M-A-S’s BodyBlog

Well not really… Yesterday we received a 10-pound box from my wife’s grandparents. What was inside? A luscious treasure trove of chocolate, which included 8 Hershey’s bars, a bag of Milky Way singles, Reese’s Fast Breaks, Hershey’s Kisses and many other assorted candies. It now sits in a large bowl in my kitchen…haunting me.

It has been 21 days since I had my knee surgery. The stiffness in the joint is all but gone, and I’ve decided to restart cardio, mostly just consisting of walking. Since I’ve hurt my knee I haven’t been able to take the dog for really any walks what so ever. When she was younger I used to run with her and she was energetic for the rest of the day. She now lays around the house and sleeps. So daily walks, with each day going a little further will do both of us some good, and once I feel very comfortable on how my knee has heeled I’ll start to do HIIT training on an elliptical trainer again. From what I’ve learned so far on losing weight, especially fat, Weight lifting and Diet will not do it, there has to be cardio of some sort thrown in. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of me being over weight.

So this weeks Transformation of the Week really got me thinking (http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/Totalmeltdown/more.php?section=progresspics) . If this guy can lose 40 pounds over a span of 6 months, I’m pretty sure I can lose 20. My wife wants to go home for Christmas next year. I’m kind squeamish about going home. When I left home to join the Air Force I was a average framed 180 pound guy. So I get the looks from family and friends, I want those looks but for a different reason. Looks that indicate…holly crap, look at him, he looks awesome. My ultimate goal I suppose should not be weight and it really isn’t. My ultimate goal is to have a waist smaller than 32, I’ve done the math and logic would say that at my height the correct weight for me would be in between 180-185. Currently sitting at 204 I have a little ways to go.