heathershubby’s BodyBlog

   OK I was going to try and blog once a week but I didnt get it done last week. So as of Monday I have been following Micael Elias’ plan for 2 full weeks and I am very happy with the results so far. In the first week I lost 4.5lbs and then followed that up with 2lbs this week for a total of 6.5lbs so far. It is a twelve week program and I am pumped to see what the outcome will be after 12 weeks. I have been working out much harder with his weight training then I was with my own program, monitering what I am eating much more closely and doing cardio which is somthing I would not have been doing on my own yet. When I started in aug I could not even walk on the treadmill for 2 mins I was out of breath, my back and legs hurt. When I started the Program two weeks ago Michael had me walking 20 mins a day mon thru sat. This week I have been adding a min everyday and am up to 29 mins today and 30 tommorow where I will stop for a while. At the end of the month I will share the differences in messurments from the biggining of the program till now and from day 1 four months ago and now thatnks for checking out the blog.

    This is actually my favorite section because it is where I can go and acctually learn about the people I am talking to and learning from out here. I have been out here for 4 months an if your here I am supposing that you want to learn a little about me so here goes. I can’t spell actually I can’t type and frown on proof reading and I can’t spell so when in doubt "flowers for algernon" it. If you don’t know what I am talking about get the book called "Flowers for Algernon" and read it it’s awsome.

    Ok so as I said I joined about 4 months ago when I finnaly acted on somthing that I had prommised to do a year and a hlaf before. I had made this promise to God and myself 2 people I firmly belive you should keep your promises too. Although I can honestly say I have in the pst broke promises to both. Some of the things I am about to share I have pretty much only shared with my wife or not at all so please bare with me.

     My daughter Anna was born on Dec 1st 2 years ago she was born 2 months premature.She spent 6 days in our local hospital before being air lifted to Londons Sick Kids Hospital to get the specialized care she needed. The scariest thing I have ever went through was watching my baby be born. She did not cry and was rushed to the other side of the room where a specialist (there were many in the room) started to use a hand resperator to make her breath and the others were rubbing here all over to get her circulation moving. Beside the faint eyes and slightess movment my daugter did not look alive. At this point I was fear struck and as my wife asked me waht wsas going on I half lied and half prayed i said "shes alright shes alright" and I looked at the specialist for reasurance I was very afraid would not come. He turned to my wife and said don’t worry she is just lazy thats all I am just helping her breath. In a crazy moment I thought shit lazy she must get that from me. It’s a funny thought now but little did I know how lazy she would not be. She pulled through that day and for the next 6 days we were right there waiting for her to get stronger in the morning following her birth the doctor told us she was not getting any stronger and that he had some concerns that he was going to run certain tests and that he thought there was a real posibility that she may have downs.

   So for 6 days we went through this daily "she is doing better" 2 hours later "it doesn’t look good".then on the 6 day the doctor said "you know she is looking a little better really". So I looked at my wife and said "I have to work or were not going to have a home to bring her too. That night 2 hours into my shift I got the call at work my wife hyserically sobbing " they are flying her out tonight" she took a turn for the worst and they didn’t think they could take care of her any more.

     So not to get to the point one day while my wife slept in the waiting room and I was alone with the baby out loud  or (and in my head ) or both it’s hard to remember. I started to talk to her and God at the same time.

I prayed

   God if she can fight like this to save her life I am so sorry I have been so recless with mine. I swear Lord if she can make it hrough this I will fight as hard as I can to make sure I never take mine for granted again. Well she did fight and make it and as a family we both grew stronger and hit walls all at the same time. SHe was hospitalized for almost 6 mths all together and I missed alot of work and therefore money we were evicted and moved into the apartments abouve our church. In all the craziness Iput my promise to God and to Anna on hold until aug as I saw she was getting closer and closer to taking that first step and thought about what that would mean. Running jumping playing swimming ect I already was struggling with self esteam because although I have always been overweight I put on 100lbs in the year I was married. I use to be that fat guy that could play ball and do things like hapkido and people would say you pretty quick or flexable for a fat guy. Not no more I could not get out of bed without being winded.

   So I said to myself again on my B-day in JUly its time you got 2 years till your 35 get your but in gear. Then I proceded to put it off for a couple more week as I was on vacation and all. As of aug 1st I started working out in the gym at work and the communitee center down the street. I started eating better but not perfect. I then found BB.com looking for info on a diet and it changed everything. I snooped around for a week or so and then debated about putting my pic up and starting to get involved out here. I then realized how much help and support was out here and I really liked it. I have since lost 30lbs and have been blessed to have made many many friends out here.

   The most amazing thing is that one of them friends fitnfirm actually went so far as to tell her PT Michael Elias about me and when he read the journal and with her nudging and offering to help he agreed to give me a 12 week program free of charge because he and fitnfirm wanted to help and make somthing that was quite difficult for me easier and therfore more likly attainable. I have been on his program for 2 days now and it is miles abouve what I was doing. The intensity is insane the speed at which I am improving in strenght and endurance is somthing I have not experianced and this is just in relation to the cardio plan he has me on. The diet is easier to follow more convenient then the one I had made myself. The weight training is like getting you butt kicked daily but every day after that butt kicking is over you know you just got stronger and in better shape. Thanks Michael and thats all for this opening blog. I will try to update this every week once a week as I have my transformatin thread for the day to day stuff.