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Well, the new baby arrived three weeks ago and my wife is rapidly shrinking back down to her pre-pregnancy weight with relative ease….the woman is just not meant to be overweight!  I on the other hand, have found myself at the 315 mark once again.  Started a new job a few months ago and my early morning workout regime was pushed to mid-day and shortened to an hour.  I was doing well until about 6 weeks ago when pizza, chicken wings, and burgers became the norm for dinner as work and upcoming finals collided along with the day to day family stuff.  I took three weeks off for for paternity leave and probably put on 5 pounds as we were in the hospital for a week (mild jaundice +wife’s c-section so I stayed with her and the baby in the room), then followed by two weeks at home with the new baby and 2 year old, so I’ve been pretty busy and very sleep deprived to say the least.  I love my family with everything I’ve got though, I just need to make sure I keep myself healthy to see the kids grow up. 

So, its Day 1 all over again as I head back to work this week.  I’ve decided to switch back to lifting as my primary exercise as that seems to work better for me.  I started running on the treadmill more than lifting recently and that seems to have backfired. I’m going back to an intense 90 minute lifting workout and will hopefully see some quick progress in the coming weeks, we are going to a black tie event for NYE this year and I need to look good!

Ran/walked two miles again on the treadmill this morning. 31 minutes.  I want to get my time down to a 10 minute mile but for this week its making it to the 2 mile mark while keeping my heart rate in the cardio zone.  Its always harder the second day mentally for me, plus I was really sleepy this morning and didn’t feel like getting up at all. I overslept by ten minutes but made it out of the house before 5. Did some weights after, just shoulders and triceps today, but heavy weights. The battery died on my MP3 player right before my last set and that pretty much ended it for me.  But overall a really great workout.  I will tackle the dreaded squats in the leg workout I’ve been avoiding tomorrow, and do 45 minutes on the elliptical - I hate the elliptical with a passion, but running AND doing a leg workout after is a big demotivator for getting up on Friday morning to finish the week strong.

Hello all!  This is my first blog posting on buddyslim…I’ve never done anything like this before, but hope that I can create some accountability for myself by tracking my progress as well as providing motivations for other.  For a little history and info on myself:

I am currently  31 years old, 5 foot 9 and weigh 295lbs.

My highest weight ever was 317lbs in November of 2000, and after a year of very hard training and eating right I managed to get my weight down to 217lbs.  I told myself I would never be 300lbs again.  I got married in 2002 and slowly gained back 94 pounds over 5 years. I feel like it really snuck up on me, with the fastest weight gain period being the 9 months my wife was pregnant with our first child.  I must have been confused on the whole “we’re having a baby” process, because she left the hospital at her pre-pregnancy weight( a little lighter in fact), while I kept my 25 pounds!  I was back to 313lbs at this point which was April 2007. 

Fast forwarding to present day, I have lost 18 pounds since joining a gym in October 2008. We just found out we are expecting again!  I’m very excited, but also very determined to not gain baby weight this time.  I have renewed my efforts in the gym and changed my work out schedule for the next 6 weeks.  I’ve been doing weight training primarily since October, but I’ve hit a wall and am now running in addition to lifting 5 days a week.

 So that’s my story and my starting point for this blog.  I welcome all comments and wish everyone on here well in your weight loss quests!