I am doing Body for Life

Wow...I am on fire, a second post within a month. Perhaps I will keep this up??

So, I have a friend that decided he needed this ripping body before he and his wife head to Vegas in March. For several weeks I listened to him talk about Body for Life. Then, a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving my employer decides to extend to employees in Salt Lake City a challenge of such. It sounded pretty simple, maintain your weight throughout the holidays.

Now, think about this one. You have the joy of weighing in at work and sharing your oh so lovely number with those co-workers around you. Why not! So, I took it one step further. I started Body for Life the week before Thanksgiving. With my friend, and a couple of other co-workers our small group of four signed up with a goal of maintaining weight.

With the help of my partner Shane I set up my daily menu's for the first month and off I went. Not only was I eating absolute foreign foods such as cottage cheese and powerbars I started working out. My goal was to go from 222 pounds to 200 pounds by New Years. Although I was shy of my goal by three pounds I was still completely jazzed that I have lost what I did and have maintained Body for Life.

Something else happened on the way. Turns out, the room to the east of our family room truly did not house the revolutionary clothes hanger 3200 and moving walkway, it was actually a full on weight system and Pro Form treadmill. I utilize this equipment fairly regularly and I am now running. Granted, after several weeks I am not running marathons, closer to half marathons. But hell, I am up to 2 miles.

Not only have I now lost 20 pounds, my clothes fit better, my pants are not tight and I actually had to buy belts. The kicker, I feel so, so much better. I turn 40 in May and have made it my goal to look and feel better at 40 than I have since high school. I am half way there and half way to my goal weight.

I will continue to post on my success. A thanks to my friend Eric for introducing me to Body for Life and encouraging me to go for this. Now, I hope my friend Jeremy who started the same day I did is doing as well. Something about cops and doughnuts???