: 1870 calories

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Day 4

Days until con : 128
04/27/2011
Weight at Dragon Con 2010 : 245 - 250 ish
Goal Weight for Dragon Con 2011 200

Current Weight (recorded every morning) : 231.6
Work Out: treadmill (30 minutes), strength training (20 minutes)

Foods devoured today:

Banana : 100 calories
Pop Secret Popcorn : 100 Calories
Cheap tiny Salad : 280 Calories
Cheese Crackers : 190 Calories
Quick Trip 3 meat sub : 480 calories 
2 slim fast snacks : 200 Calories combined
medium bag of strawberries and carrots : - ? Calories

Total: 1350 calories

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Day 3

Days until con : 129
04/26/2011
Weight at Dragon Con 2010 : 245 - 250 ish
Goal Weight for Dragon Con 2011 200

Current Weight (recorded every morning) : 232
Work Out: light walking(45 minutes), light strength training (10 minutes) 

Foods devoured today:

Banana : 100 calories
Pop Secret Popcorn : 100 colories
Tiny bag of beef jerky : 150 calories
Sushi Restaurant Crab Roll & Seafood Soup : 500 combined
Panera Bread Half-Caesar Salad and Cream of Chicken soup : 750 calories combined

Total: 1600

Monday, April 25, 2011

Day 2

04/25/2011
Days until con : 130
Weight at Dragon Con 2010 : 245 - 250 ish
Goal Weight for Dragon Con 2011 : 200

Current Weight (recorded every morning) : 234
Work Out: Light Treadmill (30 minutes), light strength training (15 minutes) 

Foods devoured today:

Banana : 100
Disgusting Slim Fast Shake : 200 calories (Never Again)
Low fat cheese crackers : 190 calories
Santa Fe Lunch Salad: 290 Calories
mixed bag of strawberries and carrots : - ? calories
Tasty Slim Fast Vanilla chocolate bar : 100 calories
Panera Bread Chicken Noodle Soup in a Bread Bowl : 750 calories combined

Total: 1570


Sunday, April 24, 2011

Day 1 : Stiver is Hot for Con

This will be the first in many logs of my physical and emotional transformation both to Dragon Con and beyond. I've decided to keep this log because I realize if I'm not faced with evidence of how I'm exercising, eating, or feeling then it's easy to forget the accomplishments and, much worse, even easier to turn a blind eye to error. I've read numerous articles of all variety on weight loss, happiness, and health and I'm going to attempt to combine this knowledge and experience to form something specific for me. 

I'm not just looking to lose weight, I'm looking to be happy and fulfilled. In changing the toxic habits in my life I rain in a new era, where my daily routines are better for me and emotionally I'm easier to be around others and, most importantly, myself. This will not be a fad diet, or some heath nazi year long brain wash, or some armchair psychology major's thesis on positive thinking, this is just me searching for a better way to live. 

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

I'm old and you should love me.

Ive recently had a birthday and, as to be expected, it was a brutal reminder of my age. But it was also a reminder of quality over quantity, and how our perceptions of the world change and become more refined as we accrue age

At least I think that's the pearl of wisdom I clung onto as I played first chair tuba in the Atlanta porcelain orchestra. The morning after was like being mauled by a gang of diseased midget vomit monsters, who concentrated their attacks on the stomach or brain. Also my left butt cheek was suspiciously numb but I've decided not to look into it.

So maybe I don't now what the hell I'm talking about but I do know that the older you get the harder it is to hold your liquor, in your stomach, and not feel like the mechanical losing end of a fat lesbian rodeo party. But I do know I love my friends for putting up with me.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Lets talk about something

There's something going on with me, and I'm unsure what it is, but perhaps the best way to describe it would be motivated. Perhaps I'm kicking my own ass, perhaps I'm punishing myself for neglecting the good and wholesome things in my life, or perhaps I'm just fucking bored. 

It might be the latter.

Everyday for the last two weeks I've worked out, you know exercise, and trust me it is a alien and cruel thing to subject yourself through. The act of moving your legs rapidly while not being chased or moving yourself towards the glowing beacon of the fridge is a strange thing indeed. But I'm doing it, and doing it well (which I think is  song). I'm losing weight, and right off the heels of a break up I've decided to take the post-relationship anxiety and emotional questioning and convert them to a positive data type. 

There are many questions I could ask myself, or things I could blame myself for, and learning from my mistakes is definitely still in the cards but these aren't things I'm focused on. With my birthday being next week, and the entirety of my life in question there's a rush to do something and do it now. What exactly? I don't fucking know, IT man IT! 

With or without friends as a crutch and with or without family backing me I'll be doing amazing things this year.  First on the agenda, get in the best shape of my life. It's not a pipe dream, it's something already being realized. Since dragon con of 2010, I've officially lost 20 pounds. 15 of those pounds were in this last month. In short, this summer I'll be reworking my output while remaining Stiver at the core.

Being considered wasted potential is now making me physically ill. The only remedy is kicking ass. 

And when it comes to kicking ass, this aint my first rodeo.