Two-Month Ten-Pounds Challenge

[Coach McGuirk]

Wow. Nice work Coach. What are you doing, I must have missed if you explained in other threads.

Killing it.

running my ass off. Training for the SLC marathon April 16th.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

running my ass off. Training for the SLC marathon April 16th.

Your my hero.

[Pheidippides]

running my ass off. Training for the SLC marathon April 16th.

How is that going by the way? Are the legs holding up okay?

[Jacob]

184 this morning. All diet, as I haven't even found time to go running since we started this. I have been trying to do 50 pushups, 50 tricep dips, and 50 crunches every night, but so far I've only managed every other night.

Step it up man! You could have done those easily during timeouts during the jazz game last night. A week ago I decided to do 100 pushups and sit ups a day in addition to real workouts 4 days a week. But I've only been successful about every other night as well. But it doesn't take much time or effort when i actually do it. Just gotta do it.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Step it up man! You could have done those easily during timeouts during the jazz game last night.

He fixes his hair during Jazz game timeouts. Not nearly as effective.

[Coach McGuirk]

How is that going by the way? Are the legs holding up okay?

So far so good. I have 12 miles saturday, which will be my longest distance for a training run ever. I am a little nervous about being able to keep up with the mile increases, but I take it easy when the body tells me to. I am knocking on wood for no injuries.

[TripletDaddy]

Im starting a new regimen tomorrow (although I definitely do not want to lose 10 pounds...maybe only 5).....cardio at the gym in the morning for 45-60 mins, weights at night.

Currently, I lift each night, sans Fri and Sun, and Sat morn. I think I can manage adding the early gym time (which isnt really that early).

This thread has inspired me! Also, an impending trip to Hawaii has inspired me.

[Pheidippides]

So far so good. I have 12 miles saturday, which will be my longest distance for a training run ever. I am a little nervous about being able to keep up with the mile increases, but I take it easy when the body tells me to. I am knocking on wood for no injuries.

Remember to take it slow and you will be fine. I ran my long runs too fast my first time. I try to run my longest training run in about the same time I want to run the actual marathon, give or take a few minutes.

[Commando]

I think I'm doing ok... I look better this week than last week, although I did crack and eat fast food yesterday b/c I was starving... I'll check in w/ my weight specs tonight

[Pheidippides]

At 188 as of yesterday morning for a loss of about six pounds. I'm doing 30+ miles of running a week (small numbers compared with what Coach, Lunch and Goose are probably doing) with two days of weightlifting and two days of abs mixed in. But more even than the weight loss is the diet - I've cut out all processed foods, artificial sugars and refined grains. I feel amazing.

[old_gregg]

January 1 I weighed 281. This morning I weighed 257.5

that is an insane amount of weight to lose in a month and a half. freakin beast mode.

[fusnik]

SG, the locals and Euros in Fiji dont care how you look, trust me I've been there. I dont together seeing one banging body.

[MarkGrace]

The diet part is what I always struggle with. I don't have problems getting motivated to work out, but I have a hell of a time trying to control my food intake. And really, above all, sweets.

Friday night I got home and ate a cupcake and then a piece of bread with some brie. Bit later we went to grab a burger before a movie. At the movie I had jr mints. When I got back from the movie I had a bowl of ice cream and some belgian butter thins at home.

I don't think I know one person who eats worse than I do.

[Commando]

I don't think I know one person who eats worse than I do.

That's because you haven't met me yet. The only reason I'm not the next Walter Hudson is that 1) I hit the gym really hard and 2) I can't afford it.

[TripletDaddy]

Friday night I got home and ate a cupcake and then a piece of bread with some brie. Bit later we went to grab a burger before a movie. At the movie I had jr mints. When I got back from the movie I had a bowl of ice cream and some belgian butter thins at home.

I don't think I know one person who eats worse than I do.

If you are going to eat like that, you might as well go ahead and just smoke pot, too. In fact, it is kind of weird that you aren't smoking pot but still eating like that.