Fat Family Fitness

Detox?

The Mom — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:11:19 +0000

Have any of you done, or thought about doing, a detox? This morning I’m reading the March 2012 issue of Natural Health Magazine. Page 62 is an article about detox (aka cleansing). Basically, you follow the program by eliminating “the big five” foods (animal products, sugar, alcohol, caffeine, and gluten) for three weeks. It looks fabulous. I’ve often thought about doing a cleanse and I’d really like to do this one. I believe that Clare, the vegan expert in the family, will have to relocate to my house for a while. She’d be an awesome detox buddy

Yay, I’m not alone!

Jeremy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:30:18 +0000

On February 1, The Leon starts a Biggest Loser-type thing at work. It costs him $20 to do, and the two winners split the money raised (one for most poundage lost, one for biggest percentage lost). That’s all of the details I’ve got. I don’t have any idea how long it runs, but I’m guessing it can’t be for less than six months.

I’m very excited about this, honestly. It’s hard to be the only one in a household who’s trying to get back into shape, especially when it comes to the food aspect of it. That’s our biggest stumbling block, I think. Nearly every meal we eat has a main course (usually some sort of meat, usually pork or chicken), a vegetable (usually corn, and yes, corn counts. If you’re just going to comment to say CORN ISN’T A VEGETABLE BAWK BAWK BAWK, keep it to yourself; there’s not a lot of veggies I can eat and fewer that I like), and a starch (potatoes or rice). It’s a LOT of food, but cutting it down doesn’t seem to be something that we’re very good at.

Starting on Wednesday, though, we start hitting the Weight Watchers cookbooks to figure out what the healthier options are. We’re also going to be digging through the low-sodium cookbook and a couple of other healthier-choices cookbooks. We’ve also got SparkPeople to use as a resource as well.

Then comes the exercise. I think I may introduce The Leon to the body-weight exercises that will help. I know that he won’t be joining me with the running when the weather turns again or at the gym when I join up, but there are DVDs and self-paced workouts that we can both do or that he can do on his own.

And honestly, I prefer to start things like this in February. Half of this county knows January as “Failure to Keep a Gym Commitment” month; February will be nicer that way. Finding a gym, though, that’s the tough part. I have ideas, but I’m not sure how to implement them. Maybe trying the week-long guest pass that it seems like every gym has will help make the decision easier. Anyone wanna help with that search? Because, really, I have to get to a gym and I don’t wanna go alone.

Biggest Loser

Jeremy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:06:47 +0000

Yeah, that’s kinda me right now. I got the Biggest Loser Cardio Max Weight Loss DVD for myself last week, and I did (most of) my first workout with it tonight. I’m starting way low because, well, I’m a big, giant, fat slob and I don’t want my partner to find me dead of a heart attack when he comes down in the morning.

The thing I love about this line of videos is that the people in the videos, aside from the trainer, are big people. They’re not Evil Blonde Aerobics Bunnies and Giant Humpy Muscleheads. They’re people who need these videos. It’s kind of inspiring, to a point.

I got 25 minutes into a 35-minute workout before I had to stop because I just couldn’t finish. I’m… kind of a self-loathing mess right now. I know I should be proud that I did what I could, that 25 minutes today is better than the zero minutes yesterday, that it’s better than the zero minutes that I’ve done for the last six weeks. I’m having problems getting myself into that mindset, though, and I don’t know how to get out of this shame-and-hate spiral.

Also? This.

Jeremy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:44:52 +0000

I’m just gonna leave this right here. Print it out. Read it every day. Enjoy.

Once More Around the Sun…

Jeremy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:46:00 +0000

Here we are again, at the beginning of a calendar year. My biggest goal for 2012 (I don’t do resolutions; that’s just setting myself up for failure) is to lose 5 pounds a month. I’m hovering right around 240 pounds right now. That would put me at 180 by December. That’s where I want to be, to be honest. That’s a good weight for me.

I also want to reboot my Couch-to-5K, as well as add a Jillian Michaels workout with resistance bands, as well as a body weight workout that I snagged from SparkPeople. I’m also hoping to mix in a couple of the Biggest Loser workout DVDs (if anyone’s buying, I’m looking at the At Home Challenge, Last Chance, and Cardio Max Weight Loss workouts) and my Wii Fit and Just Dance 2 (and maybe 3, if I get it). I’ve got at LEAST one 5K run planned this year, and I’m hoping to be able to finish a 10K. I’ve got a five-year plan to be able to at least run a half-marathon. I’d love to see a full marathon so that I can jump on Team Reeve and support the Roller Skate a little bit, but I’ll be happy with 13.1 for now.

I need to start making more healthy choices about food. It’s difficult to eat healthy when you’re doing it solo. Hopefully, I’ll be able to convince The Leon to get on the bandwagon with that. Wish me luck. He doesn’t like whole wheat pasta (which I love), and we eat a lot of pasta. That would help our food problems a great deal.

I’m tired of being approximately twelve thousand pounds (I rounded up). I’ve got some great friends behind me on this to keep my fat ass moving. I just need to make myself do it when they’re not around to kick me.

The Mom — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:25:34 +0000

Remember this FREE DVD I received for subscribing to Prevention Magazine? OMG! I just looked. I got this in AUGUST!!! (Look what I’ve missed out on). Well, I dusted it off this morning and did The Accelerated Workout. Only 15 minutes of cardio, but I felt like I got more out of that than my regular walk to the office. Tomorrow, The Body-Shaping Workout!!!

Starting Fresh, Again

The Mom — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:04:54 +0000

I love a new year, a new quarter, and new week, a new day. Every time you turn around there’s an opportunity for change.

Read this article from LiveStrong. It’ll kick-start your New Year!

The 1-Step Success Plan

No Control

The Mom — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:11:03 +0000

~~I so hate Christmas~~ I so hate that I have no control when it comes to food at Christmas-time. Today we had our office Christmas potluck and gift exchange. We tried, really we did try to bring healthy stuff, but we still ate too much. We at Val’s chili with Fritos, sour cream, and cheese. We ate cheese, salami, pepperoni, and crackers. We ate assorted Hershey Kisses. And! We ate Subway sandwiches and, since it was Wednesday, we got FREE cookies! If I weren’t so stuffed, I think I’d go throw up. Where does one gain the self-control?

48:01

fatfamilyfitness — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:33:13 +0000

48:01 was my time for the Jingle Bell Run.

Here’s the map and my activity level. Started at Nationwide and High. Ran to State street, walked to Fulton, ran to Blenkner, walked to Rich, ran to Gay, walked to Chestnut, ran to the finish.

And still it took me nearly a fucking hour to finish.

Everyone will say that they’re proud of me, that I finished the race, that it’s an accomplishment, that I should be proud of what I did.

Except I’m not. In October, I walked a full 5K two weeks ago in 45 minutes. Seriously, there was no running involved in that 5K, and it was slower than today’s.

I feel like a miserable failure at this, and I don’t know how to not feel like a miserable failure at it.

I do know that this is not the end of my running, and it’s not even the end of me doing 5K running. By next year, I want to be able to run the whole 5K. I may re-boot the Couch to 5K program and call it my C25K Boot-in-the-Ass program.

This is seriously making me feel shitty. More than anything, I feel like I let down my donors. I know I let down myself.

You CAN get back on track today!

The Mom — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:20:23 +0000

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I should read this article, from SparkPeople, every day until it sticks…

25 Ways to Get Back on Track Today

(If you aren’t able to open this link, let me know and I’ll come up with an alternative)

I believe I’ll go for a walk now…