The Start

So, I am now 2.5 weeks into the insanity program.  For those who don't know what the insanity program is, well it lives up to it's name.  It's a 9 week program that consists of 30 to 45 min workouts where all you do is move, max interval training.  This has been the hardest workouts I have been part of in a very long time.

But since this is my first post I will give a little background, a few years ago (Nov 2007) I got on a scale andit read 317 lbs...  WOW... when did I get that big...  and on top of that my father and my wife's father announced they each had type 2 diabetes and if I didn't change my ways I would be right there.  Married, no kids and with diabetes.  At that point, we decided that we would change, we started eatting better and joined the gym.  It worked, soon I was down 30 lbs by tracking my food intake and working out.  Back under 300 and feeling better.  But still not good enough. 

Then came round two of the work out/weight loss program, RUNNING.  Aug of 2009 we were slated to run our first half marathon, that's right a 280 lb man running 13.1 miles.  During training my wife and I really focused on our diet again as well.  By the time of the marathon I had dropped to 240 lbs.  Completed the Chicago Rock and Roll Half Marathon and then I was addicited.  We ran and ran and ran, well I kept running and running and running.  At the begining of 2010 we found out that we were expecting our first child.  So my wife ran the first half marathon of 2010 (January) down in Phoenix, then she took it easy for a while I ran.  I ended up running an additonal 5 Half Marathons in 2010 taking the total to 6 in one calendar year.  Kansas City Rock the Parkway in March, May came the Indy Mini Marathon, Re-ran the Chicago Rock and Roll Half in August.  Right after our son was born came the Des Moines Half in October, and finally the Las Vegas Half Marathon in December.  New goal, now with 7 total half marathons run in 6 differnt states, time to try to run a half marathon in every state.  I did learn one thing, I shouldn't do 6 in one year.  So I think I will try to cut that back to 2 or 3 each year with some other fun workout programs thrown in. 

So back to present day, with my weight back up to 255, I have settled on the the Insanity program over the next 9 weeks to get some fun workouts in before the running starts back up. My one struggle is back on my diet, I have a nasty sweet tooth and a mind for bar food (including pizza).  So my focus is really to get back on the diet, veggies and protiens.  Maybe back to calorie, carb, fiber, fat counting, that really worked for me.  I will also talk more about each workout I do, as well as letting you know what run I am preparing for, so stay tuned for more.  That's my start...