Day 253 - The End

Mental


I feel very happy because I am making overall more good decisions then bad.  I feel very excited for the new year (IF that makes sense)

Nutrition

Doing some intermittent fasting to develop the habit but I am still sugary...

Exercise

HIT AND am jogging on the treadmill!!

Observations

Waist at 41" and clothes fit great!

Day 239 - Locked and Loaded

Mental

I'm sleeping well and with rest comes the clarity.  Coffee helps too but I'm in the habit right now of doing the right things to be sussesssful.

Nutrition

I'm, believe it or not, working on portion control. It's allowing me to not forgo the goods yet learn to just taste them.

Exercise

Back on the HIT (can't believe it! thought I was done for good, yo).  And today was super easy at level 8.  Basically the progression is to run to :50.

Observations

Welllll...I am wearing one of semi-good shirts.  This is when slowly I start reaping the benefits of my hard work.  

Day 232 - Bizzy Bone

Mental

I am clearly in execution mode - willing to do what it takes to get to the gym. I feel confident.

Nutrition

I am not tracking really only because from years and years of inputting my intake I kind of know where I'm at.  Not going all the way clean but just smart.  Last night I did decide to drink to Sunkists and pump in 80gs of sugar. Sorry.

Exercise

My muscles are really getting taxed with the 12 reps, form focused and we are doing interval training so by the time I get to the elipitcal, I'm pumping.


Observations



So..my site is back (yay!).  I woke up with wood (yay!) and my clothes are feeling baggy.  I look very handsome these days too - probably cause of my confidence!
Also, the peeing has really slowed down so I am not killing ice water all day - I barely even want it.

Go go

I'm on my bullshit!

Day 226 - Men Lie, Women Lie But Tape Measures Don't

Mental
I feel like I have the eye of the tiger right now - extremely determined and focused

Nutrition

I'm not super clean?  Drinking lots of sugary milk but I am controlling portions and overall making good choices

Exercise

Blasting in the gym with circuit training and 12 rep sets.  And today..BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM....BANG BANG BANG BANG I hit the HIT after almost 2 years.  Its was nothing.  (Level 8).  And...I swam some sprints

Observations
I am still leaning out, the tape measure said 43".  I mean wow, I remember stretching to get to 50"!  And boy oh boy, I was going through my closet like a guillatine!  Everything is fittable or damn close - within reach.

Keep it moving, onward and upward, yo

Day 223 - Control

Stats
  

• Weight - 262.4 lb
• Waist - 244'
• Bodyfat - 25.41%
• Blood Glucose - 559 mg/dL

Mental
I still have a relatively good attitude and will to fight but there comes a time when you just have to make it happen. It does a whole lot for me when I win the morning and workout at 5am. That's when the clarity kicks in.

Nutrition

Eating is poor - tons and tons of sugar direct and through carbs

Exercise

I have been doing circuit training followed by cardio  - its doing wonders.  I need to step up the intensity

Observations

Wow, I looked really good with my shirt off this morning as far as the muscles and seeing ab traces. It's all about the body fat right now because my excercise is off the chain.

Unfortunately I have broken the record for blood sugar:  559.  Its very serious - I pee like every 10 minutes it seems and a bit lethargic.  Also am about 10% blind

Educational, political, physical

These are the three simplified keys to me getting right into sending to that next level. I felt very smart and very important very connected and very handsome last night. So imagine if I take all of that to the next level that with Vance me at Bhakta and provide more clarity and advance me and my future career.

For The Ages

Wow, so I have been tracking my urination frequency.  You can pretty much bet on a bathroom trip once an hour. And on Roadtrips?  Oh my lord by the 2 hour mark my bladder was a water balloon!  Torturous this Saturday in SF but I survived.

Blood sugar is crazy high but that's okay cause I'm going to get it down to 120 in the next 2 weeks, brah.

Joe

Running!

Mile: 9:04

Day 172 - Q4 Shock

Today I'm going to finish what I started and we're going to hit all of our goals for the year God

Day 165 - Sluggish Ruggish Bone

My god I can barely move! Blood Sugar is wild and out of control!

Day 164 - Foof Day

Had a blast hanging out with my boy 

then celebrating the daughter's birthday!

Day 163 - Positive

I'm going to get my stuff done today, capped with BodyCombat!   Weekend but still focus on sugaring down!

Joe

Day 162 - Resync (Q4)

Got myself motivated again (thanks Jeffrey Gitomer!) and I am going to make sure to keep my attitude positive and add value!   I am here - NOW - so I can't wait for greener grass.

Just like that I whipped up goals that include writing every morning!

Day 161 - Sugar Train

349


All the symptoms there

• Pee
• Fatigue
• Blindness

Time to go back the other way and push for life!

Joe

Day 160 - Zoo

Milo and Me.  I got to chapperone a small group of 3 - it was fun, blocked out work.

Day 159 - Bleck

Just burnt at the job and dealing with the scabs. Ho hum.

Day 158 - Lab Reunion

Tons of fun and sugar as the girls and boys got together and frolicked.

Ribs that night.

Day 157 - Drive In

Great time with the kiddos and booze seeing Maze Runner 2.

Wings wings wings and wings!

Day 156 - Poker!

I'm going to crush tonight

Day 155 - Futbol

Really off in this daily fantasy!

Day 154 - Chill

Beasting and waiting

Day 153 - polarizing

I haven't really had any ginkgo biloba in sometime now but yesterday I felt like a wizard. By all means it's my mood disorder kicking on a positive note which is fine I've always said I'll take having a split personality as long as I know I can work it out

153 - Day Off - Begin Now

I'm off today so I'm just getting my head right in thinking about everything I need to do and hitting my goals for the year

Day 152 - Chappelle

Wow we really did it big today! We went down to the bay area and bar hopped ate lots of food saw a black mask the movie and then went to a concert and watched Dave Chapelle and Chris tucker

Day 151 - Nachos

Went to the gym then came home drank (soda) and ate homemade nachos

Day 150 - CyberSource

They called back...

Day 149 - Jury Duty

This is one of those days where I thought OK maybe I won't drink tonight yeah right.

I mean I survived jury duty!

Day 148 - Drinking Away

Just recklessness eating and drinking

Day 147 - Nothing much

Can't really call it just getting through the day some dominating great meetings and then drinking at night

Day 146 - Fan Kings

Unleash the devil!  Hey but so what I found something that is so fun and exciting and I really am going to use out-of-control or not but too much money on it but way more fun than fantasy football

Day 145 - Football River

Pretty much just watched football all day and did nothing

Day 144 - Kickbox/Pool Party

While I did drink a lot and eat poorly I started out on a great note by going to kickboxing after being off for a few weeks. Then we have a pool party at Matt's house and had a blast!

Day 143 - Movie Night!

Wow had the best time ever in my life at the movies with my three kids. We saw a scary movie called the visit and then went for ice cream afterwards so fun

Day 142 - Football!

Well today is kind of like another holiday because football season officially starts with the patriots vs steelers

Day 141 - Nothing New

Just kind of in that mode no exercise and not eating right

Day 140 - Back To Work

Sigh.  I just really can't believe that I'm faced with doing the marketing automation specialist role or being a CSM neither which is appealing

Day 139 - Labor Day

We had burgers and I just literally stay depressed and did nothing. Also have been sick the last few days.

Day 138 - Kabobs

Well today mom is coming up and until then I'm just going to be lazy and depressed.

Day 137 - Flea Market

Walked about 9 miles at the flea market with my father-in-law.

Day 136 - Meet The Parents

Severe depression and now the in-laws are here. Let's have KFC tonight

Day 135 - Draft!

Depressing that I have to stay in this job!

I do have my fantasy draft today though

Day 134 - Still down

Ho hum.

Day 133 - Pity

Just really cannot believe this. Hiring Freeze at CyberSource.

Went to Tony's and drank.

Day 132 - Inlaw

Get right over these next 4 days

They're coming...

Day 131 - Recover

Holy snap I was done! Napped for almost 2 hours then rested then went to bed!

Last thing that was in my belly was beer and pasta! :)

Day 130 - Redwoods!

Oh man we had the time of our lives!

I sugared up though..

Day 129 - Chipotle

Hey, I worked out this morning

 but was clamouring for my Burrito Bowl!!

Then we finished off with wings!

Day 128 - Thin Out Sweet

Blood sugar down to 133 - almost there!

Keep getting it!

Day 127 - Kill Them All

Anxious and checked out but crushed the day!

And then we heard an update from Cybersource - soon they say, SOON!

Day 126 - Smile and Wait

Everything feels great while we watch and wait!

Day 125 - Keep Working

Oldie!

Day 124 - Ok, Prove it

I am about to have my life changed, the impact is up to me.

Major Goals for 2015

- New Job (check)

- Crush Act-On (check)

- Sex

- 200lbs

The last 2 are in front of me!

Day 123 - Lazy

Omg, laziest adult day I have ever had - shout to the wife.

Woke up late, blasted, took kids to movie (San Andreas), came home and took 4 hr nap, at pizza watched movies (Wedding Ringer/X-Men 3), went to bed!

That's it!

Day 122 - BodyPump!

Dinnent feel like it but got it in after work!

Day 121 - Back at Work

Ho hum. Hard day but made it through.

Day 120 - 6 Shooter/Movie Day

What a nice relaxing day!

Ihop, On24 interview, Straight Outta Compton then Ant Man!

Then they called from CyberSource and told me that I kilt that.

No work!

Day 119 - Interviews

They got me lined up with 6 interviews down in SF. Feeling fine though because of my overpreparation. Let's go down and have a great time...

(Later that day)

Did what I needed to do.

Day 118 - Prep Day

I have studied about as much as I could stand.  Let's get right!

Day 117 - Shopping

This week is yuuuge. Need to be dressed  fly for my Cybersource interview.

Day 116 - Kick The Box

Good times, got in there and got busy. Heat down in the steam room. Chull. Relux.

Day 115 - My Friday

Wow what a day! I started out with a great run and a great swim then when I got to the office I had a fantastic meeting with my client. Then I met with the director of our professional services team trying to recruit me for a job. I treated myself to some great food for the day chicken burritos sandwiches. Finished off by a fun time playing poker it just wasn't in the cards.

Day 113 - Not in the mood

Try and interview me - I dare you

Day 114 - Used Ta Be

Day 112 - Getting Right

I feel so amassin.

Shirt is slimy

Day 111 - Early

Yes, got up at 4am and hit 'em!

Day 110 - Body Combat - Day 3

Trifecta!

Day 109 - Body Combat - Day 2

Back to back.

Let loose with eating and drinking. Guess it was celebration mode cause kids were coming back.

Day 108 - Body Combat - Day 1

After work I knocked it out with Vaughn and Redmond! Felt so good.

Day 107 - Track It

Have a great day - I can feel it coming off

Day 106 - Casino Royale

What an amazing experience playing with the big boys! Christ it was at lightening speed!!

Great time, food - saw MI - Rogue Nation

Day 105 - Chill and Run

Did my thing, excercised and was positive - ate well.

Oh and crushed my 2nd phone interview with CyberSource

Day 103 - Focus

Really got a good working today went to the gym and got on the elliptical machine. Then came home and did yard work for 2 1/2 hrs.

Ate welll drank plenty of water and set a goal for the month.

Day 104 - Start Your Engines

20lbs - go!

Day 102 - Rejoice

Great start!

Great finish!

Day 101 - The Interview

Naaaailed it!

Back to myself and had a beautiful interview with Cybersource.

This could be the start of something beautiful...

Day 100 - Still Down

Crushed my calls - great day fighting through

Day 99 - Swaggerdy

Well you can tell I'm getting at Moxie back I'm absolutely killing it at work at about 95%

Day 98 - Yicky

Still sick tho

Day 97 - Recovery Road

Let's get it together

Day 96 - Sick

Laid out all day

Day 95 - Dinner and a Movie

Poured tons of sugar in my blood...

Day 94 - Gluco!

Uh oh...

Day 93 - Boys Night

Smoke, drank, ate with Debarge.

Careless fun

Day 92 - Nothin Much

Executed on the cardio at 8pm - dropped blood sugar heavy!!

Day 91 - 88 Grams

Last night my sugar was still too high.  Need to stay around 40 grams. I dropped my blood sugar by 7 pts though! Need some cardio

Day 90 - Baby Face

Day 89 - Sugar Ray

328 - highest ever recorded.

Makes sense, peeing non stop - foamy. Dry mouth.

Body looking good though. Inside my liver looks like Yoda I'm sure.

Day 88 - Santa Cruz

I trust myself.

Push the line but watch it

Day 87 - Poker Night

Second Place

Day 87 - Picnic Day

Day 86 - Foam

Yeah, good thing my dit dit is not available because I'm sure my test results for the blood sugar would be "alarming."   I need to see and stop peeing so damn much - it's frosty too (uh oh)


And you KNOW I am sick of that damn mask.

Day 85 - All Star

Watched the baseball All Star game and boozed.  Did not eat well either.  BUT....did hit the 6am workout.

Day 84 - Mundane Monday

Nothing really to report - was tough for me to get to the gym...so I didn't!


Pushing along

Day 83 - Bare Bones

Cleaned house and was captured. Keep moving ahead.

Day 82 - One Direction

What can I say? We balled!

Day 81 - Chillin

Avoided lllllunch with JP - that's good. Worked out in the morning then it was Fireball Friday.

Day 79 - Handle Up

My time

Day 80 - Low End Theory

"Me and Erin were talking and we said Joe is losing a lot of weight!"

- Vinh

And he said I have good genes cause I lose it quick.

Real nice validation because I was noticing in the mirror this morning! And the amazing thing is how many calories I am taking in - my good I am totally not dieting but just lifting hard, some kickbox and not drinking aaaas much.

Day 78 - Back in Black

I hit the gym at 6:30pm - grit and grind.

#hbdywi

Day 77 - It's On

Guys listen up I am so proud of myself first and foremost because I've been consistently documenting my journey. This has been the best year ever for lots of different reasons including my fitness after all is said and done I'm still maintaining my weight of a month ago and I haven't even eating that well. Also I'm seeing my libido start to change a bit despite but you know what is in the fact that I still have a big belly. What that confirms for me is that a good majority of my issues are mental and it ties into the stress levels at work and the type of exercising and vitamins I take. I can just tell you that I feel like I know how to put it all together now and as far as work nothing is going to stand in my way until the end of the year all of my presentations and projects are done except for the blockbusters that I'm going to do in a couple of months. 

To make this truly the best year ever I need to have sex with my wife and lose 50 pounds.

Day 76 - San Francisco

Great great time with my mother my brother and his girlfriend and my daughter in San Francisco. It was definitely a splurge eight and drink. The photos show that it look like I was concealing a baby seal underneath my shirt I definitely have a stomach. Guess who still feels great and excited?

Day 75 - Independance Day!

You know I think I found the sweet spot. I still have to go back and enter in the last few weeks of data for my food intake put my weight has stayed the same and I have not been eating clean at all. My waist is also the same size from three weeks ago. What does this mean? I think it means that I have hit the nail on the head when it comes to how I need to work out with weightlifting and high-intensity kickboxing even if it's not twice a weekend. I believe the syrups and the Pilates have helped as well. I put on my shorts this morning and they're still hanging a little bit loose around my waist now that being said the past few days I've been any extra amounts of sugar and it's going to catch up with me any day now. There's always some lag time one way or the other.so I'm going to enjoy this Fourth of July barbecue drink and sugar fast and then tomorrow I'm going to get after it for the rest of the year.

The best news is that I've had an amazing finish to last quarter and my mood is off the charts no more major project going to take time away from my workouts

Day 74 - Broke

I cracked but all good. Wrote my 30/60/90 plan.

Day 73 - Get 'Em!

Let's finish strong!

Day 72 - Joe Crushington

I'm just incomplete dominance mode with the way I'm handling my business. All-around I've got a huge following and high level of respect from my peers it feels beautiful I've had a successful first half of the year. Now to really round out my best year ever I need to take these next six months and make my body look amazing.

Day 71 - Data Studio Preso

Okay we drink Redbull we practice and we set it off. I stayed up till almost midnight the night before but it was worth it I think I executed and most importantly I accomplished a very big goal and it's done.

Day 70 - Last Prep

Okay tomorrow is my big presentation on the last big initiative of this quarter. No work out only focus and practice and focus.

Day 69 - Dopamine

Working it out - going to be okay. I can feel myself healing

Day 68 - Mood Music

Woke up and an incredibly good mood this morning. And that was before the kick boxing workout which was tremendous, a natural uplifting my mood. I would have to add that I don't think I've heard anything I got eight hours plus of sleep. Per usual the kickboxing instructor was inspirational left me with a quote she said make a plan and execute the plan then you can talk after you walk. Today I'm going to finish with some Pilates and some situps and then do the same thing all over again tomorrow and my mood should be amazing to have a killer week next week. I need to really pay attention to the hours I'm getting sleep well because I think that has a very big affect I've also read that weightlifting has different effects on your mood than just regular cardio and I have taken a week off

Day 67 - Mood Stabilizer

Okay so very interesting I am clearly on the downswing and heading back to my Darkside but unlike other times I am very aware of both the triggersand of the solutions I am present. So this time I'm not just going to sit around and wait I'm going to take control and keep this short stint.

For one thing I definitely noticed a change when I broke out of my pattern of exercising mainly lifting weights early in the morning. With all this research I'm doing on dopamine receptors I can see how there is a correlation. And really when you combine that with my Father's Day weekend which was wonderful but the eating and drinking really smart with me out of control and I was disappointed that I missed my kickboxing class I was looking forward to. I can see confirmation that my theory that when I'm in one of those moods it seems like everyone else hasn't moved problem when it's clearly me. 

Day 66 - Locked In

Yeah, I'm in the bad mood but I'm still locked in my zone. It's that cyclicle part where I am disappointed in myself. No time for that!  Keep going and get those recepters back in shape!

Day 65 - Natural Energy

No more 5 hour energy drinks.

That's it.

Day 64 - Next Phase

I'm not in the mood.

Get 'em.

Day 62 - Father's Day

Drank all day and watched movies. Ended with Steak and Potatoes and early nigh nigh. 

Day 63 - Day Off #2

Fun day out to lunch with mom and kids then we hit Micke Grove! This weekend from Friday to Monday I let loose -look

Day 61 - Math and Science

Watch what I eat to the detail. Output more than I input and I'll lose weight. Lift weights and I'll change my body compisition. 

Day 60 - Day Off #1 - Poker Splash

Today I thought really good at the water park did lots of walking even as the sun drained my energy. I'm not the best looking thing in a bathing suit but I still felt good and I definitely have larger muscles that I have before. Also I'm wearing the shirt that was a little bit more snug on me a few months ago and take a look at this picture my face is thinning out

And I did have pizza and liquor tonight but nothing really out of control and the best thing is tomorrow is going to start to kick my own ass for a week. I control what happens over the next week which is going to start with two brutal kickboxing sessions dieting heavy Pilates jump rope jumping jacks and then finishing with more kickboxing. I'll be damned if I don't lose 5 pounds

Day 59 - Waste Away (July 1st)

Progress is happening before my eyes and I'm getting completely ripped I just have a lot of fat still around my waist. Next week I'm going to really focus on diet and cardio and the goal is by 1 July to have a significant shrinkage of my waistline.

Goals to knock it out of the park

Day 58 - Home Grown

I got busy last night. Pilates jumping jacks and jump ropes

Day 57 - Rebirth

My waist is shrinking and I am getting yoked. It's time to work on libido!

Day 56 - Growth

Day 54 - Sextalk

Came up again - long overdue.

Four years in August - enough is enough. Time to be a man.

Day 53 - Camping

Oh what a time!  I didn't do too bad, 6 beers and some swim. Bout 5 hotdogs and tons of honey roasted peanuts. Sleep with no cpap and definatly got choked up a bit.

Day 52 - Buff Cutrip

I'm elevating

Day 51 - Stretch Armstrong

I'm pissed off at my shirts. I know that I'm losing inches off my waist but somehow the shirt still feels a little bit snug and I have to believe it's because of the dry cleaner. That being said...I have one solid week where I'm going to go hard and make sure that tape measure says a 45 inch waist. Men lie women women lined shirts lie but the numbers don't.

Day 50 - Habits

PI am so used to this now that it has to stick. Up and at 'em, work out, crush the job, eat right.

8:17am - Eyes - I can see!!

10:12pm - I had lots of pizza and soda (yummy)

Day 49 - Status Quo

Excercised, skipped the booze, at under but Im not dialed in with my diet. Soon i will accept that it will take alot longer this way.

Day 48 - Waste Management

So yo, 3" off my waste although the scale is not moving significantly. The tape measure does not lie.

Cant wait to its at 40" - then say something, bitch. What.

Day 48 - Sugar War

It is found everywhere and is my achilles heel. Good news is I am to a degree limiting it on my cheat days but to get what I need, that can't happen. With the intibsity of my workouts happening I will feel worse about doing it - which puts a premium on limiting the judgement juice

Day 47 - Opportunity

I have so much to do today but a great opportunity to accomplish my goals. I'm on my way to a kickboxing class I'm going to lift weights in the garage today and I'm also going to do jumping jacks and jump rope I'm also going to walk my dog to make sure that I have 15,000 steps. I'm starting to feel that change that you feel when you're progressing my body doesn't feel so heavy I feel more athletic and I feel like I need to exercise. I love the fact that I have been lifting so much weight it's also giving me cardio benefits. I've got togoing I'm lifting weights I'm doing cardio overall positive thinking and eating right it's going to be a

Great rest of the year.

9:00pm - What DIDN'T I do today???

Walking

Errands

Kickbox

Pilates

Jumprope

Jumping Jacks

#amazing

#dedicated

#sane

Day 46 - Nible

I need to melt this fat away, yo

This weekend is huge because i am going to tax my body right

Jacks

Rope

Full Body weights

Kickboxing

Day 45 - Food Test

We are going to see if I can hit my 2.5 lbs/week with bread back into my diet along with my other choices.

3:56pm - Swag

Well felt like a celebrity today. Ladies and gentlemen were saying how handsome I love the goatee. I'm slimming down to so yeah your boy is fine