Pear is a shape…just not a good one.

I have cut sugar out of my diet to the point that I just ate a large orange and got a sugar rush. If you were to tell the 12-year-old candy loving me this fact, he would not have believed you. He also would not understand the fact that Bucky is back and is now Captain America, and that it works, but this is not an entry about that.

Looking back at when I was in the best shape of my life, I would say it was Senior Year of High School after football. I was running three miles three times a week after school (plus lifting as a class) and was half way to losing the  bulk I had to put on for Football at my coach’s request, since I was not planning on playing in college. It is always at that time when something happens. For me, it was blowing out my ACL. We scheduled my surgery over Spring Break. I would not miss any class, but I did miss going on Spring Break with all my friends and was stuck in town with none of my friends.

By the time I was walking again and through physical therapy it was Freshman year at Purdue. So, suddenly I could have soda at every meal and chicken fingers like three times a week! Not to mention going to fraternity rush events that were full of pizza, hot wings and soda. This doesn’t even count the late night binges of parties and 3am food. Add in a long distance girlfriend that I had to call every night at 9 (for a few months) and there was NO time for hitting the rec center.

So, I got lazy. I got used to not working out, hanging out and eating like I did when I was working out and running around 6 times a week. I graduated college up 30lbs. Ouch! First thing I did when I moved was got to the gym. I had a buddy that could go with me for a while, but then he got married, so us getting together at 7 am was a bit harder. I stuck with it though. I dropped 20 of those pounds again. Then I got engaged.

Wedding planning and late nights on the phone led to sleeping in, which led to not going to the gym again. I was starting to hate my job, so I was eating. Holly would come up on weekends and we would hang out the whole time, and I would never make it to the gym then either. The whole time, I was still REALLY bad with portion sizes. So, I started a diet and lost about 15 of the 20 pounds I had added back on. For those of you good at math, I am still ‘up’ 15 pounds at this point, not counting the 10 I had left that I wanted to lose when I blew my knee out. Then, I got married.

Now, I love to cook, but I am not good at portioning. Holly was never taught out to cook. So, there was a LOT of  ‘bringing food home‘ and ‘lets meet up at…‘ going on. I learned how hard it was to get out of the bed in the morning when there is another warm body there. Holly, also was mostly a night person. I would try to go to bed at 11 so I could get up, she would come to bed at 12, I would wake up, and could not fall asleep till 1. Then, when the alarm went off at 6:30 I was still exhausted and had that warm body next to me… So, lets add 20 back on.

Cut to now. I am back in the game. I have been running a LOT. I love my Nike+ system, and my running shoes are the most comfortable I have ever ran in. I am also learning to be selfish, which is new to me. I am going to the gym for me. I am going to bed on time and not just staying up because Holly is not tired. I am getting up and getting ready for the gym and I am taking the time to eat right. Holly has gone vegetarian, so that helps with not going out or bringing food home as much since she can’t really eat at a lot of fast food places. Nike + makes my runs feel like a video game, which means I squeeze in an extra .25 miles or so on almost every run to hit milestones faster. And everyone can see my mile pace, so maybe I bump the treadmill up another .2 for it’s speed to bring down my overall pace.

My overall goal is to be down to wearing Large T-Shirts by SDCC (roughly 5 months away),  so I am setting some goals along the way.

• 10lbs: MST3K  set
• 15lbs: MST3K set
• 20lbs: MST3K set
• 25lbs: Dayman T-Shirt size L
• 30lbs: Diesel Watch
• 35lbs:  Kenneth Cole shirt size L
• 40lbs: Camera Lens

Currents:

• Just watched: LOST
• Listening: Alter Ego Comics Podcast
• Reading: Tracy Jordan: I am the New Black
• Playing: Bad Company 2
• Creating: Character designs for a comic pitch

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