Another Day at the Gym...

So we went to the gym again today, it's starting to get routine again which is a good thing. Sheena still is really stubborn to get up in the morning, but I just drag her out. She's not very happy with me first thing, but usually by the time we leave for the gym she's awake and not mad anymore. She is one of the deepest sleepers I've ever seen. The other day I was trying to wake her up to go to the gym and she was snoring. I reached over and grabbed her arms and lifted them up. I lifted them far enough that her head lifted off the pillow so you'd think she'd wake up right.......wrong! I couldn't believe it she just kept on snoring so loud it was so dang funny! I was kinda upset cause she wouldn't get up but I couldn't help but laugh just because it was so dang funny. Anyway, we obviously didn't go to the gym that day, I think that was Monday. So we've been going since Tue. and I feel pretty good.

Today we used the elyptical machines and I normally don't like them, in fact I hate them. Every other time we went to the gym in Spanish Fork and Sheena wanted to use them I dreaded it because they made my legs hurt really bad and I couldn't go for very long before my thighs were burning too bad and I had to stop. Well today was a different story. I think I must be in better shape now then I was when we used to go to the Spanish Fork gym. I was on the machine today for 40 minutes and I could've gone for another 1/2 hour easy. My legs didn't hurt this time and I felt pretty good while using it. I feel like I got a good workout today, I got really good cardio and then we lifted weights for about 15 minutes or so. I worked my arms and chest today. Tomorrow I'll work my abs and that's probably all I'll do other than the normal cardio. Every other day I do 1/2 hour cardio and then about 15-25 minutes of lifting weights. I usually just work my upper body because my lower body gets a workout while doing cardio. Then the alternate days that I'm not doing upper body I do 45 minutes cardio and then work my abs for about 15 minutes. I feel like I am doing a good job and I think it's working, I sure feel better that's for sure. I am still at 306lbs, so I'm still at 20lbs so far. I hope I start losing some more weight soon. I will freak out when I get under the 300lb mark, the last time I was under 300lbs was when I went into the Army 5 1/2 years ago. I think I'm in better shape now then I was then, even though I weigh more, how wierd is that. My arms are really starting to show some good definition in them and my chest is starting to flatten out and show a little definition.

My parents are coming up tomorrow to go dinner with Sheena, Me, my sister and her husband. It will be fun, it's been a long time since Sheena and I have been out to dinner, even with the kids. We're taking them with, Sheena is excited to take Elgen with because we havent' taken him anywhere yet. We haven't been "out to eat" in a long time anyway, which is a good thing, that's helping with the weight loss I know it. We're going to Chuck O Rama which is always a good place to go, they have really good, healthier food. I think we might be going fishing afterwards also. I'm pretty sure that my dad will want to go, he hasn't been in a while and now that the catfish are biting he LOVES to go fishing for them. But that's fine with me, I'm always and I mean always game for fishing! It doesn't matter what kind of fish we're going for, I love to go it's so much fun.

Well anyway, gotta run. I'm sure I'll write more again tomorrow. This has turned out to be a lot more fun then I originally thought it was going to be. It's kind of nice to be able to write my thoughts down and not have to use paper and a pen. Plus it is a nice place for me to keep a workout journal if nothing else. I know they say that people who are trying to lose weight are more successful when they keep a journal. So I guess we'll see, hopefully that rings true!

So today was the second day that we've been going to the new gym. I love going, it's so much fun. Today we used the treadmills and they were awesome! They have the screen on them like all the other machines, but they have a digital touch screen for the "workings" of the machine. It's got different displays that you can use, it's got a virtual trainer on it. The only thing that sucks about them is the channel changer for the t.v. doesn't have any number buttons, so you have to flip through all the channels to get where you want. No big deal though, especially considering how cool everything else is on them. I love going to the gym in the morning before work, we then go home shower and get ready for work. I feel so much better when I go to the gym. It helps me get going for the day and all day I can't help but be in a good mood. I'm looking forward to seeing my progress in a month and a half!

My boss is going on a vacation this friday and will be gone for a week and a half. I haven't seen him since last Wed. I think it was. Anyway, by the time he gets back from his vacation and comes down here to see us it will have been probably about 3 weeks since I will have seen him. I am going to kick it in the butt this next 3 weeks and try to lose a bunch of weight so that when he comes back he notices a big difference. It's cool how excited he gets when he sees that Sheena and I are losing weight. He loves to see others lose weight like he did, which is way cool!

I'm starting to worry myself about being able to get physically ready for the academy in Sept. But I guess if all else fails and I'm not ready to go or can't make it then I can just go the next block in March. I would much rather go in Sept though, just to get it out of the way and get things going! I'm still very motivated and I think that I can pull it off. I know it's going to be hard, but I think I'll be alright. I have to go get my study guide this weekend and get studying. I'm sure it's going to be a lot of information to try and absorb at once, so I would like to be as prepared as I can be.

This weekend should be fun. We're going to have quite a bit more left over this paycheck and my parents wanted to get together for dinner or something Fri. night. So that should be pretty fun. Plus having money is always fun, it lets you do fun things! I love money, I hate spending it but I love having it, how wierd is that. Who knows, we might even get some fishing in this weekend. I guess it all depends on the weather though, and Sheena's mood. If she doesn't want to go I could always go by myself again, I just would rather go with her. It's so much more fun to have someone else with you. That way if you catch a nice fish or something then you've got someone else there to kind of 'brag' about your fish to. Plus it's always nice just to have someone to talk to. It gets pretty boring when your sitting there by yourself.

I think that Sheena is mad at me today for some reason. I don't know though. I know she's frustrated with a few things, which I don't really know why or what they are. I think that our life is going really really well right now. Things seem to be going our direction (knock on wood). I know her sinuses are bothering her, but other than that I don't know what it could be. I know she thought that I snapped at her this morning, but I was just frustrated with KSL's website and didn't mean to sound pissed off. I told her that, but I don't know if she believed me or not. I hope she's not mad, I hate it when she's like that. I like it so much more when she's happy and laughing and in a good mood. She's been in a great mood for a while now, but it just seems like today she's starting to slip and get awnry. Oh well I guess, I will try to cheer her up. It usually works pretty good! :)

Well I'm going to get back to work I guess.

So here we go again. Well I went to the gym again on Sat. morning. I love that gym up on 9th east, it's so nice. Well I have put a couple pounds back on dang it all anyway. I think it's because I'm not sick anymore, so now I'll have to really watch myself and stay dedicated. I'm at 309lbs. which is still freakin awesome, I'll take it for now. My ab muscles hurt so bad today though. I really worked them hard on Sat. and I've paid for it all day today. It hurts when I laugh, bend over too far, cough, pretty much anything that has to do with my torso. Oh well, like the old addage goes, "no pain, no gain" right?! :)

I'm looking forward to getting up and going again tomorrow before work. I talked to Sheena about it and we're going to drop the kids off at 6 a.m. then drive up to the gym on 9th east and work out from about 6:15 to 7:15. We're going to get a good hour in anyway. Then we'll head back here to the apartment and shower quickly then head to work by 8:30. We used to go to the gym in Spanish Fork, but we never had the opportunity to shower afterwards so it was kinda gross. This way we'll get to workout in the new gym and shower, so it's a win, win. I'm starting to get nervous about whether or not I'm going to be able to make the physical part of the academy in time, but I can't worry about it now. I just have to stay focused and keep commited to this and it will happen I just know it!

Sheena decided to try and do a body wrap tonight. I got to wrap her up in cloth, it was pretty wierd. The stuff that she rubbed on herself looked like poo. It seriously looked like she laid in a big steaming pile of poo and then wrapped herself up in cloths. It didn't stink or anything, it just looked really gross! She's up in the bathtub right now letting it sit then she'll shower to get it off her. I hope it works, or else she'll be disappointed. I don't know how it will work, but it's worth a shot I suppose.

Anyway, gotta run get Chelsea to bed, but I thought I'd write a quick note in here. Talk to you later!!

Well I figured I had a few minutes so I would write in this again. Sheena would get mad at me if I didn't keep it up. ;) I'm still on track with losing weight to get ready to go through the police academy. I stepped on the scale this morning and about fell off. I am down to 306lbs, which I know to some may sound really bad still, but for me it's awesome. I started out at 326lbs about a month and a half ago, so if that helps put it into perspective. I'm really proud of myself and I have a TON of motivation now. It always helps when you can actually see results instead of working your butt off and not seeing any progress. It's very easy to get discouraged and give up, but dang it all anyway, Im not giving up this time! I've been drinking that nasty green drink like crazy and the yummy chocolate meal replacement drink too. I've cut my soda down to one can a day, and most days I don't have ANY, which is obviously helping the situation.
I decided to start going to the Golds Gym in Provo instead of the Spanish Fork one. I love it, it's so much better than the Spanish Fork one. It's awesome, on all of their treadmills and bikes they have little 15 inch HDTV screens mounted on the front of them. It's awesome because they've got the bigger T.V.'s on the wall, but then there is the little ones on the machine that you can plug your headphones into and change the channels and stuff. Their T.V.'s also have cable so you can watch different shows instead of whatever they've got programmed on the big screens. It's kind of stupid to get so excited over something like a T.V. but it's pretty cool. Plus they've got the Cardio Cinema thing. It's a new room that has the cardio machines in it and on the outside they have what movie they're showing on the wall by the door like a movie theater. That room is usually pretty busy though, so I just stay out on the bikes and watch my own little T.V.
The other day I went to pick up the kids with Sheena from daycare and our daycare provider was talking to Sheena about weight loss and she told her that I lost 20lbs so far. Lynn (our daycare lady) asked Sheena how much I weighed and she told her that I was down to 306lbs. Lynn couldn't believe that I weighed that much. She told Sheena that her husband was a LOT bigger than I was and he only weighed 320lbs. So that made me feel good. I guess maybe I wear it well I don't know:) Sheena is always telling me that I don't look like I weigh what I do, but it's just one of those things that I have a hard time believing. Not that I don't believe her, but it's just one of those things that I sometimes think maybe she says to make me feel better about myself. I know that she says she doesn't do that, but sometimes it's kinda wierd to hear that I look good. I've never been told that I was "hot" so I guess maybe it's just something that I'll have to get used to. I know that I do have a lot of muscle and they always say that muscle weighs more than fat (which is true) so maybe I'm just super buff ;) I'm a dork, but seriously I think that I must have a lot of muscle because I look at other guys who are the same weight as I am and I don't look anywhere near as fat as they do. A perfect example is my boss, he lost all the weight but before he did he was as big as I was. He weighed about 325lbs and to look at him, he looked like he weighed that. But I look at his pictures of when he weighed that much and I don't look anything like that. So who knows why it is, but all I know is that I look pretty good for as heavy as I am. I can't wait till I lose the rest of the weight so that I can see what kind of muscle structure I've got going on under this chubby shell! Sheena won't be able to keep her hands off me once I lose the weight. She says she can't as it is now, but I don't know how much there is to that. Again, not cause I think she's lying it's just one of those things I guess.
Man oh man have I been sick for the past week! Saturday night I started to get stomach cramps really bad and then Sunday it just got worse. I pretty much just laid around on Sunday and I had the "trots" too, so it wasn't fun. Well Monday I woke up and still felt like crap so I took the day off and just kinda nursed myself. Sheena was sick too, so we just hung out together at home feeling crappy together. Then Tuesday I felt fine, so I came back to work. Well shortly after getting here I started to feel like crap again still trotting too :) Anyway, this continued on clear up until yesterday (Thursday). I don't know what the heck it was but wow it was terrible. I feel fine now, and I'm so excited to get back to the gym. I haven't dared go to the gym the past week with the way I was feeling, so it will be good to get back into the swing of things.
I'm so dang nervous about the Police Academy it's crazy. I am having issues with the fact that if I'm able to lose the weight and get in shape in time then I won't be able to pass the written part of it. I know I'm just psyching myself out and I need to quit doing it. I always have a tendancy to do this type of thing to myself when I'm trying to achieve something I hate it. I think I'll be alright and I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to do it, but it's still kinda nerve racking. Sheena has always been more than supportive throughout our relationship, but even more so with this. I know she just wants to see me succeed and that's awesome. I don't get too many people in my life that not only support me but actually WANT me to do good, so it's a welcome change.
Speaking of Sheena, she is the most wonderful wife that I could've ever asked for. She's always good for comic relief and she doesn't mind being the 'butt' of the jokes with me. I like to tease her, but that's only cause she takes it so well, and well I'll be honest she IS quite an easy target. I love her more than anything in this world. I honestly never thought that I could love someone as much as I love her! I also have two of the best children in the entire world. Elgen and Chelsea are such good kids. I'm the luckiest guy in the world to be blessed with three of the best people in the world that love me. Sheena sometimes tells me that she wishes that I would do sweet little things like I used to. I love doing those things, but part of the reason I don't do them as often is I don't know what to do. I kind of ran out of ideas, so that's a lot of why they don't happen as often they used to. I used up all my ideas while we were dating, so when I think of one, I do it. I hope that she knows that I love her more and more with every day, and that she means the world to me.
Well, I guess that's about all that I can think of to write about this time. So I guess I'll take off and I'll write again in a day or so, or when I think of something else to talk about.