rdowww’s BodyBlog

I’ve been talking a lot lately to my friends and co-workers about my progress. I lost 100lbs over the past 14 months and they all want to know how I did it. They all ask me what kind of diet I am on and when I tell them I am not on a diet and I eat 6 meals a day they look a me really funny. I then proceed to tell them that I changed everything about exercise and diet and that it has to be total lifestyle change if you are going to change your body. They all want to know what pill or fad diet to try and I keep telling them that they might lose weight with a specific diet but if you don’t change your lifestyle you will gain it back. Trust me I have tried every diet on the planet and have lost weight but always gained it back. I tell them to get educated about nutrition and how important it is to know what you are putting in your body and at what times. I tell them to stop drinking alcohol and to cut out sugar and white carbs and the conversation usually ends right there. You see I have made my health and well being my life and I live to be fit. Sometimes I do eat badly but when I do I follow it up with at least 5 days of eating clean. There is NO quick fix for a good-looking body, I bust my a** 5 to 7 days a week in the gym and have worked very hard to get where I’m at. It has to be a TOTAL LIFESTYLE CHANGE!!!

I’ve been running 3 times a week because that is one thing I couldn’t do when I was so big. I remember when I first started boot camp I couldn’t run 5 feet without stopping.Thats where my trainer drilled into my head how important it was to be mentally tough. It really is all about your mind playing with your head telling you it’s alright to stop, youve done enough, NO NO NO. He tried to break us each and everyday. I hated him some mornings and there were times I felt like I couldn’t do one more pushup or run another inch, but he was there pushing me to my limits. God bless him for that because now I don’t listen to my mind and work hard everyday. This morning I woke up and my ass was so lazy my mind told me that I didn’t need to run this morning, I did enough this week. BLA BLA BLA I didn’t listen and went out for my 3 mile run. I was about a half mile into it and my mind started again. I just turned up my I pod and kept going. About 2 miles into the run I caught my second wind and finished the last mile stronger than ever. Now I feel great and I am ready to go to the gym and lift now. IT REALLY IS A MIND GAME.

In 2 weeks I will be 41.It was a year ago that I started my journey. When I started boot camp February 27th I was 320 lbs 35% body fat suffered from chronic knee and back pain and was reminded I was fat from the second I tried to get out of bed, put on my socks or went to the bathroom. What a difference a year makes, I now weigh 218 lbs 14% body fat and feel better know than when I was 25. I was thinking back at the beginning when I started bootcamp, I could not run, do a pull up, barely do 1 push up and felt like I was going to puke everyday for about a month. But it wasnt going to beat me, I keep going back more determined than ever, I wanted to be able to run with my kids again and be alive when I was 45(my blood pressure was dangerously high) and most of all like what I see when I look in the mirror and be comfortable when I took off my shirt in public. I now try to run with the 25 year olds in boot camp( someday I put a hurting on them).But no matter what, the days I feel like staying in bed and not working out I go and work harder than everyone else. I might not be the strongest or the fastest but nobody out works the old guy in class. If you see someone that is really fat try to help them and encourage them. (Trust me you now when your fat) dont remind them every second of the day with fat jokes and ridicule. If anyone is new and just starting out, if I can do it you CAN TOO! Pm me and I will give you my cell # and tell you can even when you think you cant and want to give up. You are beautiful and worth it, and there is a rocking body in there waiting to bust out. I cant wait to post new pics 2 weeks from today.
Peace Rich
 

I have been eating clean since New Years Eve and it has shown. I actually put on 6-8 lbs over the holidays for the first time since I started my Journey last February. I have lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks I am back down to 225lbs which makes my total weight loss around100 lbs. I can’t wait until February 27th when I take more progress pictures and see the difference. But eating Super clean has helped tremendously. Stay well and keep up the hard work.

Kevin never ceases to amaze me. The 1-hour boot camp circuit was one of the most challenging yet. Even after almost a year of boot camp my legs are screaming. I can’t wait until tomorrow.