diceman1968's BodyBlog

people say the meanest things….

diceman1968 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:52:52 +0000

I realize that people that knew me a year ago mean well when they say things like, "you better watch out before you blow away", or "you are losing too much weight, if you lose any more, you would not look good". These things hurt my feelings because I am still too fat. I really do not care about the scale weight any more. I did when I weighed in at 309lbs, but now at 207lbs I am more concerned with BF%. I am still very high at about 24 %, but that is the number I care about now. People think they are being nice when they say jokes to me about loosing too much weight, but I have a long way to go and I let what other people say get me down. I am going on vacation in a couple of weeks and I start a new job next year. I will have to move to Houston for work and I will try to make new friends that make fitness a priorety in their lives. I want to stay active and move some of my workouts to the outdoors.

to much data

diceman1968 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:45:53 +0000

I am trying to frim up all of this flab since loosing 100lbs. I am very soft, especially in the gut. I am doing weight training. Started about a month ago. SHould I do low reps high weight? high reps low weight? Alternate between the two? I want to gain strength, size, and firm up the jello. I am only able to run about 3 miles before I cannot continue. I do about 45 min cardio and 45 min weight training 6 days per week. I do a 3 day split twice per week for weights and alternate my cardio machines to whatever is open when I am ready for cardio. I am getting ready for a specific PFT coming up in January. I need to speed up my 2 mile run, and add more push-ups and sit-ups to a 2 minute time table. Any advice?

100 lbs gone…..now the work begins

diceman1968 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:18:34 +0000

I started training 13 1/2 months ago. I have lost 100 lbs. As you can see in any of my photos, my skin around my gut still hangs down. I hate the way this looks. Short of surgury, does anyone have any sugestions on how to get my skin to shrink back to size. I realize I had streched it out pretty far, but I would like to be able to take my shirt off without feeling like everyone is looking at my stomach.

I need some help with some goals please

diceman1968 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:07:25 +0000

I have been working out (used loosely)for about 1 yr. I was up to 309lbs last september. I have done mostley cardio and I recently added weight training to my routine. I work out 6 days a week and I currently weigh 220 lbs. One of the problems is that my BF% is still very high at about 27%, so I am still very flabby. I want to tone up over the long hall, but my son just graduated boot camp for the army and scored 305 out of a possible 300 on his physical fitness test. He called home and asked me how many sit-ups and push-ups I could do as well as how long it would take me to run 2 miles. I can do about 20 push-ups and 20 sit-ups and I can bearley run 2 miles in 18 minutes. He will be home for a visit near xmas. What would be my best bet on making the most improvements to my stats in this short amount of time? I can make myself available to work out 7 days a week twice a day for up to 2 hours if needed. I eat pretty clean and drink about 1 gallon of water per day. I would like some sound advice please. I really want to show my son that his old man is not that old yet.

lack of progress

diceman1968 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:18:48 +0000

I have been busting my buns this last month as I have been stuck at 225 for a couple of months and I want to see some changes. I weighed myself this morning and got very upset at my tiny 2lb weight loss. I increased my intensity at the gym and added weights back in (I stopped with weights several months ago as my shoulder was getting worse). My diet is pretty good, although not professional/contest prep clean. I drink a coke zero every day, but it has zero everything. I eat more carbs than I should, but they are naked (no butter). I am working on my diet this month as I believe my gym routine is as good as it needs to be for now. I realize the gym routine sould change every few months and muscles need to be worked differently to grow. I am working on fat loss currently and am not overly concerned with gaining muscle at the moment. I do use Splenda (4packs) in my coffee 2 or 3 times per night at work. I bought a heart rate monitor to help me do cardio and the proper tempo. Any one have any suggestions for me? I will try almost anything to see some results. The only suppliment is a multi-vitamin, and I have plenty of energy at the gym. - Thanks

calorie intake….

diceman1968 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:47:07 +0000

It has been a while since I posted, but I have a question. I bought a heart rate monitor that also calculates calories expended. I put it on before bed last night and slept for 8 hours. I expended 700 calories while I slept. If I multiply that by 3, I get 2100 calories per day. My workouts range from 500 - 800 calories per session. I am 225lbs and want to lose another 20 lbs on top of the 84lbs I have lost over the last year. How many calories per day should I be eating? Should I keep a 40/40/20 approach? Since I am still obese with a bf % of 30, does it really matter that much about my diet breakdown? My diet has been getting better over the last year and is currently semi clean. I can’t seem to break free from Coke Zero, although at least that is better than the 6 pack of coke I was drinking per day last year. Any help would be great. - Wayne

training update

diceman1968 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:33:16 +0000

I went to the gym this morning to do some cardio. I finally made it to 60 minutes on the elyptical machine. Then I went to the treadmill to see how long I could maintain a 6.0 pace. I made it 15 minutes. 1.5 miles is the longest I have ran since I was a teen. I will work on my 5k distance goal and then work on the time. I am also trying to increase the number of push-ups and pull-ups I can do. I had been slacking off lately, so the two pull-ups I finally could do are now back to zero (sh#!). I am up to 13 push-ups. I would like to be able to do at least 10 pull-ups and 25 push-ups.

lack of motivation

diceman1968 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:49:08 +0000

I have slacked off for some time and I gained some weight back. I have not been loyal to the gym either. I started back at the gym last week and made some changes to my diet, but I do not have a training partner to motivate me when I need some motivation. My wife is very thin and has a whole different training schedule than I need. I work nights and go to the gym early mornings and I am usally the only one there. If you have any suggestions or a motivational story or motivational progress pic, give it up.

plateau buster?

diceman1968 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:37:44 +0000

I have been at 240 for some time. I fell into a bad place dwelling on my lack of progress. I just ordered the power 90 program and i will do that at home to lose fat and do some light running at the gym. After the 90 days are up, I will get back into the gym full time and start building some muscle.

More progress

diceman1968 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:09:59 +0000

When I started working out in september 07, I could not even walk 1.5 miles. My first short term goal was to be able to walk the 1.5 miles, with a secondary goal of increasing the time to under 18 minutes (which is the required time for the army). Today, I did my 1.5 miles in 17 minutes and 57 seconds. I will continue to decrease the time untill I can run the whole distance at a 10 minute mile pace, then I will start to increase the distance. Wish me luck.