I used to be a runner. I ran cross country and long-distance track events in high school and loved the release running gave me.
Somewhere along the I lost my motivation to keep running. I gained weight and ballooned to about 220 pounds before I joined the Army (in part to get my weight back down to normal).
In high school, I could run 3200 meters (2 miles) in under 11 minutes. On the first day of basic training it took me 23 minutes to run the same distance. I had only stopped running two years earlier. By the end of basic training my time was down to 13 minutes.
Fast forward a bit to 2008. I have been out of the Army for 4 years and I have done nothing but sit around and eat fast food the entire time.
My weight as of Sept. 1, 2008 was 260 pounds. I am only 5 feet 9 inches tall. I was grossly overweight.
So I started “The Plan.” No, it’s not so new-age diet that you can buy a book about and try out for a few weeks before giving up. This is something I’m forcing myself to do for my own well-being.
I want to hit 180 pounds by my 32nd birthday (Sept. 20, 2009).
So this is my page to track my progress for all to see. The graph below shows my weight progress for the last two weeks.
So what’s “The Plan”?
Simple:
- Drink between 5-8 bottles of water a day.
- Eat a foot-long oven roasted chicken breast sub from Subway for lunch and dinner.
- Run every other day for at least 30 minutes.
So let’s see how I do.
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This post was written by Michael on September 11, 2008
