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This is the 1st post in a series about my “resolutions”
Resolution #1 “I Wanna Lose Weight”

Nov 28th 2009 was a day that changed my life forever.  I dedicated my life to one woman.  To love, cherish, and protect her for the rest of my life.  We have pictures and video of the event and lots of friends and family came to see and wish us well.  I stood in the front of the church fatter than I had ever been in my entire life.

Most people work to be the best looking ever on their wedding day.  So they can look at pictures and remember how they looked.  For women its the day they want to look the most beautiful they ever have.  I even have friends who vowed to each other to look as good as they did on their wedding (or at  least as much as they can) for the rest of their lives.

The beginning of my new life was an unhealthy one, and I will always have pictures to remember.

When we moved into out new apartment we received a free membership to a local gym, which included a free assessment by a trainer.  My wife is a physical therapist so we went in planning on not agreeing to anything but what was free.  But when you finish a workout in which you feel like death, and the trainer starts telling you everything that is wrong with you, its hard not to want to be better.  To make things worse I occasionally would look at Jenn (the wife, the physical therapist) and see a look of concern for my health slowly growing in here.  So Dec 19th 2009 was the day I got a personal trainer, Richard Odin, and decided to change my life again.

The next month was hard.  I had to eat a specific meal plan;

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Clean Up Eating Plan

7:00 2-3 eggs or 6-8 egg whites + 1 cup oats with no calorie sweetener
9:00 2 rice cakes with 1-2 Tblsp. of natural peanut butter or fruit
11:30 6-12 ounces grilled chicken breast or fish + 1 cup cooked brown rice + 15 unsalted almonds
2:00 2 rice cakes with 1-2 Tblsp. of natural peanut butter or fruit
5:00 6-12 ounces of grilled chicken breast or fish + 1 cup black beans + large green salad with vegetables & 2 Tblsp. light vinaigrette dressing
8:00  Protein bar  (on workout days switch meal 5 and 6)

Optional Meal Replacements:  shake or protein bar.
Optional Dessert   (100 calories or lower + low carb count 15 grams or lower).
Supplementation:  Contact your personal trainer for supplement recommendations
Seasonings:    Use no-salt seasoning only
Condiments:   Salsa can be used on egg whites and rice sparingly
Salad Dressings:  Use vinegar & oil style dressings sparingly
Fluids: ½ – 1 gallon of pure water/day
Cheat Meals:  2 per week (anything you want within a meal, be careful, don’t overdue it, you could get really sick.)

and was working out a lot.  I lost about 15 lb. the first 2 weeks, mostly from not eating much of anything, but I felt great.

The 2 weeks that followed that my diet was freed up so I ended up gaining a couple lb. rounding the month out with a lost of 11 lb. and a lot of muscle gain.

This past month things have been easier.  I feel like I am eating fairly healthily, and my workouts don’t make me wanna crawl home and die anymore.  This past week due to a change in policy Richard informed me he would no longer be my trainer and Patrick took over.  He seems like he is gonna be a little more hardcore than Richard, so I might wanna die soon again.  I hope to weigh myself again and take another picture in the next week, so check back for my progress and to help keep me accountable.