Weigh-in Week...

Let's see who's setting the pace on this race....

Post you best weight this week online and the person with the highest percentage will win a prize....

Good luck.

My Nike+ is Back WOOHOOOO!!!!

my run: 4.05 Miles in 39 min and 57 sec

link: http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/plus/#//dashboard/

Felt great back to running again after 3 days of rest. Pushed myself a bit tonight and bagged a 9'51''pace, it's the week before the weigh in gotta take it up a notch...I see visits to WHOLE FOODS or OUTBACK or even BEST BUY in my future..muahahahaha!!!

Back in the Game

I was out of commish for two weeks straight. Fever... Coughing... Snot was coming out of every orifice it seemed. It wasn't pretty...! I've got 23 kids as my witness.

Now that I'm back, I'm off to a relatively good start--relative in comparison to the old Anghell. I forgot how good it feels to run/walk/jog... RWJ. Angel doesn't run yet... Angel RWJs...

Shea and I went for a RWJ yesterday around the pond at a local park... but we got rained out after 30 minutes. Later on, I went to the JCC and finished up there. RWJ... Crunches... Tuckus lifts... Cable-twist-thingies... Lunch: Whole Wheat Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon and EVOO. Dinner: Penne Pasta and Salad. Pasta, I know... I was hungry... and I wanted it quick. Whole wheat... Does that make it better?

Today, I worked from 8 - 4... and headed over to the gym at 6. RWJ for 30 minutes. Crunches... Tuckus Lift... Cable-twist-thingies... Bicep curls... Tricep Presses... Medicine-ball-twistie-lunges... Breakfast: Special K with Strawberries and 2% milk and a Glass of Grapefruit Juice... Lunch: Whole Wheat Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon and EVOO + Mandarin Oranges... I caved into the vending machine and got a bag of Cheetos and Apple Juice... Then, my Candy Jar forced me to have 2 mini-Twixes and 1 mini-Snickers... Bad, bad, bad, I know. Dinner: TBD.

I know... Vending machine? Candy Jar? I have to put a big X on my hand tomorrow to remind myself not to cave in.

Tomorrow is a long day... so I'm not sure if I will have time to go to the gym. I'll have to resort to a DVD.

Way to go, Bro! Did you cut your toe nails just for the pictures??

oh..ohhh!!!

Morning Weight: 165-166 lbs *shnaaap*

Want to know my secret....KRATOS helped me lose weight!!!!..hahahaha...by the way didn't even run this weekend cuz KRATOS said SO!

My NIke Sportband is broken!!!...

NOW I really need to win this month to get a new one!!! ARGH!!!! Darn token is not working, my token can't freaking read my sensor!!! oh well..did 3.5 miles yesterday...

AM Weigh IN...

hmm... Feels lighter in the Mornin'...you guys be the judge i think it reads 168-169 lbs...Whoohooo!!!

PM Weigh IN...

hmmm...I don't have the fancy scale as Brian but this will do...weight is around 170-171 lbs. You guys be the judge but keep in mind this picture was taken around 10:00 PM...soooooo i'll have another weigh in the mornin' after #2..muhahahahaha!!!!!

I try to weigh myself @ night so I know how much the food I had affects my weight as well as how much time I need to spend on the treadmill to burn all those calories. Good luck guys!!

Ck out Myfitnesspal.com...

I found an App for my iphone that's pretty cool..ck it out myfitnesspal.com. It can pretty much track your caloric intake as well and exercises and it's FREE!!... I hope you find it usefull...Good LUCK!!! my goal is to have 1200 calorie intake a day and it said I will be 145 lbs by 4/9/2010 WOW!!....hehe..Skin and BOnes...I can smell the Outback Gift Certificate now!!

That's It!!

Hello everyone,

So this completes the first week of the challenge and frankly I got off to a really tough start. I dislike tracking my food intake,blah blah...it's boring. But because Brian got on case to track everything...I'm addicted to Livestrong.com! Anyways, I have a new found inner fierceness for this competition. So be afraid, be very afraid! :)

Lumber-Jacked.... Sunday Gym Day... No sign of Tristan....

Well, today is another gym day. Feeling confident. Post work-out weight: 231 lbs... ( 9 pounds of water weight shed through a rigorous stride on the bicycle, coupled with some light weight, multi-rep, triple set back, shoulder, leg work-outs)

Saturday, the wifey and I ran some errands and walked for about an hour. Still no signs of my baby boy... We're getting anxious. From our last check-up, he was speculated to weigh around 7 lbs 12 ounces to possible 8 lbs 6 ounces. I don't know if the wife keep it up. She's getting awfully tired of lugging that extra weight around.

Here's hoping and praying for a good week, in hopes to celebrate another birthday...

Enjoy your week's goals and keep your eyes on the prize... It's $500 dollars... Of which you can enjoy a new HD TV (possibly 1080p by September's time frame)

I'M BAAAACK!!!!...

First...Shil, Abby and I thank everyone for welcoming our new bundle of joy, Emma Riley...Everyone is doing fine and adjusting well, Emma can't wait to meet everyone...

I sneak in a run today since I was going around like crazy the past couple of days, Oh yeah, Phil get ready, it will be busy but at least you might lose a few pounds...hehe.. I actually lost 5 lbs those couple of days..who knew running around the hospital halls makes you lose some pounds...

well that's it for now till...keep running!!!...

my run for today: 5.5 miles @ 54:54, calories burned 770

http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/plus/#//runs/detail/674895684/1416578225/all/allRuns/

here's a few pics...Emma CHumbawamba Cheeks...

Still Sore....

My arms are still killin' me... My triceps are so engorged, it's difficult to raise my arms over my head and bend at the elbow... Maybe I over-did it... Oh well... I guess no gym again today...

Dang, I'm behind the Florida team. Got to motivate myself harder...

Today's activities... NO GYM... too stiff to lift anything heavier than 5 pounds...

Here's today's meal plan:

Breakfast: 2 pieces of Multi-grain Toast

Snack: Got to love these Blue Diamond Almonds. 8 pieces = 160 calories... Rich in fiber too...

Lunch: Instead of a full portion of Indian food lamb curry, rice and na'an. I went with the lunch box - 1/2 a cup size of Tikka-Masala Chicken, 1/2 a cup size of Sa'ag (spinach and potatoes - FYI. I skipped the potatoes... too much carbs), and one full size na'an bread.

Dinner: Panera's 1/2 and 1/2: 1/2 a Smoked Turkey sandwich (they add dijon mustard. I should've asked for plain) and 1 cup of Tomato soup with croutons and 1/4 slice of French bread. Drink: Unsweetened Ice Tea with Lemon and 1 packet of RAW Sugar (brown packets... I think it's better than regular sugar, but who knows. Next time I'll pass on the sugar and just stick with Lemons).

Work-out for the day:

Stair Master... Mastering the stairs in my second floor Apartment.

I had to run several errands today, so I had to go up and down my stairs about a dozen times, half of which included carrying at least 5 to 10 pounds each hand.

I had to take 3 bags of laundry to the laundromat. (total weight of laundry = 85 lbs.) Fine... I didn't carry all 85 pounds up and down the stairs, but I did drag them down to the car. Tomorrow, I'll be carrying them up the stairs after they finish washing our clothes. (Shout out to Sarah for telling me about getting my laundry done by experts... I don't see how I can spend 3+ hours doing laundry again. Of course, all of these amenities will change once I get my own place)

After the laundry work-out, I moved on to Grocery shopping. Pushing and pulling a shopping cart full of groceries can get tiring, specially when the shopper takes crawls through every aisle looking for low calorie foods and deals.

After shopping, I had to carry the grocery up the stairs, which amounted to 6 trips. Oh what fun.

I hoping that through all the effort, I might have expended at minimum 50 calories. At least I got my heart rate up and I can feel a little sweat...

Baby steps, tomorrow brings different challenge.

See, Marge, you don't need P90X, you just need to go live on the 2nd floor and shop every day...

Random Beginning

So I am getting a late start on this journey. Kudos to Kuya Phil for getting our lardy tubs rolling into fitness.

SHORT-TERM GOALS:

• Jog three miles per day at least 4 times per week.
• Eat three healthy high-protein, high-fiber meals.
• Eat at least two high-fiber snacks... Gotta get regular! Ha!
• Limit dining out to no more than once per week.
• Leave work by 5 o'clock.
  
• Get at least six hours of sleep per night.

I'm making Short-Term Goals... Nothing too drastic! A gradual transition leads to less temptation to fall off of the track. Right? :)

- - - - -

Recently, I spent some time looking at old pictures of myself. High school... college... great memories, right? Back then, family and friends constantly poked fun at me and my lack of any shred of athleticism. To think that I felt terrible about myself then... and, now, my weight is even worse.

To squash those rumors, I'm not pregnant. I'm just fat.

Time to kick some lardy tuckus... Hit up that gym... Avoid drive-thrus... Oh, Chic-fil-a Lemonade, how I will miss you so.

Day #9

Morning Weight: 221

Calorie Goal: 2279 calories

Meal #1:

1 cup of White Rice: 200 cal

2 eggs: 160 cal

2 strips of bacon: 80 cal

Total Meal #1: 420 calories

Meal #2:

½ cup of white rice: 100 cal

½ chicken breast: 150 cal

½ cup of veggies: 23 cal

Total Meal #2: 273 calories

Meal #3:

½ cup of white rice: 100 cal

½ chicken breast: 150 cal

½ cup of veggies: 23 cal

Small slice of Red Velvet Cake: about 500 cal

Total Meal #3: 773 calories

Meal #4:

3 chicken wings: 150 cal

1 cup of garlic mashed potatoes: about 300 cal

Total Meal #4: 450 calories

Total Calories 3/3/10: 1916 calories

Workout:

5x12 pushups

5x12 pullups (w/chair support)

10 min walking on treadmill @ 3.5 mph

20 min stationary bike

I'm starting to get hungry quicker than usual. The first few weeks are usually the hardest. I know some of you are probably going through the same thing. Stay focused!

No Impressive Updates Today...

We've got a bunch of birthday's today...

We've all laid back and relax to recuperate from the past few work-outs...

Happy Birthday to Jerome's newborn baby girl, Emma Riley...

Happy Birthday to Mickey's first born boy, Gabriel....

See you tomorrow...

Day #8

Morning Weight: 219.8
Calorie Goal: 2263 calories

Meal #1:

1 cup of White Rice: 200 cal
2 eggs: 150 cal
2 strips of bacon: 80 cal

Total Meal #1: 420 calories

Meal #2:
½ cup of white rice: 100 cal
3 chicken wings: 150 cal

Total Meal #2: 250 calories

Meal #3:
Wendy’s small fries: 331 calories
Wendy’s crispy chicken deluxe: 430 calories

Total Meal #3: 761 calories

Meal #4:
1 cup of white rice: 200 cal
1 chicken breast: 300 cal
1 cup of vegetables: 47 cal

Total Meal #4: 547 calories

Total Calories 3/2/10: 1978 calories


Workout:

10 minutes walking on treadmill
10 minutes stationary bike
2x16 DB Bench Press @ 50lbs
2x16 DB Butterfly @25 lbs
3x10 Lat Pulldowns 75-100-125

Today was a grouchy day. I took in 1978 calories and probably burned about 200 calories working out. I might need to eat a little more next time so I don't feel so "over the edge".

Phil's Workout - Day 2

Muscles SORE!!! Couldn't get elbow working right, all stiff and achy...

Well, I guess today's strictly a diet day, no extensive work-outs...

So, here's my low-down

BREAKFAST:

2 pieces of 100% Wheat Toasts

SNACK:

8 pieces of Almonds

LUNCH:

1/2 a Whole Grain Roast Turkey Sandwich with sun-dried tomato and lettuce

1 bottle of Diet Peach Snapple Ice tea

DINNER:

Chipotle Chicken Salad, no dressing, strictly lettuce, grilled Chicken, tomatoes, corn,

several pieces of Chipotle chips

2 glasses of Unsweetened Ice Tea/Lemonade.

I'm hoping my caloric intake today is still under 2200. I can't do the math for it. I'm hoping FLO'RIDA Brian will do it for me.... ;-P. JK....

Tomorrow is Gabriel's brithday. I've got another 7:30 AM meeting and an afternoon doctor's appointment. I'm going to try my best to squeeze another work-out in tomorrow... Otherwise, Thursday morning is it...

It's going to be tough... but I can't let these people run away with the money... Wish me luck...

Participant 10: NY Brian

Height: 5'9.5"

Weight: 221

Goal: 20-30 lbs lost. Why... to get the ladies jumpin' and win some cash. ;-)

Nolte's Coming for You!

I'm here and lighter than I thought! Yeah boy! I'm going get thin like Patty Boom Batty on ya!

Hello, Blog...it's me Margaret (Ch 3)

It's great to see everyone's competitive spirit.

Focusing on eating healthier. So long City Bakery! Neil, maybe I'll run into you somewhere else. Pret-a-Manger, perhaps? Made my way to Whole Foods with Kim yesterday. Total price of grocery $58.96. Return on investment - TBD.

Breakfast

Honey Comb Cereal with Organic Soy Milk. Hmmmm...what does organic soy milk taste like? I can imagine it tasting like liquid resume paper.

Lunch

Salad...broiled salmon (farm raised) with mango salsa on a bed of spinach greens (organic).

Snack

Blueberry soy yogurt (organic)...not as bad as it sounds.

Dinner

Salad...just spinach greens with said mango salsa.

Snack

Some walnuts and a tbs of peanut butter.

Workout

P90x - Day 1: Chest, Back & Ab Ripper X. Don't worry folks, I wasn't very enthusiastic about it. The girl in the green top kept annoying me for some reason. Where do they find these people!?

Happy with what I ate today. Not so happy with my workout. Then again, there is tomorrow...

Ridiculous Jump Rope

Phil ..... I'm comin after you!

Official Log...

Here we go:

Exercise: 5:25 am, ran 3.38 miles for 34:51, calories burned 473

Breakfast: a cup of coffee black 3 splendas, 1/3 cup Hodson Mills Multigrain with 1tsp sugar and water.

Snack: Peanut butter sandwich on a whole wheat bread and Hot Earl Grey Tea

Lunch: Eggplant Parmesan on a roll(not whole wheat)

Snack: Coffee black 1 splenda

Dinner: 1 thigh Baked chicken parmesan with 1 cup brown rice

and to end the day...

Exercise: 8:12 pm, ran 3.17 miles for 34:58, calories burned 443

Not sure about my caloric intake yet I have to check with the calorieKing, till tomorrow morning again...It's ONNN!!! Ok gotta go take a shower now I stink! PEACE!

Participant #9: Jenny Ago

Name: Jenny
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 142 lbs
Goal: "Drop down to 115 lbs and run 1 mile with no breaks....becoming an Ago made me fat!"

And So it Begins

Breakfast:

4 egg whites

1 cup of cawfee with a dash of sugar and skim milk

A swig of OJ

Lunch:

A banana, 3 glasses of water, and an ensaymada

Workout:

1 mile - elliptical

2 mile - treadmill

40 stories - stairmaster

30 minutes - abs with core ball

3 reps at 80 lbs - lat pulls

5 reps of mountain climbers

4 reps of burpees alternating with jump rope

Dinner:

Too Late, water and banana

Phil's Workout - Day 1

Wake-up: 4:45 am. I changed to workout and got to the gym by 5:05 am.

Here's the gym.

I ran on the thread mill for about 20+ minutes to burn off 150+ calories...

After 5 minutes of stretching, I ran through AchieveFit's (http://www.achievefit.com) Super Set workout.

Today's tasks involved Chest/Back:

Circuit 1: 2 Rounds

Bench Press - 20 reps of 95 lbs.

Push-ups (slow) - 8 reps (I suck... I tried but my arms were fatigued from the weight of the bench press)

Pull-downs - 20 reps of 70 lbs.

Standing cable rows (slow) - 20 reps of 40 lbs.

Circuit 2: 2 Rounds

Incline Press - 12 reps of 95 lbs.

Cable/Dumb Flys (slow) -12 reps of 30 lbs.

Cable rows seated - 12 reps of 70 lbs.

Reverse Cable flys (slow) - 12 reps of 15 - 20 lbs.

All circuit routines were performed with minimal rest (no more than 1 minute) in between exercises and rounds.

Additionally, I did 2 Rounds of ball crunches at 20 reps a round. I'd like to lose my spare tire during this whole endeavor.

Followed by 35 minutes on the Precor Elliptical, burning off 298+ calories..

With the morning work-out, I could say that I've burned off a minimum 500 calories for the day.

Onto the diet:

BREAKFAST:

2 slices of 100% Wheat toast and a banana (roughly 350 calories)

SNACK:

8 pieces of almonds through-out the day, along with several glasses of water. (roughly 180 calories for all 8 pieces)

LUNCH:

Chicken Fajita Burrito from Chipotle with tomatos and corn - I asked to have the rice, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream removed. (roughly 700 calories)

DINNER:

bowl of Penne Vodka with a dinner roll, along with another 2 glasses of water. (roughly 700 calories)

All of these activities before 8:00 pm.

My GOAL for the week is to used up 500+ calories a day, and keep my caloric intake under 2200 calories. Wish me luck..

So, that's the start of my March. I'll post my work-out routine and diet again tomorrow.

Good luck, everybody. I hope you enjoy the pictures and the videos...

Motivate!!

Since my office/work-out room turned into a baby's room I have decided a project for myself...I will be turning my cold basement into a workout room...gotta get rid of junk first then it'll start converting it into a work-out room...Watch out Now this is serious!!!..hehehe...complete with pull bars Oh yeah!!! Corncob pull-ups anyone..hehe..wish me luck and I really hope I have time to do this...AHHHH!!...I'm selling my 2 snowboards as well if you guys are interested..let me know!